tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71365090511875109352024-03-18T23:57:34.209-04:00Balgo's BlogIt's all about the cricket, West Indian cricket. Occasionally it may wander off the path but that will never be for too long.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16714946789066608477noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136509051187510935.post-89673103296813812172016-05-21T23:06:00.000-04:002016-05-21T23:06:24.665-04:00Guyana Independence XI - 1966 to 2016
In observance of Guyana’s 50th anniversary of Independence, a few persons have been trying their hand at selecting a Guyana team of players from 1966 to present day. As with any such exercise, the debates have been intense and inevitably, emotions have run high. After some thought, I decided I would join in the fun and throw my hat in the ring.
I decided that the first thing that needs to beAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16714946789066608477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136509051187510935.post-81205742892271137622016-05-12T21:10:00.001-04:002016-05-12T21:10:54.885-04:00I remember Tony Cozier
Tony Cozier died today! The shocking words came via WhatsApp from a friend who lives in Barbados. That same friend had posted, a few weeks earlier, a photograph taken with Cozier as they took in a cricket match in which my friend’s son was involved. My reaction then was that Tony didn’t look as robust as I had grown accustomed to seeing him but not even that prepared me for this latest news. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16714946789066608477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136509051187510935.post-41890332164030662272014-08-17T20:50:00.000-04:002014-08-17T21:38:22.165-04:00Suriname pip Argentina for ICC Americas U/19 crown<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Marc Taylor slammed a century and four other batsmen passed
50 as the Bahamas Cricket Association (BCA) T20 league continued with two
matches over the weekend at the Haynes Oval in Nassau.
Renford Davson and Ryan Tappin after their unbroken stand
Playing for Police, the left-handed Taylor blasted an
unbeaten 124 to lead his team to a 45-run victory over Westerns on Saturday. His
knock Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16714946789066608477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136509051187510935.post-23754840696103338242014-01-06T14:11:00.000-04:002014-01-06T14:11:43.220-04:00My new year wishes for the West Indies team
As is customary when a new year approaches almost everyone
is making resolutions and wishes for the coming 365 days. If the old year has
not been very kind to you your resolutions tend to be more drastic. In the case of the West Indies cricket team the resolutions
should be top-of-the-line drastic. In my mind I can hear Bob Marley singing
about total destruction being the only solution and Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16714946789066608477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136509051187510935.post-11106740544177054592013-10-24T23:43:00.000-04:002013-10-24T23:43:00.620-04:00Manage Pooran carefully!<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Dynasty's batting card
Opening batsman Donovan Matthews saved his best performance for the final match of the competition, plundering a magnificent 195 to lead Dynasty Stars to a mammoth 285-run victory over St. Agnes as the Bahamas Cricket Association's 40-over tournament came to an end on June 23rd at the Haynes Oval on Bay Street.
Matthews stroked 25 fours and six sixes as Dynasty amassed Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16714946789066608477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136509051187510935.post-15224192772563990312013-07-04T21:48:00.000-04:002013-07-04T21:48:41.142-04:00Henry's century leads St. Agnes to finalSt. Agnes were indebted to visiting guest player Earl Henry for their place in the final of the Bahamas Cricket Association's (BCA) 40-over competition after beating Police by 71 runs in the second semi-final. Henry, a resident of the Turks and Caicos Islands, was in Nassau on business when he was invited to represent the team of his former TCI colleague John Dolphin.
Earl Henry
Henry Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16714946789066608477noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136509051187510935.post-2621714589727907572012-04-15T21:53:00.000-04:002012-04-15T21:53:59.993-04:00Will Chris Gayle wear WI colours again?When coach Otis Gibson called out his senior players for their non-performance in the World Cup early in 2011 he evoked responses from two of them which set off a chain of events that have left West Indian fans divided until now with seemingly no resolution in sight.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the dependable middle-order batsman, was so incensed that he felt it necessary to go to the press where, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16714946789066608477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136509051187510935.post-53655644168660631752011-12-08T15:12:00.000-04:002011-12-08T15:12:25.007-04:00Grading the West Indies in India: the fourth ODIAfter winning the third game to open up the series the West Indies harboured hopes of leveling the scores at 2-2 but these aspirations were soon dashed by Indian skipper Virender Sehwag who slammed a record 219 as his team amassed 418. That score was enough for a victory which ended up being by a margin of 153 runs.
Lendl Simmons
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