Caribbean Cricket Podcast
A diaspora based podcast chewing the fat on Caribbean Cricket. Hosted by Machel St Patrick Hewitt (@MashStPaddy) & Santokie Nagulendran (@santokie89)
Episodes
April 24, 2024 • 38 mins
The first three rounds of the West Indies Championship has not solved the opener issue for the West Indies Men's senior side.
Tagenarine Chanderpaul continues to look out of touch which has left the door wide open for someone to take advantage.
Mikyle Louis is the front runner but there are some other options that Desmond Haynes and co could consider.
Machel and Santokie jumped in the hot seat to analyse who are the front runners.
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April 11, 2024 • 25 mins
Say the name Jason Holder and you will likely trigger very irrational and emotional rantings amongst the West Indian fanbase.
Recently on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast we have repeatedly stated that Jason Holder walks back into the West Indies test side but this seems to have caused some level of consternation.
Machel jumped in the hot seat to analyse why we shouldnt even be debating Jason Holder's test place.
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At the Caribbean Cricket Podcast we always try to ensure our audience can hear from all the important stakeholders in West Indies Cricket.
Director of Cricket, Miles Bascombe, was the latest to come on the to talk his strategic plan for the holistic improvement of cricket in the region.
It's an important conversation that looks in depth at youth development, the women's game, the state of pitches in the region and so much more.
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March 29, 2024 • 30 mins
West Indies U19 Mens placed 5th in the 2024 World Cup - a result probably better than the majority in the region would have expected.
Machel jumped into the hot seat to look at the World Cup campaign, assess the positives and negatives and identify where this cohort of players go from here.
As always with the Caribbean Cricket Podcast we go into a level of depth and analysis on West Indies cricket that you wont hear anywhere else.
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March 25, 2024 • 27 mins
So much has happened in West Indies cricket that you could be forgiven for missing the big news that CWI and WIPA had signed a new Memorandum of Understanding.
The agreement lasts until 2027 and heralds in a new partnership designed to solidify commitment to promoting gender pay equity within West Indies cricket. The MOU outlines plans to achieve parity in international and regional match fees, international captain’s allowances, i...
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March 8, 2024 • 62 mins
The dust has now settled and the endless think pieces on Shamar Joseph and West Indies have come to an end.
Therefore it now seems right to look back at the series and identify The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
Machel and Santokie jump into the live seat to dissect the test series and hand out the world famous CCP player ratings.
As always with the Caribbean Cricket Podcast we go into a level of depth and analysis on West Indies cric...
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February 28, 2024 • 70 mins
How apt that following West Indies miraculous performance to share the Frank Worrell Trophy, Trinidad and Tobago cricket journalist Vaneisa Baksh joined us to talk about her latest book 'Son of Grace' - a biography on the great Frank Worrell.
A project that began in 2016 has ended with Baksh putting together the fruits of her archive hunting to write a comprehensive account of Frank Worrell and his life and legacy.
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February 14, 2024 • 21 mins
Last month the fixtures for the Men's T20 World Cup were released.
However to all intents and purposes the fixtures, locations of teams and timings all looked like backroom deals rather than any real draw.
Machel took a look at the fixtures and analysed whether the ICC know how to run a World Cup in its truest sense?
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February 12, 2024 • 32 mins
West Indies cricket will always be a Netflix series.
In the latest installment of West Indies drama - Cricket West Indies has confirmed several organisational changes at the start of a significant year.
Most notably Roland Butcher has been let go as West Indies Men's senior selector - a move that caused shock in some parts of the Caribbean.
Machel and Santokie took a look at all of the organisational changes and analysed why the mo...
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February 2, 2024 • 38 mins
A brand new year means a new set of Caribbean Cricket Podcast resolutions for 2024.
Machel gave his NINE hopes for 2024. Do you agree with them?
As always with the Caribbean Cricket Podcast we go into a level of depth and analysis on West Indies cricket that you wont hear anywhere else.
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January 22, 2024 • 53 mins
West Indies cricket will always be a Netflix series.
In the latest installment of West Indies drama - Jamaica Tallawahs have resigned from CPL and been replaced by a yet to be named Antigua franchise.
This appears to be just the latest blow in what is being seen as the underdevelopment of Jamaica cricket.
Machel and Santokie were joined by special guests Jerome Foster (Sports Journalist RJR/Gleaner) and Simon Preston (Media Officer...
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January 15, 2024 • 27 mins
The dust has now settled on the noise around the test squad selected to tour Australia.
In that void Machel decided to take a look at the squad again and ask if there were other options for selection (outside of the big name players that declined selection).
As always with the Caribbean Cricket Podcast we go into a level of depth and analysis on West Indies cricket that you wont hear anywhere else.
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January 8, 2024 • 69 mins
Another T20 series - Another win.
Daren Sammy is cooking something and it has the region excited.
Machel and Santokie review the series victory over England and hand out the infamous CCP player ratings.
As always with the Caribbean Cricket Podcast we go into a level of depth and analysis on West Indies cricket that you wont hear anywhere else.
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December 21, 2023 • 31 mins
Sunil Narine has officially announced his retirement from international cricket as well as domestic List A cricket.
He of course crowned the announcement with a Super 50 title and ended the 2023 tournament as the top wicket taker - how fitting.
However despite Sunil being a global star in the game his West Indies legacy is a bit more complicated - we are a tough people to please both within the region and the wider diaspora.
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December 7, 2023 • 67 mins
We're back with another recorded live show.
West Indies finally got round to dropping their ODI squad to face England this after first dropping music tracks and a Daren Sammy rally letter to the fans.
Did the squad live up to the expectations or was it the same old controversy where West Indies cricket is concerned
Machel and Santokie jump into the live studio to dissect all the fall out from the squad selection.
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November 24, 2023 • 68 mins
The 2023 CG United Super 50 is over and one of the oldest sides in the competition took the title.
Make no mistake the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force were deserved winners of the tournament but it would be a lie to say there arent serious reservations about the overall quality of domestic cricket in the region.
Machel and Santokie jumped into the studio to run the rule over a competition that was down horrendous at the best of time...
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November 10, 2023 • 40 mins
Fresh off her 132 vs Australia and her SEVENTH consecutive player of the match award, West Indies Women's captain Hayley Matthews joined the Caribbean Cricket Podcast to talk THAT innings, her career, captaincy and so much more.
Hayley has been around in the world game for so long that it is easy to forget she is only 25 years old.
From debuting for Barbados Women's National team at 12 to debuting for West Indies Women at 17 - Hayl...
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November 3, 2023 • 104 mins
The second episode in our Caribbean cricket history series.
On this episode we did a deep dive with the great Fazeer Mohammed looking at the history of cricket in Trinidad and Tobago.
Fazeer needs no introduction as a doyen in the region when it comes to brodcasting and print journalism.
He takes us on a tour de force of Trinidad & Tobago cricket - from Constantine to CLR James and Brian Charles Lara and the T20 revolution.
Not onl...
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October 23, 2023 • 66 mins
The Guyana Amazon Warriors have won their first ever CPL title in 2023.
Machel and Santokie held a live show to chew up the highs and lows of CPL 2023.
Was the quality really low or was it a tournament worth watching?
As always with the Caribbean Cricket Podcast we go into a level of depth and analysis on West Indies cricket that you wont hear anywhere else.
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October 5, 2023 • 19 mins
In the recently completed Caribbean Premier League season, Andre Russell rolled back the years to show why he is still an effective bowler in the T20 format.
Is it time to recall him to West Indies duty?
Machel jumped in the hot-seat to explore why Dre hasnt been picked since the 2021 T20 WC and whether it is time for people to suck up their pride and F their feelings.
As always with the Caribbean Cricket Podcast we go into a level...
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