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T&T to host eight
CPL matches ‘KILLER’ SPIN
West Indies coach Phil Simmons during nets at the National Cricket Stadium, St Georges, Grenada on March 23,
2022. Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff
By Azad Ali
The West Indies white-ball skills camp
currently underway at Coolidge Cricket
Ground in Antigua is primarily focused
on helping regional batsmen counteract
one of their biggest downfalls — spin
bowling.
This is the view of Phil Simmons, head
coach of the Windies senior men’s team,
who believes the camp plays an important
role in building his players to becoming
more all-round and consistent batsmen
at the T20 and One-Day International
(ODI) levels.
Simmons said they have had six intense
sessions so far and the players response
has been “brilliant.”
“We’ve always had issues with how
we score against spin bowling so that is
going to be the highlight of the camp,”
he said.
“West Indies have found it tough,
recently to bat out a full 50 overs against
international competition.”
This, Simmons thinks, is another cru-
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West Indies Hayley Matthews. Associated
Press/Fareed Khan/File
Matthews
makes the cut
By Azad Ali
West Indies all-rounder Hayley Matthews
has been named on the Most Valuable Team
of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022.
And her achievement has been recognized by
Cricket West Indies.
Matthews struck 260 runs including a
match-winning century against New Zealand
as West Indies stunned the hosts on the opening
day. She also took 10 wickets with her offspin,
with best figures of four for 15 against
Bangladesh.
Due to her performance West Indies were
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By Azad Ali
Trinadad and Tobago has been selected as
one of the hosts for the Hero Caribbean Premier
League (CPL) T20 tournament.
A CPL media release last week said there
will be eight matches played in Trinidad during
Sept. 12-18, with home team Trinbago Knight
Riders taking part in four of those matches.
The matches are expected to be played at
the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain and
the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in South
Trinidad.
This year’s CPL runs from Aug. 30 to Sept.
30.
The 2020 CPL was hosted solely in Trinidad,
without fans, owing to the pandemic. The
tournament shifted to St. Kitts and Nevis the
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