Caribbean Cricket Podcast

A diaspora based podcast chewing the fat on Caribbean Cricket. Hosted by Machel St Patrick Hewitt (@MashStPaddy) & Santokie Nagulendran (@santokie89)

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Bat for a chance
For episode 35 we interviewed Will Gaffney, founder of Bat for a chance. We've interviewed a lot of people since starting the podcast but this story is truly fascinating. Bat For a Chance is a cricket charity, helping to provide cricket kit for under...
34 min
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Why did WE do that? ft Fazeer Mohammed
Probably our most enjoyable episode so far as we used the time in between the ODIs and Tests vs Bangladesh to talk with the great Fazeer Mohammed. When you talk doyens in Caribbean cricket journalism and commentary two names stand out, Tony Cozier an...
76 min
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The battle to avoid the wooden spoon (Banglades...
We sat with Bangladesh cricket expert Tawhid Qureshi to explore West Indies upcoming tour of Bangladesh. The Men in Maroon have seen 12 senior players pull out of the tour leading to a severely weakened (ODI) side travelling to Bangladesh. We unravel...
68 min
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Talking regional cricket with the domestic spin...
Following West Indies humbling at the hands of New Zealand we wanted to talk to a legend of the domestic game, and they dont come any bigger than Nikita Miller. Leading wicket taker in the domestic game with 538 FC wickets at 16 and now making waves ...
82 min
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The last of a dying breed: Darren Bravo special
On the eve of the first test match between New Zealand and West Indies we caught up with West Indies top order batsman Darren Bravo. Its been a long time in the wilderness for Darren and he acknowledges it's time to make up for lost time. In a very f...
42 min
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The journey to the T20 World Cup starts here
The band is back together for Episode 30 as Nikhil Uttamchandani joins us to preview the upcoming New Zealand vs West Indies T20 series. Several big names are missing but with less than a year to go to the 2021 T20 World Cup it's time for West Indies...
62 min
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Never a dull moment in West Indies cricket
With a West Indies tour of New Zealand on the horizon we sat with RJR/TVJs Jerome Foster & freelance cricket writer Garfield Robinson to dissect all the major talking points in West Indies cricket.   The WI Test squad to NZ. Nicholas Pooran. The egot...
64 min
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Inside Cricket West Indies: The Art of Coach Ed...
After a hectic summer taking in the tour of England and CPL, the podcast returns with a look behind the scenes of Cricket West Indies. We caught up with CWI's first ever Coach Education Manager, Chris Brabazon, to understand the fundamentals of coach...
54 min
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Inside the CPL: Evin Lewis
The final installment in the series of podcasts where we speak with West Indian players in this years CPL. This episode features destructive opening batsman Evin Lewis. Evin is widely recognised as one of the most explosive batsman in the limited ove...
31 min
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Inside the CPL: Brandon King
The third in the series of podcast episodes where we speak with players in this years CPL. This episode features 2019 CPL top run scorer Brandon King. Brandon was rewarded for his stella CPL performance last year with a West Indies ODI and T20 call u...
23 min
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Inside the CPL: Ashmead Nedd
The second in the series of podcast episodes where we speak with players in this years CPL. This episode features Guyana spin sensation Ashmead Nedd Ashmead has made quite the waves since coming to fans attention in the 2019 U19 World Cup. He then fo...
20 min
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Inside the CPL: Hayden Walsh Jr
A new series of podcast episodes where we speak with different players who are part of this years CPL. First up is last years player of the tournament, Hayden Walsh Jr. Its been an absolutely worldwind year for the former USA all-rounder and he took ...
28 min
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CPL 2020: Barbados Tridents - The underrated de...
The last one in the CPL 2020 preview series as we look at the defending champions Barbados Tridents. It's rare that defending champions arent considered one of the two favourites but Barbados find themselves with the underdog tag yet again. Tasneem-S...
28 min
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CPL 2020: The St Lucia Zouks have to come good ...
The 5th team in the CPL preview series The St Lucia Zouks It isnt a diss to call them the worst team in the tournament, historically they've always been somewhere between poor and below average.  However this year they do have new owners and a new co...
28 min
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CPL 2020: Can St Kitts & Nevis Patriots challen...
The 4th installment of our CPL 2020 preview series sees us blessed with the presence of Aaron Viles (@thecricketconnoisseur_) to preview The St Kitts & Nevis Patriots. On the eve of the tournament The Patriots were struck the blow of losing the irrep...
23 min
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CPL 2020: Trinbago Knight Riders get the band b...
The 3rd episode in our CPL 2020 preview series. Our good friend Tasneem-Summer Khan (@summeryael) joins us to run the rule over the winningest franchise in CPL history, The Trinbago Knight Riders. DJ Bravo is back along with Fawad Ahmed. West Indies ...
30 min
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CPL 2020: Can the Guyana Amazon Warriors shake ...
Every year Guyana Amazon Warriors are declared one of the favourites for CPL and this year is no different. Can they finally shake off the chokers tag and claim their first ever CPL title? Long suffering Amazon Warriors fan Santokie and unsympathetic...
29 min
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CPL 2020: A look at the Jamaica Tallawahs
It's all systems go for CPL 2020. We begin our series of podcast on the tournament with a deep dive into the history of the Jamaica Tallawahs franchise. From Chris Gayle to Florida and everything in between. We were joined by former Tallawahs analyst...
55 min
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’Out of Many One People’ - An Indo-Caribbean cr...
A special podcast where we look at the history of Indo-Caribbean representation in West Indies Cricket and the cultural/religious links to Indian culture. We have a roundtable discussion with an Indo-Guyanese, an Indian and an Afro-Caribbean in order...
58 min
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Speak now or forever hold your peace
The final podcast before the start of the three-match #raisethebat series between England and West Indies. @nikuttam joins us again to assess the state of the play after the two West Indies intra-squad warm up games. We dissect then select our XI for...
63 min
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The future's bright the future's Joshua
Episode 15 comes hot on the heels of Episode 14 and our guest on this one is rising star Joshua Da Silva. The Trinidad & West Indian wicketkeeper batsman has been rewarded for a run-filled domestic year with a call up to the reserve squad for the Eng...
26 min
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The crazy world of franchise cricket
On the eve of the CPL draft we sat down with Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber) to talk T20 franchise cricket. This isn't a death by stats talk rather an irreverent look behind the scenes of running a CPL team. We look at why teams win, lose and everythi...
53 min
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Rally round the West Indies (Tour squad preview)
With the England-West Indies series ratified and set to bowl off on July 8th.  Our Bajan correspondent Nikhil Uttamchandani (@nikuttam) joined us to run the rule over the announced 14 man squad and 11 reserves.  There are several names included that ...
81 min
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The Unforgiven: Mercenaries or Missionaries?
Some things are indelible in West Indian cricket history and not all of it positive. Between 1982 and 1984, 20 West Indian cricketers broke the Gleneagles agreement and decided to tour apartheid South Africa. Author and Sports Writer Ashley Gray (@As...
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The push for reselection - The Kieran Powell in...
Once heralded as the next great West Indian opening batsmen. Leeward Islands star turn Kieran Powell has had a topsy-turvy career in and out of the West Indies side.  Fresh off a record breaking 2019 Super 50 tournament where he led the run charts an...
69 min