West Indies Men's Cricket: Turning a Corner off the Field, Tempered Optimism on the Field w/ Machel St Patrick Hewitt

For many years, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and its men’s players were at odds with each other. The WICB labelled the likes of Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, and Chris Gayle as mercenaries, and blackballed them from wearing the maroon. Unsurprisingly, the West Indies’ on-field fortunes suffered. They only just scraped through to the Men’s 2019 World Cup, where they could only win two out of nine games.  Amongst all this chaos, however, they lifted the World T20 trophy in 2016. They’ve also turned a corner in the last few years, with Ricky Skerritt — who has mended bridges with the T20 globetrotters —being appointed as the President of the WICB.  For Episode 2 of the All Over Cricket Podcast, I’m joined by Machel St Patrick Hewitt, Co-founder, and Host of the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. We discuss the systemic issues that have plagued cricket in the Caribbean, hope for the future, as well as the West Indies’ recent performances and prospects across the three formats.  If you like this podcast, you may like our website:  https://aocricket.substack.com/  You can follow us on Twitter and Facebook:  https://twitter.com/AllOverCric  https://www.facebook.com/AllOverCric  Mash is on Twitter too:  https://twitter.com/MashStPaddy  Check out the CCP episode with Ricky Skerritt, where he discusses a 10-point plan to change the way the game is administered at the pathway and elite levels for both men and women:  https://caribcricket19.podbean.com/e/by-the-people-for-the-people-the-president-ricky-skerritt-interview/  Intro and Outro Music:  Protofunk by Kevin MacLeod  Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4247-protofunk  License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license