Tony Cozier

Veteran writer and commentator in the Caribbean

Sarwan's late spark

Grenada's inaugural Test was slipping back into an increasingly deep sleep when it was roused from its slumber in the final 25 minutes of the fourth day Monday, reawakening West Indies' hopes of a dramatic victory on the final day Tuesday (the day

02-Jul-2002•Tony Cozier

West Indies thrashed

Man has split the atom, landed on the moon and found the Titanic, but no team has ever scored 474 to win a Test match and the present West Indies team, with its glaring limitations, certainly wasn't going to make history at Kensington Oval yesterday

25-Jun-2002•Tony Cozier

Collins alone shines

Pedro Collins gallantly fronted a spirited West Indies effort at damage control on the third day of the second Cable & Wireless Test yesterday

24-Jun-2002•Tony Cozier

Air we go again

Kensington Oval, for so long the trusty bastion of West Indies cricket, yesterday experienced at first hand the harm and humiliation repeatedly inflicted on West Indies cricket at other venues across the globe in recent times

23-Jun-2002•Tony Cozier

Hooper admits to fear of fatigue

West Indies captain Carl Hooper admitted to one major concern yesterday on the eve of the first Cable & Wireless Test against New Zealand and it was far more relevant than his World Cup choice, Brazil, being knocked out even before he tosses the coin

21-Jun-2002•Tony Cozier

Shiv looks set

The West Indies took one deep sigh of relief yesterday

20-Jun-2002•Tony Cozier

Oval pitch like one for India test

Kensington Oval should provide a pitch for the first Test against New Zealand, starting Friday, similar to that lauded by West Indies captain Carl Hooper last month as the best in the preceding series against India

19-Jun-2002•Tony Cozier

Umpires may be censured

Umpires Asoka deSilva and Billy Doctrove could find themselves in hot water with the International Cricket Council (ICC), after match referee Wasim Raja faxes his report on West Indies' gripping last-ball victory over New Zealand in the final One-Day

19-Jun-2002•Tony Cozier

Hooper tells lads: You've got to dig in

Carl Hooper has urged his West Indies players to dig deep to find the reserves needed for the upcoming back-to-back Tests against New Zealand that complete the longest international home season in history

18-Jun-2002•Tony Cozier

Sticky wicket for Sir Viv

The 'Master Blaster' is back

09-Jun-2002•Tony Cozier

West Indies digging deeper

Carl Hooper and Roger Harper got the balance just about right in assessing the significance of the West Indies' triumph over India in the Cable & Wireless Test series

26-May-2002•Tony Cozier

Rain puts cloud over cricket

Two days of incessant, torrential rain have dumped nearly two inches of rain on Kingston and put the weekend's first two One-Day Internationals in the Cable & Wireless Series at Sabina Park in some doubt

24-May-2002•Tony Cozier

Buzz over selection nominees

In Kingston while the West Indies team has been busy these past few weeks delivering the rarity of a series triumph on the field, the air beyond the boundary has been bristling with the static of Caribbean cricketing politics

24-May-2002•Tony Cozier

Hooper: Aussies the real measure

Carl Hooper has set world champions Australia as the benchmark by which his West Indies team should be judged

24-May-2002•Tony Cozier

Oval Pitch 'The Best'

In Kingston captain Carl Hooper and coach Roger Harper have held up the Kensington Oval pitch for the second Test of the recent Cable & Wireless Series as an example of what is needed at all levels of West Indies cricket

24-May-2002•Tony Cozier

The West Indies are fired up

The West Indies are three insignificant wickets away from a resounding victory in the fifth and final Cable & Wireless Test that would secure the series and administer a welcome, overdue dose of self-confidence to Carl Hooper and his team

22-May-2002•Tony Cozier

West Indies still in charge

As the stumps shattered, the bails flew and the most feared batsman in the Indian team slapped his bat on the pitch in rage at his mistake, the 12 000 or so Jamaicans filling Sabina Park to near-capacity broke into cheering, whistle-blowing

20-May-2002•Tony Cozier

Hinds gives India a break

A moment of unforgivable thoughtlessness slackened a tightening West Indies stranglehold late on the opening day of the fifth, decisive Cable & Wireless Test yesterday

19-May-2002•Tony Cozier

Sabina Park pitch under scrutiny

They have already heard from Sabina Park curator Patrick Gordon that "it's going to be a competitive strip" but will want more specific information

18-May-2002•Tony Cozier

Flogging a dead dog

It is matches such as this that give Test cricket a bad name

15-May-2002•Tony Cozier

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