Vaneisa Baksh

Writer and editor based in Trinidad

Lara defends follow-on decision

Vaneisa Baksh's take on the fourth day's events in St Kitts where Brian Lara chose not to enforce the follow on after West Indies had gained a first-innings lead of 219

26-Jun-2006•Vaneisa Baksh in St Kitts

How West Indies lost the plot

Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Marlon Samuels did their team no favour with their inexplicable go-slow tactics on the third day

25-Jun-2006•Vaneisa Baksh in St Kitts

Stoic Ganga proves a point

If patience and stoicism were not deeply ingrained in Daren Ganga, he would have already lost hope in his career as a West Indian Test player

23-Jun-2006•Vaneisa Baksh in St Kitts

Eddies from the past

Vaneisa Baksh on a historic moment at Warner Park in St Kitts

22-Jun-2006•Roving Reporter by Vaneisa Baksh in St Kitts

Three times a Lara

When the West Indies Cricket Board named Brian Lara as their captain for the third time, they were opting for experience, as their focus will undoubtedly be on preparing for the World Cup in the region in 2007

26-Apr-2006

More a push than a jump

Chanderpaul wouldn't have quit the captaincy unless it was clear he had no choice. It's as simple as that

13-Apr-2006

Identity crisis for West Indies

West Indies' recent struggle against New Zealand is a result of lack of clarity within the side, and violent upheavals outside

07-Mar-2006

Blight and Bravo

Vaneisa Baksh considers West Indies' year

06-Jan-2006•Vaneisa Baksh

An old favourite and Harmison's charge

Cricinfo and Wisden writers select their best and worst moments from 2005

03-Jan-2006

The other Ashes and Hussey's long wait

Cricinfo and Wisden writers select their best and worst moments from 2005

23-Dec-2005•Cricinfo and Wisden writers select their best and worst moments from 2005

Reasons to be cheerful

Vaneisa Baksh reviews West Indies' performances against Australia and says there is some cause for optimism ...although there is still a long way to go

30-Nov-2005

The Lara odyssey

Lara may have just broken Border's record, but to measure his greatness one must turn to many other greats

26-Nov-2005•Vaneisa Baksh

Salt of my earth

What makes Makhaya Ntini special to West Indians?

10-Nov-2005•Vaneisa Baksh

'West Indies cricket is my life'

To seek enlightenment from West Indies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul, one must learn to interpret silence, action, body language and history

06-Nov-2005•Vaneisa Baksh

The Stanford Plan

Packaged within a budget of US$ 28 million, Allen Stanford's five-week tournament offers a million dollar first prize from a total prize structure of US$2,115,000

27-Oct-2005•Vaneisa Baksh

Behind the Stanford Plan

American Allen Stanford is going to find his likeness to Australian Kerry Packer even more pronounced as oppositional forces gather momentum

27-Oct-2005•Vaneisa Baksh

Who's behind the war?

Brian Lara recently expressed the frustration that all parties must feel in the still unresolved contractual dispute

15-Oct-2005•Vaneisa Baksh

Skimpy skirts, sponsors and over-arm bowling

Despite a certain paternalism at work, a slow but sure paradigm shift is occurring in West Indies women's cricket

06-Sep-2005•Vaneisa Baksh

Sobers comes in from the cold

Vaneisa Baksh on the appointment of Sir Garry Sobers as the technical consultant to West Indies' new head coach, Bennett King

30-Aug-2005•Vaneisa Baksh

West Indies struggle to find sponsor ahead of World Cup

West Indies women's cricket team facing rejections for sponsorship requests

13-Jul-2005•Vaneisa Baksh

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