Matches (10)
IND v WI (1)
AFG vs BAN (2)
Women's World Cup (2)
Irani Cup (1)
IND-A vs AUS-A (1)
AUS-U19 vs IND-U19 (1)
ZIM-W vs UAE-W (1)
NZ vs AUS (1)

Vaneisa Baksh

Writer and editor based in Trinidad

Hooper the 100-Test man

Hooper the 100-Test man

The job spec might more realistically have spelled out terms for a saviour rather than a captain, because that was what the West Indies Board was looking for when they appointed Carl Hooper as captain in March 2001

07-Jul-2005•Vaneisa Baksh
A platform for flight

A platform for flight

For as many people who saw the ICC Champions Trophy victory for the West Indies as evidence that the team had reached the critical turnaround, there is an equivalent number who thought it another painful flash in the pan

22-Jun-2005•Vaneisa Baksh
A vision for West Indian cricket

A vision for West Indian cricket

It is alarming that the most powerful cricket community in the West Indies does not have some sort of succession plan

21-Jun-2005•Vaneisa Baksh
Lara's Saturday of brilliant sunshine

Lara's Saturday of brilliant sunshine

On this Saturday of brilliant sunshine, a fire raged through the downtown shopping centre of Port of Spain

12-Apr-2005•Vaneisa Baksh
The need to start afresh

The need to start afresh

Amid the quarrels and hard positions adopted by the parties directly involved in the current dispute in West Indian cricket, there has been the growing voice of a party indirectly connected to the details, but central nonetheless

29-Mar-2005•Commentary by Vaneisa Baksh
The need to start afresh

The need to start afresh

Amid the quarrels and hard positions adopted by the parties directly involved in the current dispute in West Indian cricket, there has been the growing voice of a party indirectly connected to the details, but central nonetheless

29-Mar-2005•Vaneisa Baksh
Back into oblivion?

Back into oblivion?

At the heart of the current contretemps unravelling around West Indiescricket lurk some deeply-shadowed issues that might still tell us wherecricket has come internationally as a profession in a globalised world

22-Feb-2005•Vaneisa Baksh
Darren Holder leaves WICB

Darren Holder leaves WICB

Australian Darren Holder has resigned after seven months as coaching manager for the West Indies Cricket Board

31-Jan-2005•Vaneisa Baksh
Torrential rains in Guyana affect cricketers

Torrential rains in Guyana affect cricketers

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the West Indian vice captain, has had his home flooded after torrential rains deluged Guyana, causing millions of dollars in damage

26-Jan-2005•Vaneisa Baksh
More questions than answers at Board's AGM

More questions than answers at Board's AGM

After two days of meetings in Barbados, the directors of the West Indies Cricket Board are no closer to resolving two long-standing issues on separate matters

25-Jan-2005•Vaneisa Baksh
A true West Indian spirit

A true West Indian spirit

Ebullient

09-Jan-2005•Vaneisa Baksh
A year of extremes

A year of extremes

Pinnacles and troughs featured heavily on the West Indian cricket landscape in 2004

27-Dec-2004•Vaneisa Baksh
Don't blame the captain, see the big picture

Don't blame the captain, see the big picture

Ordinarily, a whitewashed team could reasonably expect that its leaderwould be pressured to resign

24-Aug-2004•Vaneisa Baksh
West Indies continue to rely on Lara

West Indies continue to rely on Lara

The match turned twice, both times when Brian Lara was given out

26-Jul-2004•Vaneisa Baksh
The misdirection of Powell's power

The misdirection of Powell's power

When he first appeared on the regional scene, it triggered the kind of buzz one associates with the coming of a messiah or a prodigal son

06-Jul-2004•Vaneisa Baksh
Another warrior gone

Another warrior gone

It would not have come as too much of a surprise that Sir Viv Richards is no longer chairman of selectors for the West Indies Cricket Board

22-Jun-2004•Wisden Comment by Vaneisa Baksh
Best of times, worst of times

Best of times, worst of times

Such a record

08-Jun-2004•Vaneisa Baksh
Rain or shine, the games will go on

Rain or shine, the games will go on

Vaneisa Baksh on the dampened spirits that have marred the one-day leg of England's Caribbean tour, and how it might impact on the 2007 World Cup

04-May-2004•Vaneisa Baksh
Keeper of the flame

Keeper of the flame

Vaneisa Baksh on the man who kept West Indian pride alive

13-Apr-2004•Vaneisa Baksh
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