Does playing for the West Indies really matter as much as the players say so? Machel jumped into the CCP studios to ask the difficult questions about allegiance to the West Indies. As ever please leave a rating, review and subscribe to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channel keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to support the Caribbean Cricket Podcast you can become a patron for as little as £1/$1 a month here - patreon.com/Caribcricket If you would like to read some high quality articles on West Indies cricket - please subscribe to our brand new site - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caribbean Cricket News on CounterPress • West Indies Cricket independent news⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A more important bilateral series than it may have seemed on the surface. By defeating Bangladesh Women 2-1 it consigned the Tigers to the WC qualifiers alongside the West Indies, Pakistan, Scotland, Ireland and Thailand. Machel jumped into the hot seat to look back at the series and ponder what that should mean for West Indies WC qualification. Postscript: West Indies did not qualify in the long run! As ever please leave a rating, review and subscribe to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channel keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to support the Caribbean Cricket Podcast you can become a patron for as little as £1/$1 a month here - patreon.com/Caribcricket If you would like to read some high quality articles on West Indies cricket - please subscribe to our brand new site - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caribbean Cricket News on CounterPress • West Indies Cricket independent news⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Earlier this year Cricket West Indies launched the brand new scouting system with a primary focus on the West Indies Championship. They unveiled a groundbreaking, data-driven scouting system aimed at identifying and developing the best cricketing talent across the region. Cricket West Indies, Director of Cricket, Miles Bascombe joined us to talk us through the new system as well as delving into all other major changes in West Indies cricket in the last year. As ever please leave a rating, review and subscribe to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channel keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to support the Caribbean Cricket Podcast you can become a patron for as little as £1/$1 a month here - patreon.com/Caribcricket If you would like to read some high quality articles on West Indies cricket - please subscribe to our brand new site - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caribbean Cricket News on CounterPress • West Indies Cricket independent news⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Diaspora Files - Machel explores how the Cricket West Indies can do more to widen the talent pool. As ever please leave a rating, review and subscribe to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channels keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to support the Caribbean Cricket Podcast you can become a patron for as little as £1/$1 a month here - patreon.com/Caribcricket If you would like to read some high quality articles on West Indies cricket - please subscribe to our brand new site - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caribbean Cricket News on CounterPress • West Indies Cricket independent news⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A week after the miracle in Multan, Machel headed to the CCP studios to hand out the player ratings from the Pakistan vs West Indies series. As ever please leave a rating, review and subscribe to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channels keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to support the Caribbean Cricket Podcast you can become a patron for as little as £1/$1 a month here - patreon.com/Caribcricket If you would like to read some high quality articles on West Indies cricket - please subscribe to our brand new site - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caribbean Cricket News on CounterPress • West Indies Cricket independent news⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following West Indies historic win in Pakistan, Fazeer Mohammed joined Caribbean Cricket Podcast for an episode we called 'Saving West Indies cricket'. As ever with our episodes ft Fazeer, we covered all aspects of West Indies cricket from the performance in Pakistan to Daren Sammy to Governance in the region and so much more. As ever please leave a rating, review and subscribe to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channels keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to support the Caribbean Cricket Podcast you can become a patron for as little as £1/$1 a month here - patreon.com/Caribcricket If you would like to read some high quality articles on West Indies cricket - please subscribe to our brand new site - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caribbean Cricket News on CounterPress • West Indies Cricket independent news⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It might seem like a long time ago but at the start of this year West Indies pulled off the Miracle in Multan. They downed Pakistan by 120 runs to share the series and avoid last place in the World Test Championship table. Machel and Santokie provided an immediate reaction to that piece of history. As ever please leave a rating, review and subscribe to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channels keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to support the Caribbean Cricket Podcast you can become a patron for as little as £1/$1 a month here - patreon.com/Caribcricket If you would like to read some high quality articles on West Indies cricket - please subscribe to our brand new site - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caribbean Cricket News on CounterPress • West Indies Cricket independent news⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There are plenty of places to start when deconstructing where things went wrong in West Indies cricket but do the selectors get their portion of the blame? West Indians love to call for this person and that to be dropped but arguably too many players in WI cricket get dropped before it is even the time to do so. Machel took a look at the batting party that toured Bangladesh in January 2021 and analysed how we got to January 2025 with only Kraigg Braithwaite left. Should selectors take more of the blame - do they make too many unforced errors? As ever please leave a rating, review and subscribe to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channels keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to support the Caribbean Cricket Podcast you can become a patron for as little as £1/$1 a month here - patreon.com/Caribcricket If you would like to read some high quality articles on West Indies cricket - please subscribe to our brand new site - ⁠⁠⁠⁠Caribbean Cricket News on CounterPress • West Indies Cricket independent news⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Earlier this year we spoke with West Indies senior men's analyst, Avenesh Seetaram. He joined us to talk: The role of an analyst Winning CPL 2024 with Saint Lucia Kings How to develop the analyst's role throughout the region How players can use an analyst Working with Daren Sammy and so much more... As ever please leave a rating, review and subscribe to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channels keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to support the Caribbean Cricket Podcast you can become a patron for as little as £1/$1 a month here - patreon.com/Caribcricket If you would like to read some high quality articles on West Indies cricket - please subscribe to our brand new site - ⁠⁠⁠Caribbean Cricket News on CounterPress • West Indies Cricket independent news⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you missed it. The CCP awards handed out by the Caribbean Cricket Podcast for 2024. From Mens and Womens player of the year to the Catfish of 2024. Have a listen and relive the highlights, jokes and downbadness of 2024. Join Machel and Santokie as they hand out the awards in the classic CCP manner. As ever please leave a rating, review and subscribe to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channels keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to support the Caribbean Cricket Podcast you can become a patron for as little as £1/$1 a month here - patreon.com/Caribcricket If you would like to read some high quality articles on West Indies cricket - please subscribe to our brand new site - ⁠⁠Caribbean Cricket News on CounterPress • West Indies Cricket independent news⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At the back end of 2024 outgoing ICC Chair Greg Barclay suggested the West Indies should into seperate islands and nations. Then news broke that new ICC chair Jay Shah and the head of CA and ECB are planning to introduce a two tier system to test cricket so they can play each other more and make more money. The implication is that West Indies would be one of those teams that would fall into a unprofitable tier two. Predictably this has caused huge outrage. Machel and Santokie had to jump into the studio to address the latest drama in West Indies cricket. As ever please leave a rating, review and subscribe to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channels keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to support the Caribbean Cricket Podcast you can become a patron for as little as £1/$1 a month here - patreon.com/Caribcricket If you would like to read some high quality articles on West Indies cricket - please subscribe to our brand new site - ⁠Caribbean Cricket News on CounterPress • West Indies Cricket independent news⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Machel and Santokie jumped into the Caribbean Cricket Podcast studio to look at Daren Sammy's appointment as the new West Indies Men's test coach. Can he be the saviour of the West Indies test side? As ever please leave a rating, review and subscribe to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channels keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to support the Caribbean Cricket Podcast you can become a patron for as little as £1/$1 a month here - patreon.com/Caribcricket If you would like to read some high quality articles on West Indies cricket - please subscribe to our brand new site - Caribbean Cricket News on CounterPress • West Indies Cricket independent news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inspired by a message sent to the podcast by follower Dave Ingram. Machel jumped into the CCP studios to analyse Dave's West Indies T20I team of the 21st century. Do you agree with Dave, would you have had anyone else? As ever please leave a rating, review and subscribe to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channels keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to support the Caribbean Cricket Podcast you can become a patron for as little as £1/$1 a month here - patreon.com/Caribcricket Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inspired by a message sent to the podcast by follower Dave Ingram. Machel jumped into the CCP studios to analyse Dave's West Indies test team of the 21st century. Do you agree with Dave, would you have had anyone else? As ever please leave a rating and subscribe to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channels keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to support the Caribbean Cricket Podcast you can become a patron for as little as £1/$1 a month here - patreon.com/Caribcricket Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

West Indies 0-3 Bangladesh Who would have realistically predicted that Bangladesh would sweep West Indies in a T20I series. Is this a new nadir? Machel took a look at the series and asked where the T20 side goes from here. As ever please leave a rating and subscribe to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channels keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to support the Caribbean Cricket Podcast you can become a patron for as little as £1/$1 a month here - patreon.com/Caribcricket Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ahead of 2025 Machel jumped into the hot seat to consider what should be on the West Indies New Years wish list. As ever please leave a rating and subscribe to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channels keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to support the Caribbean Cricket Podcast you can become a patron for as little as £1/$1 a month here - patreon.com/Caribcricket Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Its been six months since Ramesh Subasinghe last appeared on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. At the time of recording he had been in role as Academy Head Coach for seven months and it seemed like the perfect point to touch base and look at the WWWs and EBIs as he continues to work on his holistic approach to better player development in the region. As ever please leave a rating and subscribe to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channels keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to support the Caribbean Cricket Podcast you can become a patron for as little as £1/$1 a month here - patreon.com/Caribcricket Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At the back end of 2024 West Indies defeated Bangladesh in an ODI series for the first time in 10 years. It was only right that on such a momentous occasion that Machel and Santokie returned to the CCP studios to analyse the series and assess what it means for the WI. As ever please leave a rating and subscribe to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channels keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to support the Caribbean Cricket Podcast you can become a patron for as little as £1/$1 a month here - patreon.com/Caribcricket Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There is no cricket in the Caribbean without Politricks. Last year Cricket West Indies held a critical meeting to look at the Wehby report and implement some more much needed governance reform. Alas the Barbados and Guyana cricket associations refused to show up to the meeting thereby impeding the process (disclaimer: they did eventually agree to the same recommendations a few months later). This isnt the first time they have acted in this manner and likely wont be the last. Machel had to jump into the studio to address the issue and ask whether Barbados and Guyana really want West Indies cricket to succeed? As ever please leave a rating and subscribe to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channels keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to support the Caribbean Cricket Podcast you can become a patron for as little as £1/$1 a month here - patreon.com/Caribcricket Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At the back end of last year outgoing ICC chairman Greg Barclay made a few interesting comments about the state of cricket in the Caribbean. He seemingly feels cricket in the region would be better if the West Indies disbanded into separate islands and nations. Machel had to jump into the studio to address the rank paternalism. As ever please leave a rating and subscribe to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channels keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to support the Caribbean Cricket Podcast you can become a patron for as little as £1/$1 a month here - patreon.com/Caribcricket Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices