Caribbean Cricket Podcast

West Indies defeat Pakistan 2-1 (ODI series)

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Another ODI home series - Another win for West Indies. That makes it 4 from their last 5 at home. Machel jumped into the CCP studios to review the s...

West Indies hold strategic summit : What did we learn?

01 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Machel and Santokie dissect the Cricket West Indies emergency strategic summit. What next for West Indies cricket? As ever please leave a rating, re...

Time for a change with Carlos Brathwaite

27 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Carlos Brathwaite wants to make a change in Barbados, West Indies Cricket and the running of T20 franchise cricket. Carlos came through to the Caribb...

West Indies next T20 generation

26 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For the longest while, Machel has been talking about the lack of depth in West Indies T20 cricket. To further expand on the point he carried out his ...

T20 series recap: West Indies 1-2 Pakistan ft Samuel Badree

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Last summer West Indies became the downbad T20 champions of the world when they lost a bilateral series to Pakistan. Machel was at the Broward Count...

Opening the Caribbean Cricket Podcast mailbag - Summer edition

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Machel and Santokie opened up the Caribbean Cricket Podcast mailbag to answer all the questions from the CCP community. As ever please leave a rating...

West Indies 0-5 Australia: Was that T20 series the making of us?

18 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A T20 summer whitewash for the West Indies vs Australia may have been the best thing that happened to the West Indies. Machel looks at that series. ...

Time to expand the West Indies talent pool

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

West Indies do not have a talent problem. How often have you heard that statement? Machel jumped into the CCP booth to question if that statement hol...

Was 27 all out rock bottom?

12 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

27 all out. Last summer West Indies got take there by Australia. It brought widespread condemnation. Machel and Santokie jumped into the studio to d...

Was Andre Russell underappreciated in West Indies cricket?

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Machel and Santokie jumped into the CCP booth to consider Dre Russ's legacy. Is he underappreciated in the Caribbean? As ever please leave a rating, ...

Is Daren Sammy the most divisive man in West Indies cricket?

09 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

I guess it makes sense that the West Indian public would immediately pivot to fire Daren Sammy after 27 all out. If there is one thing that will rema...

Kraigg Braithwaite 100 and out

06 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Machel and Santokie took a look at the Barbadian's test career. Has he been taken for granted? Will we see him in West Indies test colours again? As ...

West Indies Women 2-1 South Africa Women

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

West Indies Women produced the feel good moment of last summer with a unexpected 2-1 T20 series win vs South Africa. Machel jumped into the CCP studi...

Are the West Indies Women improving?

01 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

West Indies faced both England and South Africa in 2025, both teams are 'better' than West Indies but did we see some green shoots of hope? Machel ju...

Did West Indies have a realistic chance of beating Australia?

30 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Prior to the start of the West Indies vs Australia test series we discussed how unlikely it was that West Indies could spring a shock in the test seri...

Is Daren Sammy doing a good job as West Indies head coach?

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

There is disquiet in some media/social media circles about Daren Sammy. Is it as simple as people are badmind and just dont like the man or is there ...

Why Daren Sammy made changes for the West Indies vs Australia test series

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

There was so much speculation about what the West Indies test squad might look like for the series vs Australia and Daren Sammy did not disappoint. B...

Why Nicholas Pooran left West Indies cricket pt 2.

25 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Why did Nicholas Pooran call it quits? Most keen observers thought the day was coming - did they believe it was coming this soon before he even hit 30...

Which players are best placed to breakthrough into the West Indies T20 set up?

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We deliberately took a long time to do a review on the 2025 Breakout League but here we took a look at the players most likely to play for the West In...

Why Nicholas Pooran left West Indies cricket pt 1

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Very few media outlets saw Nicholas Pooran's retirement coming. Caribbean Cricket Podcast did. Here is part 1 of a series of podcasts where we saw...

Should we be concerned with Gudakesh Motie's bowling form?

19 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In 2025 Gudakesh Motie had a significant drop off in his international form. How much of a cause for concern is it? Machel jumped into the CCP studio...

West Indies Women lose T20 series 3-0 in England - Were there some promising signs?

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

West Indies Women were always going to find the tour of England difficult last summer. If they were going to produce a victory it was likely to be in ...

Machel speaks with Daren Sammy in Ireland

15 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Machel caught up with Daren Sammy after the conclusion of the Ireland vs West Indies ODI series. This is the first time Daren Sammy has spoken 1-1 wit...

How the West Indies fared in the 2025 ODI series vs Ireland

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The 2025 Ireland vs West Indies series ended in a 1-1 draw. Machel was present at Clontarf for the final of those three 0DIs. Upon his return to the ...

How Caribbean Cricket Podcast changed the game

12 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Machel and Santokie recap the growth of the Caribbean Cricket Podcast and how a small self-funded entity in South East London has gone on to influence...

Opening the Caribbean Cricket Podcast mailbag

10 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We havent done a CCP mailbag episode in quite some time. Thank you for all those who submitted questions. Machel jumped into the studio to answer the...

Roston Chase: The West Indies Men's Test Captain

09 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Never a dull day in West Indies cricket. Roston Chase and Jomel Warrican won the race for the West Indies captain and vice captain of the Men's senior...

Should Josh Da Silva have been the next test captain?

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Last year Machel St Patrick Hewitt explained that Joshua Da Silva was the best candidate for the next West Indies test captain. Machel jumped into t...

Why Roston Chase's struggle as West Indies Captain was entirely predictable

05 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Before Roston Chase was chosen to be the West Indies test captain the list was narrowed down to a shortlist of SIX. Justin Greaves, Jomel Warrican, J...

Why we should have seen Andre Russell's retirement coming

04 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Andre Russell is had a stinker in IPL 2025. Jason Holder had a great tournament in the PSL. In hindsight we should have seen Andre Russell's eventual...

Was Guyana's West Indies Championship win tainted?

03 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Machel and Santokie jumped into the CCP studios to discuss whether Guyana's title victory in the West Indies Championship now comes with an asterisk n...

Why West Indies Women did not make the World Cup

31 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Despite a magnificent run chase against Thailand to nearly oh so nearly squeeze into the World Cup West Indies fell short by the barest of margins. M...

Breaking Barriers: Barbados to England...and Back ft Roland Butcher

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Who is Roland Butcher? Depending on your connection to the game - that question has different answers for different people. Roland the first black m...

The BEST XI in the 2025 West Indies Championship

21 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Who made the CCP team of the tournament in the latest edition of the West Indies Championship? How many of them should be test team regulars? As eve...

Are West Indians losing their IPL star power?

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last year there were only eight West Indians in IPL. Should we be concerned? Machel and Santokie have a look at whether the luster and star power of ...

Was Kevlon Anderson ready for a West Indies call up?

13 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kevlon Anderson took this year's West Indies Championship by storm and led to him being added to West Indies test squad vs Australia. Machel jumped ...

What If? The alternate universe West Indies test side

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Machel and Santokie jumped into the CCP studio to construct an alternate West Indies test side. What could have been? What should have been? Do you a...

Who should have been the next West Indies test captain?

07 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prior to the announcement of Roston Chase as the next West Indies test captain, Machel hosted a live show looking at who should have been the runners ...

Why did Kraigg Braithwaite stand down as WI test captain?

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Never ever a dull day in West Indies cricket. At the beginning of April, Machel and Santokie jumped into the CCP studio to talk through Kraigg Brait...

Jewel Andrew: How to develop our generational talent?

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jewel Andrew is West Indies first generational batting talent since Shimron Hetmyer but will he go the way of Hetmyer? Machel jumped into the CCP stu...

West Indies Grindball saviours - where are they?

01 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Between 2021 and the summer of 2022 - West Indies pioneered a brand of cricket that we at the Caribbean Cricket Podcast coined 'grindball'. It led to...

Major League Cricket has a new CEO (ft Johnny Grave)

29 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Its been a year since Johnny Grave left his job as CEO of Cricket West Indies. He is now the new CEO of Major League Cricket. Machel caught up with ...

Meet Chris Dehring, CWI's new CEO

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's all change at Cricket West Indies as Chris Dehring has replaced Johnny Grave as the new CEO. Dehring joined us earlier this year to talk about...

Was the West Indies breakout league a good idea?

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On April 25th to May 10th the West Indies breakout league took place. Six regional franchises went head to head with the best of the next generation ...

The best West Indies Test captain of the 21st century

24 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

West Indies have been in a downbad era in test cricket for the best part of 25 years. Machel jumped into the Caribbean Cricket Podcast studio to ana...

Who should Daren Sammy call up from the white ball squads?

23 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Earlier this year Machel jumped into the CCP studio to look at the top five white ball players that could/should be playing test cricket before the en...

Should the West Indies test side be built around Alick Athanaze?

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

So much talk about white ball players and who should be drafted into the test squad. Machel jumped into the studio to discuss if the test squad batti...

Daren Sammy lays out his plans for the West Indies test side

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Machel and Santokie jumped into the Caribbean Cricket Podcast studio to look at how Daren Sammy laid out his intentions for the test side It wasnt s...

Walter Rodney: A Caribbean Cricket Podcast history special

16 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

People have been asking me for years to bring back the Caribbean history specials. For this episode Machel was joined by his father Professor Roderic...

The best West Indies ODI XI of the 21st century

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Inspired by a message sent to the podcast by follower Dave Ingram. Machel jumped into the CCP studios to analyse Dave's West Indies ODI team of the 2...

Is Shivnarine Chanderpaul the greatest Guyanese cricketer?

10 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Basil Butcher Jr. joined Machel and Santokie to debate who is the greatest Guyanese cricketer of all time? Make sure you get in the comments to let u...

The story of a regional cricketer ft Yannick Leonard (Anguilla/Leeward Islands)

08 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We often make reference to the random nature of regional cricket in the Caribbean. However without the stories of the individuals that have directly p...

Why Brandon King got his test match chance

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Of all the so called 'white-ball only' players in the Caribbean the one who has the best claim to a West Indies test match chance is Brandon King. Ma...

Governance reform in West Indies cricket

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A few months after some politricks from Guyana and Barbados - Governance reform on term limits have finally been passed by Cricket West Indies. Mache...

CCP x Shane Deitz (West Indies Women's Head Coach)

03 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

West Indies Women's head coach Shane Deitz joined us for a candid conversation on all things West Indies Women's cricket. From what makes Hayley Matt...

West Indies Women 3-0 Bangladesh Women: CCP T20 series review

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In February, West Indies Women returned to their best format of the game and comprehensively beat Bangladesh Women 3-0. Machel jumped into the hot s...

T20 profit over West Indies pride

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 abou...

West Indies Women 2-1 Bangladesh Women: CCP ODI series review

27 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 qualifi...

Selection overhaul in West Indies cricket ft Miles Bascombe (Director of Cricket)

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Earlier this year Cricket West Indies launched the brand new scouting system with a primary focus on the West Indies Championship. They unveiled a gr...

Recruiting the West Indian diaspora: CCP Diaspora Files

19 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 subs...

Pakistan vs West Indies: CCP player ratings

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Saving West Indies Cricket ft Fazeer Mohammed

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Following West Indies historic win in Pakistan, Fazeer Mohammed joined Caribbean Cricket Podcast for an episode we called 'Saving West Indies cricket'...

West Indies complete the miracle in Multan

11 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 sh...

Did the West Indies selectors cause the batting decline?

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 b...

CCP x Avenesh Seetaram: The role of a West Indies analyst

05 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 wi...

Caribbean Cricket Podcast 2024 awards show

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 202...

Is Tier 2 where the West Indies belong?

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Can Daren Sammy save the West Indies test side?

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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. Ca...

The best West Indies T20I XI of the 21st century

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

The best West Indies Test XI of the 21st century

21 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

West Indies 0-3 Bangladesh - CCP reaction to T20 series whitewash

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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? Mac...

The West Indies Christmas wish list

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 su...

Talking all things West Indies Academy ft Ramesh Subasinghe (Academy Head Coach: CWI)

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

West Indies clean sweep Bangladesh 3-0 (ODI Series)

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 o...

Do Guyana and Barbados care about West Indies cricket?

07 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 implem...

Should the West Indies disband?

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 seemi...

West Indies 1-1 Bangladesh: CCP test series review

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Where do we go from here? An unprecedented loss to Bangladesh in the second test meant West Indies had to share the downbad Championship trophy. Fat...

Bangladesh humble West Indies - CCP immediate reaction

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Bangladesh second test defeat is a tough pill to swallow as it properly shows the region where our cricket is really at. Machel jumped into the ...

Joshua Da Silva: Overachieving, Underachieving or Just right?

23 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anytime Josh Da Silva doesnt make a significant score, uncles jump into our comments demanding he be dropped. Machel finally jumped into the CCP stud...

Super 50 chaos - Double forfeit and no champion declared

23 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Never a dull day in West Indies cricket. Nearly 24 hours after the 2024 Super 50 final should have started, CWI put out a statement confirming that t...

Should Rahkeem Cornwall play ODI cricket for the West Indies?

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There is a school of thought in the region that Rahkeem Cornwall should never don a West Indies jersey again much less debut in white ball cricket. H...

Alzarri Joseph's temper tantrum

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Never a dull day in West Indies cricket. West Indies maintained their good record in the Caribbean against Babylon but Alzarri Joseph's antics early...

West Indies Women: T20 World Cup review - Next steps

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

So the dust has settled after the West Indies Women T20 world cup campaign. Everyone agrees it was an over-achievement but the question is now what? ...

West Indies Academy moves to Antigua FULL TIME

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In some news that probably went a bit under the radar CWI announced the new cohort of the Men's West Indies Academy but more importantly than that the...

Did CPL 2024 herald the dawn of new young talent?

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With another CPL season soon upon us and the Breakout league now in action, Machel jumped into the studio to unpick the positives from the tournament....

West Indies new central contracts - any surprises?

26 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

CWI announced their new central contracts late last year and more importantly for the first time ever multi year contracts were included. Machel and ...

Opening the Caribbean Cricket Podcast mailbag

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We havent done a CCP mailbag episode in quite some time. We are hoping to make this a more regular thing but we shall see. The one thing about the Ca...

How to create a new Caribbean T20 league

25 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Discussions have been ongoing between Cricket West Indies and CPL over the creation of a new Caribbean T20 league that serves as a 'feeder' for the CP...

Does CPL have an identity crisis?

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With the Jamaica Tallawahs gone from the Caribbean Premier League - is there an issue with the identity of some of the remaining teams? No one questi...

Should Kraigg Braithwaite remain as West Indies test captain?

22 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

One of the fall outs from the recent West Indies - South Africa test series was the noise in some quarters for Kraigg Braithwaite to be removed as ...

T20s: West Indies 3-0 South Africa (CCP review show)

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Expected or over performance? West Indies downed South Africa 3-0 in the recent T20 series to claim their 5th consecutive T20 series win. Join Mache...

Johnny Grave departs as Cricket West Indies CEO

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With Johnny Grave having departed as the Cricket West Indies CEO, Machel jumped into the CCP studio to analyse the impact of Johnny Grave on West Indi...

West Indies 0-1 South Africa: Test series player ratings

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A week after the end of the West Indies vs South Africa test series we handed out the CCP player ratings. Machel didnt hold back as ever - but do you...

West Indies 0-1 South Africa: CCP answers where we go from here

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Another test series - Another L There were some positives for sure - but were there more questions than answers? Machel and Santokie sat down in the...

What is the Max60 and why is it a good thing for the Caribbean? ft Dario Barthley

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you've been paying attention you will know that a brand new T10 tournament took place in the Caribbean in August. However this one was different i...

England 3-0 West Indies: CCP Player ratings

21 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The last bit of the fallout from the England series is here. Machel and Santokie jumped into the hot seat to hand out the world famous CCP ratings. ...

Deandra Dottin comes out of retirement - What now for West Indies Women?

19 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We always thought it would happen at some point and so it has come to pass. Deandra Dottin has finally announced her international retirement U-turn ...

England 3-0 West Indies (CCP series review)

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

And so mercifully the test series in England finally came to an end. England won 3-0 and rather predictably so but was it a series of missed opportun...

In conversation with Kavem Hodge

01 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's been a while since we had a player interview but fresh off his maiden test century at Trent Bridge, Kavem Hodge came through to talk us throug...

Good Job Desmond Haynes?

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Last month Desmond Haynes' contract as West Indies Men's Lead Selector came to an end and was not renewed. Machel and Santokie took a look at the dec...