May 13, 2021, 11:14 a.m. ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies team has made a significant move up the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Test Match rankings, following the release of the latest rankings on on Thursday morning. West Indies moved up two places to sixth place, leapfrogging South Africa and Sri Lanka. West indies …

The Barbados Tridents have announced their retentions for the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League which gets under way on 28 August in St Kitts & Nevis.  The Tridents welcome back the world’s number one rated Test all-rounder and Tridents’ captain Jason Holder, along with fellow Barbadians Shai Hope, Kyle Mayers, Raymon Reifer, Justin Greaves, Nyeem …

The Guyana Amazon Warriors have announced their retentions for the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League which gets underway in St Kitts & Nevis on 28 August.  The Amazon Warriors have retained 11 of the players who guided them to the semi-finals of the 2020 event. Nicholas Pooran made the only century of last year’s tournament …

The Trinbago Knight Riders have announced the players they are retaining ahead of the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) which gets underway in St Kitts & Nevis on 28 August.  The Knight Riders have held on to 13 of the players who saw them complete a perfect season in 2020, winning all 12 of …

May 12, 2021, 4:46 p.m. ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced that annual retainer contracts have been offered to all thirteen (13) members of the existing Senior Panel of Umpires for the new contract period April 1st 2021- March 31st 2022. The significant reduction in regional cricket in the last contracting period, …

In the first global study to look at elite athletes’ experiences in sport as children, more than half reported having suffered emotional abuse at least once, the World Players Association said in a new report released today at the 4th World Players’ Development Conference. The two-year project highlighting athletes’ testimonies of lasting legacies of abuse is a collaboration …

May 5, 2021, 3:14 p.m. On 24 April 2021, Cricket West Indies (CWI) and the Caribbean learned of the sad news of the passing of David Roper, Director of Industry Relations at Sandals Resorts International. A longstanding member of the Sandals Resorts family, David Roper played an integral role in building enduring relationships with travel …

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The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) is the official player representative body for cricketers in the West Indies, and is an affiliate of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Association (FICA). As the exclusive bargaining agent of players selected for national and West Indies teams, WIPA is the authorized and collective voice of all West Indian cricketers, past …

WIPA in the Community (WIC) is WIPA’s cricket development programme which currently operates in the islands of Trinidad and Jamaica. WIPA in the Community Trinidad WIPA in the Community Trinidad began in the south-west peninsula of Trinidad and is sponsored by Trinidad’s natural gas company Atlantic. Currently, the WIPA in the Community Trinidad programme involves …

WIPA’s Player Development Programme (PDP) is a personalised support service that recognises the need for players to actively work toward personal development. The programme aims to assist our members to manage the competing demands of life on and off the pitch; that is, maximising their cricketing career, whilst also fulfilling other important commitments including personal …

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