Six West Indies men’s players and three women’s players have received multi year retainer contracts from Cricket West Indies for the remainder of 2024 until 2026. In media release today CWI named Shai Hope, Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Gudakesh Motie and Jayden Selaes as the men’s players offered multi-year deals. Meanwhile, Hayley Matthews, Shemaine Campbelle and Stefanine Taylor are the women’s players that have secured a contract for the two year period. The announcement comes on the heels of a new four-year memorandum of understanding which was signed in January between CWI and the West Indies Players Association. In total 15 senior men’s and women’s players have been contracted based on their performances during the 2023-2024 evaluation period. Of note Barbadian Pacer Kemar Roach is in discussions regarding a new dual playing and mentorship/coaching role as he begins to plan and consider the next stage of his cricket career. On the women’s side Ashmini Munisar has been awarded an international contract for the first-time, following her improved performances, including being the leading wicket taker in the CG United Super50 tournament. The contract period runs from October 2024 to September 30 2025 for the players on a one-year contract while for the multi-year awarded players, their contracts are from October 1 2024 to September 30 2026.

An unfortunate floodlight failure at the National Stadium in Providence, Guyana resulted in a reduced eliminator match between Barbados Royals and Trinbago Knight Riders, last night in the Republic Bank CPL. Winning the toss and batting, Knight Riders were 168 for 3 off 19.1 overs when three of the light towers stopped working, eventually bringing a premature end to their innings. Nicholas Pooran at that stage was on 91 that included 6-fours and 5-sixes. After an hour and 49 minutes were lost, officials got all the towers fixed, and the Duckworth-Lewis-stern equation had the Royals needing 60 runs off five overs. Player of the Match David Miller led the charge for the Royals, top-scoring with 50 not out off 17 deliveries that included 3-fours and 5-sixes, as the Royals made 64 for one off 4.2 Overs to win by nine wickets via the DLS method. The Royals will move onto the 2nd qualifier, while it’s the end of the road for TKR. (Photo: SportsMax)

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