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. However fresh off a Super 50 season where he was the top spin bowler and top wicket taker in general, this before we talk about his average with the bat. Why is performance in domestic cricket ok for some but not for Jimbo? Machel jumped into the hot seat to ask all the necessary questions 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 - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Caribcricket?..⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 in the final ODI overshadowed all the good stuff. Machel and Father Santokie discussed Alzarri's behaviour and the series win. 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 - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Caribcricket?..⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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? Machel jumped into the hot seat to look back at the World Cup but also ponder what comes next. 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 - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Caribcricket?..⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 they will now be based in Antigua FULL TIME. Machel jumped into the hot seat to analyse this news and this year's cohort. 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 - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Caribcricket?..⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. 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 - ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Caribcricket?..⁠⁠. You can also find out more about Caribbean Cricket Podcast here - ⁠⁠https://www.caribbeancricketpodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CWI announced their new central contracts late last year and more importantly for the first time ever multi year contracts were included. Machel and Santokie looked at the beneficiaries and question if there were any surprises. 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 - ⁠https://www.patreon.com/Caribcricket?..⁠. You can also find out more about Caribbean Cricket Podcast here - ⁠https://www.caribbeancricketpodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Caribbean Cricket Podcast is that nothing is guaranteed! Anywho as ever everything and anything was in the mailbag and we answered the best of the questions. No other channels keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you are listening on a podcast channel that allows you to leave a review and rating please do so as it really helps grow the 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 - https://www.patreon.com/Caribcricket?... You can also find out more about Caribbean Cricket Podcast here - https://www.caribbeancricketpodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 CPL. CPL as we have previously discussed is in danger of not regenerating it's talent pool due to stockpiling at the top end. Machel takes a look at five things he wants to see when the feeder Caribbean T20 league begins in 2025. No other channels keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you are listening on a podcast channel that allows you to leave a review and rating please do so as it really helps grow the 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 - https://www.patreon.com/Caribcricket?... You can also find out more about Caribbean Cricket Podcast here - https://www.caribbeancricketpodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 questions Guyana Amazon Warriors or Trinbago Knight Riders we know who they are and their heritage but can the other teams really claim to have a clear identity? No other channels keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you are listening on a podcast channel that allows you to leave a review and rating please do so as it really helps grow the 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 - https://www.patreon.com/Caribcricket?... You can also find out more about Caribbean Cricket Podcast here - https://www.caribbeancricketpodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 West Indies captain. Machel took at the pros and cons of those calls and looked at any possible alternatives. If you are listening on a podcast channel that allows you to leave a review and rating please do so as it really helps grow the 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 - https://www.patreon.com/Caribcricket?... You can also find out more about Caribbean Cricket Podcast here - https://www.caribbeancricketpodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices