Santokie
Founder/host of the Caribbean Cricket Podcast
BBC County Cricket Radio commentator
Freelance sports writer (features in Guardian, ESPN, Nightwatchman)
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- Also if there are any editors on here who need some articles/content on West Indies ahead of their Ireland/England tour give me a shout
- Enjoyed another weekend commentating for BBC, this time at Chelmsford for Essex vs Yorkshire 🏏
- Looking at the reported potential WI Test captains: Chase- not played a Test in over 2 years Campbell- served a ban and not played Tests in 3 years Warrican- 19 Tests across 10 years? Not guaranteed to play Da Silva- dropped last series Imlach- grand total of 2 Tests Greaves- huh?
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- From growing up on Badric Court Estate in South London, riding out at one of the worst state schools in the UK, to somehow commentating on Cricket at Lords for BBC? Tears in my eyes, we are up!
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- So the Caribbean Cricket Podcast got a a great review in Wisden Almanack out today...featuring my story of rawdogging the train on the way back from Edgbaston
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- Over 10,000 views on our latest video reacting to Kraigg Brathwaite resigning as West Indies Captain Nobody else covering the region like @caribcricket.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z7y...
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- Doha 📍
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- Thanks to @hypocaust.bsky.social for confirming that Jamaica's 44 all out today vs Guyana Harpy Eagles is their all time lowest score in FC regional cricket Previous lowest was 47 all out in 1896
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- Our latest episode of the Caribbean Cricket Podcast is a special episode with Basil Butcher Jr debating who is Guyana's greatest ever Test player Quite a list to choose from...who gets your nomination?
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- Guyana Super League in July proving to be the place to be? 😅
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- Caribbean Cricket Podcast talks with Fazeer Mohammed No other platform will ever have these honest conversations about West Indies cricket
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- Bangladesh away series win Australia win at Gabba Pakistan win at Multan Can West Indies just play all their Test matches in January?
- This should read in Pakistan 😅 We arent that bad
- The last time West Indies won a Test match I was 1 years old I am 35 now This would top the Gabba win
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- Liew on Jomel Warrican brilliant as expected Highlights why if we want the cricketing ecosystem to prevail then these type of stories about players outside the Big 3 need to be more frequent www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
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- Pakistan vs West Indies Spin chaos in Multan sees Pakistan win by 127 runs It was basically a 2 day Test
- Tevin Imlach did not keep wicket for Guyana in 2024 regional season Amir Jangoo only kept wicket in 2 out of 7 games for T&T One of them gotta take the gloves tomorrow though
- West Indies drop vice captain Da Silva on eve of 1st Test in Pakistan Tevin Imlach or Amir Jangoo will make Test debut tomorrow behind stumps
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- Also interesting to read that Jamaica will have a new IPL backed franchise in CPL 2025 Been told it will be Delhi Capitals owned
- Confirmed that Australia will play one Test this summer at Sabina Park and one at Kensington Oval (3rd Test tbc) Might have to make a trip out to the Caribbean 👀
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- Finally got hold of this, looking forward to reading 🏏🇹🇹
- Sensational collection
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- My 8 week old son, Jaxon Rohan, now has his first cricket bat (signed by Gordon Greenidge no less) West Indies debut pending 2045
- Can West Indies still make the final? Asking for a friend
- On top of this Victoria are playing in both the Sheffield Shield and the T20 Global Super League Final tonight 🧐
- Global Super League updates this week: Imran Tahir used the toss to cuss out Rangpur Riders for owed BPL match fees Rangpur Riders then beat Guyana Amazon Warriors to eliminated them and are now in the final vs Victoria, meaning about 5 people in Guyana will attend
- Do I even analyse that West Indies performance? Bangladesh's first Test win in the Caribbean since the infamous 2009 series win (when West Indies first team went on strike)
- Reposted by Santokiethere’s a cricket tournament happening in Guyana right now. but it’s not really about cricket. it’s about oilfields, Russia and India, and a heated border dispute stretching back to (at least) 1899. this week’s column. www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/d...
- Catching a bit of this Global Super League in Guyana for the first time Hampshire Hawks vs Lahore Qalandars, seems to be a fair few players missing for both sides Question: Will a T20 global tournament ever be a success in the modern cricketing landscape?
- One thing I've learnt this week...Marco Jansen is very tall
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- Super50 started in 1972, Clive Lloyd, Garfield Sobers and Rohan Kanhai all played in the 1st edition It's a tournament with heritage in the region, to finish this year with no champion is a low point in West Indies cricket
- Super50 started in 1972 in the Caribbean For the 1st time in history, no winner has been declared, with a press release stating the two captains did not show at the toss @caribcricket.bsky.social recorded asap to break this crazy story down: www.youtube.com/watch?si=KVW...
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- West Indies 275/7 vs Bangladesh, falling behind the game, need 300+ 1st innings score
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- While the rest of the cricketing world rejoices over the Australia-India series, a few brave souls will be watching the "Down Bad WTC Bottom of Table" series between West Indies and Bangladesh For the love of the game West Indies are back!
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- My son Jaxon has the middle name Rohan...wonder where he got that from 👀 🇬🇾
- Any cricket fans on here...make sure you follow Caribbean Cricket Podcast page
- This time last year T&T called upon Darren Bravo, Nicholas Pooran, Sunil Narine and Akeal Hosein for Super50 So a massive drop off this year without those 4
- Defending champions Trinidad and Tobago crash out of Super50 after an 153 run loss to Barbados in semi finals Zachary McCaskie 94 off 82 balls at the top for Barbados T&T prob the most depleted squad in the comp and it showed
