West Indies Cricket Fans

Ryan Hinds has dismissed suggestions that his Barbados side have become chokers. This followed their historic tie with Leeward Islands that condemned the two sides to share the WICB Regional One-day title, following the Grand Final of this year’s competition on Sunday at Sabina Park. “At the end of the day, it is cricket that we are playing,” said a teary-eyed Hinds in a post-match interview. “I won’t say that the guys went about the cricket carelessly. “What I will say is that we were put under pressure. We lost early wickets, and you know how that can go in a final.”

It has been a tough year for Barbados—and regional cricket titles. They finished behind Jamaica in the WICB Regional first-class championship earlier in the year, and were runners-up to Guyana in the Caribbean Twenty20 Cup last July, which have led to suggestions of Hinds and his side being chokers.