Caribbean Cricket Podcast

Machel asks if the fitness issues we see with some West Indian cricketers is down to a deeper cultural issue.As ever please leave a rating, review, comment and follow the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channel 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 £2/$2 a month here -...

How much does the average West Indies fan understand about selection and what goes into the process?Cricket West Indies Senior Talent Manager, Jamal Smith joined Machel Hewitt to talk all things depth charts, talent ID and selecting for a philosophy.As ever please leave a rating, review, comment and follow the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channel keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean...

So many people argue that West Indies should have picked that player or this player for the 2026 T20 World Cup.Machel took a go at identifying the next best XI - is the talent pool really that deep in the Caribbean?As ever please leave a rating, review, comment and follow the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channel keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to...

Everytime West Indies lose a match or series the same arguments surface - Daren Sammy is the blame? He has too much selection control? He needs to be sacked etc etc.Machel took a look through the selection argument to add some nuance to the discussion - is there really a problem with Daren Sammy being head selector? As ever please leave a rating, review, comment and follow the Caribbean Cricket...

A recent episode on Caribbean Cricket Podcast had Machel claiming Shivnarine Chanderpaul was forced into retirement too soon as a way to stop him breaking Lara's test record. A Caribbean Cricket Podcast supporter got in touch to challenge this narrative and argue that it was actually Lara who got done dirty when he left cricket in 2007.Machel reads out the correspondent's letter - where do you...

People always ask me to bring back the Caribbean history specials.For this episode Machel is joined by his father Professor Roderick Hewitt, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), MPhil focused in Theology/Theological Studies and Suresh Rao, Grenadian economist, to analyse the impact of Maurice Bishop on wider Caribbean culture.As ever please leave a rating, review, comment and follow the Caribbean Cricket...

Welcome to Caught Behind the Mic w/ Yannick Leonard.Yannick is a former professional cricketer and Leeward Islands national player. He meets with an array of cricketers that he has met on his journey giving you real talk, raw stories through the mic.On this episode Yannick speaks with Abdiel Hughes to talk cricket coaching in Antigua.As ever please leave a rating, review, comment and follow the...

People always ask me to bring back the Caribbean history specials.For this episode Machel is joined by his father Professor Roderick Hewitt, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), MPhil focused in Theology/Theological Studies and Suresh Rao, Grenadian economist, to analyse the impact of Maurice Bishop and his significance in 21st century Caribbean culture.As ever please leave a rating, review, comment and...

West Indies Women's head coach, Shane Deitz, joined us to look ahead to an important 2026.Machel and Santokie sat down with Shane to talk all things Women's cricket.As ever please leave a rating, review, comment and follow the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channel keeps it as real as we do on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. If you'd like to support the Caribbean Cricket Podcast you can...

A different way to hand out the 2025 Caribbean Cricket Podcast awards.Machel and Santokie give the Catfish of the year award its own episode.As ever please leave a rating, review, comment and follow the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. No other channel 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...