“Calypsoes sung at Lord’s,” screamed the headlines of England’s Daily Telegraph and Morning Post newspapers on 30th June, 1950, the day after the West Indies had beaten England by 326 runs in the ...

In Greek mythology, the nymph Calypso, said to be the daughter of the Titan Atlas and Pleione, imprisoned Odysseus for seven years on the island of Ogygia. In cricket, calypso means a blend of music ...

Cricket and calypso are easily the Caribbean’s two greatest symbols of rebellion and revolution and quite often, one mirrors the other, from as far back as 1926 when the West Indies was admitted to ...

The 30th annual Calypso Beach Cricket Festival was back on Muizenberg shores on Thursday 9 December. Last year the festival was placed on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, this year more ...

NEW DELHI: There is something lively, contagious about the Caribbean. Calypso? Beaches? No, it’s the spirited attitude of people that freshens the air. NEW DELHI: There is something lively, contagious ...

Rudder shares lyrics to an upcoming song about Windrush as West Indies head across the Atlantic to bail out English cricket The arrival of West Indies for the Test series in England is not the first ...

Cricket from the beaches of the Caribbean has taken off in Maidstone and beyond in a big way. Calypso cricket - where the focus is on fun, flair and expression - is appealing to youngsters like never ...

Fallouts behind West Indies board and it’s players has a long history Dubai When John Harnden, Chief Executive of the 2015 ICC World Cup, said he hoped West Indies cricket can resolve its crisis ...

Gayle and his band of merry men are big hits in the showpiece Dubai: While Chris Gayle may be walking tall among his compatriots in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 6, the entire band of West Indies ...

When was the last time you saw the West Indies lift a trophy? 2004 you might say and you may be perfectly right! But to the world that includes statistical nerdies like me, it was 10 years before I ...

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour continues the calypso in cricket theme from last week, by looking at a calypso composed by a West Indian cricketer which was ...