ST JOHN’S, An­tigua – Fast bowler Alzarri Joseph and star all-rounder Hay­ley Matthews head a list of nom­i­nees for the up­com­ing Crick­et West In­dies (CWI) and West In­dies Play­ers’ As­so­ci­a­tion (WIPA) eighth Awards Gala.

Joseph has been nom­i­nat­ed for three awards among the men, while Matthews has been nom­i­nat­ed for two women’s awards at the event, which is sched­uled to be held on June 22, at the Wyn­d­ham Grand Bar­ba­dos Sam Lord’s Cas­tle.

The 28-year-old Joseph will be vy­ing for the Test Play­er of the Year, Men’s ODI Play­er of the Year and Men’s T20 Play­er of the Year awards.

How­ev­er, top per­form­ers for the West In­dies in 2024, Kea­cy Car­ty and Nicholas Pooran will be the favourites to win the ODI and T20 awards re­spec­tive­ly.

Mean­while, Matthews will look to take home the awards for Women’s T20 Play­er of the Year and Women’s ODI Play­er of the Year.

Ad­di­tion­al­ly, there will al­so be awards on of­fer for West In­dies Cham­pi­onship Play­er of the Year, Re­gion­al T20 Play­er of the Year, CG Unit­ed Su­per50 Cup Play­er of the Year, CG Unit­ed Women’s Su­per50 Cup Play­er of the Year and CWI Women’s T20 Blaze Play­er of the Year.

This year’s gala will al­so serve as a trib­ute to one of the most defin­ing mo­ments in West In­dies crick­et his­to­ry—the 50th an­niver­sary of the 1975 ICC Crick­et World Cup vic­to­ry, un­der the leg­endary lead­er­ship of Sir Clive Lloyd.

CWI’s chief ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer, Chris Dehring de­scribed the event as “sig­nif­i­cant”.

“The CWI/WIPA Awards Gala is more than an awards gala —it is an op­por­tu­ni­ty for re­flec­tion and re­new­al.

“It re­minds us of the re­silience of our play­ers, the dreams of our peo­ple, and the sig­nif­i­cance of this sport to our col­lec­tive Caribbean iden­ti­ty,” Dehring said.

“This year, as we shine a spot­light on our mod­ern-day he­roes, we are al­so deeply ho­n­oured to com­mem­o­rate the lega­cy of the 1975 World Cup cham­pi­ons. That team, led by Sir Clive Lloyd, not on­ly won the first ICC Men’s Cham­pi­onship tro­phy—they ig­nit­ed a spir­it of be­lief and re­gion­al pride that tran­scend­ed the bound­ary ropes.”

Pres­i­dent and chief ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer of WIPA, Wavell Hinds spoke on the im­por­tance of re­ward­ing the re­gion’s crick­eters for their ac­com­plish­ments.

“This oc­ca­sion is one of deep re­spect—not on­ly for the achieve­ments of our play­ers, but al­so for the path they walk, the val­ues they up­hold, and the lega­cy they are en­trust­ed with.

“The CWI/WIPA Awards Gala is a cel­e­bra­tion of tal­ent, yes, but more im­por­tant­ly, it is a tes­ta­ment to the courage, char­ac­ter, and com­mu­ni­ty be­hind the game,” Hinds said.

“We are im­mense­ly proud of the nom­i­nees for this year’s awards. Their ef­forts re­mind us that ex­cel­lence is not sim­ply about per­for­mance—it is about per­se­ver­ance, prepa­ra­tion, and pur­pose.”

Full List of Nom­i­nees – 8th CWI/WIPA Awards Gala

1) Test Play­er of the Year

Kraigg Brath­waite

Kavem Hodge

Alzarri Joseph

Shamar Joseph

Jay­den Seales

2) Men’s ODI Play­er of the Year

Kea­cy Car­ty

Shai Hope

Alzarri Joseph

Gu­dakesh Motie

Sher­fane Ruther­ford

3) Men’s T20 Play­er of the Year

Akeal Ho­sein

Alzarri Joseph

Bran­don King

Nicholas Pooran

Rov­man Pow­ell

4) Women’s T20 Play­er of the Year

She­maine Camp­belle

Afy Fletch­er

Chinelle Hen­ry

Hay­ley Matthews

Kar­ish­ma Ramharack

5) Women’s ODI Play­er of the Year

Afy Fletch­er

Chinelle Hen­ry

Zai­da James

Hay­ley Matthews

Stafanie Tay­lor

6) West In­dies Cham­pi­onship Play­er of the Year

Joshua Bish­op

Kraigg Brath­waite

Mikyle Louis

Kevin Sin­clair

Jomel War­ri­can

7) Re­gion­al T20 Play­er of the Year

John­son Charles

An­dre Fletch­er

Shim­ron Het­my­er

Gu­dakesh Motie

Nicholas Pooran

8) CG Unit­ed Su­per50 Cup Play­er of the Year

Leniko Bouch­er

Rah­keem Corn­wall

Justin Greaves

Amir Jan­goo

Mar­quino Mind­ley

9) CG Unit­ed Women’s Su­per50 Cup Play­er of the Year

She­maine Camp­belle

Ky­cia Knight

Nyia Latch­man

Ash­mi­ni Mu­nis­ar

Chedean Na­tion

10) CWI Women’s T20 Blaze Play­er of the Year

Erin Deane

Shabi­ka Gajn­abi

Mandy Man­gru

Plaf­fi­ana Milling­ton

Rasha­da Williams

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