Jamaica senior cricket journalist on the current West Indies team, our mutual favorite athletes, and why Shamar Joseph is the inspiration for us.

Google Guests with Aman Verma

I have a bucket list as a sports podcaster, and one of the items on it is to explore a few regions that have always attracted me since I was a kid. One of these regions is the West Indies or the Caribbean. I'm sure people who love reading cricket history know about the legendary West Indies team, from Vivian Richards to the Whispering Death, Michael Holding, and Courtney Walsh. In the last two decades, Brian Lara, Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, and Andre Russell. well, the list goes on. Here's a fact that few people may know,West Indies is not a country, it's a group of beautiful islands, each with its own traditions of producing fantastic players. Just out of curiosity, or maybe because I was craving deeper knowledge about West Indies cricket, it is a privilege for me to have interviewed Jerome Foster. Jerome is from Jamaica and was awardee of Jamaica Sports Journalist of the Year in 2022. currently working as a Sports Reporter/Producer at Television Jamaica. For me personally, it was also a very insightful conversation that we had, from cricket to interviewing skills techniques. We discussed almost all the main aspects of how Jamaica cricket works and how any Caribbean youth can get into the international team, West Indies' chances in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024, and Shamar Joseph's future. We talked about why West Indies cricket suffered, especially in the last few years, not only this, but we also discussed our mutual favorites Curtly Ambrose, Sir Vivian Richards, and Brian Lara. Enough said, the conversation was quite deeper than just superficial, so make sure to check out the podcast.