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Santokie

@santokie.bsky.social

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Founder/host of the Caribbean Cricket Podcast BBC County Cricket Radio commentator Freelance sports writer (features in Guardian, ESPN, Nightwatchman)

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Santokie @santokie.bsky.social · 13h

🚨2027 TOUR UPDATE🚨 India will play West Indies in the Caribbean July-August 2027 5 T20s 3 ODIs 2 Tests

Santokie @santokie.bsky.social · 13h

Anyone with even the smallest interest in Caribbean Cricket should watch this interview we just did with Cricket West Indies CEO Chris Dehring Breaks down funding model, private investment issues and future plans for the region:

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🚨 CCP LIVE SHOW🚨 @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social dissect the financial crisis in West Indies cricket. Never a dull day in WI cricket but are we approaching the last dull day in WI cricket? Join us for the live show at 5:35pm🇬🇧 www.youtube.com/live/J1cUeAt...

Are we in the end times for West Indies cricket? | #CommBox

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

🚨NEW PATREON CCP EPISODE🚨 West Indies have a three match T20 series vs Sri Lanka starting tonight. Caribbean Cricket Podcast take a look at the West Indies T20 squad and the key talking points. youtu.be/XvQx54Znnjo?...

West Indies T20I squad announced for Sri Lanka

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

2 episodes in a day you lucky people @santokie.bsky.social asks...where are our ODI openers? youtu.be/RmFdoj8d9JY?...

Where are the Openers?

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 Who is going to play vs Nepal with the India test series also on the horizon and far more important? @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social tried their best to find some alternative players. youtu.be/HcTOG_ndmW4

CCP pick their West Indies T20 squad for Nepal series

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

🚨 NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 Is the CPL reliance on overseas and domestic veterans killing the product? @santokie.bsky.social & @mashstpaddy.bsky.social debate the merits of the argument youtube.com/watch?v=knju...

CPL has too many veterans (CCP rant)

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 Carlos Braithwaite pulled up to the CCP studios to talk his candidacy to be a director in the BCA and the murky world of T20 franchise leagues. @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social chopped it up with him like only CCP can do. youtu.be/kou4_dwbY2Q?...

Time for a change with Carlos Brathwaite

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 @mashstpaddy.bsky.social and @santokie.bsky.social look at why West Indies should turn to DJ Bravo, Pollard and Gayle's generation to save WI cricket. youtu.be/_0Fj7vwuFKM?...

Can Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard and DJ Bravo save West Indies cricket?

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 We opened the Caribbean Cricket Podcast mailbag. Thank you to all those who sent questions in. @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social answered them all. youtube.com/watch?v=kaRv...

Opening the Caribbean Cricket Podcast mailbag - July 2025 edition

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Jem Mills-Sheehy @jemm-s.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Found @caribcricket.bsky.social icket.bsky.social when first moved to London 5 odd years ago desperate for content in the depths of lockdown #3486 or whatever it was (was extremely confused when the news was focused on if a scotch egg was a meal 😆). Best cricket podcast out there. Get on it!

West Indies vs Australia : The Day at the Test (Barbados) - Day 3 Live Show

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 Farewell Nicholas Pooran. @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social look at the reasons why Pooran called it quits and assess his West Indies legacy? youtu.be/6e9_xilcyWQ?...

Why did Nicholas Pooran retire?

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 No ODIs since the World Cup qualifiers in June 2023. Missed four of the last seven T20I bilateral series. We are fans of Nicholas Pooran but we arent afraid to analyse his commitment to WI cricket. @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social explore youtu.be/1iBs21iq3IE?...

Is Nicholas Pooran done with the West Indies?

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

🚨RAIN DELAY UPDATE🚨 West Indies were down horrendous when Shai Hope departed for a 🦆 but Sherfane Rutherford and Keacy Carty has taken us to 83/3 after 15 overs @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social talk through the story so far. youtu.be/iuixUFbaliE?...

Oval CCP Rain Delay update - West Indies 83/3 (15)

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 So much West Indies cricket is ahead that it's hard to know where to start. @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social take a look at the West Indies A 50 over squad that plays South Africa A over the next week youtu.be/5J5fDCmjbIQ

West Indies A vs South Africa A: 50 overs series preview

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

CCP TOUR SCHEDULE ✈️🚅 We've had a lot of questions about when and where CCP will be this summer. All the answers in the video clip below ⬇️ 🪄Devan Basdeo

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 We always said that Roston Chase was Thanos and so it has come to pass. From nowhere he has become West Indies new Test match captain. Never a dull day in West Indies cricket. @mashstpaddy.bsky.social and @santokie.bsky.social try to make sense of it all. youtu.be/JNxKjSgTnU0?...

Roston Chase is the new West Indies Men's Test Captain

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 We often get asked to explain the Caribbean Cricket Podcast origin story and how we made it become such an influential part of the West Indies ecosystem. Listen in as @mashstpaddy.bsky.social and @santokie.bsky.social tell it in their own unique style youtu.be/QejPaVyGYq4

How Caribbean Cricket Podcast changed the game

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Santokie @santokie.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Also if there are any editors on here who need some articles/content on West Indies ahead of their Ireland/England tour give me a shout

Santokie @santokie.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Enjoyed another weekend commentating for BBC, this time at Chelmsford for Essex vs Yorkshire 🏏

Santokie @santokie.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Looking at the reported potential WI Test captains: Chase- not played a Test in over 2 years Campbell- served a ban and not played Tests in 3 years Warrican- 19 Tests across 10 years? Not guaranteed to play Da Silva- dropped last series Imlach- grand total of 2 Tests Greaves- huh?

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 In the last 24 hours news has broken in the Caribbean that the West Indies test captaincy shortlist is down to SIX names. Greaves, Chase, Warrican, Campbell, Da Silva & Imlach @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social ask & answer the key questions youtu.be/xyBbrXSd30k

The final six: Who will be the next West Indies Test captain?

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 West Indies have named their ODI squad for the Ireland & England tour. CCP will be at both legs of the tour so it was only right we took a look at the squad. One that contains few surprises if any. @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social explore. youtu.be/FqMc56YaGvw

West Indies announce ODI squad for Ireland and England

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Santokie @santokie.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

From growing up on Badric Court Estate in South London, riding out at one of the worst state schools in the UK, to somehow commentating on Cricket at Lords for BBC? Tears in my eyes, we are up!

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 Andre Russell is having a stinker in this years IPL. Jason Holder is having a great time in PSL. Dre says he is playing in the next T20 World Cup but is his spot secure? @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social explore. youtu.be/udN-ClOohZU

Is Andre Russell's West Indies T20 spot in danger?

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Santokie @santokie.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

So the Caribbean Cricket Podcast got a a great review in Wisden Almanack out today...featuring my story of rawdogging the train on the way back from Edgbaston

Santokie @santokie.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

So the Caribbean Cricket Podcast got a a great review in Wisden Almanack out today...featuring my story of rawdogging the train on the way back from Edgbaston

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 Guyana won the WI Championship for the third time in a row but not before a ball tampering scandal blew up @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social look at whether Guyana can call themselves champs now. What does it mean for the implicated players? youtu.be/y7c2miTvUtM?...

Is Guyana's Championship win tainted?

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social look at the declining star power of West Indians in the IPL. Why has it happened and is it a sign of the times? youtu.be/dE7nZnylGig

Are West Indians losing their IPL star power?

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social construct an alternative West Indies test side made up of players that our selectors ignored, mishandled or simply did dirty. youtu.be/1q0IkxY3VCQ?...

What If? The alternate universe West Indies test side

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Santokie @santokie.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Over 10,000 views on our latest video reacting to Kraigg Brathwaite resigning as West Indies Captain Nobody else covering the region like @caribcricket.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z7y...

Kraigg Braithwaite quits as test captain! Shai Hope takes T20 captaincy!

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 Never a dull day in West Indies cricket. Kraigg Braithwaite has stood down as West Indies test captain, Shai Hope has added the T20 captaincy to his ODI captaincy. @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social dissected it all. youtu.be/4z7ypg1m7o0

Kraigg Braithwaite quits as test captain! Shai Hope takes T20 captaincy!

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Jonathan Liew @jonathanliew.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

a column on jordan henderson, and the double standards of English football’s leadership discourse www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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Why the double standards on ‘leadership’ when it comes to Black players? | Jonathan Liew

Jordan Henderson is a great English leader. But he has been encouraged and applauded for the very same acts for which minority ethnic players are castigated and stigmatised

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 Meet Chris Dehring, the new CEO of Cricket West Indies. @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social asked the questions you want answered. Lock in and subscribe. youtu.be/v120qdG4XpY?...

Meet Chris Dehring, CWI's new CEO

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Has Daren Sammy asked Shai Hope to bat at number six? Full episode on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast YouTube channel

Santokie @santokie.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Doha 📍

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social review round five of the West Indies Championship. Jewel Andrew was the standout - how should West Indies handle his development. We discuss that and so much more. youtu.be/2ZAGd3jwWAA?...

West Indies Championship Round 5: CCP review

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 Jamaica dominated the headlines in round four with their pitiful 44 all out. @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social jumped into the CCP studios to review and analyse the best and worst of the West Indies Championship. Like, Share & Subscribe youtu.be/Hz4CNIp72mU?...

West Indies Championship Round 4: CCP review

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Santokie @santokie.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Thanks to @hypocaust.bsky.social for confirming that Jamaica's 44 all out today vs Guyana Harpy Eagles is their all time lowest score in FC regional cricket Previous lowest was 47 all out in 1896

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 Daren Sammy held a press conference today talking about his plans for the West Indies test side @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social attended then recorded an episode to talk through the key talking points youtu.be/wBmRgnQcPLg?...

Daren Sammy lays out his plans for the West Indies test side

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Santokie @santokie.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Our latest episode of the Caribbean Cricket Podcast is a special episode with Basil Butcher Jr debating who is Guyana's greatest ever Test player Quite a list to choose from...who gets your nomination?

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 Is Shivnarine Chanderpaul the greatest Guyanese cricketer of all time? Basil Butcher Jr. joined @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social to make the case for and against the statement youtu.be/ZXhdSWhavvg

Is Shivnarine Chanderpaul the greatest Guyanese cricketer?

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Santokie @santokie.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Guyana Super League in July proving to be the place to be? 😅

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social were joined by Shane Deitz (West Indies Women's Head Coach) to talk all things women's cricket. From Hayley Matthews to girls youth development in the region & everything in between. Like, Share & Subscribe youtu.be/imTvMZdHE5k?...

CCP x Shane Deitz (West Indies Women's Head Coach)

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

The new West Indies selection process ft Miles Bascombe Full episode on the Caribbean Cricket Podcast YouTube channel

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 The third round of the West Indies Championship has been completed. @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social jumped into the CCP studio to look at the standout players and key talking points. youtu.be/B8ob2mgN-QY?...

West Indies Championship Round 3: CCP review

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social were joined by Miles Bascombe (CWI Director of Cricket) to talk through the new scouting/selection system, kookaburra balls, tour of New Zealand, pitches in the region & so much more.... youtu.be/UmNehZ9wnIM

Selection overhaul in West Indies cricket ft Miles Bascombe (Director of Cricket)

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Santokie @santokie.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Caribbean Cricket Podcast talks with Fazeer Mohammed No other platform will ever have these honest conversations about West Indies cricket

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 How do we save West Indies cricket? Fazeer Mohammed joined @mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social to talk all things from Pakistan to 2nd tier cricket and everything in between. This is a must listen! youtu.be/9f_6-J5KmeU?...

Saving West Indies Cricket ft Fazeer Mohammed

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