Achievements
The late Tony Cozier was the undisputable voice of West Indies cricket for more than five decades, his dulcet tones providing a global soundtrack to the Caribbean game through radio and TV commentary, and instantly recognizable across the cricketing world.

Tony was the beating heart, the pulse and conscience of cricket in the region, not only in broadcast but also in print media, where his legacy took root.

The foundations for Tony’s stellar career were laid at The Lodge School, where he enrolled as a 10-year-old boarder and where his love for cricket was forged across seven years at the institution.

Journalism was in Tony’s DNA, with his father Jimmy Cozier a well-respected newspaper editor, and Cozier junior began that career path while still at Lodge, covering the 1955 West Indies v Australia Test match in Barbados for the St. Lucia Voice newspaper, then edited by his father.

After leaving Lodge, Tony attended Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada before returning home in 1961 to continue his journalistic journey.

In 1963, his first international break came, travelling with the West Indies team to England for their long summer tour as newspaper correspondent, branching out to do radio reports for the BBC Caribbean Service. It was there that strong bonds were created with legends of West Indies cricket in future knights – Frank Worrell, Garfield Sobers and Wes Hall.

For half a century, the Cozier name became synonymous with West Indies cricket – as recognizable as the world class players who graced the famous grounds worldwide and dominated world cricket from the 1970 into the 1990s.

As well as his extensive broadcast C.V., Tony authored 22 editions of the West Indies Cricket Annual (from 1970 1991), the Caribbean Cricket Quarterly (1991-2002), wrote “50 Years of West Indies Cricket” in 1978, and also penned books with Clive Lloyd, Michael Holding and Sir Garry Sobers.

In 1989 he was awarded the Silver Crown of Merit (SCM) by the government of Barbados. He was made an honorary member of the MCC in 2011 and the Media Centre at Kensington Oval bears the Cozier name in his honour.

While cricket built his reputation, he was the quintessential Caribbean journalist, a reliable correspondent in the region for Associated Press and Financial Times, reporting on elections, military invasions, natural disasters and everything in between.

He was a long-standing member of Wanderers Cricket Club, represented Barbados in hockey as a goal-keeper and served as the President of the Hockey Federation for several years, establishing the International Hockey Festival in 1986.

His wife of over 50 years, Jillian, was a source of strength throughout his career and he was a devoted dad to his two children, Craig and Natalie.