West Indies

Former West Indies captain, the wicketkeeper-batter Denesh Ramdin, has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect. “It is with great pleasure that I announce my retirement from international cricket,” Ramdin, who last played for West Indies in a T20I in December 2019, said on Instagram. “The past 14 years have been a dream

Fast bowler Anderson Phillip and bowling allrounder Romario Shepherd were not included in the squad after going wicketless against Bangladesh. Phillip played only one match in the series, while Shepherd played all three games. “As we all know, Jason is one of the leading all-round cricketers in the world and we’re happy to have him

Bangladesh 179 for 6 (Litton 50, Motie 4-23) beat West Indies 178 (Pooran 73, Taijul 5-28) by four wickets Bangladesh swept the ODI series in the Caribbean by winning the third match against a depleted West Indies bowling attack by four wickets on Saturday with the victory set up by Taijul Islam‘s career-best return. Bangladesh

Big picture Bangladesh may have won the ODI series with an unassailable 2-0 lead, but Tamim Iqbal‘s men will be determined to end a tough tour of the Caribbean – they lost the Tests and the T20Is – with a clean sweep in the 50-over format. For West Indies, the third ODI is an opportunity

West Indies bowling coach Roddy Estwick believes the team shouldn’t lose confidence following the ODI series loss to Bangladesh, but instead have “open discussions” and “come up with solutions” for their problems against spin. Bangladesh took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series, and West Indies’ nine-wicket defeat in the second ODI was their second

Bangladesh 151 for 4 (Mahmudullah 41*) beat West Indies 149 for 9 (Shoriful 4-34, Mehidy 3-36) by six wickets Bangladesh posted their first win on the tour of West Indies with a six-wicket victory on Sunday in the first ODI in Guyana. Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bowl in a match reduced to

Nicholas Pooran might have won the Player-of-the-Match award for his unbeaten 39-ball 74 in the final T20I against Bangladesh, but he feels Kyle Mayers‘ 55 off 38 balls at the top of the West Indies chase made his job simpler than it might have been otherwise. Set 170 to win the three-match series, West Indies

West Indies 169 for 5 (Pooran 74*, Mayers 55) beat Bangladesh 163 for 5 (Afif 50, Litton 49) by five wickets Captain Nicholas Pooran came down the pitch and smashed Bangladesh counterpart Mahmudullah over the fence to complete West Indies’ T20I win and series sweep on Thursday. Pooran’s career-best 74 not out off 39 balls

Shai Hope has been drafted by Guyana Amazon Warriors at the Caribbean Premier League draft for the 2022 edition after previously being part of Barbados Royals. Rahkeem Cornwall has moved from St Lucia Kings to Royals, while Joshua Da Silva returned to St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, and Jamaica Tawallahs have picked up batter Amir

Jonny Bairstow and Rishabh Pant, the standout batting stars of the Edgbaston Test, have burst into the top ten of the ICC men’s Test player rankings – Bairstow at tenth place and Pant at a career-best No. 5. The unbeaten century in the second innings didn’t hurt Joe Root‘s cause either, as he consolidated his

West Indies 193 for 5 (Powell 61*, King 57) beat Bangladesh 158 for 6 (Shakib 68*) by 35 runs Rovman Powell plundered six sixes in a 28-ball 61 not out as West Indies’ 193 for 5 proved too much for Bangladesh to chase down in their second T20I on Sunday. Bangladesh scored 158 for 6

Five years after a thrilling finish between West Indies and Pakistan elicited this response from Fazeer Mohammed at Windsor Park, we are back here once again. The T20I series opener between West Indies and Bangladesh will be the first match at the venue in five years and first since the Covid-19 pandemic struck. The lack

Jayden Seales, Obed McCoy and Odean Smith have earned their maiden Cricket West Indies (CWI) international retainer contracts for men, for the period between July 1, 2022, and June 20, 2023. Also joining the list of 18 are Brandon King, Rovman Powell and Romario Shepherd, while the now-retired Kieron Pollard, as well as Fabien Allen,

West Indies’ search for the ideal squad to take to the T20 World Cup in October continues at pace with an almost entirely new set of personnel set to take on Bangladesh in a three-match series that starts on July 2. Five of the 16 that played in their last short-form assignment have been left

The fast bowlers showing the ability to take wickets from slow pitches was the biggest gain for West Indies from their 2-0 win over Bangladesh, according to head coach Phil Simmons. Alzarri Joseph was the series’ top wicket-taker while Kemar Roach became only the sixth West Indies bowler to take 250 wickets during the series.

West Indies started the second Test 167 runs behind Bangladesh and finished it 106 runs ahead, at the Daren Sammy Stadium on Saturday. Allrounder Kyle Mayers led the turnaround with a chanceless and unbeaten 126 runs, easily the highest score by either side after two days. In reply to Bangladesh’s sub-par 234, West Indies moved

Hayley Matthews has taken over as captain of the West Indies women’s side from Stafanie Taylor, who was at the helm for seven years. According to a Cricket West Indies (CWI) release, Matthews will assume the role ahead of the team’s next series which is “expected to be played later this year”. Taylor was named

West Indies 67 for 0 (Campbell 32*, Brathwaite 30*) trail Bangladesh 234 (Litton 53, Tamim 46, Joseph 3-50, Seales 3-53) by 167 runs Bangladesh showed progress in making 234 against West Indies after being forced to bat first in the second Test at Daren Sammy Stadium on Friday. It was a marked improvement from their

The 10th season of the Caribbean Premier League will launch with a T10 tournament named ‘The 6ixty’ which organisers hope will become a quarterly event that can be staged around the region and beyond. The inaugural season will take place from August 24 to 28 in St Kitts, immediately before the CPL season, and will

Kieron Pollard has been ruled out of the rest of the T20 Blast but is expected to be fit in time to play in the Hundred after knee surgery. Pollard, 35, was a marquee signing for Surrey as one of their two overseas players alongside his compatriot and close friend Sunil Narine, but suffered a

While Bangladesh are down on confidence, West Indies are bursting with it according to their coach Phil Simmons who now wants his team to continue this progress for the rest of the World Test Championship cycle. “Everyone has seen [Brathwaite’s] determination,” Simmons said. “His unique style. He doesn’t have a problem doing his job for

In a rare show of emotion, Kraigg Brathwaite slammed the bat on the pitch after getting out for 94. The Khaled Ahmed delivery had surprised him by keeping low as it hit him on the pads Jermaine Blackwood tried to convince him to take the review but Brathwaite knew what had happened. Replays confirmed that

The three teams for a Women’s Caribbean Premier League, set to run concurrently with the men’s CPL, have been drafted. Barbados Royals, Guyana Amazon Warriors and Trinbago Knight Riders will be captained by Hayley Matthews, Stafanie Taylor and Deandra Dottin respectively. The teams were drafted from a pool of players put together by Cricket West

Roach will lead the West Indies pace attack, which also has Alzarri Joseph, Jayden Seales, Raymon Reifer and newcomer Anderson Phillip. He was part of West Indies’ last Test series against England in March at home, which the hosts won 1-0. He finished the series as his side’s joint-highest wicket-taker along with Seales, taking 11

Nicholas Pooran, West Indies’ white-ball captain, has expressed disappointment at his recent patchy form with the bat in ODI cricket, but hopes that a turnaround could ease the burden on Shai Hope and usher the team to “something special”. In six innings in Netherlands and Pakistan, Pooran managed just 81 runs at an average of

Jason Holder will miss Bangladesh’s tour of West Indies, having been granted his request for a period of rest and recovery. He was not part of the 12-man squad named by Cricket West Indies (CWI) for the first Test of that tour, which starts on June 16. Kemar Roach is also not part of this

The intense Multan heat has been a major talking point ahead of the Pakistan vs West Indies ODI series. The games are set to start at 4pm local time to counter the weather conditions, but with West Indies desperate to win more World Cup Super League games, Nicholas Pooran doesn’t want to focus on uncontrollables,

West Indies 308 for 5 (Mayers 120, Brooks 101*) beat Netherlands 288 (O’Dowd 89, Vikramjit 54, Lewis 3-67) by 20 runs Netherlands began slowly but Vikramjit took on Mayers in the seventh over and found boundaries more often subsequently. He was dropped on 33 by Brooks in the 10th over and helped himself to three

Rovman Powell and Romario Shepherd will miss the ongoing three-match ODI series in the Netherlands because of visa delays, Cricket West Indies (CWI) said in a statement on Friday. Both Powell and Shepherd immediately travelled to London from India after their participation in the IPL, as their visa interviews could not have taken place in

Brandon King had originally started as a middle-order batter for Jamaica and after having two productive first-class seasons, he was picked for a similar middle-order role in the West Indies A side in August 2019. King had also begun his CPL career in the middle order for St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, but in 2019,