West Indies

Ramnaresh Sarwan, the former West Indies captain, has relinquished his role as selector of the men’s senior and junior panel with immediate effect due to personal reasons. The resignation comes just five months into a term that was set to run until the middle of 2024. Robert Haynes, the former legspinner who currently serves as

Teja Nidamanuru, an allrounder who has featured for Auckland in the past, and batter Antonius Staal, who has played 14 T20Is but never an ODI, have been included in Netherlands’ squad for their upcoming home ODI series at home against West Indies. Left out, for reasons not disclosed, was veteran Stephan Myburgh, who made a

Kieron Pollard will play county cricket for the first time in more than a decade this summer after signing for Surrey for the Vitality Blast, where he will link up with his close friend and compatriot Sunil Narine. ESPNcricinfo revealed last month that Pollard had been approached by multiple counties after his international retirement to

Shimron Hetmyer has not made an international appearance since the T20 World Cup last year, but West Indies remain hopeful that he will make himself available for future tours. Hetmyer has missed all of West Indies’ bilateral series in the last six months, either because of personal reasons or on fitness grounds. He has returned

Shimron Hetmyer, who recently became a parent, has rejoined Rajasthan Royals and will be available for selection for their final league match, on May 20 against Chennai Super Kings. Hours after scoring a high-impact 16-ball 31 in the victory against Punjab Kings on May 8, Hetmyer rushed back home to Guyana to be by the

Kieron Pollard may be in the middle of his least productive IPL campaign but there’s still more to come from him, in the eyes of Ian Bishop. The former West Indies bowler and current broadcaster suggests some reinvention can go a long way to prolong Pollard’s stint at Mumbai Indians. “Pollard himself has to reinvent

Among the latest players to catch Ian Bishop‘s eye is West Indies and Delhi Capitals’ explosive middle-order batter Rovman Powell, who Bishop believes has “matured” and evolved to become a “versatile” batter. Talking on ESPNcricinfo’s T20 Time:Out, Bishop said the biggest improvement he noticed in Powell’s batting was how he has confidently dominated spin bowling

Cricket West Indies lead selector Desmond Haynes and director of cricket Jimmy Adams have criticised West Indies’ players for falling to meet “even minimum fitness standards”. Adams warned that there were contractual consequences for players who fell below the mark, while Haynes said he was “pretty disappointed” at players who hadn’t met the criteria. “When

While Hetmyer has been given a break so he can be home for the birth of his first child, the statement from Cricket West Indies said Even Lewis was not considered since he failed CWI’s fitness criteria. Holder has been rested, with workload management cited as the key reason. All three are part of the

Nicholas Pooran has been appointed as the captain of the West Indies white-ball sides, the board said in a release on Tuesday. Shai Hope will be his deputy in both the ODI and T20 formats. The move comes after Kieron Pollard announced his retirement from international cricket last month. Pooran was the vice-captain in white-ball

Kieron Pollard is weighing up offers to play in the T20 Blast following his retirement from international cricket. Pollard, who turns 35 next month, stepped back from his position as West Indies’ limited-overs captain last week after two-and-a-half years in the role but will continue to play domestic T20 cricket around the world. He was

West Indies limited-overs captain Kieron Pollard has retired from international cricket by announcing his decision on social media. “After careful deliberation I’ve today decided to retire from international cricket,” Pollard said in a video on Instagram. “As is the case of many young persons it was a dream of mine to represent the West Indies

Twelve teams will qualify automatically for the 2024 men’s T20 World Cup, which will be co-hosted by the West Indies and the USA. The qualification process for the two other marquee events, the women’s T20 World Cup in 2024 and the women’s ODI World Cup in 2025, have also been finalised by the ICC, which

Andre Russell will join West Indies’ white-ball captain Kieron Pollard and his deputy Nicholas Pooran at Trinbago Knight Riders for CPL 2022. Sunil Narine has also been retained by the franchise, making it a star-studded pre-draft core already. Notably, this will be the first time in the history of the CPL that Russell and Pollard

News “We will be doing things that we have not been doing well, such as rotating strike, sweeping, and playing spin better,” says Phil Simmons Cricket West Indies has named uncapped duo Keacy Carty and Nyeem Young among 16 players for a white-ball skills camp that will be held in Antigua from March 31 to

News Joe Root in the firing line as England brace for inevitability of another series loss Marcus Trescothick, England’s batting coach, insists that “one bad day” cannot undermine the progress that has been made in the Caribbean, as the squad faces up to the near-inevitability of humiliating defeat in the third and final Test in

Big Picture So far, England’s tour of the Caribbean has been one for the purists. Ten days of attritional cricket, interspersed with flashes of hopeful flamboyance, and nothing yet to show in the series ledger for either side’s efforts. Could that be about to change, as Grenada prepares to host a Test match for only

News Thirteen-man squad named for Grenada Test, which begins on Thursday West Indies have named an unchanged 13-man squad for the third Test against England at Grenada, starting on Thursday, with the series locked at 0-0 following draws in the opening two matches in Antigua and Barbados. It is the third time in the series

News “She is in good spirits and thankful for all the well wishes,” CWI says in a statement Shamilia Connell, the West Indies quick who collapsed during the game against Bangladesh on Friday and had to be taken to hospital, has been discharged by medical authorities after her “tests returned clear results”, a Cricket West

News “She is a strong girl and we’re backing her to get well soon,” says Hayley Matthews Shamilia Connell, the West Indies quick, collapsed on the field during the 47th over of Bangladesh’s chase. It needed the medical staff to ferry her out of the ground, even as play came to a halt for a

Report Crawley, Lees fall as Lawrence provides lively support for captain before tea England 136 for 2 (Root 80*, Lawrence 26*) vs West Indies Joe Root cashed in on a soporific surface with his second half-century of the series, but West Indies’ patient approach was rewarded with the afternoon wicket of Alex Lees on an

Big Picture Reset, and refocus. After five days of hard toil on an unforgiving Antigua deck, the series swings south-east to Barbados, where the surface – to judge by a run of seven consecutive results since a tense draw against India in 2011 – ought to offer more for the bowlers on both teams to

News Unchanged 13-man squad named for second Test in Barbados West Indies have been docked two World Test Championship points, and the players fined 40% of their match fee, after Kraigg Brathwaite’s team were penalised for a slow over rate during the drawn Antigua Test. The hosts were ruled to be two overs short, after

News Barbados Royals, Guyana Amazon Warriors and Trinbago Knight Riders will contest the first edition of the tournament The inaugural season of the Women’s CPL, featuring three teams, is set to run alongside the men’s event this year. Both the CPL and the WCPL are expected to take place within a month-long CPL window that

Report England set testing victory target after Joe Root declaration following 24th Test century Tea West Indies 375 and 65 for 3 need another 221 runs to beat England 311 and 349 for 6 dec (Crawley 121, Root 109) Ben Stokes and Jack Leach made the breakthroughs for England after Kraigg Brathwaite and John Campbell

Report India captain likely to replace Deepti Sharma at No. 3 on used Seddon Park strip Toss India Women chose to bat against West Indies Women Raj’s opposite number, Stafanie Taylor, too, wanted to bat first, with both teams fielding the same XIs as their previous matches. This means India retain three left-handers in their

When Anisa Mohammed took the ball to deliver the 48th over in England’s chase in their World Cup game against West Indies, she knew her team was going to win. West Indies had just eight runs to defend, and England’s ninth-wicket pair had already plundered 61 runs, but Mohammed, West Indies most expensive frontline bowler

News West Indies spinner will head to Kia Oval after completion of 2022 IPL Sunil Narine will make his first appearance in the Vitality T20 Blast after signing for Surrey. Narine, who will head to London after the completion of his stint at the IPL, played for the Oval-based Invincibles during last year’s Hundred. Narine,

News Nat Sciver, whose 109 off 85 balls went in vain for England against Australia, moved up to No. 6 among batters Australia captain Meg Lanning climbed up two spots to be ranked No. 2 among ODI batters. She is currently just 15 points behind the leader and team-mate Alyssa Healy. Lanning hit 86 in

News Absence of James Anderson and Stuart Broad won’t make hosts complacent, says coach West Indies will be focused on ensuring that their batters grind out enough runs for the bowlers to put England’s revamped Test side under pressure in Antigua, rather than worrying about who is or isn’t in the XI for the tourists.