West Indies

News He played 13 Tests, scoring his only century during the home series against India in 1961-62 Easton McMorris, the former Jamaica captain and West Indies batter, has died at the age of 86. A right-hand opening batter, McMorris played 13 Tests between 1958 and 1966, scoring 564 runs at an average of 26.85. McMorris

Four days before the scheduled start of the ODI series against West Indies in Ahmedabad, India have been dealt a severe blow with several members of their camp learned to have tested positive for Covid-19. While the BCCI is yet to announce details, ESPNcricinfo understands that at least 4-5 members including players and support staff

Report Khaka five-for pushed the game into overtime, and that’s when the WI powerhouse hit 19 runs in five balls Deandra Dottin‘s career-best 150* on Friday could not beat the rain but her 19 off five balls in the Super Over sealed a rain-affect second ODI against South Africa. The main event was reduced to

News Hetmyer still out on fitness grounds, but chief selector Desmond Haynes says he remains in West Indies’ plans Captain Kieron Pollard and vice-captain Nicholas Pooran will lead a familiar squad in the T20I series against India in February. West Indies did not make any changes to the 16 that was named to take on

News CWI president Ricky Skerritt also put out a statement calling the allegations “a malicious attack on the credibility of the West Indies Captain” While Simmons said that those on the outside who wanted “preach about victimisation” needed “to look within themselves”, CWI president Ricky Skerritt put out a statement calling the allegations “a malicious

Big Picture Coming into this five-match series, Eoin Morgan had said that the “development of our game is more important than a series win” … and that caveat may be one that England are keen to cling onto as the climax of the campaign approaches. With a glut of Ashes campaigners already absent for this

Report Tourists hand T20I debuts to Garton, Salt and Brook with series 1-1 Toss England chose to bowl vs West Indies A new-look England have won a rain-delayed toss and opted to bowl first in the third of five T20Is against West Indies in Barbados with the series level at 1-1. England have rung in

News Bonner, Bravo and King strengthen batting for India tour after shock Ireland defeat Desmond Haynes has marked his first squad since replacing Roger Harper as West Indies’ lead selector by handing Kemar Roach an ODI recall after two-and-a-half years out of the side for February’s series in India. Roach is one of six additions

News Former captain encouraged by displays but says West Indies need more consistency Jason Holder hopes that West Indies’ uplifting end to the second T20I against England on Sunday can rub off on his team’s top-order, after a crushing defeat was transformed into a remarkable one-run loss thanks to the powerful ball-striking of Romario Shepherd

Preview Series level as West Indies keep the pressure on after near-miss in second game Big Picture Too close for comfort for England. Captain Eoin Morgan can view it how he likes – wanting to be pushed in matches, exposing a developing squad to pressure and a simple failure to execute, particularly at the death,

News Vice-captain backs Odean Smith to find form after Shepherd-Hosein fall just short West Indies slipped to 65 for 7 and 98 for 8 in pursuit of 172 in the second T20I at Kensington Oval, but Shepherd and Hosein put on 72 runs in just 29 balls for the ninth wicket to take them to

Report Liam Livingstone remains unavailable for England, who were again asked to set a target Toss West Indies chose to bowl vs England West Indies sought to repeat the trick in the second T20I in Barbados, inserting England at the toss once again 24 hours after their new-ball bowlers had exploited conditions perfectly to set

News She could become first West Indian and only fourth bowler in women’s cricket to get 300 international wickets A new variation to unleash on the opposition and four wickets to add to her tally during the four-ODI tour of South Africa. These, along with helping West Indies fine-tune their preparations ahead of the ODI

Report Banton opens ahead of Salt; Dawson plays first England game since 2018 West Indies win the toss and bowl first against England Kieron Pollard won the toss for West Indies and chose to bowl first at the Kensington Oval, as the first T20I against England prepared to get underway. Two months ago, the end

News Onaje Amory and Jaden Carmichael are out. Kevin Wickham and Nathan Edwards are in Two players from the West Indies squad, Onaje Amory and Jaden Carmichael, have tested Covid positive at the U-19 World Cup. The tournament’s Event Technical Committee has allowed temporary replacements Kevin Wickham and Nathan Edwards for the two players who

Kieron Pollard, West Indies’ captain, has pleaded for patience as the region begins to rebuild its T20 fortunes in the wake of a disappointing World Cup campaign, and warned that the franchise nature of the Caribbean Premier League means that there is no longer a ready route for the next generation to arrive at international

News The batter’s immediate aim is to top the scoring charts in the coming T20Is against England at home Brandon King is hoping to make the most of his recall to West Indies’ T20I side after a year away and has his sights set on October’s T20 World Cup in Australia. King, 27, made an

News Head coach worried about ability of players coming into side from domestic ranks Phil Simmons has echoed his limited-overs captain Kieron Pollard‘s analysis that West Indies “have a batting problem” but insists he is not worrying about his job as head coach after a shock 2-1 ODI series defeat at home to Ireland. Speaking

News Despite result, West Indies captain is pleased with the performances of Odean Smith, Romario Shepherd and Shamarh Brooks A 2-1 series defeat at home to Ireland marked “a very, very sad day” for West Indies cricket as Kieron Pollard pulled up his batters for failing to post good enough totals. “I can safely tell

Report Chase, Hosein kept WI in the hunt before the visitors prevailed to take the series 2-1 Ireland 213 for 8 (McBrine 59, Tector 52, Chase 3-44) beat West Indies 212 (Hope 52, McBrine 4-28, Young 3-43) by two wickets Ireland won its first bilateral ODI series against a Test-playing nation other than Zimbabwe by

Report West Indies fought back through Romario Shepherd and Odean Smith, but visitors safely completed a shortened chase Ireland 168 for 5 (Tector 54*, McBrine 35, Hosein 2-51) beat West Indies 229 all out (Shepherd 50, Smith 46, McBrine 4-36) by five wickets (D/L method) An unbeaten half-century from Harry Tector and an all-round performance

News Acting Ireland captain says bubble life leaves players feeling like they’re being “manoeuvred on a chessboard” Paul Stirling has said there is “no doubt” that large numbers of players will pull out of tours and tournaments if they continue to operate in tight biosecure conditions, suggesting that Covid bubbles no longer feel like they

News Second ODI shifted to Thursday before series concludes on Sunday in Jamaica West Indies and Ireland have agreed to reschedule the remaining two fixtures of their three-match ODI series, after a Covid-19 outbreak contributed to the second match being postponed. As a result, the one-off T20I scheduled for Sunday has been cancelled. The second

News Ireland return three further Covid-19 positives in addition to injuries suffered by McBrine and Adair A combination of three fresh Covid-19 positive cases along with two injured players has left the Ireland squad “severely depleted”, thereby forcing the postponement of the second ODI against West Indies, scheduled for Tuesday. In a joint media statement

Report Ireland stay in the hunt courtesy Balbirnie and Tector, but fall short by 24 runs in the end West Indies 269 (Brooks 93, Pollard 69, Adair 3-38, Young 3-56, McBrine 2-52) beat Ireland 245 (Balbirnie 71, Tector 53, Dockrell 30, Shepherd 3-50, Joseph 3-55, Smith 2-26) by 24 runs Shamarh Brooks hit 93 off

News The West Indies batter says he should have played forward rather than back to the Adair delivery that got him out on 93 Shamarh Brooks was within touching distance of becoming only the second West Indian to hit a century on ODI debut, when he went back to a Mark Adair delivery and was

News “It’s an individual thing, they are supposed to pride themselves on being fit” West Indies limited-overs captain Kieron Pollard is unimpressed with his team-mates’ commitment to keeping up their fitness levels. The 34-year old is himself coming out of a hamstring injury that forced him into the sidelines for a good five-six weeks. He

News Former opener has signed a contract that runs until June 2024 Haynes, the opening batter who scored over 15,000 international runs for West Indies, was confirmed at a meeting of CWI’s board of directors on Thursday. He has signed a contract that runs until June 2024, and his role as selector will span two

News Young fast bowler in line to make ODI debut against Ireland this week Jayden Seales is in line to make his ODI debut for West Indies against Ireland on Saturday and knows that his ability to adapt to situations and learn on the job will be key, with limited experience of professional 50-over cricket

News The 25-year-old batter was left out of their ODI and T20I squads to play Ireland and England after failing a fitness test Shimron Hetmyer is letting himself and his international team-mates down by paying insufficient attention to his physical fitness, according to West Indies head coach Phil Simmons. Hetmyer has now been omitted from