West Indies

News Allrounder says “the time has come” after defending champions miss out on semi-final spot Dwayne Bravo has confirmed that he will retire from international cricket after the conclusion of West Indies’ T20 World Cup campaign. Bravo, 38, came out of retirement in 2019 to aid West Indies’ defence of the T20 title they won

News Rahkeem Cornwall and Shannon Gabriel included, but Kieran Powell, Alzarri Joseph miss out West Indies have named uncapped opener Jeremy Solozano in a 15-man squad for their Test tour of Sri Lanka later this month. Allrounder Rahkeem Cornwall was also back in contention while veteran quick Shannon Gabriel was fit to return after a

News All games will be played in Karachi, with the ODIs part of the World Super League cycle leading up to the 2023 World Cup West Indies have finalised the dates for their white-ball tour of Pakistan, which will see them play three T20Is and as many ODIs between Dec 13 and 22. All the

Report Russell helped West Indies defend 12 runs in the final over West Indies 142 for 7 (Pooran 40, Shoriful 2-20) beat Bangladesh 139 for 5 (Liton 44, Holder 1-22) by three runs Andre Russell‘s telling final over sealed West Indies’ first win of the T20 World Cup 2021, as they beat Bangladesh by three

News WI vice-captain says playing most Bangladesh bowlers in the BPL could play a role in his success against their opponents After West Indies tumbled to 55 all out in their opener against England in Dubai, their head coach Phil Simmons said that they just couldn’t wait for the next game to shake it off.

News Left-arm seamer ruled out of T20 World Cup after suffering right shin injury West Indies have brought Jason Holder into their T20 World Cup squad as a replacement for the injured left-arm seamer Obed McCoy. McCoy, who played in West Indies’ opening fixture against England, has been ruled out of the rest of the

News The squad of 15 and three reserves will travel to Pakistan for three ODIs and then Zimbabwe for the qualifying event Shemaine Campbelle and Stafanie Taylor are back in West Indies women’s squad of 15 for the three ODIs against Pakistan as well as the World Cup Qualifier 2021 in Zimbabwe. After recovering from

News Head coach admits “game-awareness was not at its best” on the day they folded for 55 against England West Indies head coach Phil Simmons has called for greater application and game-awareness from their batting line-up after they folded for 55 – their lowest total in T20 World Cups and third lowest overall – in

News “These sorts of games, we just have to bin it and move on. I don’t think any sort of panic will come into the camp.” Kieron Pollard said it was “unacceptable” for an international team to be bowled out for 55 like his West Indies side were in their T20 World Cup opener against

Report Adil Rashid takes 4 for 2 as England bowl West Indies out for 55 and complete the chase inside nine overs England 56 for 4 (Buttler 24*) beat West Indies 55 (Rashid 4-2, Moeen 2-17) by six wickets There was no thriller in the repeat of the 2016 T20 World Cup final, as West

News Captain Kieron Pollard denies that his team has a psychological edge over England as they go into a re-match of the final from five years ago West Indies’ squad got together and relived Carlos Brathwaite‘s ‘remember the name’ assault that delivered them their last world title more than five years ago, but that victory

Report Openers Hazratullah Zazai and Mohammad Shahzad hit aggressive fifties, while Andre Russell returned to action Afghanistan 189 for 5 (Zazai 56, Shahzad 54, McCoy 2-43) beat West Indies 133 for 5 (Chase 54*, Pooran 35, Nabi 3-2) by 56 runs Afghanistan combined a belligerent batting performance with tight bowling to stomp to a 56-run

News Hosein, 28, has played nine ODIs and six T20Is for West Indies since his international debut this year Left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein has been approved by the ICC’s Event Technical Committee as a replacement for Fabian Allen in West Indies’ squad for the T20 World Cup. Allen had originally been included in the 15-man

Report West Indies scored at less than six an over until Kieron Pollard hit five successive fours in the final over Pakistan 131 for 3 (Babar 50, Zaman 46*, Walsh 2-41) beat West Indies 130 for 7 (Hetmyer 28, Hasan Ali 2-21, Rauf 2-32, Afridi 2-41) by seven wickets Pakistan brushed defending champions West Indies

News Back in the mix after six years, seamer hopes his experience would help the team in their T20 World Cup defence When Trinidad & Tobago enjoyed a barnstorming run to the inaugural Champions League T20 final in 2009, Ravi Rampaul proved an able foil to Dwayne Bravo, who finished as the highest wicket-taker that

“We have a lot of powerful guys in the line-up, but if the situation warrants, we also have guys who can manoeuvre strike, run between the wickets” © AFP/Getty Images Kieron Pollard feels that flexibility, game awareness, and the ability to tailor their game to situations while not giving up on their core strengths will

News “We won two World Cups without getting singles” – West Indies vice-captain says power-hitting will still be big on the team’s agenda Nicholas Pooran has admitted to feeling that he had let himself down during IPL 2021, but insisted that he was “not concerned at all” about his form ahead of the T20 World

News The West Indies captain, meanwhile, hopes to have “a fit Andre Russell” during the tournament Sunil Narine produced one of the IPL’s best-ever individual performances in Monday’s eliminator but West Indies will resist the temptation to parachute him into their squad for the upcoming men’s T20 World Cup ahead of the ICC’s deadline on

Chris Gayle was a part of the 2012 and 2016 World Cup-winning teams © BCCI/IPL Chris Gayle had stern words for Curtly Ambrose after the former West Indies fast bowler said that the batter wouldn’t be his automatic pick in the West Indies XI for the upcoming T20 World Cup, which begins on Sunday in

West Indies will continue showing solidarity with Black Lives Matter movement © Randy Brooks/AFP via Getty Images West Indies will continue to take a knee before their matches at the men’s T20 World Cup in the UAE in a stand against racism, their captain Kieron Pollard has said. West Indies’ players and support staff have

News The charges relate to the T10 tournament in the UAE Marlon Samuels, the architect of West Indies’ twin T20 World Cup triumphs in 2012 and 2016, has been charged by the ICC’s anti-corruption unit on four counts of breaching the Emirates Cricket Board’s anti-corruption code. In a media statement on Wednesday, the ICC said

News South Africa Women opening batter says Super Overs should only be used to decide T20s Super Overs should not be used to decide ODIs, according to South African opening batter Lizelle Lee. Speaking after South Africa lost the final ODI and the chance to seal a series sweep, in the Super Over, Lee said

Report West Indies held their nerve in the very first women’s ODI to go into a Super Over West Indies 192 for 5 (Williams 78, Matthews 48, de Klerk 3-33) tied with South Africa 192 for 7 (Lee 61, Brits 48, Grimmon 4-33) West Indies won the one-over eliminator Deandra Dottin has always been a

News “All I asked the guys was to back each other – It doesn’t matter whether we perform or not, play or not play, let’s stay tight, let’s stay together” St Kitts & Nevis Patriots captain Dwayne Bravo has said that the ‘belief’ in young players played an important role in the team’s maiden Caribbean

News Qiana Joseph, Chedean Nation, and Karishma Ramharack have been rested West Indies have added wicketkeeper Reniece Boyce and allrounders Sheneta Grimmond and Chinelle Henry to their 13-member squad for the fourth ODI against South Africa. Left-arm spinner Qiana Joseph, middle-order batter Chedean Nation, and offspin-bowling allrounder Karishma Ramharack have been rested. Henry, 26, featured

Report St Lucia Kings will have to wait for the results of tonight’s matches to see if they’ve made it to the play-offs Barbados Royals 191 for 2 (Mayers 81*, Phillips 80*) beat St Lucia Kings 190 for 6 (Chase 56, Cornwall 40, Mayers 3-39) by eight wickets An unbeaten 134-run third wicket partnership between

Report Gudakesh Motie and Odean Smith kept the Tallawahs batting line-up tied down in the 170-run chase Guyana Amazon Warriors 169 for 6 (Pooran 75, Russell 2-35) beat Jamaica Tallawahs 123 all out (Snith 3-21, Motie 3-25) by 46 runs In a must-win encounter to control their own playoff destiny, Guyana Amazon Warriors got a

News Holder, Cottrell, Hosein among reserves in Pollard-led squad Nearly a decade after winning the T20 World Cup with West Indies in Sri Lanka, seamer Ravi Rampaul has a chance to add to his title after being picked in West Indies’ 15-member squad for the forthcoming global tournament. Rampaul, now 36, had last played a

Report The medium pace death bowling heroics of Naveen, Shepherd and Smith also stood out as Warriors snatched victory from jaws of defeat Brandon King may have top-scored in the first innings with 77 and Gudakesh Motie may have walked away with Player-of-the-Match honours for his new ball spell of 2 for 12 in four

News Anisa Mohammed to lead the team again in the absence of regular captain Stafanie Taylor Qiana Joseph, the 20-year-old left-arm seamer, returned to West Indies Women’s ODI squad that will face South Africa in a five-match series starting September 7. Joseph had broken into the side as a teenage tearaway back in 2017. She