West Indies

News Their head coach underlined that his side needed to show more ‘character, heart, determination’ in the future West Indies head coach Phil Simmons has said he is looking for vast improvements in the ODI side, particularly in the way they play spin. He shared these views after West Indies went down by 120 runs

News Fast bowler realises that both he and his team needs to take more responsibility with the bat West Indies can no longer think about their lack of experience if they are to beat Bangladesh at home. Fast bowler Alzarri Joseph, one of the few members of this squad to have ODI caps prior to

News Captain, however, was pleased with debutant offspinner Akeal Hosein, who claimed 3 for 26 West Indies captain Jason Mohammed said that their batsmen need to be more patient in the middle overs. The visitors were bowled out for only 122, which Bangladesh chased down with 16 overs to spare as they won the first

News Mohammed feels West Indies have put in the right kind of preparation for the series A few hours after India’s historic three-wicket win over Australia, the first question posed to Jason Mohammed, West Indies’ ODI captain, during a virtual press conference, was about how his makeshift team of newbies and returnees can take inspiration

Big Picture When the players finally take the Shere Bangla National Stadium’s green, it will end Bangladesh’s nine-month wait for international cricket. The frustration of watching every other team play will then give way to the usual nerves, excitement and reality of playing it themselves. Once West Indies confirmed that they would be keeping their

News Henry Ellison is currently in quarantine, but the BCB is confident he can work the system remotely if needed The first ODI between Bangladesh and West Indies will go ahead with DRS in place, despite its technician, Henry Ellison, currently being currently in quarantine in Dhaka. The BCB has been busy trying to reduce

News West Indies’ ODIs against Bangladesh the first for either side in the ICC Super League West Indies coach Phil Simmons is clear that he doesn’t want West Indies to go through the qualifier route for the 2023 World Cup, like they had to the last time, and wants to start strongly in Bangladesh to

News CWI says the legspinner has had no contact with the other squad members West Indies legspinner Hayden Walsh has been found Covid-19 positive after being tested twice in the last two days in Dhaka. As a result, he has been ruled out of the ODI series against Bangladesh and the tourists haven’t named a

News The former West Indies captain had also served as the head coach of the senior side at the 2019 ODI World Cup Floyd Reifer, the former West Indies captain, has been appointed as the head coach of the Under-19 team and will lead the “development of the squad” as they prepare for next year’s

News Mohammed has captained West Indies in similar circumstances before, when a number of players pulled out of touring Pakistan Jason Mohammed has said that his comeback into the West Indies team after more than two years, with the added bonus of being named the ODI captain, is his opportunity to get his place back

News Former captain scripts open letter to the team in Bangladesh, urging the inexperienced players to believe in themselves In 1966, 22-year-old Guyanese youngster Clive Lloyd made his international debut in the first Test of the India tour, played in what was then Bombay. Lloyd, the tall and bespectacled left-hander, was told he was playing

News The stand-in Test captain says they reviewed their 2018 defeat to find out where they could improve A day after coach Phil Simmons raised optimism for the West Indies ODI side, Test captain Kraigg Brathwaite said the side has learnt from the mistakes made during their 2018 tour to Bangladesh. Brathwaite’s own miserable form

News West Indies legend in the running as applications close on January 10 Sir Curtly Ambrose, the former West Indies fast bowler, has applied for a coaching role at the ECB. ESPNcricinfo understands that Ambrose, who has the lowest bowling average of any man to take 400 Test wickets (20.99), has applied for the role

News Fabian Allen and Shane Dowrich were unavailable because of personal reasons West Indies Test captain Jason Holder, limited-overs captain Kieron Pollard, and Test vice-captain Roston Chase are among ten players who have pulled out of the upcoming tour of Bangladesh amid Covid-19 concerns. Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, Sheldon Cottrell, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope, Shimron