West Indies

News The likes of Hetmyer and Pooran failed to fire in the T20Is against South Africa West Indies captain Kieron Pollard has pleaded for patience to be shown towards the team’s young batters as they try to build confidence ahead of the T20 World Cup. In the 3-2 series defeat to South Africa, the first

Report She scored her first ODI century in nearly eight years and also picked up three wickets West Indies Women 209 for 5 (Taylor 105*, Iqbal 2-47) beat Pakistan Women 205 for 9 (Dar 55, Zafar 46, Taylor 3-29) by five wickets Captain Stafanie Taylor‘s all-round brilliance led West Indies Women to a five-wicket win

News Kyle Mayers and Kevin Sinclair have missed out on selection Shimron Hetmyer, Sheldon Cottrell and Roston Chase are set to make ODI comebacks during West Indies’ upcoming three-match series against Australia, which is set to begin on July 20 in Barbados. The trio had missed out on selection for the team’s last 50-overs assignment,

News West Indies allrounder added to boost push towards knockout phase Kyle Mayers, the West Indies batting all-rounder, will play for Birmingham Bears in the last three games of the Vitality Blast group stage. Mayers, who scored an unbeaten double-century on Test debut in February, played his first T20I in New Zealand last year after

News Selectors recall uncapped seamer Caneisha Isaac in 13-member squad Chinelle Henry has been rested for the first two ODIs against Pakistan Women as the West Indies Women selection panel recalled uncapped seamer Caneisha Isaac as part of the 13-member squad for the first two of the five ODIs starting July 7. The other members

News Both players said they didn’t have to face any hospitalisations or restrictions Chinelle Henry and Chedean Nation, the two West Indies Women players who collapsed on the field during their team’s second T20I against Pakistan Women, have recovered and are back with the team ahead of the third and final T20I. Both players had

Big picture A grand finale will close the first series of West Indies’ home summer and they will be itching for silverware, especially after losing the Test series 2-0. West Indies have held the lead, then fallen behind and then drawn level to lock this five-match series at 2-2, and create the kind of pressure

News Fully vaccinated fans should have taken the second dose 14 days prior to the match In a first since 2019, fully vaccinated cricket fans in Grenada will get a chance to watch the West Indies Women live in action against the touring Pakistan Women during their eight limited-over matches, starting with a three-match T20I

News Narine hasn’t played for the West Indies since August 2019 West Indies captain Kieron Pollard has said that Sunil Narine could return to the T20 side after he regains confidence in his bowling action. Narine, who was warned for a suspect action at last year’s IPL, has not been named in the squad to

News Head coach says enough high-quality preparation is lacking away from international cricket West Indies coach Phil Simmons has acknowledged that his batters have work to do on their techniques after their 2-nil series defeat against South Africa. Not only did West Indies lose both Tests by significant margins inside four days, they also failed

News His new role “will be to ensure that all the right questions are being asked while contributing to shaping of new ideas” Two-time T20 World champion Daren Sammy has been added to the Cricket West Indies (CWI) board as an independent non-member director. Sammy was one of three appointments of Independent Directors approved at

News The home side failed to reach 200 in four innings against South Africa Captain Kraigg Brathwaite denied that the lack of a batting coach was to blame for West Indies performances in the Test series against South Africa and apologised to supporters for the team’s poor displays. West Indies were bowled out for their

News Barbadian fast bowler has UK passport and impressed on trial with 2nd XI Warwickshire look set to pull off something of a coup in signing Che Simmons, a young fast bowler who has been dubbed the “new Jofra Archer”. Simmons, a 17-year-old seamer, was born and raised in Barbados. But he also holds a

Report Roston Chase was the only West Indies batter to offer any resistance South Africa 322 (de Kock 141*, Holder 4-75) beat West Indies 97 (Holder 20, Ngidi 5-19, Nortje 4-35) & 162 (Chase 62, Rabada 5-34) by an innings and 63 runs Kagiso Rabada claimed his first five-wicket haul in 33 innings, since March

News Gladiators allrounder stretchered off to an ambulance as second innings got underway Playing his first match of PSL 2021, Quetta Gladiators’ Andre Russell was struck on the helmet while batting and later replaced by fast bowler Naseem Shah under the concussion-sub rule at the innings break. The decision to replace the allrounder with Naseem

News Kieran Powell will replace him under the concussion substitute rule West Indies batter Nkrumah Bonner has been ruled out of the first Test against South Africa in St Lucia after being diagnosed with concussion. Kieran Powell will replace him under the concussion substitute rule. Bonner top edged the very first ball he faced, off

News “More or less for me now it’s just about having fun and enjoying however many days I have playing international cricket” “It was kind of a shock” for Jason Holder to be relieved from the West Indies Test captaincy, and while he admits to finding it difficult to transition from being the leader to

News The 19-year-old Trinidad & Tobago quick could make his Test debut despite having played just one first-class match Jayden Seales has played just one first-class match, but the 19-year-old quick has impressed the West Indies selectors enough to be drafted into the 13-man shortlist for the first Test against South Africa. It’s already “a

West Indies are likely to take a knee at the start of each of the two Tests against South Africa © Getty Images Almost a year to the day that West Indies became one of the first two international cricket sides to take a knee in support of Black Lives Matter, their former captain Jason

News Roston Chase and Kieran Powell also named, Darren Bravo misses out Shai Hope has been picked in West Indies’ squad for the first Test against South Africa, and could make a return to their Test XI after being dropped last year. Trinidad & Tobago’s Jayden Seales, the 19-year-old rookie fast bowler, has also made

News The 17-man squad will be trimmed to 13 ahead of the series opener Trinidad & Tobago fast bowler Jayden Seales has bolted into West Indies’ provisional squad for the forthcoming two-match Test series against South Africa in St Lucia. The 19-year-old’s only first-class match so far was for West Indies A in New Zealand

News “But at the end of the day, I’m not being ungrateful, I’m grateful that we’re still playing, we’re still doing our job” Bubble life has “definitely taken a toll” on West Indies allrounder Andre Russell because of the restrictions, quarantine rules imposed on players as more and more international series and T20 tournaments are

News Earlier, the players were forced to train in smaller groups after fast bowler Mindley had tested positive West Indies’ 30-member squad for the preparatory camp in St Lucia, ahead of the two-match home Test series against South Africa, has returned to full training after all players tested negative for Covid-19 on Thursday. The players

News Seven Pakistanis will feature this season, including first-timers Haider Ali, Usman Qadir, Mohammad Amir and Azam Khan South Africa allrounder Chris Morris is set for his CPL debut after being unveiled as a first-round pick by the Barbados Tridents in the draft that was held on Sunday, ahead of the 2021 season, which will

News Jamaica seamer was part of a training camp in St Lucia, ahead of the home season Jamaica seamer Marquino Mindley, who had been picked in West Indies’ 30-man squad for the high-performance training camp in St Lucia, ahead of the home Test series against South Africa, has tested positive for Covid-19. The 26-year old,

Andre Russell had earlier said CPL 2020 would be his last season with the Jamaica Tallawahs © Getty Images Jamaica Tallawahs’ Andre Russell is among the high-profile retentions by franchises ahead of CPL 2021, which is set to be played entirely in St Kitts from September 19. Last April, Russell had called the Tallawahs the

News Eleven players and support staff received their first dose, while two squad members received their second dose Thirteen members of West Indies’ red-ball training squad and management have received their vaccinations against Covid-19, CWI confirmed on Wednesday. The West Indies players and support staff are currently in a bio-secure bubble in St Lucia, preparing

News Sunil Narine still absent as West Indies gear up for 15 T20Is against South Africa, Australia and Pakistan Allrounder Andre Russell is back in the West Indies T20I squad for the first time since March 2020. West Indies’ 18-member squad for their upcoming set of T20I series against South Africa, Australia and Pakistan also

News In all, eighteen women players have been offered deals, an increase of three from the last season Qiana Joseph and the uncapped Kaysia Schultz have received their first West Indies central contracts, for the 2021-22 season. Shawnisha Hector, who has played just a solitary international – an ODI against India in 2019 – also

News Roston Chase, Shimron Hetmyer, Sheldon Cottrell and Oshane Thomas cut from the list Kyle Mayers and Nkrumah Bonner, who helped West Indies secure the fifth-highest successful chase in Test history in Chattogram in February earlier this year and then were also impressive during the home Test series against Sri Lanka, have been rewarded with