West Indies

News CWI arranged for Clarke to congratulate his son in a Zoom call ahead of the post-match press conference One of the many people watching Kyle Mayers bat on his dream Test debut was his father Shirley Clarke, who was up all of Sunday night following the match in Chattogram. As a special surprise, CWI

Report The two debutants extended their stand to 138 in a wicketless first session Lunch West Indies 259 and 197 for 3 (Mayers 91*, Bonner 43*, Miraz 3-82) need another 198 runs to beat Bangladesh 430 and 223 for 8 dec (Haque 115, Das 69, Warrican 3-57, Cornwall 3-81) Kyle Mayers and Nkrumah Bonner, the

News The pandemic has meant there’s no defending champion, with teams pruned from ten to six After a four-month break since the end of the CPL, the first West Indies regional tournament of 2021 kicks off on Sunday when the Super50 Cup begins in Antigua. The lingering impact of Covid-19 means a stripped back version

Malcolm Marshall, Ezra Moseley, Courtney Walsh, Patrick Patterson and Ian Bishop pose for a photo © Getty Images Ezra Moseley, the former West Indies fast bowler, has died at the age of 63 following a traffic accident in his native Barbados. According to local reports, Moseley, who played a brief but significant role in two

News Dwayne Bravo and Lendl Simmons played major roles in their respective teams’ wins in the Eliminator games Northern Warriors produced a sensational seven-wicket victory over Team Abu Dhabi to book their place in the final of this year’s Abu Dhabi T10, a game in which Lendl Simmons was the eventual hero to set up

News He said West Indies are confident of chasing down a decent total with “hungry” batsmen in their line-up West Indies believe that bowling out Bangladesh cheaply on the fourth day could get them to a stronger position later in the first Test in Chattogram. It would certainly the shift focus of the game towards

Big picture On paper, this first Test between Bangladesh and West Indies looks a bit of a mismatch. The tourists don’t have a bunch of their regulars, including their captain, and are taking on a team that dominates most at home. Bangladesh’s spin-heavy attack and experienced batsmen are expected to steamroll West Indies just as

News Fast bowler still exceeding 90mph at age of 39, and plans on entering IPL auction Fidel Edwards has made himself available for West Indies and hopes to return to international cricket for the first time in almost 10 years. Edwards celebrates his 39th birthday this week and last represented West Indies in 2012. But,

News West Indies’ top run-getter in their last two Test series believes he has a similar batting style to that of Rishabh Pant Trust Jermaine Blackwood to know what it’s like to bat deep into the fourth innings. His match-winning 95 during the Southampton Test against England last year put him in a category of

News Tevyn Walcott and Zachary McCaskie have replaced them in Barbados’ squad West Indies batsman Shai Hope, and his brother Kyle Hope, have withdrawn from the Barbados squad ahead of the the Regional Super50 Cup after testing positive for Covid-19. The brothers are among three players who returned positive tests, alongside Guyana’s Trevon Griffith. The

News Says tips to be gained from having watched Alzarri Joseph bowl in the ODIs After a forgettable ODI series against Bangladesh, West Indies are gearing up for the two Tests, and Kemar Roach, one of the more experienced players in the squad, is clear about what his fellow pacemen will need to do to

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