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Ricky Skerritt, the Cricket West Indies president, has promised a “thorough postmortem” in a scathing assessment of the team’s early exit from the 2022 T20 World Cup. In a statement posted on CWI’s website and on Twitter, Skerritt laid the blame firmly at the feet of West Indies’ batters, saying their poor shot selection and

Toss: West Indies opt to bat vs Ireland On a day when rain was forecast, West Indies chose to bat against Ireland in a must-win Group A game for both sides in Hobart on Friday. At the time of the toss, though, conditions were visibility brighter with a stiff breeze blowing across the ground. West

There’s a familial feel to this West Indies camp at the moment. On other occasions, a limp defeat against an Associate nation to start off a World Cup campaign might have been all the spark required for any internal harmony to implode. When head coach Phil Simmons seethed at the “unprofessionalism” in the way his

West Indies 153 for 7 (Charles 45, Raza 3-19) beat Zimbabwe 122 (Jongwe 29, Joseph 4-16, Holder 3-12) by 31 runs West Indies kept their T20 World Cup hopes alive with victory over Zimbabwe by 31 runs with 10 balls to spare. Though the margin speaks of a comfortable win, it was one punctuated by

Keep the umbrellas and DLS sheets handy. With the La Niña weather event back across east and south-eastern Australia, there looks to be a strong chance that rain will play a part at the T20 World Cup over the coming days, including the opening Super 12s fixture at the SCG and the India-Pakistan game in

West Indies were disappointing and “unprofessional” with their batting, but shouldn’t go down the rabbit hole of misery by thinking of the prospects of non-qualification to the Super 12s just yet. Those were the views of head coach Phil Simmons after his side was given a reality check by Scotland on their opening night at

Toss West Indies opt to bowl vs Scotland Group B action at the T20 World Cup started off with West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran choosing to bowl first against Richie Berrington’s Scotland in Hobart’s Bellerive Oval. Both captains were of the opinion that bowling first was advantageous at the venue with a fresh pitch on

“I think it should be a balance with experience and younger players,” Pooran said on the eve of West Indies’ opening game against Scotland in Hobart. “If you look at it, there were a lot of big names when we won those two World Cups [2012 and 2016], but we also had a lot of

The traditional Prime Minister’s XI fixture will return this summer after a two-season gap due to Covid-19, but in a new guise as a four-day pink-ball match against West Indies ahead of their two-Test series. The match will be played under lights at Manuka Oval from November 23-26. While the exact makeup of the squad

West Indies have already visited Pakistan twice in the last 10 months, albeit because the Covid-19 pandemic split one white-ball series in December 2021 into two. The two sides played three T20Is that month, before a Covid outbreak in the West Indies camp meant the subsequent ODIs had to be postponed to June this year.

West Indies batter John Campbell is considering appealing against the four-year ban he was handed on October 7 for an anti-doping violation. The decision to ban Campbell was taken by an independent panel, after he was accused of refusing to provide a blood sample at his home in Kingston in April by the Jamaica Anti-Doping

West Indies batter John Campbell has been handed a four-year ban for violation of an anti-doping rule, according to a Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) decision seen by Reuters. Friday’s 18-page decision by a three-member independent panel followed a charge of evading, refusing or failing to submit to sample collection. JADCO accused Campbell of refusing to

West Indies decided to bowl against Australia Steven Smith has returned to Australia’s team for the second match against West Indies at the Gabba while the visitors have brought in Akeal Hosein and Obed McCoy. The team sheet had Aaron Finch marked to open with Cameron Green slipping down the order. Smith replaces Mitchell Marsh

Yannic Cariah looked like he belonged. Thirty years old, on T20I debut, bowling to Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell in Australia for the first time. Picked ahead of Akeal Hosein. Selected ahead of Fabian Allen and Hayden Walsh. He bowled like a veteran with impeccable control, forcing a mistake from Maxwell who can maul inexperienced

Australia chose to bowl against West Indies Cameron Green has again been listed as opener in Australia’s T20I side with Aaron Finch carded to bat in the middle order against West Indies on the Gold Coast. Without the bowling of Mitchell Marsh, who plays as a specialist batter, and the injured Marcus Stoinis, Australia have

Big picture Australia are back on home soil and West Indies have, mostly, arrived (Shimron Hetmyer missed his flight), as the teams enter the final stretch of their men’s T20 World Cup preparations. West Indies have to go through the qualifiers to reach the Super 12s, so these two matches are an important opportunity to

West Indies have dropped Shimron Hetmyer from their World Cup squad after the batter missed a “rescheduled” flight to Australia. CWI said the decision was taken “unanimously” by the selection panel, which also decided to name Shamarh Brooks as Hetmyer’s replacement. Most of the West Indies squad had flown to Australia in different groups, following

The “disrespect” that was directed at Jamaica Tallawahs spurred the team to go all the way and clinch the CPL title, their captain Rovman Powell has said. Not many gave Tallawahs a chance to qualify for the playoffs, let alone make the final, and despite losing key personnel at various stages, they rallied to beat

The likes of Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Nicholas Pooran and Dwayne Bravo will not feature in the CPL 2022 final. The star-studded Trinbago Knight Riders and St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, the CPL 2021 champions and the inaugural 6ixty winners, were the first two teams to be knocked out this year. Who woulda

West Indies Women 115 (Alleyne 49, A Kerr 3-16, Jonas 2-13, Devine 2-15) beat New Zealand Women 114 for 9 (Rowe 27*, Henry 3-26, Fletcher 2-18) by one run A spirited bowling show helped West Indies edge New Zealand out by a run in the first of five T20Is in North Sound. In a low-scoring

West Indies 169 for 6 (Taylor 51 retd hurt, Matthews 40, J Kerr 3-29) beat New Zealand 168 (Down 53, A Kerr 30, Matthews 2-23, Ramharack 2-28, Fletcher 2-31) by four wickets A solid bowling effort, an all-round show from Hayley Matthews, and a half-century from Stafanie Taylor were the highlights of West Indies a

The final of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship will be held at The Oval in June 2023, while Lord’s will stage the final of the next edition, in 2025, the ICC announced today. While the dates for the 2023 WTC final have not yet been confirmed, ESPNcricinfo has learned that it will be held

Who is Yannic Cariah?Cariah is a 30-year-old legspin-bowling allrounder who has bolted into West Indies’ squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia, for which they first need to qualify by playing against Scotland, Zimbabwe and Ireland in the opening round in Hobart. Cariah made his international debut only last month, in the first

A tropical storm, Storm Fiona, has caused the first women’s ODI between West Indies and New Zealand, which was to be played in Antigua on Friday, to be postponed. Cricket West Indies announced that the second ODI, scheduled for September 18, will now become the first ODI of the series, with a date for the

“We had a meeting with Andre Russell earlier in the year,” Haynes told Ian Bishop in an interview on the sidelines of Wednesday’s CPL game between Jamaica Tallawahs and St Kitts & Nevis Patriots. “We’re still not convinced yet, he’s not performing as well as we would like to see him in the competition. I

West Indies have recalled Evin Lewis to their squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia. Lewis last played international cricket at last year’s T20 World Cup in the UAE, and had since missed out on West Indies’ squads for fitness reasons. “Someone like Evin Lewis, we all agree that he’s our best one-day

Newly-appointed captain Hayley Matthews will lead the side for the first time. This will be West Indies’ first series in any format since they lost the semi-final to eventual champions Australia in the ODI World Cup in March earlier this year. Performances in the inaugural Women’s 6ixty and CPL were taken into consideration while picking

After rain and wet outfield delayed the start of the game and spiced up the St Kitts pitch, the spinners found sharp turn and bounce, even with the new ball. Amazon Warriors had a trio of spinners – Tabraiz Shamsi, Imran Tahir and Gudakesh Motie – in their ranks but Powell trusted his defence and

Anisa Mohammed, the West Indies vice-captain, has been granted leave from international cricket for a period of six months. “Mohammed requested to take a break from the game with immediate effect, after a hectic year of cricket both home and away,” said a CWI statement, adding that the board had given Mohammed its “full support”.

The MCC, through its World Cricket Committee, has called for the ICC to speed up restarts after DRS reviews, and tighten up the DRS process itself, in a bid to address the issue of slow over rates in the game. The MCC, the keeper of the laws of cricket, made the recommendations following research into