The three-day warm-up match between the touring West Indies and a County Select XI ended in a draw on Friday. The tourists entered day three at the Kent County Cricket Ground in Beckenham on 57-2, leading by 23 runs in their second innings. They eventually progressed to 196-5 off 44 overs before declaring, leaving the … Read more
West Indies legend Brian Lara has weighed in on the ‘Test v T20’ debate, arguing that the immense disparity in monetary benefits offered by the two formats makes it difficult to blame players for increasingly preferring franchise cricket. West Indies are about to start a three-match Test series in England, weeks after a Super Eights … Read more
former Test captain Brian Lara has urged West Indies to be “technical and tactical” in order to mitigate the threat of England’s batting juggernaut in the three-Test series starting next week at Lord’s. Warning of the dangers posed by England’s aggressive approach with the bat, the 55-year-old Lara said it was important for West Indies … Read more
Joshua Da Silva and Jayden Seales have been selected to play in the West Indies tour match against First-Class Counties Select XI at Kent on Wednesday. The three-day match is the opening game of the West Indies tour of England. West Indies will play three Test matches in England with the first Test commencing on … Read more
Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced an updated 15-member squad for the three-Test Richards Botham series in England, starting on 10 July 2024 at Lord’s. Kemar Roach has been replaced by St. Kitts & Nevis’ fast bowler, Jeremiah Louis due to Roach’s ongoing rehabilitation from a knee injury sustained during the County Championship in England. … Read more
Kemar Roach, West Indies’ veteran fast bowler, has been withdrawn from their 15-man squad for the upcoming Test tour of England, after sustaining a knee injury while playing for Surrey in the County Championship. Roach, who turns 36 on Sunday, claimed 18 wickets at 25.77 in six appearances this season for Surrey, the defending County … Read more
Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Nicholas Pooran, David Warner and Mohammad Amir are among the 69 players retained by their respective ILT20 franchises ahead of the third season. Captain Pooran, Dwayne Bravo, Akeal Hosein, Kieron Pollard and Fazalhaq Farooqi are also among defending champions MI Emirates’ retainees. Trent Boult, who was part of Emirates last season, … Read more
West Indies’ ICC Men’s T20 World Cup campaign came to an end on June 23, when the co-hosts suffered a narrow defeat to South Africa in their final Super Eights fixture. After an exceptional start in the first round, having gathered all eight points from their four matches to top Group D, and making into … Read more
Shai Hope admitted that the West Indies team will look to continue with the same aggressive intent with semi-final qualification at stake. West Indies registered a thumping win by 9 wickets against their co-hosts USA at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St Lucia on June 22, Saturday. Hope played a whirlwind knock of … Read more
Nicholas Pooran believes everything went right for him as West Indies got a record-breaking win over Afghanistan to end the T20 World Cup group stage. West Indies won by 104 runs in St Lucia on Monday as they hit the highest run total at the tournament so far this year, hitting 218, including registering the … Read more