We does win, dem does lorse. Mathematically, defending champions West Indies were knocked out of the 2021 T20 World Cup when they failed to beat Sri Lanka on Thursday 4 November. In fact, Kieron Pollard’s side were effectively out of the World Cup after they could only muster 55 in …
Read More »Small margins, big hits, near misses, close calls and the trick S/Lanka spin played on WI
Outskilled! Thus did England Test captain Joe Root sum up the reason for his team’s 1-3 defeat in the recently concluded four-Test series at the hands of Virat Kohli’s India. West Indies white ball captain Kieron Pollard, whose team eked out a narrow 2-1 victory over Angelo Mathews’ Sri Lanka …
Read More »Allen stars in late WI show, as hosts score 22 from 6 balls to clinch T20 series
At the end of the 18th over, West Indies were 112 for 7 without a specialist batsman left and 20 runs short of Sri Lanka’s total in the third and final CG Insurance T20 International at the Coolidge Ground in Antigua. Jason Holder had 13 runs off 22 balls while …
Read More »Pollard scores six sixes in record over, as West Indies whip Sri Lanka in opening T20
West Indies limited overs captain Kieron Pollard became only the third person in international cricket to score six sixes in a single over, as he blasted Sri Lanka spinner Akila Dananjaya for a record spell at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua. Pollard finished with a match-winning 38 runs from …
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