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Allrounder Rahkeem Cornwall was recalled to the West Indies Test team today as the Maroon Men prepare for the first of a two Test series against India from 12 to 16 July. The 30-year-old Cornwall was one of four new faces in the 13-man squad, alongside 31-year-old left-arm spinner Jomel …

West Indies will complete their ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifying campaign with just 13 available players, after Cricket West Indies (CWI) lead selector Desmond Haynes recalled allrounder Jason Holder and Alzarri Joseph to prepare for the upcoming Cycle Pure Agarbathi Test series against India. The two-match Test Series bowls off …

The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and Republic Bank Ltd (RBL) are forging a new cricketing partnership, with Republic Bank today being announced as the T20 League’s title sponsor for the next three years. Though monetary details of the sponsorship were not disclosed by CPL CEO Pete Russell, RBL was also …

On a rain-interrupted evening at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, the West Indies cricket team produced a Jekyll and Hyde performance en route to a 50 run One-Day International (ODI) loss to New Zealand, via the D-L method. The three-match series will be decided on Sunday at the same venue, with …

For the second successive One Day International (ODI) at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain, the West Indies cricketers were pretty good. Unfortunately for the host team, India were better. Set a target of 312 runs to win—40 more than the Port of Spain venue’s record chase of …

In Game Two of the three-match ODI series against the Netherlands at the VRA Ground in Amstelveen today, Brandon King kept his head while other West Indian batsmen around him were losing theirs. The talented right-hander reaped multiple rewards: an unbeaten 91 to go with his 58 not out in …

What a wonderful weekend it has been for West Indies cricket! First, the women secured their qualification for the 2022 World Cup. Then, to double the enjoyment, the men created history by securing a 1-0 series victory against England to become the first-ever holders of the newly minted Richards–Botham Trophy. …

One brilliant one-handed catch from former captain Jason Holder. Some 60-odd deliveries with the ball, eight of them from lead pacer Kemar Roach that yielded two wickets. Just about 30 deliveries with the bat, 21 of them yielding 20 runs for skipper Kraigg Brathwaite. That was all the West Indies …

Joshua Da Silva had a steely glint in his eye as he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd on Day Two of the Third Apex Test at the National Stadium in Grenada today. The wicketkeeper scored a critical, unbeaten, rear-guard 54 to push Kraigg Brathwaite’s West Indies past the 204 …

Led by another immense feat of endurance and concentration from skipper Kraigg Brathwaite, the West Indies earned a second honourable draw in the Second Test of the three-match Apex Series at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados today All three protagonists played their part to ensure that the predictable outcome was …

When West Indies vice-captain Jermaine Blackwood walked to the middle of Kensington Oval in Barbados in the Second Apex Test match against England today, his team was on 101 for 3, still 407 runs shy of avoiding the follow-on. When he departed some 68 overs later, West Indies were on …

On Thursday, when I arrived at Kensington Oval, the England team were already on the field doing their warm-ups. The English fans, piled in in their large numbers from just as early, had already draped their club flags on practically every available wall space. The West Indies, the home team, …