In the first T20I at the Daren Sammy Stadium in St Lucia on Friday, the West Indies only got to 24 for 2 in the Powerplay; in reply to the home side’s total of 145, Australia raced to 70 for 3 at the end of the first six overs. At …
Read More »Best: ‘Predictable’ Pollard in the cross-hairs; Mason, Butcher and Harper discuss WI captain
“Hmmmmm, here comes the counter-offensive…” It was not the first two questions that clued me in; it is what came next. Early on in this week’s Mason and Guests programme, evincing not the slightest interest in the way the West Indies have used the mentors, host Andrew Mason had some …
Read More »Hetmyer, Cottrell and Chase are back for West Indies’ ODI series against Australia
Left-handed top order batsman Shimron Hetmyer, left-arm fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell and right-handed all-rounder Roston Chase have been recalled to the West Indies One-Day International (ODI) squad for the upcoming CG Insurance ODI series against Australia. The West Indies will play three ODIs at Kensington Oval in Barbados on 20, …
Read More »Best: The endless experience experiment: on WI’s use of Gayle, Fidel, Russell and DJ Bravo
Old Chris Gayle a fine opener was A destructive run-scorer was he. He wielded a broad bat and if to him you bowled Every ball disappear you could see. Comparison to Old King Cole hardly does justice to long-standing West Indies stalwart, Christopher Henry Gayle. After all, he is a …
Read More »Best: Pollard’s West Indies fall short; changes coming for Australia next week?
Twice between overs 15 and 20 in this deciding T20I at the Grenada National Stadium on Saturday, different South African bowlers had a chance to take three wickets in three balls. Neither did. But thwarting the hat-trick could not prevent Kieron Pollard’s eighth-placed World T20 Champions West Indies from going …
Read More »Pollard powers West Indies to 2-all against South Africa, with Bravo moment at the death
With three overs left in the innings and the South Africa batsmen needing 42 runs for a series-sealing win, Kieron Pollard summoned Dwayne Bravo to bowl the last of his four overs. It took only one ball for him to decide the outcome of Thursday’s Game Four at the Grenada …
Read More »Are Pollard’s WI biding their time or do they simply not have the goods to beat Bavuma’s Proteas?
The time to be in front, every sportsman knows, is at the end. But that knowledge is unlikely to unduly trouble South Africa’s white ball cricket captain, Temba Bavuma. At the end of Tuesday’s third T20I between his troops and Kieron Pollard’s West Indies, the Proteas had their noses in …
Read More »West Indies flatter when they bowl but Proteas flatten them with the ball
Kieron Pollard’s West Indies came roaring back to restrict South Africa to 167 for 6 in Sunday’s second T20I at the Grenada National Stadium. It was a few runs more than the target to which they cruised for the loss of only two wickets and with five overs to spare …
Read More »Lewis powers West Indies to convincing win; Proteas reel and come again?
Earning more than half the required runs in sixes, Kieron Pollard’s West Indies cruised to an easy 8-wkt win in the First T20I against South Africa at the Grenada National Stadium on Saturday. Needing a modest 161 for victory after Pollard won the toss and saw his bowlers pull Temba …
Read More »West Indies recall Andre Russell for T20 ‘X’ factor against South Africa
All-rounder Andre Russell is the only addition to West Indies’ T20 International Team which beat Sri Lanka 2-1 in February, as the defending T20 world Cup champions face South Africa from 2pm on Saturday at the Grenada National Stadium in the first of two CG Insurance T20 Internationals (T20I). Fully …
Read More »Best: Brathwaite’s West Indies lose it; whom the gods wish to destroy?
Just after 11.30 am with lunch approaching, Kyle Mayers, on 34, tried to club Kagiso Rabada over midwicket. A problem? Well, the ball was just short of a good length and, more importantly, well outside off-stump. It was not the first time; in the second innings of the First Test, …
Read More »Best: Is Holder’s unbirthday gift enough to take Brathwaite’s WI over the line?
Joshua da Silva had a birthday on Labour Day, Day Two of the Second Test between West Indies and South Africa. His former skipper Jason Holder will turn 30 on November 5 so yesterday would have been his unbirthday. He celebrated it in style, giving the side he once captained …
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