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The Cricket West Indies (CWI) selection panel announced six changes to the West Indies One-day International (ODI) Team for the tour to the Netherlands and Pakistan from 31 May, under new white ball captain Nicholas Pooran. Batsmen Rovman Powell, Keacy Carty and allrounder Kyle Mayers have been added to the …

Middle-order batsman Nicholas Pooran will succeed Kieron Pollard as West Indies’ One-day International (ODI) and T20 captain, according to a release issued today by Cricket West Indies. Last month, the 34-year-old Pollard retired suddenly from West Indies service . However, Pooran, 26, served as his Trinidad and Tobago compatriot’s T20I …

As almost everyone connected with the sport in even the remotest manner would have heard by now, West Indies allrounder Kieron Pollard has announced his immediate retirement from international cricket. Pollard’s 20 April announcement, which came as a major surprise to most, has now created some very interesting possibilities for …

West Indies limited overs captain Kieron Pollard announced his retirement from international cricket today, via social media, in a move that appeared to have blindsided Cricket West Indies (CWI). The 34-year-old allrounder is at present plying his trade in India where he represents the Mumbai Indians in the lucrative IPL …

“[…] Taken altogether the overall series results as well as the unsatisfactory player performances [against India] must now surely raise further questions about the efficiency of the Phil Simmons-led West Indies coaching staff. “[…] As to the actual squad chosen for the first Test, we have absolutely no issues with …

“[…] I ask the question… where is the real Kieron Pollard? Where’s the ultra-aggressive and controversial leader who constantly gets under the skin of opposing players? “Where’s the tactically sound, charismatic Kieron Pollard who demands maximum effort on the field of play from his players? Where’s the captain who takes …

The West Indies will tour the Netherlands for the first time this May, as the Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced a three-match One-day International (ODI) series against the Netherlands from 31 May to 4 June. The three matches, which will be staged at the VRA Cricket Ground in Amstelveen, form part …

“[…] Jason Holder’s miserly 65-run aggregate was, incredibly, the highest among all the West Indies batsmen [in India].  “The aggregates and associated averages of the West Indies top five batsmen were far more in sync with numbers that would be called at a Bingo game than with those that would …

It’s beginning to look a lot like, not Christmas, but ciao for West Indies white ball captain Kieron Pollard. I have a niggling suspicion that the 34-year-old globetrotting allrounder has had it with the sniping and the pot-shot-taking that never ends in the Caribbean. And with having to repeat, you …

Jason Holder’s third multiple-wicket haul in his last eight white ball matches should have earned the Nicholas Pooran-led West Indies some World Cup Super League points in the third and final game of the three-match day/night ODI series. But India’s challenging 265 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad again …

With India unsteady on 43 for 3 in the 11th over, the Nicholas Pooran-led West Indies looked to have a sniff in the second ODI in the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad today. But after that, the visitors smelled only leather as Rohit Sharma’s batsmen powered their way to 237 …

Player-of-the-Series against England Jason Holder continued his return to world number one allrounder form at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad today—this time with the bat. But his six-speckled half-century could only get a disappointing West Indies batting line-up to 176 all out in 43.5 overs in the first of …