On the plus side, there will only be 20 overs to navigate—with the bat and ball respectively—when West Indies face India again at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba on Friday. Talented top order batsman Shimron Hetmyer is available for selection too, after passing a fitness test yesterday. West …
Read More »Pooran: “It feels like a win—bittersweet”; WI lose opening ODI to India by three runs after thrilling chase
“It feels like a win—bittersweet,” said West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran. India, the third best ranked team in One Day International cricket at present, set West Indies a target of 306 runs in the first ODI at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain yesterday. The record run chase …
Read More »Pooran hits half-century in vain as India hand West Indies 6-wkt defeat in opening T20I
Many hands, they say, make light work. India needed only six pairs of hands to chase down Kieron Pollard’s West Indies’ modest target of 157, getting to 162 with six wickets and seven balls in hand in the First T20 in Eden Gardens in Kolkata yesterday. After West Indies vice-captain …
Read More »Pollard: “We have to find a way!” West Indies whipped by India, despite Holder half-century
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 …
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