West Indies

Big picture – Caribbean reboot The return to action hasn’t been quite so jarringly immediate as it was for India and Australia in the wake of the World Cup final, or indeed for England’s T20 World Cup winners in Australia last winter. And, let’s face it, a four-island jaunt to the Caribbean in December is

West Indies wicketkeeper-batter Shane Dowrich has retired from international cricket with immediate effect. This means the 32-year-old, who was originally picked for West Indies’ upcoming home ODIs against England, has withdrawn from the squad. The CWI selection panel will not name a replacement for Dowrich for the three-match series, which begins on Sunday in Antigua.

Dominica will not host any matches during the 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup. The government of Dominica took the decision stating the country’s inability to complete work on practice and match venues before the tournament commences. Dominica was one of seven countries in the Caribbean shortlisted to host the T20 World Cup, which will be

“When will the BS [sic] stop?! I’m not surprised by my brother’s non-selection, but with the recent changes in WI cricket management, I held onto a bit of hope for the better,” Dwayne wrote in a post on Instagram. “This is NOT acceptable, and I just can’t make sense of it! So here are my

Former West Indies batter Marlon Samuels has been banned from all cricket for six years by the ICC after he was found guilty of corrupt behaviour during the Abu Dhabi T10 in 2019, where he was part of the Karnataka Tuskers but did not play. An independent tribunal found Samuels guilty on four counts, including

Darren Bravo has decided to take a break from cricket following his non-selection in West Indies’ squad for their three-match ODI series against England next month. The 34-year-old, who last played for West Indies in February 2022, continued to be left out despite topping the run charts in the 2023-24 Super50 Cup, where he scored

Dowrich, whose sole previous ODI cap came against Bangladesh in 2019, come back in after averaging 78.00 in the domestic Super50 Cup, while there was also a recall for opener Kjorn Ottley, the third-highest run-scorer in the competition. Rutherford, capped six times in T20Is, also impressed while recording a maiden List A hundred, while Forde’s

Sunil Narine has called time on his eight-year international career. He last played for West Indies in a T20I in August 2019. “I appreciate it has been over four years since I last played for West Indies but today I am announcing my retirement from international cricket,” Narine wrote on Instagram. “Publicly I am a

West Indies captain Hayley Matthews was left frustrated after her side was on the wrong end of two tight TV umpire decisions in their eight-wicket loss to Australia, although she did not use it as an excuse for the result conceding that her team had been thoroughly outclassed in the ODI series. West Indies slumped

Australia 87 for 2 (Healy 38, Perry 20*) beat West Indies 83 (Alleyne 35, Garth 3-8, Gardner 2-17, Wareham 2-30) by eight wickets Without the injured Hayley Matthews, West Indies were no match for Australia in the first ODI at Allan Border Field as the home side raced to an eight-wicket win in a contest

Hayley Matthews is hopeful a leg injury won’t interrupt the form of her life after the West Indies captain claimed an incredible eighth-straight player-of-the-match gong to cap a historic series against Australia. She became the first player to score more than 300 runs across three women’s T20I games as West Indies fell just short of

Australia 190 for 9 (McGrath 65, Connell 3-25) beat West Indies (Matthews 79, Brown 3-20) by 47 runs A brilliant display of fast bowling from Darcie Brown helped Australia close out the T20I series against West Indies at Allan Border Field despite another one-woman show from Hayley Matthews who was hobbled on one leg. Defending

Hayley Matthews expects Australia’s bowlers to change their plans – and fields – but the West Indies skipper reckons she’s in good enough form to counter them as a historic series victory beckons. She also made 99 not out in a game-one loss and has won player of the match in an incredible seven straight

Hayley Matthews believes having the captaincy has helped take her game to another level as she reflected on an extraordinary performance against Australia with her 132 off 64 balls steering West Indies to a record T20I chase. It meant that in two days, she had made 231 off 138 balls having been unbeaten on 99

The Jamaican government has said that it opted against submitting an official bid to host games at next year’s men’s T20 World Cup because it had to “pay attention to the cost-and-benefit analysis” as a consequence of “limited resources” in the island. The Jamaica Observer quoted sports minister Olivia Grange as saying that “it wasn’t

Antigua. Barbados, Dominica, Guyana, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad & Tobago will be the seven venues in the Caribbean that will co-host the 2024 men’s T20 World Cup in addition to three cities in the USA shortlisted by ICC earlier this week. The biennial tournament, which will be played between June

Brathwaite named temporary replacement for Ferreira Meanwhile, Carlos Brathwaite has been called up by Barbados Royals as a temporary replacement for wicketkeeper-batter Donovan Ferreira. Ferreira has been included in South Africa’s 16-member squad for their home T20I series against Australia. He is expected to return after his national duties are over.

The red card made its first appearance in the Caribbean Premier League 2023, when Trinbago Knight Riders were behind the required over rate at the start of each of their last three overs while bowling against St Kitts & Nevis Patriots on Sunday in Basseterre. They were left with only ten men for the final

Samuels announced his retirement in November 2020, after a career in which he played 71 Tests, 207 ODIs and 67 T20Is, and scored over 11,000 international runs and 17 centuries. While his record suggested he never made the most of his sumptuous talent, his highs were spectacular, most notably when he top-scored in the T20

The 2023 Caribbean Premier League – men’s and women’s – has announced severe penalties for teams going through their overs slowly, even putting in place a red card-like system of removing a player if the fielding side is behind schedule at the start of the 20th over of an innings, a first in the game.

Ambati Rayudu could become the second Indian to play in the men’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) after St Kitts & Nevis Patriots signed him as their marquee player for the upcoming season. Rayudu, 37, retired from international – and Indian – cricket after helping Chennai Super Kings to their fifth IPL title in May this

India opener Shubman Gill has reached a career-high fifth place in the ICC men’s player rankings, following his exploits in the recently-concluded ODI series against West Indies. Gill, who scored 126 runs from three matches including a match-winning 85 in the series decider, rose to 743 rating points and is now within touching distance of

Big picture: Fearless approach sets the tone In the first T20I on Thursday, there was a hint of the fearlessness and the freedom with which both West Indies and India batted. Despite losing both opening batters inside three balls of the fifth over, Nicholas Pooran pumped Yuzvendra Chahal for a four and a six off

Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer, as well as Oshane Thomas, have been recalled to the West Indies T20I squad for the five-match series against India as they look for the “right combinations” ahead of the 2024 T20 World Cup, to be played at home in the Caribbean and the USA. The provisional 15-man squad, which

Romario Shepherd was named after the Brazilian footballer, one the greatest strikers in that sport. Shepherd was born in Linden, where football – or track and field – is arguably more popular than cricket, but he took to cricket. Tall, strong and muscular, Shepherd towered over other boys during age-group and regional cricket. He has

The 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup is scheduled to be played from June 4 to 30 next year in the Caribbean and the USA, across 10 venues, ESPNcricinfo has learned. It is understood that this week an ICC team inspected some shortlisted venues in the USA, which will be hosting an international global cricket event

A left-arm spinner, Jumadeen played 12 Tests for West Indies between 1972 and 1979, taking 29 wickets. As Clive Lloyd’s all-pace attack came to the fore, Jumadeen’s opportunities were limited, and he took part in just one full series, against India in 1975-76. The defection of players to Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket gave Jumadeen

“We welcome Oshane and Shimron back into the group,” chief selector Desmond Haynes said. “Both have played at the international level before, with some success, and we believe they will fit well into the set-up. Oshane brings pace and is a potential wicket-taker with the new ball. Shimron’s style of batting will offer a lot

A clarification has been issued regarding Ravindra Jadeja‘s dismissal in India’s first innings of the second Test in Port-of-Spain, with broadcast commentators saying during the tea analysis show that the correct decision was made by the TV umpire despite “a glitch” during the DRS process. India were 360 for 5 in the 104th over when

It’s a historic occasion. The second Test between West Indies and India, in Port-of-Spain, will be the 100th Test between the two teams. Of the 99 played so far, West Indies have won 30 and India 23, while 46 have been draws. In the last 21 years, however, West Indies have not managed a single