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Social Share Brothers Kyle and Shai Hope will play in the West Indies Super50 Cup after all – and may feature in the Barbados Pride starting 11 for their crucial fourth match against Windward Islands Volcanoes tomorrow at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground (VRCG). The Barbados Cricket Association announced late today that the two brothers will replace injured pacers Keon Harding and Dominic Drakes in the 15-member Pride squad for their remaining two matches. Harding has been side-lined wit...

By Neto Baptiste The recent series win against Bangladesh is not a reason to discard all-rounder Jason Holder as captain of the West Indies Test team.

Mayers? De Silva? Captain Holder or Brathwaite? Best muses over WI Test changes for S/Lanka Tigers Nothing happened in ODI play in Bangladesh to warrant imminent adjustments to the pre-tour line-up. But that’s hardly the case with the Test unit where the successful second-string challenges to the incumbents are now being awaited with more than a little anticipation.  And they will be welcomed. Photo: West Indies batsman Kyle Mayers (left) celebrates a sensational double century in the First ...

While IPL 2021 will have a relatively smaller auction pool, there are still 22 overseas player spots to fill and some big names and hidden gems in the mix.

Can any of Mohammed’s white-ballers get into Pollard’s squad? Best selects WI T20/ODI team When the West Indies selection panel meets to name the squads for the three-format series against the Sri Lanka Tigers, there will be an enormous elephant in the room. And such is the interest created by Kraigg Brathwaite’s side’s completely unexpected 2-0 clean sweep in Bangladesh that many a fan will find himself wishing to be a fly on the wall, more than eager to discover whether lead selector ...

Brathwaite lauds teammates in Bangladesh Article by February 15, 2021 West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite has said that sweeping Bangladesh at their own turf is an “amazing” achievement, especially having been on the receiving end of such a defeat, back in 2018 when Jason Holder had pulled out due to an injury. This time, it wasn’t just Holder who was missing, but a whole host of West Indies top players decided not to tour Bangladesh, which left the reins for Brathwa...

Can any of Mohammed’s white-ballers get into Pollard’s squad? Best selects WI T20/ODI team When the West Indies selection panel meets to name the squads for the three-format series against the Sri Lanka Tigers, there will be an enormous elephant in the room. And such is the interest created by Kraigg Brathwaite’s side’s completely unexpected 2-0 clean sweep in Bangladesh that many a fan will find himself wishing to be a fly on the wall, more than eager to discover whether lead selector ...

Kudos to the new kidson Windies block Tuesday 16 February 2021 In this photo taken on Feb 7, West Indies’ Nkrumah Bonner (R) plays a shot during the fifth day of the first cricket Test match against Bangladesh, at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Sunday. - (AFP PHOTO) TAKE a bow, West Indies cricket team. Your performances in the just-completed two-Test series in Bangladesh is nothing short of magnificent. You took on the ravages of a worldwide pandemic that included lockdo...

High praise Article by February 15, 2021 The magnificent 2-0 Test series win against Bangladesh in Dhaka has warmed the hearts of many former West Indian cricketing stalwarts who believe that this recent performance should not be taken for granted and ought to be built upon. Former Barbados and West Indies opener Cammie Smith who is currently the third oldest living West Indian Test cricketer at age 87, told Barbados TODAY it was a fantastic victory. He also noted that it s...

Brathwaite hails West Indies hunger after depleted side sweeps Bangladesh Issued on: 16/02/2021 - 07:48 2 min Dhaka (AFP) Skipper Kraigg Brathwaite hailed the desire, discipline and depth of talent in West Indies cricket after a depleted squad derided as a B-team blew away Bangladesh 2-0 away from home. "I never thought it was a second-string team. It just goes to show that we have a good crop of players, even at the Under-19 level,” Brathwaite told a virtual press conference before leaving...