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Highlights India have named a few new faces in their squad for the 5-match series India will be looking to find their best combination ahead of the T20 WC India will take on England in a five-match T20 International series starting Friday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. While England have named a fairly experienced squad, India have included some newcomers who will be eager to make their debut for the national team. With the T20 World Cup in India later in the year, the hosts will be...

Spotlight on veterans and fitness Article by March 6, 2021 It is refreshing when those in the forefront of picking teams as well as other key officials speak frankly with the media. Since the West Indies squads for the current three-match Twenty20 and three-match One-Day International series against Sri Lanka in Antigua were named a week ago, the likes of Cricket West Indies (CWI) Lead selector Roger Harper, head coach Phil Simmons, captain Kieron Pollard and Director of Cri...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – West Indies white-ball captain, Kieron Pollard, has described the exclusion of exciting left-hander Shimron Hetmyer from the Twenty20 squad as “a big void” but says the player is aware of what is required in order to get himself back into the selection mix.The 24-year-old Hetmyer was one of four players along with Roston Chase, Oshane Thomas and Sheldon Cottrell, not considered for selection for the T20 and One-Day International series against Sri Lanka after failing...

Best: Gayle forces his way back into T20 team; is tail wagging the West Indies dog? Christopher Henry ‘Universe Boss’ Gayle, born 21 October 1979, contrived to pass a fitness test that Shimron Hetmyer, born 26 December 1997, failed—as did Barbadian all-rounder Roston Chase, 27, and Jamaican pacers Oshane Thomas, 23, and Sheldon Cottrell, 31.  All four of those who failed have been active in the 2021 Super50 Cup competition which ended in Antigua this weekend. Photo: Iconic West Indies ba...

Pollard: The way forward needs balance of experience and youth Wednesday 3 March 2021 West Indies’ Rovman Powell takes part in a team training session on the eve of the first Twenty20 against Sri Lanka, in Antigua , on Wednesday. Looking on, at right, is veteran Chris Gayle. - CWI Media WEST INDIES (WI) must strike the right balance between its younger and more experienced players if they are to continue producing positive results ahead of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Men’s ...

Simmons: I pushed for Windies fitness standard Monday 1 March 2021 West Indies coach Phil Simmons, left, looks as fast bowler Alzarri Joseph bowls during a practice session on the recent tour of Bangladesh. (AFP) - West Indies head coach, Phil Simmons, has strongly endorsed a minimum fitness standard policy for all West Indies players. Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced the squads for the one-day and T20 series against Sri Lanka. The three-match T20 series bowls off at Coolidge Cricket Ground...

Star batsman Chris Gayle will return to play for West Indies for the first time in two years while pacer Fidel Edwards has been included in the squad after nine years

Home / Volley / Cricket / Dear Editor: Hemraj, Chemar and Oshane get in my WI ODI XI; but no room for Jason Holder… Dear Editor: Hemraj, Chemar and Oshane get in my WI ODI XI; but no room for Jason Holder… “[…] I would replace Jason Holder with Sunil Narine. Holder has not performed consistently with the bat since the 2018 ODI series against India, with the exception of a short cameo against Australia at the World Cup. And his bowling has been so non-aggressive that he has gone for a hu...

Dear Editor: How Hugh Brisse can help Hetmeyer; my Windies ODI Team for Sri Lanka “[…] The selectors have no room for sentimentality; in order to qualify automatically for the October/November 2023 World Cup in India, we have to get the points against Sri Lanka. We must pick the best 18-man squad from among all the available players.  “I would go with three openers: Evin Lewis, Shai Hope (who can also keep wicket) and Sunil Ambris. Lendl Simmons is a shoo in for the T20 squad, and althou...

In IPL, auction dynamics rule over true value © Provided by Hindustan Times The dynamics of an Indian Premier League auction can be hard to fathom even for experts. “It is super complex,” says a senior member of a team management who has been at auctions from the start. Figure out? Quality fast bowlers were in huge demand in Thursday’s mini-auction, but the best Indian pace bowler available—Umesh Yadav—went for his base price of R1 crore. But despite his mediocre record season after...