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Friday, February 20 – Antigua Recreation Ground, Antigua & Barbuda: Windies Captain Chris Gayle admitted Thursday that the West Indies’ strong-willed effort to draw the 3rd Digcel Test against England at the Antigua Recreation Ground felt like a victory for the team.

Wednesday, February 18 – Antigua Recreation Ground, Antigua & Barbuda: England maintained a firm grip on the 3rd Digicel Test on day four here Wednesday but the West Indies’ most accomplished batsmen, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, carried the home team’s hopes of avoiding defeat into Thursday’s final day.

Tuesday, February 17 – Antigua Recreation Ground, Antigua & Barbuda: Off-Spinner Graeme Swann claimed five wickets here Tuesday as the West Indies pressed the self-destruct button to hand England a position of superiority after three days of the 3rd Digicel Test at the Antigua Recreation Ground.

Tuesday, February 17 – Antigua Recreation Ground, Antigua & Barbuda:  West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards has tipped his batsmen to fight off the inconsistency of the pitch and post a positive reply to England’s formidable first innings total of 566 for nine declared in the 3rd Digicel Test of […]

Sunday, February 15 – Antigua Recreation Ground, Antigua & Barbuda: England captain Andrew Strauss hit a fluent 169 here Sunday as the West Indies were made to toil on a typically batsman-friendly pitch at the resurrected Antigua Recreation Ground.

Sunday, February 15 – Antigua Recreation Ground, Antigua & Barbuda:   The Antigua Recreation Ground (ARG) is the national stadium of Antigua and Barbuda located in St. John’s, on the island of Antigua. While the ground has been used by both the West Indies cricket team and the Antigua & Barbuda […]

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua — England reached 58 without loss at lunch on the first day of the 3rd Digicel Test match against West Indies at the Antigua Recreation Ground. Play started 45 minutes late due to wet patches on the outfield due to rain on Saturday and again Sunday morning.

Friday, February 13 – Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua & Barbuda:  The 2nd Digicel Test between the West Indies and England was under threat here Friday after the first day was abandoned because of dangerous conditions on the outfield.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua — The second Digicel Test between the West Indies and England has been abandoned as a draw at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.  This, after 1.4 overs with England on seven without loss.  Fidel Edwards, who opened the bowling attack for the West Indies could not complete his over, […]

Thursday, February 5th – Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica:  CAPTAIN Chris Gayle and the equally experienced Ramnaresh Sarwan hit fluent, unbeaten half centuries to lead the West Indies into a position of strength at the end of the 2nd day in the opening Digicel Test against England at Sabina Park on […]

Wednesday, February 4 – Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica:  ENGLAND’S premier batsman Kevin Pietersen hit a determined 97 here Wednesday to help England fight off the early shackles of West Indies domination and end an absorbing first day of the opening Digicel Test at 236 for five.

ST. JOHN’S — Standings after the second round of matches in the West Indies Cricket Board’s Four-day competition.  Tabulated under M = Matches; W = Wins; L = Losses; D = Draws; PTS = Points. 

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, – Windward Islands opener Devon Smith scored a superb double century on Saturday against Guyana, to help the Windward Islands defeat Guyana by an inning and 147runs.

West Indies won the toss and elected to field in the fourth one-day international against New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland on Saturday. New Zealand made four changes to the side that won in Wellington on Wednesday to level the five-match series at 1-1, while West Indies made three changes.

The ICC has joined hands with the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) to formally launch the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, as part of its centenary year celebrations. The current list of players includes the 55 named in the FICA Hall of Fame, which ran between 1999 and 2003, […]