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HOVE, England – Adrian Barath said he and his West Indies teammates were prepared to grit their teeth and deal with whatever conditions they confront on the tour of England.

Kingston, Jamaica – The West Indies Player’s Association (WIPA) is delighted that the way has been cleared for Chris Gayle’s return to the West Indies team following a meeting with the West Indies selectors who confirmed “that once he (Gayle) was available he would be considered for selection once the […]

HOVE, England – Kirk Edwards said he was looking forward to playing this weekend, as West Indies prepared to face Sussex Sharks in a three-day, tour match, starting on Saturday at the PROBIZ County Ground.

HOVE, England – Darren Sammy said West Indies were well aware of all the challenges that confront them on their tour of England.

I wish to advise that as of today, May 2nd, 2012, I have written to Somerset CC and advised them that I will not be honouring the commitment I made to them when I signed a contract with them for the 2012 Friends Provident Championship.

Being the West Indies captain is like being the holder of high political office. You have a constituency to answer to, their expectations are very high and some will be detractors no matter how much good you do. You will also be judged on performance.

Kingston, Jamaica – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) is concerned to read the article published in the Barbados Nation of Sunday, April 29th, 2012, entitled “War of Words.” 

West Indies’ Shanel Daley has broken into the top five women’s all-rounders’ list in the Reliance ICC Women’s ODI Rankings which were released at the conclusion of the three-match ODI series between West Indies and Sri Lanka women. The West Indies women won the series 2-1.

The West Indies coach does not expect extraordinary results in England, but he also doesn’t expect his charges to embarrass him by Garth Wattley Ottis Gibson‘s first two years in the West Indies coaching hot seat have been as testing for him as the slow, spinning pitches of the Caribbean […]

BY HAYDN GILL In the latest development in the long running controversy, the WICB says Gayle may be reneging on a commitment to make himself available for the majority of the imminent tour of England.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Shivnarine Chanderpaul said it was good to be back at the top of the World rankings for Test batsmen. This followed Sunday’s announcement from the ICC, the sport’s World governing body, that the durable West Indies batsman had leap-frogged the South African pair of A.B. de Villiers […]

ROSEAU, Dominica ­— West Indies showed great fighting spirit, which according to captain Darren Sammy “is something to be proud about”, but the skipper could not hide his disappointment as his team lost the third Digicel Test against Australia by 75 runs.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The Selection Panel of the West Indies Cricket Board today announced the 15-member West Indies squad for the three-Test series on the tour of England, starting next month. Squad Darren Sammy (captain), Kirk Edwards (vice-captain), Adrian Barath, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Fidel Edwards, Assad […]

Wavell Hinds, the President of the West Indies Players Association (WIPA), has hailed Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s reaching the milestone of 10,000 runs in Test cricket as “a well deserved reward for one of the hardest workers in the history of the game.” Speaking from Jamaica, Hinds expressed great delight at Chanderpaul’s […]

Shivnarine Chanderpaul fell in the final over of another gripping day, after he claimed another personal milestone and shared a century partnership with Darren Bravo, taking the sting out of West Indies’ pursuit of 370 for a series-levelling victory in the third and final Digicel Test against Australia on Thursday.