RAJKOT, India – The WINDIES faced a toiling day in the field in sweltering conditions, after India CAPTAIN Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat first, in the first match of the Paytm Test Series in Rajkot. The WINDIES were dealt a blow before a ball was bowled, […]
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MATTHEWS FEELING CONFIDENT AHEAD OF ICC
TAROUBA, Trinidad – WINDIES opener, Hayley Matthews, has a good feeling about the upcoming, first stand-alone, ICC World Women’s T20 Championship. “Playing in front of our home crowd, on such a momentous occasion, will be amazing!” Matthews said in excitement, referring to the tournament which will be played in […]
WINDIES FOCUSED ON PLAYING PATIENT CRICKET
RAJKOT, India – On the eve of the first Test match versus India in Rajkot, the WINDIES are focused on playing a patient game against the host and number one-ranked Test team, India. The WINDIES arrived in India a week ago and has since played a two-day warm-up match against […]
CRICKET WEST INDIES ISSUES NEW RETAINER CONTRACTS
St John’s, ANTIGUA – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has confirmed the central contracts for WINDES Men’s and WINDIES Women’s players for the 2018/2019 year. Whilst the previous contracts expired on the 30th of September 2018, the new contracts will be backdated to the 1st of July 2018 and run until […]
India Announced team for test series vs Windies
The All-India Senior Selection Committee has picked the Indian team for the upcoming two-match Paytm Test series against Windies. The first Test will be played at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot from October 4-8, 2018 followed by the second Test at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad from October […]
Third Women’s T20 International Abandoned
TAROUBA, Trinidad – The torrential rains which affected the south of Trinidad early Sunday afternoon, proved too much for the ground staff and umpires at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy to handle. It led to the abandonment of the 3rd T20 in the Sandals International Home Series. Although by the time the […]
WINDIES Women seek to clinch Sandals International Home Series
TAROUBA, Trinidad – The WINDIES Women have an opportunity to clinch the T20 Sandals International Home Series versus South Africa, by attaining an unassailable 3-0 lead, with a win today. After a dominant performance with bat and ball on Friday night (September 28), in the second T20 International, the regional […]
AMBRIS CENTURY LEADS WINDIES TO A DRAW WITH BCCI XI
VADODARA, Gujarat – The West Indies Senior Men’s Team drew their two-day warm-up match against a BCCI President’s XI at the Reliance Cricket Stadium in Vadodara, which saw fearless batting from Sunil Ambris who struck a brilliant centuty and half centuries from Kraigg Brathwaite and Shane Dowrich. The WINDIES batsmen […]
CRICKET WEST INDIES CONFIRMS SUPER50 CUP TEAMS AND SCHEDULE
St John’s, ANTIGUA – The Super50 Cup bowls off next Wednesday, October 3 in Trinidad with defending champions, the Windward Volcanoes, taking on the Trinidad Red Force at the Queen’s Park Oval. Just over two weeks since the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Final, the Super50 Cup now occupies an October […]
WINDIES BOWL FIRST IN WARM-UP AGAINST BCCI PRESIDENT’S XI
VADODARA, Gujarat – The West Indies Senior Men’s Team officially opened their Tour of India with a two-day warm-up match against a BCCI President’s XI at the Reliance Cricket Stadium in Vadodara. In humid conditions, the BCCI’s XI won the toss and elected to bat first in a 90-over per […]
ANISA MOHAMMED “FIVE FOR” GIVES WINDIES WOMEN 2-0 LEAD
TAROUBA, Trinidad – The WINDIES Women, led by a “Five For” from Anisa Mohammed, routed South Africa by 9 wickets to take a 2-0 series lead in the 5-match, Sandals T20 International Home Series. Anisa Mohammed showed why she’s the all-time leading T20 wicket-taker, when she spun her way to […]
Impressive showing by Shermon Lewis in Opening tour of India
West Indies struggled on the first day of their opening match of their six-week tour of India. Facing a Indian Board President XI in Vadodara taking only six wicket at the end of the day the Indian Board President XI finished on 360 for 6. Spinner Devendra Bishoo was the most successful […]
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT AND FITNESS PROGRAMMES ON TRACK
Gros Islet, ST LUCIA – The High Performance Programme, Player Lifestyle Development Programme (PLDP) and Coaching Education were three of the major matters discussed at the just-concluded Cricket West Indies’ (CWI’s) Board of Directors meeting. The two-day meeting, held this past weekend, also had updated on the comprehensive assessment of […]
TAYLOR, FLETCHER EARN WINDIES WOMEN TENSE VICTORY
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Tidy bowling led by skipper Stafanie Taylor and Afy Fletcher sealed a 17-run victory for WINDIES Women over South Africa Women in a tense finish to the first Twenty20 International today here. Taylor grabbed 3-16 from her allotted four overs with her off-spin and leg-spinner Fletcher collected […]
STUART LAW RESIGNS AS HEAD COACH OF WINDIES MEN
St John’s, ANTIGUA – Stuart Law has resigned as Head Coach of the WINDIES Men’s team to take on a new role in January 2019. Law, who took over as Head Coach in February 2017, leaves after guiding the Test team to series wins against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh and the […]
