Perth, Dec. 20 (ANI): The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has said that it will send a letter of protest to the International Cricket Council (ICC) over the hefty suspension handed down to spinner Sulieman Benn, but will not appeal against the decision.
Benn was suspended for two one-day internationals after being found guilty of bringing [...]
Adelaide (Australia), Dec. 9 (ANI): West Indies cricket captain Chris Gayle and his team now have aspirations of drawing the Test series against Australia after giving the hosts a fight in Adelaide.
Gayle is confident the third Test Match is within his side’s reach.
“We definitely can win in Perth,” the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Gayle, [...]
Adelaide (Australia), Dec.2 (ANI): West Indies team manager and former fast bowler Joel Garner has said if the world’s leading cricket nations opt for pursuing a two-tier system for Test playing nations, it would be a very selfish move.
Former Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne had voiced the idea earlier this week after the tourists were rolled [...]
Melbourne, Nov 30 (IANS) Fast bowler Jerome Taylor has been ruled out of the ongoing cricket series against Australia due to an injury, it was announced by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) here Monday.
Team manager Joel Garner said that the 25-year-old injured his left hip and back while bowling on the opening day of [...]
Melbourne, Nov.30 (ANI): A defiant West Indies cricket captain Chris Gayle has said that that he won’t quit Test captaincy despite his team’s humiliating innings and 44 run defeat to Australia in last week’s Gabba Test.
According to Fox Sports, in a News Limited column, Gayle says he has the respect and support of his players [...]
Brisbane, Nov.29 (ANI): The Gabba massacre shows just how pathetic West Indies are, and the key issue now is how can anybody be expected to maintain interest in this dog-eared series for two more Tests and five one-dayers.
Five years ago, when Australia decided it was time to reduce Test series against West Indies from [...]
Brisbane (Australia), Nov.25 (ANI): The West Indies will take on Australia in the first Test at the Gabba here without the services of key middle order batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan, who suffered a training mishap.
A Daily Telegraph report said that Sarwan had to be assisted from Allan Border Field after being struck down by a [...]
Sydney, Nov.14 (ANI): The West Indies cricket team has plenty of talent, but the time has come to put it out of its misery, feels noted cricket columnist Peter Roebuck.
In an article for the Sydney Morning Herald Roebuck argues that as far as the sport is concerned, Caribbean unity is on the [...]
Melbourne, Nov 13 (ANI): Australia’s cricket coach Tim Nielsen has cautioned his side against a committed West Indies team this summer.
Chris Gayle’s team arrives today to prepare for the Test and one-day series against Australia following a tumultuous pay dispute with its own cricket board.
Nielsen warned the [...]
Sydney, Nov.4 (ANI): Noted cricket columnist Peter Roebuck has criticised the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for re-appointing Jamiacan star Chris Gayle as the team’s skipper for the tour Down Under, saying that he was an undeserving candidate for the post, and that Trinidadian Darren Ganga would have been a better choice.
In a scathing article [...]
Antigua (West Indies), Oct.14 (ANI): The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and its players have said that they are close to resolving their long-standing dispute, paving the way for a full-strength team to visit Australia later in the year.
The WICB and the West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) said they have settled most of the divisive [...]
Johannesburg, Sep 25(ANI): Australian batsman Cameron White has expressed confidence that the world champions can cover for the absence of fast bowler Nathan Bracken during the Champions Trophy tournament.
Bracken was sent home on Thursday due to a knee injury. His loss is a big blow for the Aussies, as he has the ability to take [...]
Sydney, Sep 12(ANI): CEO of Cricket Australia (CA) James Sutherland has said that CA has started exploring emergency plans ahead of their series against West Indies, following the possibility of West Indies sending a third-rate team.
Sutherland said they are worried, as the dispute between West Indies Cricket Board and its senior players shows no signs [...]
Port of Spain (West Indies), Sep 4 (ANI): As talks to resolve a two-month dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board and senior players ended without an agreement, an unknown batsman with a Test average of nine could possibly lead the team against [...]
Antigua (West Indies), Aug.14 (ANI): The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has axed the national team’s Australian coach John Dyson following the humiliating home Test and one-day series defeats to Bangladesh.
Dyson’s sacking comes less than six weeks before the start of the Champions Trophy in South Africa where assistant coach David Williams will take temporary [...]
