Jason Holder and Alzarri Joseph will leave the ODI World Cup qualifier in Zimbabwe early with an eye on keeping them fresh for the month-long, all-format series at home against India in July-August. “Jason and Alzarri are two of our leading bowlers in all formats,” Desmond Haynes, lead selector for the West Indies men’s team,

West Indies 204 for 4 (Taylor 79*, Henry 53*, Maguire 2-24) beat Ireland 203 (Lewis 95*, Fletcher 3-37) by six wickets Contrasting half-centuries from Stafanie Taylor and Chinelle Henry helped West Indies beat Ireland by six wickets in the third ODI in Gros Islet, and wrap up the series 2-0. Chasing a modest 204, West

Putting strong structures in place for current and future West Indies teams is the only way to stop their downward spiral, according to former captain Jason Holder. Speaking shortly after West Indies were confirmed as being out of contention for the 2023 50-over World Cup, Holder acknowledged their defeat to Scotland was “probably one of

Scotland 185 for 3 (Cross 74*, McMullen 69) beat West Indies 181 (Holder 45, McMullen 3-32, Watt 2-25) by seven wickets Five years ago in Harare, West Indies were the beneficiaries of a controversial umpiring decision and a timely rain interruption that secured their place in the 2019 ODI World Cup, at Scotland’s expense. There

West Indies, two-time former champions, are going to be absent from an ODI World Cup for the first time when the tournament takes place in India later this year. The issues for West Indies start from the foundation of the game back home, captain Shai Hope said after the defeat to Scotland ended their qualification

West Indies have failed to qualify for the 2023 ODI World Cup after losing to Scotland in the Super Six stage of the ongoing World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe. Only the two finalists of that tournament make it to the World Cup in India later this year, and West Indies now can’t reach the final.

Former West Indies batter Miles Bascombe has been appointed as Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) new director of cricket on a three-year contract. Bascombe will take over from Jimmy Adams, who leaves the position after six years. Bascombe, 37, played one T20I for West Indies in 2011, and was the men’s selector at CWI between 2019

Birmingham Bears have signed West Indies left-armer Dominic Drakes on a short-term contract until the end of the Vitality Blast. Drakes, whose father Vasbert played for Warwickshire in the 2000s, will replace Hasan Ali as one of Bears’ two overseas players, with the Pakistan seamer departing for international duty this weekend. Drakes, 25, has been

Netherlands 374 for 9 (Nidamanuru 111, Edwards 67, Chase 3-77) tied with West Indies 374 for 6 (Pooran 104*, King 76, Zulfiqar 2-43). Netherlands won the Super Over “I can’t really explain it,” Player of the Match Logan van Beek said. Netherlands, chasing 375 against West Indies, were deep in trouble with 205 required from

Logan van Beek rewrote the record book, smashing an unprecedented 30 runs in an ODI Super Over. He entered the scene with Netherlands struggling at 327 for 7, needing 47 runs of the last three overs to hunt down 375 against West Indies in the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier at Harare. Netherlands had lost

West Indies’ head coach Daren Sammy has pulled up his fielders for their sloppy effort that let Zimbabwe off the hook and set their side up for a heartbreaking defeat in Harare. West Indies dropped Sikandar Raza twice, first on 1 and then on 7, with the batter taking advantage of those reprieves to become

Former West Indies batter Robert Samuels has been appointed interim head coach of the West Indies women’s side for their upcoming limited-overs series against Ireland at home. Samuels had been assistant coach to Courtney Walsh until April, when Cricket West Indies (CWI) had decided not to renew their contracts as well as that of the

West Indies 339 for 7 (Hope 132, Pooran 115, Rajbanshi 3-52) beat Nepal 238 all out (Aarif 63, Holder 3-34, Joseph 2-45) by 101 runs Centuries from Shai Hope and Nicholas Pooran saw West Indies post 339 and demolish Nepal by 101 runs to shore up their Super Six hopes. After early wobbles, Hope and

Daren Sammy, the West Indies head coach, is wary of the threat posed by the new ball in the early-morning conditions in Zimbabwe, but has called for more intent from his batters. In West Indies’ opening game against USA in the World Cup Qualifiers at the Takashinga sports club in Harare, they had a sedate

West Indies 297 (Charles 66, Holder 56, Netravalkar 3-53, Taylor 3-53, Phillip 3-56) beat United States Of America 258 for 7 (Gajanand 101*, Mayers 2-30, Joseph 2-68) by 39 runs West Indies left no doubt as to who is the big brother in the Americas region, coasting past USA in the first ever ODI between

Former West Indies captain and current assistant coach Carl Hooper has called the team’s current position “distressing”. West Indies are ranked tenth right now in ODI cricket, below Bangladesh and Afghanistan, and will have to compete with nine other teams in Zimbabwe to qualify for the ODI World Cup, which will begin in October in

India will begin their 2023-2025 World Test Championship (WTC) cycle with a two-match series in the Caribbean on July 12. Dominica will host the first Test, which will be India’s first at the venue in over a decade. The Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad will stage the second – and final – Test from July 20.

Alick Athanaze has admitted to being nervous before making his international debut, but he shook it off quickly and went onto make it a memorable one by slamming the joint-fastest half-century on ODI debut. Athanaze’s 65 off 45 balls, including 51 which came in the powerplay alone, set the tone for West Indies’ successful chase

Toss: UAE opted to bat vs West Indies UAE won the toss and opted to take first strike in the third ODI in Sharjah in their quest to avert a 3-0 sweep. Having already wrapped up the series, West Indies made a number of changes, including resting their designated captain Shai Hope. Allrounder Roston Chase

Toss West Indies choose to bat vs UAE Fast bowler Akeem Jordan was handed his maiden ODI cap as West Indies won the toss and opted to bat in the second ODI against UAE in Sharjah. Allrounder Keemo Paul, who picked up three wickets in the opening encounter, has been rested. Jordan has returned 48

The 2023 edition of the Women’s CPL will feature seven matches, as opposed to four in the inaugural season last year. The league will host will get underway on August 30, with the final taking place on September 10 in Trinidad and Tobago. As was the case last year, the sides taking part are Trinbago

Toss UAE chose to bat vs West Indies UAE won the toss and chose to bat against West Indies in the first ODI series, in Sharjah on a hot Sunday afternoon. Captain Muhammad Waseem said at the toss that he felt it would be easy to put up a total. West Indies had two debutants:

Since the end of the 2019 World Cup, Shai Hope has been the top run-getter in ODI cricket with 1931 runs at an average of 52.18. But he has had a strike rate of only 74.90 during this period – the lowest among batters from Full Member nations with at least 1000 runs. However, in

UAE and West Indies will play a three-match ODI series in Sharjah next month as part of their preparations for the upcoming World Cup Qualifier. The matches, all day-night, will be played on June 5, 7 and 9. At the end of the series, both teams will depart for Zimbabwe for the qualifying tournament, which

They will also have Mark Deyal as part of their set-up with the batter joining from the St Lucia Kings. Last month, TKR announced that Dwayne Bravo will be returning to the franchise ahead of CPL 2023. “We are very happy to be able to retain most of the Caribbean players from last year’s TKR

Former West Indies captains Carl Hooper and Floyd Reifer have been appointed as assistants to new white-ball head coach Daren Sammy ahead of West Indies’ three-match ODI series against UAE and the World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe. Former New Zealand allrounder James Franklin has also joined the staff as an assistant coach. Hooper, who played

During Adams’ time as director of cricket, the West Indies men’s team endured a difficult time on the field. They haven’t reached the knockout stages of an ICC tournament since winning the T20 World Cup in 2016, and have finished second from bottom in both the 2019-21 and 2021-23 World Test Championships. Based on the

Hetmyer had recently made himself available for selection for the upcoming 2023 ODI World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe, but he was left out of the squad because the management wanted to give a longer run to the players who had performed well in South Africa, where West Indies drew the ODI series 1-1 and took

This is the third time Beaton has faced suspension and subsequently cleared over a suspect action. After only his second ODI appearance against New Zealand in December 2017, he was reported and later suspended after failing an independent assessment of his action. But he successfully remodelled his action in the subsequent months, and was cleared

The roster for the UAE series, which will form part of the preparations for the qualifiers and will be played in Sharjah, also includes four uncapped players – left-hand batter Alick Athanaze, as well as allrounders Kavem Hodge, Dominic Drakes and Akeem Jordan. “Paul is a three-dimensional player, who can bowl the new ball effectively,