CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — All members of the West Indies touring party have returned second negative COVID-19 tests, bringing them one step closer to full integration with the community here. The group arrived from the Caribbean a week ago and have been undergoing a 14-day quarantine at the High Performance at Lincoln University, just outside […]
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, – Members of the travel-weary West Indies touring party have all tested negative for COVID-19 following their arrival here last week. The contingent left the Caribbean for London from where they connected through Dubai and onto Auckland, before taking a short 1-½ hour flight here to South Island. West Indies are now […]
Cricket West Indies (CWI) president, Ricky Skerritt, says international cricket could return to the Caribbean as soon as the first quarter of next year but the challenge remains the creation of safe bio-secure “bubbles” at Caribbean venues. He revealed that CWI had only recently produced a draft schedule for 2021 for board approval and were […]
ST JOHN’S, Antigua — Darren Bravo and Shimron Hetmyer has been named in the West Indies squad for the proposed two-Test series in New Zealand, having turned down invitations for the tour of England earlier this year. The top-order batsmen both opted out of the Test series against England in July that marked the return […]
World number one all-rounder Jason Holder will be retained as West Indies Test captain for the tour of New Zealand which bowls off next month. Convenor of selectors, Roger Harper, confirmed that the 28-year-old Barbadian would continue in the post for the two-Test series, despite the recent struggles of the Caribbean side. West Indies have […]
ST JOHN’S, Antigua– Legendary fast bowler, Courtney Walsh, has been appointed head coach of West Indies Women, just 24 hours after they suffered a chastening 5-0 whitewash at the hands of England last week. The 57-year-old, a former Bangladesh bowling coach, served as assistant coach for West Indies Women during their Twenty20 World Cup campaign […]
ST JOHN’S, Antigua -West Indies will tour New Zealand at year end for two Tests and three Twenty20 Internationals, their second series this year following the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Cricket West Indies (CWI) confirmed that the Caribbean side would undertake the November 27 to December 15 series after New Zealand Cricket received […]
DERBY, England – Deandra Dottin struck a high class half-century and her first since her return from injury but West Indies Women lacked the firepower in a difficult run chase and went down by 47 runs to England Women here on Monday. In pursuit of 164 at the County Ground here in the opening Twenty20 […]
TAROUBA, Trinidad – Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) clinched a record fourth Caribbean Premier League title when they made light work of St Lucia Zouks by eight wickets in last Thursday’s ’s final, to complete an historic unbeaten campaign in the franchise tournament. Inspired by captain Kieron Pollard’s four-wicket haul, TKR withstood an early onslaught to […]
ST JOHN’S, Antigua — Anisa Mohammed, Vice-Captain of the West Indies Women’s team, has opted out of an otherwise full strength 18-member squad announced last week for the biosecure five-match Twenty20 (T20) International tour of England starting later this month Regular Captain Stafanie Taylor will lead the side which includes Hayley Matthews, Deandra Dottin and […]
