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June 4, 2021, 3:53 p.m. GROS ISLET, Saint Lucia – The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Selection Panel has named a provisional 17-man squad as preparations continue for the upcoming Betway Test Series against South Africa. The squad is expected to be further cut down to an official 13-members on Monday, June 7. The two-match Betway Test…

June 3, 2021, 11:56 a.m. GROS ISLET, Saint Lucia – Marquino Mindley has been released from his quarantine within the West Indies red ball training camp following a second negative PCR test result. The fast bowler tested positive for COVID-19 last week and has since been in isolation at the team hotel away from the other…

June 2, 2021, 4:15 p.m. ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) and the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will continue to offer development opportunities to some of the best young West Indians in the ninth edition of the CPL, which takes place in St Kitts later this year. Since 2019, and for the…

The ICC Board today confirmed the schedule of ICC events from 2024-2031 with both the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup and ICC Men’s T20 World Cup to be expanded and a Men’s Champions Trophy to be re-introduced. The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup will become a 14 team, 54 match event in 2027 and 2031,…

June 1, 2021, 3:30 p.m. GROS ISLET, Saint Lucia – Phil Simmons, Head Coach of the West Indies Men’s team, has reaffirmed his team’s firm support for the Black Lives Matter movement and the fight for justice and equality around the world ahead of the West Indies vs South Africa Series and following last Thursday’s announcement…

Captains say it will be an intense contest, as the players compete in the warm-up match for spots to face South Africa Fans can catch all the exciting action on West Indies YouTube channel (Windies Cricket) Sunday, 30 May 2021 — GROS ISLET, Saint Lucia – The leading red ball players in the Caribbean will be on show,…

May 29, 2021, 9:28 p.m. GROS ISLET, Saint Lucia – The West Indies Men’s squad has returned to full training in two groups at their preparation camp in St. Lucia after all members of the squad returned negative PCR tests, following the latest round of testing that was conducted on Thursday. They had team sessions…

The complete squads for the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) have been confirmed following the player draft. The 2021 tournament gets underway on 28 August and runs until 19 September.  The star-studded line-ups feature the best cricketing talent from across the Caribbean as well as some of the biggest names in international cricket.  There…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Coach Courtney Walsh is pleased with the new players added to the West Indies Women’s training squad for the month-long high-performance camp currently taking place in Antigua. Despite a few areas that need more attention, the West Indies bowling legend is not overly concerned as he knows the women can switch…

May 25, 2021, 10:48 p.m. ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) hosted the Professional Cricketers Draft for the 2021-2022 season, which took place over two rounds via a videocall with representatives from all six Territorial Board Franchises. Several teams drafted young, emerging players to complete their 15-member squads, while others chose to boost their…

May 23, 2021, 9:50 a.m. Training to start in small groups on Monday following negative repeat tests for training squad Gros Islet, St. Lucia — Following PCR Tests administered on Friday 21 May for all members of the West Indies Men’s red ball training camp being held in St Lucia, Jamaican fast bowler, Marquino Mindley, tested…

The Jamaica Tallawahs have announced their retentions for the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League which runs from 28 August to 19 September in St Kitts & Nevis.  The Tallawahs have retained West Indies all-rounders Andre Russell and Carlos Brathwaite as well as Rovman Powell and Chadwick Walton.  Fidel Edwards returned to the Hero CPL in…

May 22, 2021, 10:44 a.m. ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Young Steffi Soogrim out of Trinidad and Tobago continued to impress the coaches and lead selector during the second West Indies Women’s high-performance camp in Antigua, guiding the Anisa Mohammed XI to a 6-wicket victory over the Hayley Matthews led XI. (Matthews in delivery in the Practice…

May 21, 2021, 3:49 p.m. ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) will host the West Indies Professional Cricketers Draft for the 2021/2022 cricket season on Tuesday May 25 via video call. The Territorial Board Franchises will be convening to draft their final two players for their squads to play in the forthcoming season which…

The St Kitts & Nevis Patriots have announced their retentions for the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League which gets under way on 28 August in St Kitts & Nevis.  The Patriots have brought in two players from other franchises. They have signed Dwayne Bravo from Trinbago Knight Riders in a trade deal that saw Denesh…

The tournament window for the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has been confirmed. The 2021 event will get underway on 28 August and will run until the 19 September.  This year the tournament will take place in St Kitts & Nevis with all 33 matches being played at Warner Park. This follows on from the successful staging…

May 19, 2021, 11 a.m. ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) confirms that 13 members of the West Indies Men’s red ball training squad and management have received vaccinations against COVID-19 in St. Lucia, where they are preparing for the upcoming ICC World Test Championship Test matches against South Africa. CWI, in partnership with…

May 18, 2021, 2:03 p.m. Kyshona Knight and Hayley Matthews registered half-centuries in the first practice match of the West Indies Women’s high-performance camp in Antigua. Head Coach Courtney Walsh opened the camp with a 35-over match at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, to ease the players back into the rigours of international cricket. Captains…

The St Lucia Zouks have announced their retentions for the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League which gets under way on 28 August in St Kitts & Nevis.  The Zouks have announced that they will be retaining the core of the team which took them to the 2020 Hero CPL final.  Andre Fletcher, Kesrick Williams, Rahkeem…

May 18, 2021, 9:16 a.m. ST JOHN’S, Antigua — The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Selection Panel announces a provisional 18-man squad ahead of the three back-to-back five-match T20 International (T20I) Series against South Africa, Australia and Pakistan. The expanded squad maintains the blend of experienced players with exciting young talent as the West Indies continue preparations…

May 15, 2021, 7:44 a.m. ST JOHN’S, Antigua —The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Selection Panel has named a 30-man squad for a three week high-performance red-ball training camp in St Lucia, starting tomorrow, Sunday May 16, in preparation for the upcoming Test Series against South Africa. The camp provides an opportunity for established Test and developing…

May 14, 2021, 11:55 a.m. West Indies to host South Africa, Australia and Pakistan in back to back visits ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) today announces an action-packed schedule for the West Indies Men, featuring three consecutive international home tours against South Africa, Australia and Pakistan, from June to August 2021. The Test…

May 13, 2021, 5:18 p.m. ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) confirms that the West Indies Women’s High-Performance training squad and coaching staff have received their first vaccinations against COVID-19 at the start of their month long camp in Antigua. CWI, in partnership with the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and the Ministry of…

May 13, 2021, 11:14 a.m. ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies team has made a significant move up the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Test Match rankings, following the release of the latest rankings on on Thursday morning. West Indies moved up two places to sixth place, leapfrogging South Africa and Sri Lanka. West indies…