Category: News

Nov. 27, 2020, 11:10 a.m. Captain Kieron Pollard played a magnificent innings of 75 not out off just 37 balls but West Indies fell to New Zealand by five wickets in the final over in the first T20 International on Friday. It was a career-best knock for the powerful right-hander who guided the innings after…

Nov. 27, 2020, 11:04 a.m. Kraigg Brathwaite continued from where he left off — on 183 not out overnight — to post the best score of his career on the second day of the four-day first-class match against New Zealand “A”. The opener made 246 which was also his second double-century in 160 first-class matches,…

Nov. 26, 2020, 2:15 p.m. Three of our finest players who have brought great joy and entertainment to our fans over the past 20 years are in line for major international awards. Chris Gayle, the game’s greatest power-hitter, as well as West Indies Women’s captain, Stafanie Taylor and her teammate, Deandra Dottin have been nominated…

Nov. 26, 2020, 1:41 p.m. Kraigg Brathwaite made a masterful century as he batted superbly against New Zealand “A” on the opening day of the four-day first-class match at the John Davies Oval. The experienced opener finished the day on 183 not out as West Indies scored 353-3, as they continue preparations for the two-Test…

Nov. 24, 2020, 1:49 p.m. Cricket West Indies (CWI) will, this week, send a two-member inspection team to Bangladesh to conduct a detailed assessment ahead of the scheduled ICC Future Tours Programme (FTP) tour in January next year. The Tour is due to feature matches in both the ongoing​ ICC Test Match Championship and the…

Nov. 23, 2020, 10:23 p.m. Women’s cricket will take centre stage in the coming week as Cricket West Indies (CWI) continues to unfold its plan to grow the game and create more opportunities for females who are keen to develop their skills and help increase participation in the sport, at all levels. CWI will deliver…

Nov. 20, 2020, 7:10 p.m. Cricket West Indies and the West Indies team today revealed the new T20 International (T20I) team playing shirt as they prepare to face New Zealand in a three-match T20I series starting on November 27 in Auckland. The T20I shirt features an eye-catching, contemporary maroon and yellow geometric pattern on the…

FICA this week held its Annual Meeting via video-conference. The meeting focused on issues common to all players around the world and the global game, as well as best practice sharing in light of the challenges that Covid-19 has presented globally. The meeting was attended by the full FICA Board and a number of invited contributors. Dutch…

Nov. 12, 2020, 3:59 p.m. All members of the West Indies team have returned negative results from their third and final COVID-19 tests, conducted on Day 12 of the ongoing tour of New Zealand. The players, management and support staff are scheduled to leave managed isolation on Friday and travel to the southern town of…

Nov. 11, 2020, 5:40 p.m. Cricket West Indies (CWI) today named the vice-captains for the upcoming series in New Zealand. Nicholas Pooran will be vice-captain for the three T20 Internationals (T20Is), while Roston Chase has been named vice-captain for the two ICC World Test Championship matches. Batting all-rounder Roston Chase, 28, has so far played…

Nov. 10, 2020, 10:16 p.m. This morning, Cricket West Indies (CWI) was informed that some members of our New Zealand touring party had contravened the strict COVID-19 protocols within the team’s Managed Isolation Facility in Christchurch. The New Zealand Ministry of Health has advised us that all members of the West Indies touring party will…

Nov. 6, 2020, 9:57 a.m. Kyle Mayers is keen on becoming a complete all-rounder following his maiden senior West Indies Twenty20 call-up for the Sandals Tour of New Zealand. Mayers has been very good with the bat this year since his recovery from injury. He was among the leading batsmen for the 2020 Champions, Barbados…

Nov. 6, 2020, 1:28 a.m. West Indies all-rounder Rovman Powell is delighted that fans will be on hand when they when face New Zealand in the upcoming Twenty20 International series. For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started, supporters will be allowed inside the venues when the two teams meet at the Eden Park…

Nov. 3, 2020, 4:39 p.m. All members of the West Indies squad started training in small groups on Tuesday after they returned negative tests for the COVID-19 at their biosecure facility. The majority of the West Indies team and management arrived in New Zealand last Friday and have been in quarantine in Christchurch on the…

Oct. 27, 2020, 6:44 p.m. The members of the West Indies team based in the Caribbean departed from Barbados on Tuesday evening for the tour of New Zealand. All these squad members have completed COVID-19 tests and were all given a clean bill of health to travel. On arrival in New Zealand, the squad will…

Oct. 22, 2020, 3 p.m. ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Deandra Dottin and Shakera Selman, two of the West Indies Women’s most popular players, are among some of the game’s best women cricketers set to participate in the upcoming Women’s Indian Premier League (IPL) Challenge from November 4 to 9 in the United Arab Emirates. Over in Australia, West Indies…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has been ruled out of the upcoming tour of New Zealand due to a groin injury. The experienced 37-year-old sustained the injury on Saturday whilst playing for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Bravo, the two-time T20 World Cup winner, will now return to…

Cricket West Indies (CWI) today announced the two squads for the proposed tour of New Zealand which will feature three T20 Internationals and two Test matches from November 27 to December 15. Details of the tour were ratified by CWI’s Board of Directors during a teleconference on Thursday. The Board agreed to the tour in…

Oct. 1, 2020, 7:56 p.m. Cricket West Indies (CWI) today named Courtney Walsh as the new Head Coach of the West Indies Women’s team. The West Indies cricket legend will lead the preparation and development of the Women’s Team at least up until the end of 2022, including competing in the next International Cricket Council…

Sept. 30, 2020, 10:14 p.m. The West Indies Women saved their most thrilling match-play for last. In a rain-reduced 5-over per side contest, saw the West Indies lose by 3 wickets in the fifth match of the Vitality T20 International series as part of the Sandals West Indies Women’s Tour of England 2020. England won…

Sept. 28, 2020, 10:24 p.m. Cricket West Indies (CWI) is pleased to announce that The West Indies Men’s Team will tour New Zealand later this year, from November 27 to December 15, for three T20 Internationals (T20I) and two Test matches. This follows confirmation by New Zealand Cricket (NZC) that they have received their Government’s…

The West Indies Women lost the fourth Vitality T20 International by 44 runs as part of the Sandals West Indies Women’s Tour of England 2020. England scored 166/6 from their 20 overs and the West Indies Women made 122/9 from their 20 overs. For third time in four tosses England won and elected to bat…

The West Indies Women lost the third Vitality T20 International match by 20 runs against England Women at the Incora County Ground as part of the Sandals West Indies Women’s Tour of England 2020. West Indies Women finished on 134/5 from their 20 overs chasing England’s 154/6. England Women won the toss and elected to…

Sept. 24, 2020, 12:16 a.m. Stafanie Taylor wrote her name into the history books tonight, becoming the second woman in the history of the sport to reach 3000 runs in the T20 International format, despite the West Indies women’s 47-runs loss to England Women in the second Vitality T20 International as part of the West…