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Sept. 23, 2020, 7:17 p.m. Just over 12 years ago, an exciting, enthusiastic teenager strode on to the field in Dublin, opening the batting for the West Indies Women in a match against Ireland Women. 90 runs came from her bat and her historical innings in T20 International cricket began which has led to 3,000…

Stafanie Taylor turned in another excellent allround match performance but the West Indies captain was left disappointed to be on the losing end in the second T20 International against England on Wednesday night. Taylor batted well and made 28 runs after she bowled a great spell to take 2-12 off four overs. However, the visitors…

Deandra Dottin made a magnificent 69 to start the Sandals West Indies Women’s tour of England on a high on Monday night. The powerful opener smashed six boundaries and two huge sixes – one of which sailed 88 metres, well over deep midwicket and out of the ground. She topscored to record her highest T20…

Sept. 19, 2020, 2:28 p.m. DERBY, England – West Indies Women will wear the Black Lives Matter logo on their playing shirts when they face England Women throughout the upcoming Vitality T20 International (T20I) series, starting September 21, as part of the Sandals West Indies Tour of England 2020. The decision was taken by the players…

Sept. 16, 2020, 6:14 p.m. DERBY, England- An unbeaten 85 from Lee-Ann Kirby helped Team Dottin secure a 26-run victory over Team Selman in the West Indies Women’s second practice match at the Incora County Ground. Kirby along with her captain Deandra Dottin posted 55 runs in 9.2 overs before Dottin fell to Shabika Gajnabi for…

Sept. 15, 2020, 8:40 p.m. St John’s, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has this week launched its first virtual Coach Foundation courses as part of the long-term “Cricket First” strategic plan in building coaching skills around the region through the new Coach and Player Development Pathway. Four consecutive Foundation coaching courses, updated and modernised to…

Sept. 14, 2020, 1:47 p.m. After two weeks of intense training since arriving in Derby for the Sandals West Indies Women’s Tour of England 2020, the West Indies Women played their first practice match. The next step, as they increase preparations ahead of the five-match Vitality T20 International series against England Women starting on September…

2020 HERO CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCH REPORT 33 – FINAL Trinbago Knight Riders 157/2 (Simmons 84*, DM Bravo 58*; Chase 1/13, Kuggeleijn 1/30) beat St Lucia Zouks 154 all out (Fletcher 39, Deyal 29, Najibullah 24, Chase 22; Pollard 4/30, Fawad 2/22, Ali Khan 2/25, Hosein 1/26) by 8 wickets Lendl Simmons and Darren…

2020 HERO CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCH REPORT 32 – SEMI-FINAL 2 St Lucia Zouks 56/0 (Cornwall 32*, Deyal 19*) beat Guyana Amazon Warriors 55 all out (Hemraj 25; Deyal 2/2, Zahir 2/12, Kuggeleijn 2/12, Chase 2/15, Nabi 1/6, Glenn 1/8) by 10 wickets An inspired St Lucia Zouks skittled perennial finalists Guyana Amazon Warriors…

2020 HERO CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCH REPORT 31 – SEMI-FINAL 1 Trinbago Knight Riders 111/1 (Simmons 54*, Webster 44*; Mujeeb 1/18) beat Jamaica Tallawahs 107/7 (Bonner 41, Powell 33; Hosein 3/14, Pierre 2/29, Narine 1/13, Fawad 1/29) by 9 wickets The Trinbago Knight Riders spinners blasted a hole in the Jamaica Tallawahs top order…

2020 HERO CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCH REPORT 30 St Lucia Zouks 145/6 (Najibullah 35, Chase 32*, Cornwall 32; Mujeeb 2/28, Lamichhane 1/20, Edwards 1/24, Permaul 1/27) beat Jamaica Tallawahs 134/9 (Phillips 49, Kirton 25, Blackwood 25; Glenn 3/16, Zahir 3/25, Williams 2/27) by 11 runs A remarkable collapse of 9/45 in 44 balls, including…

2020 HERO CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCH REPORT 29 Trinbago Knight Riders 78/1 (Webster 41*, Jangoo 19, Seifert 16*; Emrit 1/14) beat St Kitts & Nevis Patriots 77 all out (Ramdin 19, Emrit 15, Lewis 12; Fawad 4/21, Hosein 2/25, Phillip 1/3, Raza 1/6, Tambe 1/9, Ali Khan 1/10) by 9 wickets The Trinbago Knight…

2020 HERO CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCH REPORT 27 Trinbago Knight Riders 175/5 (DM Bravo 50, Pollard 42, Seifert 33, Webster 20; Kuggeleijn 2/35, Sammy 1/19, Zahir 1/24) beat St Lucia Zouks 152/7 (Fletcher 42, Deyal 40, Nabi 17; Pollard 3/35, Seales 2/21, DJ Bravo 2/26) by 23 runs Another death-hitting masterclass from Kieron Pollard,…

2020 HERO CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCH REPORT 28 Barbados Tridents 165/3 (J Holder 69, Carter 42*, Santner 35*; Lamichhane 1/26, Thomas 1/36, McSween 1/39) beat Jamaica Tallawahs 161/4 (Blackwood 74, Russell 54, Phillips 17; Bishop 1/30, Rashid 1/32, Walsh 1/34, J Holder 1/38) by 7 wickets A classy half-century from captain Jason Holder and…

COACH’s COUCH – EPISODE 1 Andre Coley has been charged with being the interim Head Coach of the West Indies Women who have been invited for a five-match T20 International series against England Women at the Incora County Ground in Derby, England. Coley is no stranger to Women’s cricket in the Caribbean as he assumed…

2020 HERO CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCH REPORT 26 Guyana Amazon Warriors 90/4 (Hetmyer 32*, Hemraj 29, Taylor 16*; Holder 2/10, Reifer 1/16, Santner 1/25) beat Barbados Tridents 89/9 (Young 18, Santner 18, Charles 10; Tahir 3/12, Shepherd 3/22, Green 1/17, Sinclair 1/23) by 6 wickets The Barbados Tridents’ stuttering defence of their Hero Caribbean…

2020 HERO CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCH REPORT 24 Guyana Amazon Warriors 110/3 (Hetmyer 56*, Hemraj 26; Glen 1/9, Kuggeleijn 1/17, Nabi 1/23) beat St Lucia Zouks 109/7 (Glen 23*, Cornwall 21, Najibullah 19; Naveen 2/24, Paul 2/25, Tahir 1/10, Shepherd 1/11) by 7 wickets Shimron Hetmyer followed another good Guyana Amazon Warriors bowling performance…

2020 HERO CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCH REPORT 23 Trinbago Knight Riders 174/4 (Simmons 96, DM Bravo 36; Drakes 2/35, Cottrell 1/32) beat St Kitts & Nevis Patriots 115/7 (Lynn 34, da Silva 29; Raza 3/15, Tambe 1/12, Hosein 1/15, DJ Bravo 1/17) by 59 runs The Trinbago Knight Riders showed they are a formidable…

2020 HERO CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCH REPORT 22 Guyana Amazon Warriors 93/2 (King 51*, Pooran 18*, Hetmyer 9; Walsh 1/9, Rashid 1/21) beat Barbados Tridents 92 all out (Santner 38*, Rashid 19, Walsh 10*; Naveen 4/14, Sinclair 2/13, Green 1/3) by 8 wickets A catastrophic top-order display saw the Barbados Tridents capitulate to 92…

2020 HERO CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCH REPORT 21 Trinbago Knight Riders 184/4 (Munro 65, Pollard 33*, Narine 29; Brathwaite 2/36, Lamichhane 1/20) beat Jamaica Tallawahs 165/6 (Russell 50*, Phillips 41, Bonner 26, Brathwaite 21*; Fawad 2/12, Hosein 1/18, Narine 1/23, Pierre 1/25) by 19 runs The Trinbago Knight Riders marked the return of Hero…

Aug. 31, 2020, 7:58 p.m. Women’s cricket definitely needed this tour to happen” This from West Indies Women’s Skipper Stafanie Taylor, before the team’s departure on Sunday night, from Antigua to Derby. What we saw in the recently concluded World Cup, where over 86,000 fans packed the MCG to watch women’s cricket and millions more…

2020 HERO CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCH REPORT 20 Guyana Amazon Warriors 153/3 (Pooran 100*, Taylor 25*, King 14; Jaggesar 2/33, Joseph 1/24) beat St Kitts & Nevis Patriots 150/5 (da Silva 59, Ramdin 37*, Dunk 19; Green 2/31, Sinclair 1/9, Shepherd 1/13) by 7 wickets Nicholas Pooran smashed the first hundred of Hero Caribbean…