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Record breaking Ireland came out on top in a frantic last over scramble yesterday at the National Cricket Stadium in Grenada. Andrew Balbirnie won yet another toss and elected to bat first on a flat looking pitch, that saw over 400 runs scored throughout the game. Paul Stirling and Kevin O’Brien got off to a…

Dwayne Bravo made a spectacular return to the international arena but his bowling heroics were not enough to save West Indies as they fell to Ireland by just four runs in the first Sandals Resorts T20I on Wednesday afternoon. The talismanic allrounder was superb at the “death” of the Irish innings as his last three…

This young man is having a blast in the ICC Under 19 World Cup Warm Ups! Kevlon Anderson blazed 101(72 balls) in the warms ups v Scotland with 5 Fours and 3 Sixes to help WI Under 19 win by 126 runs! #WIUnder19 Scorecard➡️: https://t.co/kI2wyCszJW pic.twitter.com/KM7uBlbRAQ— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) January 15, 2020 Pretoria, South Africa – Kevlon Anderson smashed a…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The Caribbean game’s oldest rivalry between Barbados Pride and Guyana Jaguars will be the headline act in the second round of the 2019-20 West Indies Championship, starting on Thursday. Pride have been the bridesmaids in each of the five successive title seasons for the Jaguars in the Professional Cricket League era…

The ICC Annual Awards were unveiled today. West Indies wicket-keeper/batsman Shai Hope was named in the ODI Team of the Year. Shai Hope: It was a very good year for me, with the bat and with the gloves and I’m proud to be named in the ICC ODI Team of the year. To score over…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) in collaboration with UNICEF concluded the organization’s first medical conference in 10 years in December 2019.  This is the second major development initiative brought back by the Cricket department led by Director of Cricket Jimmy Adams under the Skerritt-Shallow administration, following last month’s appointment of Chris Brabazon…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket fans in St Kitts and Nevis are being urged to grab tickets for the upcoming Sandals Resorts T20I Series between West Indies and Ireland. Warner Park is set to host back-to-back matches this coming weekend and over-the-counter tickets sales are set to start on Wednesday morning (January 15) from 9am at the…

Jacqueline Williams of the West Indies will become the first woman to officiate as the third umpire in a men’s international when she takes the field for the first of three Twenty20 Internationals against the visiting Ireland team. The 43-year-old from Jamaica, who will officiate in the position in all three matches of the series,…

The West Indies romped home to a 3-0 series victory in Grenada in a rain affected encounter. Pollard’s men chased down their revised target of 197 with apparent ease, for the loss of five wickets, and with 64 deliveries to spare. On a pitch that appeared flat and true, but with the threat of some…

The rare moment that Alzarri celebrates his wickets! After delivering figures of 4/32 in each of the first two matches with an exact economy rate of 3.2, there was lots to celebrate. But Alzarri rarely ‘celebrates’ his wickets beyond high fives to his teammates (fastbowler swag we suppose!) This time, he clenched his fist, punched the…

Soweto, South Africa – Antonio Morris smashed a superb 96 not out as West Indies fought back and avoided a potential upset in their warm-up match with Canada. View Full Scorecard Morris, whose knock came off 93 balls contained six fours and three sixes as Windies prevailed with 19 balls to spare. He was ably supported…

Soweto, South Africa – The West Indies U19 Rising Stars enter their final week of preparation in the  ICC U19 World Cup 2020, with official warm-up matches versus Canada today and Scotland on Wednesday at the Braamfischer Oval, Soweto and Irene County Club, Pretoria respectively at 10 am (4 am Eastern Caribbean Time/3 am Jamaica time).…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Five-time defending champions Guyana Jaguars beat Leeward Islands Hurricanes, and Windward Islands Volcanoes toppled Barbados Pride to gain an early boost of confidence in the West Indies Championship on Sunday. West Indies international Raymon Reifer and debutant, fellow pacer Nial Smith shared the last four Hurricanes wickets before openers Tagenarine Chanderpaul and…

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada — Evin Lewis hit a sizzling century after Hayden Walsh Jr. took four wickets as West Indies beat Ireland by five wickets to record a clean sweep of the Colonial Medical Insurance ODI Series. The left handed Lewis made 102 – his third ton in this format as the home side powered…

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – The selection panel of Cricket West Indies (CWI) today named the 13-man squad for the three-match Twenty20 International against Ireland. The matches will be played at Grenada National Stadium on Wednesday, January 15 and at Warner Park, St Kitts on Saturday, January 18 and Sunday, January 19. There are recalls for all-rounders…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – West Indies opener Kieran Powell was dismissed for 99 for the second time in his first-class career, after pacer Nial Smith completed a memorable debut with the ball to tighten Guyana Jaguars’ grip over Leeward Islands Hurricanes in the West Indies Championship on Saturday. Powell led the Hurricanes resistance in their second…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Hundreds from Joshua da Silva and Yannic Cariah, members of the West Indies Emerging Players side that won the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup this past November, marked play in the West Indies Championship on Friday. Da Silva stroked an undefeated 113 – his maiden first-class hundred – and Cariah, fresh from…

The Windies have taken an unassailable two-nil lead in the three match ODI series against Ireland, claiming their second victory in an exhilarating one wicket win last night in Bridgetown. The final pair of Hayden Walsh (46*) and Sheldon Cottrell (7) nail-bitingly guided their team home, by chasing down the Irish total of 237 in…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Kyle Mayers celebrated his debut for Barbados Pride with the first hundred of the season against his former side, Windward Islands Volcanoes in the West Indies Championship on Thursday. The left-handed Mayers, playing his first match for his native Pride after spending the past four seasons with the Volcanoes, cracked his…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Sheldon Cottrell drove Mark Adair over extra cover for six off the penultimate ball to seal a thrilling, one-wicket victory for West Indies over Ireland in the second Colonial Medical Insurance One-day International on Thursday. Chasing 238 for victory, West Indies looked a long-shot, when they stumbled to 148 for six in…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Young fast bowlers Oshane Thomas and Obed McCoy will be travelling with the West Indies squad for the Colonial Medical Insurance One-Day International (ODI) series as a development initiative.  Thomas, the 22 year old Jamaican fast-bowler last represented the West Indies last August against India. While for McCoy, the 23 year old Saint Vincent left-arm medium-pacer, he…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Bowling stocks look strong for the moment, so it will all be about the batsmen to finalise the cast for the West Indies Test squad in the New Year when the 2019-20 West Indies Championship opens on Thursday. With seven Tests on the cards for West Indies this year when they resume…

8 January 2020 Responding to recent requests and discussion around the possibility of a shift to 4-day Test cricket, FICA Executive Chairman Tony Irish makes the following comment: “We continue to follow this issue closely and understand that discussions are taking place at various levels on this.”  “From our discussions with players around the world, and our global…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Alzarri Joseph and Evin Lewis combined to give West Indies a strong start to the New Year on Tuesday. Pacer Joseph led the demolition of Ireland’s batting and opener Lewis punished their bowling to power West Indies to a five-wicket victory in the first Colonial Medical Insurance One-day International on Tuesday. Joseph…