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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A solid team bowling performance, led by captain Imran Khan, and classy batting, anchored by experienced duo Darren Bravo and Jason Mohammed, guided Trinidad & Tobago Red Force to a six-wicket win over Guyana Jaguars, to secure their place in the semi-finals of the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup. View tournament…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Leeward Islands Hurricanes captain Jahmar Hamilton said he has kept his positive attitude, though the runs have not flowed from his bat during the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup. Hamilton was part of a record, fifth wicket stand with former Hurricanes captain Devon Thomas that carried the team to a six-wicket win over…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Paul Palmer had mixed feelings, after Combined Campuses & Colleges Marooners edged Jamaica Scorpions by two wickets in the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup on Friday. A six from Akeem Jordan with two balls remaining formalised an unexpected win for the Marooners, ending the Scorpions streak of four successive wins. But…

Holder Talks Up West Indies Chances In Tough Test Ahead West Indies captain Jason Holder expects his team will be up to the mark, as they expect a spin bowling-friendly surface, when they face Afghanistan in the one-off Test match in the coming week. The Test will be the first between the two teams, as…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Purposeful bowling, led by Miguel Cummins, and sound batting, anchored by Kjorn Ottley, swept Barbados Pride to a seven-wicket win over Canada on Saturday, to seal their place in the semi-finals of the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup. Entering the game needing a win to end all doubts about their place…

All-rounder Rahkeem Cornwall displayed his immense value with the bat while fast bowler Alzarri Joseph bowled with pace and touched 90 miles per hour, as West Indies got much needed acclimatization ahead of the one-off Test match against Afghanistan. Resuming on Friday at 217-7, West Indies were energised by a well-compiled 44 not out from Cornwall before they were…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The battle for semi-final positions in Zone B between hosts Trinidad & Tobago Red Force, West Indies Emerging Players and Guyana Jaguars is headed down to the wire, after rain interrupted day 16 action of the 2019 Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 tournament. View scorecards here:  https://www.windiescricket.com/results/comp_id/6729/ At Queen’s Park Oval: Darren…

Cricket in the West Indies in 2020 starts a bang when the West Indies host Ireland for their first ever full white-ball series of three Colonial Medical Insurance One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three T20 Internationals (T20Is) starting on January 7, 2020 in Barbados, Grenada and St. Kitts. This will be the first time Ireland…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Aggressive bowling, led by Quinton Boatswain and Colin Archibald, helped Leeward Islands Hurricanes formalise an important win over Canada in the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup on Thursday. Entering the day/night contest at Warner Park needing a win to enhance their claims of finishing in one of the top two spots in Group…

Rahkeem Cornwall and Jomel Warrican shared nine wickets as they got fully acclimatized to the unfamiliar conditions at the Ekana International Cricket Stadium ahead of the one-off Test match against Afghanistan. The spinners were supremely accurate and unrelenting on the second day of the three-day match as they dismissed the Afghanistan Cricket Board XI for 158 – a…

PROVIDENCE, Guyana- India completed a 5-0 T20 International series win over the West Indies Women after they won the final T20I by 61 runs at the National Stadium in Guyana. India won the toss for the first time in this five-match T20I series and chose to bat first. The West Indies women bowlers started off their…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Led by Nkrumah Bonner’s fourth List A hundred and a career-best spell from Jamie Merchant, Jamaica Scorpions intensified their bid for a place in the semi-finals of the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup, when they beat Barbados Pride by 26 runs on Wednesday. Bonner struck a run-a-ball 112 from that included nine…

Kraigg Brathwaite played with his usual dogged determination and Shimron Hetmyer showed fluency while at the crease but it was a tough day for West Indies batsmen on the opening day of the four-day warm-up match against the Afghanistan Cricket Board XI at the Ekana Cricket Stadium. Match scores: West Indies 168 (Kraigg Brathwaite 46, Shimron Hetmyer 38, Shai…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Cricket West Indies has confirmed that the Opinion Report by an Independent Assessor at Loughborough University has found the bowling action of Guyana Jaguars pacer Ronsford Beaton to be illegal and, as such, he has been suspended from bowling in domestic West Indies matches with immediate effect. The assessment revealed that Beaton’s deliveries…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Jamaica Scorpions captain Rovman Powell said his side wants to make a strong finish to the group stage in the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup. Powell blasted the Scorpions to a comfortable four-wicket win over Canada in a day/night Group A contest on Saturday at Warner Park and reinvigorated his side’s chances in…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – A record fifth wicket stand between former captain Devon Thomas and current captain Jahmar Hamilton drove Leeward Islands Hurricanes to a six-wicket win over Combined Campuses & Colleges Marooners in the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup on Tuesday. Thomas hit nine fours and one six to lead the way with an unbeaten 78 from…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Cricket West Indies has approved a change in venue for the game between Barbados Pride and Canada scheduled for Saturday in the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup. The match was originally scheduled to be a day/night game contested at Warner Park, but it will now be a daytime game played at the…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – West Indies Emerging Players continuing to lead Zone B and Guyana Jaguars maintaining their semi-final hopes, highlighted day 14 action of the 2019 Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 tournament. View scorecards here:  https://www.windiescricket.com/results/ At Queen’s Park Oval: A classy maiden List A century from Kavem Hodge (123) was overshadowed by a century…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Jamaica Scorpions overcame Canada with steady bowling led by Dennis Bulli and purposeful batting led by Nkrumah Bonner to clinch their third successive win in the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup on Monday. Entering the game needing a win to intensify their bid for a place in the Final Four in Trinidad at…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Guyana Jaguars pacer Ronsford Beaton has been reported for a suspect bowling action during his side’s game against the United States last Monday in the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup. Cricket West Indies confirmed today that Beaton’s action was cited by match officials after he bowled eight overs for figures of 0-37…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – West Indies Emerging Players and Trinidad And Tobago Red Force secured thrilling final overs victories over Guyana Jaguars and Windward Volcanoes, on Day 12 action of the 2019 Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 tournament. View scorecards here:  https://www.windiescricket.com/results/ At Queen’s Park Oval: A third half century of the tournament from Barbados all-rounder…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Kjorn Ottley defied his former teammates to gather his maiden List A hundred and help Barbados Pride end their losing streak against Combined Campuses & Colleges Marooners in the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup on Sunday. Entering the contest at Warner Park, the Pride had lost their four previous games against the Marooners…

PROVIDENCE, Guyana– The West Indies Women lost the fourth T20 International against India Women by a nail-biting 5 runs in a match that started over an hour late due to rain. Anisa Mohammed won the toss for the fourth time and the West Indies Women elected to bowl first, a decision that paid dividends in a…

Shai Hope played another classy knock but this time it was in vain as West Indies went down to Afghanistan by 29 runs in a series-decider on Sunday night to hand the hosts a 2-1 victory in the three-match T20 International Series. In the winner-takes-all final contest of the series at the Ekana Cricket Stadium,…