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GROS ISLET, St. Lucia- Cricket West Indies (CWI) advises that West Indies Women’s captain Stafanie Taylor has been ruled out of the ongoing five-match T20 International series against India Women. Stafanie Taylor will miss the 1st T20I v India Women due to injury. Speedy recovery skip!🙏🏽 #WIWVINDW pic.twitter.com/mf7ffS4MBj— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) November 9, 2019 This is as a result…

Led by superb batting from Nicholas Pooran and incisive bowling from Sheldon Cottrell, West Indies made it back-to-back wins over Afghanistan to take a 2-0 lead in the three-match One-Day International series on Saturday night. The left-handed Pooran made a classy 67 – with seven blistering boundaries and three powerful sixes – which completely changed the tempo of…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – An explosive 92 from India-bound Rahkeem Cornwall set up Leeward islands Hurricanes for a 70-run victory over Canada in the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup. Cornwall slammed five fours and seven sixes from 73 balls to make him a shoo-in for the Player-of-the Match award and give his Hurricanes teammates a memorable farewell…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Darren Bravo and Jeremy Solozano smashed their seventh and maiden List A hundreds respectively, propelling the Trinidad & Tobago Red Force to a commanding eight-wicket victory over Windward Islands Volcanoes in the feature Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup fixture, at the Queen’s Park Oval on Thursday.  View full scorecards here:  At Queens Park Oval: Darren…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Nicholas Kirton and Ashley Nurse played vital roles in Barbados Pride’s opening victory over Jamaica Scorpions in the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup on Thursday. In a Group “A”, day/night contest at Warner Park, left-handed batsman Kirton hit the top score of 55 off 82 deliveries in his first game in a Pride shirt, as…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Andre McCarthy made a strong start to the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup on Thursday. The Jamaica Scorpions batsman and part-time off-spin bowler earned the Player-of-the-Match award following a memorable all-round performance against Barbados Pride at Warner Park. McCarthy grabbed 4-41 from his allotted 10 overs and West Indies fast bowler Oshane Thomas supported with…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Barbados Pride overcame a career-best spell from West Indies fast bowler Oshane Thomas and a strong all-round performance from Andre McCarthy and cruised to a 75-run victory over Jamaica Scorpions in the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup on Thursday. Thomas bowled with genuine pace and hostility and grabbed 4-52 from eight overs, extracting appreciable…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Rahkeem Cornwall continues to be the bane of batsmen in the senior West Indies domestic game. The West Indies off-spinner made a big impact in the first of two games he will play for Leeward Islands Hurricanes in the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup before he flies out to India to be part…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Devon Thomas celebrated his 30th birthday nine days early with his second List “A” hundred in the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup opener on Wednesday. The Antiguan cracked 105 from 94 balls to set up Leeward Islands Hurricanes for a 198-run victory over defending champions Combined Campuses & Colleges Marooners in…

18 year old West Indies Under-19 captain Kimani Melius loves batting. Although it’s only junior level cricket, the young St.Lucian has already scored three (3) double centuries, highlighting why he is viewed as an upcoming player to watch in Caribbean cricket. West Indies Under-19 coach Graeme West noted: ”Kimani is a ‘student’ of the game, he has…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – A career-best hundred from Devon Thomas followed by a destructive spell from West Indies off-spinner Rahkeem Cornwall propelled hosts Leeward Islands Hurricanes to a 198-run victory over defending champions Combined Campuses & Colleges Marooners in the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup on Wednesday. Leewards v CCC!💪🏾 The rivalries have already begun in Warner Park!🇰🇳 Get…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua– A captain’s knock could not save the West Indies Women from a series defeat in the three-match Colonial Medical Insurance One Day International series against India Women, after India Women won the third match by six wickets at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. The West Indies Women won the toss and elected to…

Roston Chase had the best performance of his white-ball career so far as he led West Indies to a solid victory over Afghanistan on Wednesday. The tall all-rounder, playing his 20th ODI, made a match-winning 94 to follow up a two-wicket burst as the visitors easily reached 197-3 off 46.3 overs to overhaul Afghanistan’s 194 all…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua- Cricket West Indies (CWI) named a fourteen (14) member squad to take on India Women in a five-match T20 International Series to be played on November 9 and 10 at the Daren Sammy National Stadium in St. Lucia and on November 14, 17 and 20 at the National Stadium in Guyana. St. Lucia!🇱🇨 Your Honourable Prime Minister @allenmchastanet has…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) have once again partnered to educate and assist regional cricketers, this time via a personal and professional development seminar. This event will be held simultaneously in St. Kitts and Trinidad on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, where the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua– India leveled the three-match Colonial Medical Insurance (CMI) One Day International (ODI) series when they defeated the West Indies Women by 53 runs in the second match, at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. Mithali Raj won the toss for India and elected to bat first on a humid day in North Sound.…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua- Caneisha Isaac has been named by the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Women’s and Girls selection panel as the replacement for Britney Cooper who has been ruled out of the remainder of the Colonial Medical Insurance (CMI) One Day International series against India Women. Britney has a bruised shin after being struck with a ball,…

WALSH JR SUCCESS INSPIRES COTTOY AHEAD OF SUPER 50 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad – The breakout CPL 2019 performance of Haydn Walsh Jr and current drive by CWI to find leg spin talent around region, highlighted by Mushtaq Ahmed’s spin bowling camp held in June is what motivating 29-year old leg spinner Keron Cottoy to lift his game ahead of the Super50.…

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad – 33 year old off-spinner Jon-Russ Jaggesar has a unique record in Caribbean domestic cricket history, by winning the title with two teams. In 2016 he clinched 14 wickets at an average of 13.50 to help Trinidad & Tobago Red Force win Super50 2016. Then last season playing for the Combine Campuses and Colleges (CCC), he claimed 10…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) announces the appointment of a new interim Team Management unit for the West Indies Women’s Team for the upcoming series against India Women. The new management team will be led by interim Head Coach, Gus Logie and interim Team Manager, Evril Betty Lewis. West Indies legend, Courtney Walsh,…

1.What teams are in the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup? Guyana Jaguars Leeward Islands Hurricanes Jamaica Scorpions West Indies Emerging Players Trinidad and Tobago Red Force Windward Islands Volcanoes Combined Campuses and Colleges Barbados Pride Canada United States of America 2. When does the Super50 Cup start? The Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup begins on…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Long-serving head coach Esuan Crandon said the Guyana Jaguars are looking to regain their groove when the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup opens on November 6. Crandon has presided over the Jaguars winning the West Indies Championship (first-class matches) for the last five seasons, but he has watched his side come close…