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St John’s, ANTIGUA – 11 members of the winning 2016 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 team have been retained in the squad for the upcoming ICC Women’s World T20 that starts on November 9 in the Caribbean. Chinelle Henry, Natasha McLean and Chedean Nation have also been included, along with Sheneta Grimmond, who has yet to…

Campbell, Miller keys to third straight win; Leewards’ spin duo bamboozle Marooners   BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – John Campbell followed up destructive bowling led by Nikita Miller with a fluent half-century to guide Jamaica Scorpions past the United States by seven wickets in the WINDIES Super50 Cup on Monday here. Campbell, playing his first match of…

Opener cracks maiden ton for Jaguars; Pooran continues rich form in Red Force win   PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Chanderpaul Hemraj celebrated his selection to the WINDIES One-day squad for the Tour of India with his maiden WINDIES Super50 Cup hundred in a tidy all-round performance to lead Guyana Jaguars past WINDIES “B” by…

St John’s, ANTIGUA – Three young players have been selected into the WINDIES white-ball squads for the tour of India.  With less than a year to go before the 2019 Cricket World Cup and two years before the next World T20 in Australia, plans are being put in place to prepare the team for these…

TAROUBA, Trinidad – The final T20 international turned out to be a thrilling encounter, as South Africa, with a ball to spare, leveled the series at 2 matches a piece. Even with a brilliant inning of 71 (52 balls) from WINDIES opener, Hayley Matthews, it was not enough to stop the South African Women from…

Veteran WINDIES opener powers Scorpions past Pride, Marooners out-class United States   BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Chris Gayle signed off his WINDIES Super50 Cup career in fine style with a typically explosive hundred that set up Jamaica Scorpions for a 33-run victory over Barbados Pride in their Group “B” contest on Saturday here. Gayle announced prior…

RAJKOT, India – The WINDIES suffered one of their heaviest defeats ever when they lost the first Test of the Paytm India vs West Indies, Test Series in Rajkot, by an innings and 272 runs. Starting day three on 94/6 and some 555 runs adrift of India’s first innings total of 649/9 declared, Roston Chase…

Veteran opener sets up comfortable win for Volcanoes; Red Force remain unbeaten   PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Devon Smith hit the second hundred of the 2018-19 WINDIES Super50 Cup and Alick Athanaze followed up with a career-best spell to lead Windward Islands Volcanoes to a 73-run victory over Canada in their Group “A” match…

RAJKOT, India – The WINDIES bowlers had another laborious day in the field of the second day of the first Test match versus India in the Paytm India vs West Indies, Test Series in Rajkot. India closed day one on 364/4 with Captain Virat Kohli on 72 not out and Rishabh Pant on 17 not…

Delays force no-result between Pride, Hurricanes; Powell, McCarthy lead Jamaica to opening win   BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A career-best spell from Leeward Islands Hurricanes fast-medium bowler Jeremiah Louis against hosts Barbados Pride grabbed the headlines in the opening round of Group “B” matches in the WINDIES Super50 Cup on Thursday here. Louis’ delight however, was…

TAROUBA, Trinidad – Despite the WINDIES Women losing the match, Natasha McLean continued her excellent form with the bat, in the ongoing Sandals International Home Series versus South Africa, in front of hundreds of spectators at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy. However, before a ball was bowled, the fans which came out to take in…

ESPN International and Cricket West Indies have reached a four-year renewal for rights via all means and media for the West Indies Super50 Cup, it was announced today. The new agreement provides ESPN International with rights on its linear and digital platforms throughout the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and select territories in Asia (excluding India)…

RAJKOT, India – The WINDIES faced a toiling day in the field in sweltering conditions, after India CAPTAIN Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat first, in the first match of the Paytm Test Series in Rajkot. The WINDIES were dealt a blow before a ball was bowled, when Captain Jason Holder still…

TAROUBA, Trinidad – WINDIES opener, Hayley Matthews, has a good feeling about the upcoming, first stand-alone, ICC World Women’s T20 Championship. “Playing in front of our home crowd, on such a momentous occasion, will be amazing!” Matthews said in excitement, referring to the tournament which will be played in Guyana, St. Lucia and Antigua from…

RAJKOT, India – On the eve of the first Test match versus India in Rajkot, the WINDIES are focused on playing a patient game against the host and number one-ranked Test team, India. The WINDIES arrived in India a week ago and has since played a two-day warm-up match against a BCCI XI which ended…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Windward Islands captain Shane Shillingford, Guyana Jaguars captain Leon Johnson, Trinidad & Tobago Red Force captain Denesh Ramdin and Windies “B” head coach Stuart Williams spoke to CWI Media on the eve of the 2018-19 Windies Super50 Cup which opens tomorrow here. The tournament will be contested between 10 teams…

St John’s, ANTIGUA – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has confirmed the central contracts for WINDES Men’s and WINDIES Women’s players for the 2018/2019 year. Whilst the previous contracts expired on the 30th of September 2018, the new contracts will be backdated to the 1st of July 2018 and run until June 30, 2019, as CWI…

TAROUBA, Trinidad – The torrential rains which affected the south of Trinidad early Sunday afternoon, proved too much for the ground staff and umpires at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy to handle.  It led to the abandonment of the 3rd T20 in the Sandals International Home Series. Although by the time the teams took the field to warm-up,…

St John’s, ANTIGUA – The Super50 Cup bowls off next Wednesday, October 3 in Trinidad with defending champions, the Windward Volcanoes, taking on the Trinidad Red Force at the Queen’s Park Oval. Just over two weeks since the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Final, the Super50 Cup now occupies an October (November from 2019 onwards) window…

TAROUBA, Trinidad – The WINDIES Women, led by a “Five For” from Anisa Mohammed, routed South Africa by 9 wickets to take a 2-0 series lead in the 5-match, Sandals T20 International Home Series. Anisa Mohammed showed why she’s the all-time leading T20 wicket-taker, when she spun her way to a hat-trick with the last…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Tidy bowling led by skipper Stafanie Taylor and Afy Fletcher sealed a 17-run victory for WINDIES Women over South Africa Women in a tense finish to the first Twenty20 International today here. Taylor grabbed 3-16 from her allotted four overs with her off-spin and leg-spinner Fletcher collected 2-17 from four overs, as…

St John’s, ANTIGUA – Stuart Law has resigned as Head Coach of the WINDIES Men’s team to take on a new role in January 2019. Law, who took over as Head Coach in February 2017, leaves after guiding the Test team to series wins against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh and the ODI team through the ICC…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Hayley Matthews collected a polished, maiden One-day International hundred to lead strong WINDIES Women’s batting and set things in motion for a convincing 115-run victory over South Africa Women in the decisive, third ICC Women’s Championship ODI of the Sandals International Home Series on Saturday here. The 20-year-old Matthews became only the…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A match that promised much for WINDIES Women, following a tidy performance in the field led by Deandra Dottin, ended in a no-result, when rain forced an early end to the second ICC Women’s One-day International of the Sandals International Home Series against South Africa Women today here. Dottin grabbed 3-29 from…