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Mt. Maunganui, New Zealand – WINDIES Women suffered a nail-biting 8-run loss to New Zealand White Ferns in the first T20 International at the Bay Oval in Mt. Maunganui. The defending World T20 Champions won the toss taken by Captain Stafanie Taylor and elected to bowl first. The White Ferns capitalized on some wayward bowling by…

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – The WINDIES Women are confident heading into the 5-match T20 International series against New Zealand White Ferns starting on Wednesday March 14, 2018, at the Bay Oval, Mt. Maunganui in Tauranga. During their first training session at the venue, Captain Stafanie Taylor stated the team was going to use their status…

TAURANGA, New Zealand – The West Indies is geographically and culturally one of the most unique and diversified regions in the world. We have a mixture of races, religions and beliefs that is evident in our foods, music and our cricket. While being a single team in cricket, our players come from across the various territories…

West Indies are set to become the latest international team to tour Pakistan. Najam Sethi, the PCB chairman, has announced that they will visit the country in early April for a series of three T20Is, all of them to be played in Karachi. These will be the first international matches in Karachi since the 2009…

Two upcoming USACA events – All India Women Twenty20 Cricket Association’s women’s T20I series and men’s series – are not recognized by BCCI or ICC. ⦁ Those participating in upcoming two events may be subject to disciplinary action for participating in disapproved cricket The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that two bilateral series being…

The Netherlands are out of the tournament after failing to haul in the West Indies’ 309. VIEW MATCH CENTRE A fourth consecutive victory for the West Indies ensured they finished top of Group A but the Netherlands will be kicking themselves after sacrificing a promising position in their run-chase before the rains came to bring…

England Lions 171 for 3 (Hain 54*, Davies 48) beat West Indies A 166 (Chase 67, Parkinson 4-26) Scorecard England Lions achieved a consolation seven-wicket win at the end of their disappointing tour of the Caribbean, thanks to an unbeaten 50 from Sam Hain against West Indies A in Antigua. Once again, the Lions had…

New Zealand women 310 for 5 (Bates 89, Devine 73*, Satterthwaite 69, Dottin 2-58) beat West Indies women105 (Devine 3-24) by 205 runs Scorecard Sophie Devine‘s all-round show, along with significant contributions from Suzie Bates and the seamers, helped New Zealand set up a thumping 205-run victory over West Indies to seal the series 3-0…

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – WINDIES Women suffered a massive 205-runs defeat to New Zealand White Ferns at Hagley Park and go 3-0 down in the ICC Women’s Championship ODI series. Stafanie Taylor won the toss for the WINDIES Women and elected to bowl first. Playing with two changes, with Anisa Mohammed and Akira Peters playing for the…

HARARE, Zimbabwe – Windies batsman Rovman Powell spoke to CWI Media following his sensational batting display against Ireland in the third match of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament. The 24-year-old smashed his maiden international century as Windies recovered from 83-5 in the 19th over to post 257-8 off 50 overs. They then bowled out the…

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – WINDIES Women suffered an 8-wicket defeat to New Zealand White Ferns in the 2nd ODI of ICC Women’s Championships at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln. The White Ferns won the toss and elected to bowl first, which proved a good decision for them. Once again, Hayley Matthews was the first WINDIES…

HARARE, Zimbabwe – Shimron Hetmyer spoke to CWI Media after his maiden international century helped the Windies to victory by 60 runs over United Arab Emirates in their opening ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier match. The left-hander made a superb 127 off 93 balls as Windies scored 357-4 off their 50 overs on a good pitch…

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – WINDIES Women lost by the narrowest of margins, 1 run to the New Zealand White Ferns in the 1st ODI of the ICC Women’s Championships at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln University. Stafanie Taylor won the toss for the WINDIES Women and sent New Zealand into bat first. The White Ferns got…

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – The WINDIES Women romped to a 7-wicket victory over the Canterbury Magicians at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval, as part of their preparations for Round 2 of the ICC Women’s Championships versus New Zealand White Ferns starting on Sunday March 4. WINDIES Women won the toss and elected to bowl first. Canterbury…

St John’s, ANTIGUA – Alick Athanaze seems to be in the right place at the right time. He was a late replacement for the injured Delorn Johnson in the Windward Islands Volcanoes for the just concluded Super50. What a way he took the opportunity and made the best use of it. Following the passage of Hurricane…

St John’s, ANTIGUA – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has confirmed its continued commitment to further developing Women’s Cricket in the region. Following the successful declaration of the three host countries; Guyana, St. Lucia and Antigua and Barbuda, for the upcoming ICC Women’s World T20 2018 that will be held in the Caribbean in November, CWI Chief…

In 1988 and 1989, some 19 years or so after their first and only triumph under Easton McMorris in 1969, Jamaica won their second and third regional four-day titles, and they won it in style. Powered by an attack led by Michael Holding, Courtney Walsh, Patrick Patterson, and Aaron Daley, and supported by right-arm leg-spinner…

NORTH SOUND, Antigua – Jahmar Hamilton and fellow WINDIES “A” wicketkeeper/batsman Shane Dowrich spoke to CWI Media on the eve of the third and final “Test” of their current series against England Lions, starting tomorrow at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground. Jahmar Hamilton audio: https://soundcloud.com/windiescricket/cwi-media-2018-02-25-jahmar-hamilton-audio-windies-a-vs-england-lions   SQUAD Kieran Powell (Captain) Jermaine Blackwood Shamarh Brooks John Campbell Rahkeem…

JOHN’S, Antigua- In a nail-biting finish, the Windward Islands Volcanoes defeated defending champions Barbados Pride by 3 wickets to claim their third Super50 Cup title, at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua. Pride Captain Kraigg Brathwaite won the toss and elected to bat first, going on the pattern from the last 5 matches that rain…

JOHN’S, Antigua- Kavem Hodge produced an outstanding all-round performance in batting, bowling and fielding in second semifinal, as the Windward Islands Volcanoes knocked out favourites Guyana Jaguars from the Super50 Cup. Guyana won the toss, electing to field first. Johnson Charles was the first Windward batsman to fall, he made 8 when he chucked a…

Glenn Maxwell has been announced as the current world No.1 in the new T20 Player Performance Index, the first system to evaluate players’ performance in both domestic and international cricket. The Australian all-rounder, who struck 103 runs against England at Hobart, is narrowly ahead of West Indian all-rounder Sunil Narine. Maxwell’s outstanding performances with bat,…