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WI fast bowling trio achieve career-best rankings

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:57:19 GMT

West Indies fast bowlers Darren Sammy, Dwayne Bravo and Kemar Roach have all achieved career-best rankings in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Player Rankings.

Sammy, Bravo and Roach shared 23 wickets between them in the series against Zimbabwe which the West Indies won 4-1 and have been rewarded with big jumps in the latest rankings which were released on Monday.

Windies team for St Vincent ODIs

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:05:10 GMT

The West Indies selectors have named the following players for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Digicel One-Day Internationals against Zimbabwe at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex in St Vincent on Wednesday, March 10; Friday, March 12 and Sunday, March 14:

Ottis Gibson in the media

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:46:14 GMT

As the West Indies side arrives in Trinidad ahead of their series opener against Zimbabwe on Sunday, newly appointed head coach Ottis Gibson is taking a fresh look at fitness. In a report in the Jamaica Observer he says "The physical aspect of all sports determines whether an athlete will be successful or not. It is key as far as I'm concerned".

Apparently there are other keys too. In an article on CricInfo Gibson also says "the key is unity and strength and it always has been. During the 1980s and 1990s when West Indies were strong, I'm sure there were differences within the team, but the players pulled together and Clive Lloyd, way back in the 80s, was able to get them to come together for a common cause."

Viv Richards speaks out

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:19:25 GMT

Never one to mince words, the Master Blaster takes aim at the WICB and players alike in a report from Australia's Herald Sun.

"Some of our players today don't seem too sure who or what they are representing. Even though the board is not behaving well they must still have personal pride," he is quoted as saying.

On the subject of funding for West Indies cricket he draws a barbed comparison with "you have to know what Robert Mugabe is like in Zimbabwe, do you pump money into an establishment where the money doesn't filter through?".

Ramdin to captain WI T20 team

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:35:19 GMT

The West Indies selectors have named the following players for the Digicel T20 International against Zimbabwe at the Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad on Sunday February 28th:

Twenty20 'ripe for corruption'

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:30:09 GMT

International players' union FICA chief executive Tim May has warned that Twenty20 cricket is "ripe for corruption" and urged the sport's administrators to exercise extreme care.

"Twenty20 is just ripe for corruption -- the shorter the game the more influence each particular incident can have," the former Australia off-spinner said in an interview in the March issue of The Wisden Cricketer magazine which goes on sale this Friday.

Lara robbed

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:15:06 GMT

Brian Lara is in the news again, but this time it seems that the West Indies cricket legend has been the victim of theft. BVI News Online is reporting that a woman has been arrested and that police seized more than 40 bottles of premium liquor, jewelry and four-autographed cricket bats from the woman’s home during a search on Wednesday night.

From a report in the Trinidad Express:

Several items, including jewelry, clothing and an honorary Order of Australia award-which was given to him during the hosting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting last year by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd-along with an undisclosed sum of cash, were stolen.

Pollard tops IPL auction; Big pay day for Roach

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:15:49 GMT

From DigicelCricket.com

Phenomenal, six-hitting Trinidad & Tobago all rounder, Kieron Pollard will be smiling all the way to the bank as he topped the IPL auction collecting a huge US$750,000 payday from the Mumbai Indians.

Pollard, Smith in WI squad to Australia

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:19:26 GMT

The West Indies Cricket Board has named the following players for the upcoming limited-overs tour of Australia:

Taylor arrested after altercation with cop

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:14:28 GMT

West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor was arrested by Jamaican police in Junction, St Elizabeth on Wednesday night on charges of improper conduct, assaulting police and resisting arrest following an altercation with a police officer at a bar in Junction.

The 25-year-old Taylor, who is currently recovering from a back strain after breaking down on the recent West Indies tour of Australia, was granted bail early yesterday and is to appear in the Santa Cruz Resident Magistrate's Court on January 12.