Red Force 106 for 4 (Webster 31*, Goolie 29*, J Sinclair 2-21) beat Harpy Eagles 196 (Motie 65, Paul 39, Hinds 3-18) by 6 runs (DLS)
Tournament hosts Trinidad & Tobago Red Force, along with the Barbados Pride, were the winners from Sunday's Round 3 action of Cricket West Indies’ CG United Super50 Cup. On another rain-dictated day of competition, the Red Force defeated the Guyana Harpy Eagles by 6 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method (DLS) at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy to earn their second win of the competition.
Three wickets apiece from Terrance Hinds (3 for 28) and Ricky Jaipaul (3 for 29) helped dismiss the Harpy Eagles for 196 in 40.3 overs, despite a counter-attacking 58-ball 65 from West Indies’ Gudakesh Motie. Jyd Goolie (29*) then smashed 24 from a Sylus Tyndall over to lift T&T just beyond the par score before rain halted play with the hosts at 106 for 4 in the 22nd over. The game was eventually called off due to a wet outfield, with no further play.
The West Indies will do battle from Group D at the upcoming ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup in Namibia and Zimbabwe. The Caribbean side has been drawn alongside Tanzania, Afghanistan, and South Africa for next year’s 15 January to 6 February tournament.
The HP Oval is set to host all three of the regional team’s group fixtures. They will be in action on the opening day against Tanzania, before taking on Afghanistan three days later, then South Africa on 22 January.
The format of the competition remains unchanged: the 16 teams are divided into groups of four for a round-robin first stage, after which the top three teams from each group will progress to the Super Six phase and subsequently the semi-final and final.
Veteran fast-bowler Kemar Roach has been recalled to the West Indies squad for their three-match Test series away to New Zealand in December. Roach last featured for the West Indies against Pakistan in January. His return comes in the wake of injuries to fellow pacers Alzarri Joseph and Shamar Joseph.
With the Joseph duo being ruled out of action for the remainder of the year, Jamaican seamer Ojay Shields has received a maiden call-up. Kavem Hodge, whose last appearance also came in Pakistan, makes his return to the side, with spinner Khary Pierre being left out.
The series forms part of the 2025-2027 ICC World Test Championship and will be the West Indies’ final fixture for 2025. Now, following a recently completed two-week high-performance camp, CWI’s Director of Cricket, Miles Bascombe, believes the team is “as well-prepared as any West Indies squad to tour there (New Zealand) in recent years.”
The West Indies Men’s Under-19 team defeated touring England by 6 wickets via the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern Method (DLS) in the rain-affected second Youth One-Day International at the Grenada National Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. The win handed the Caribbean side a 2-0 lead in the seven-match series.
Rain cut short the first innings after 31.4 overs, with England stranded on 160 for 5. The visiting batters were led by captain Farhan Ahmed (46) and Caleb Falconer (42), while Jakeem Pollard was the pick of the Caribbean bowlers with figures of 2 for 20.
Player of the match, Jonathan van Lange (57*) then notched his second half-century of the series, leading the charge for the hosts, who were set a revised target of 191 in 31 overs. Opener Earsinho Fontaine was also among the runs, scoring 39 as the Caribbean side completed the chase with 5 deliveries to spare at 191 for 4.
The series, which is in preparation for the 2026 Men’s U19 World Cup in February, continues on Friday at the same venue.
Only one result was possible on Wednesday’s opening day of the 2025 edition of Cricket West Indies’ CG United Super50 Cup, which is ongoing in Trinidad and Tobago. This, after the Windward Islands Volcanoes completed a historic chase to defeat the Leeward Islands Hurricanes by 2 wickets in the day/night contest at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy, as rain forced no results in the early fixtures.
A maiden List A century from Kofi James (103), along with half-centuries from opener Mikyle Louis (59) and wicketkeeper Carlon Bowen-Tuckett (56), propelled the Leewards to an imposing 324 before being dismissed in 47.3 overs. Shadrack Descarte 3 for 43, player of the match, Darron Nedd 3 for 53 and Kenneth Dember 3 for 56 took three wickets apiece for the Volcanoes.
Debutant Nedd then returned to smash 94 from 56 deliveries to set the chase alight. He was ably assisted by Dillon Douglas (61) and Stephan Pascal (40), who helped the Windwards complete the highest run-chase in Super50 history at 325 for 8 with 37 balls to spare. Oshane Thomas was the pick of the Leewards bowlers with 3 for 62.
