Sat, Jun 30, '12
Chris Gayle slammed an unbeaten 85 and Kieron Pollard lashed 63 not out off 29 balls to set up a 56-run victory for the West Indies over New Zealand in the first of two Twenty20 internationals in Florida.
Gayle smashed seven fours and five sixes off 52 balls to anchor a record-breaking West Indian total of 209-2 off 20 overs. The equally powerful Pollard lofted five fours and five sixes as the pair shared a partnership of 108 off 47 balls.
New Zealand was briefly up with the demanding required rate but eventually was bowled out for 153 off 18.3 overs at Central Broward Regiona Park.
West Indies spinner Sunil Narine claimed 3-34 while there was a wicket apiece for captain Darren Sammy, Fidel Edwards and Dwayne Bravo.
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Fri, Jun 29, '12
1950
A landmark day for West Indian cricket. West Indies won their first Test in England, a 326-run thrashing at Lord's, led by a mystifying display from their young spin twins Sonny Ramadhin and Alf Valentine. They were both playing their second Tests, having each only played two first-class matches before the tour. Valentine's match figures were 116-75-127-7 (the 75 maidens are still a Test record), and Ramadhin's 115-70-152-11; it was the slowest torture imaginable. They were abetted by 168 from Clyde Walcott, an innings that John Arlott described as being "of thunder, of almost biblical intensity". England never recovered, and lost 1-3 a series they had expected to win comfortably. A crowd full of West Indian fans didn't care celebrating joyously, and a famous Calypso song - "With those little pals of mine, Ramadhin and Valentine" - was born.
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Tue, Jun 26, '12
West Indian cricket fans will get a chance to view several upcoming prestigious International Cricket Council (ICC) events from the comfort of their living room after it was revealed recently that ESPN Caribbean has acquired the rights for several of the sport's properties.
The revelation, which is set to be made public today, will see ESPN Caribbean, a subsidiary of ESPN International, being the only regional television network that will have the rights to show the ICC World Twenty20 Championship, the ICC Youth World Cup and the increasingly popular Twenty20 Champions League.
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Sun, Jun 24, '12
NOTTINGHAM, England – The Selection Committee of the West Indies Cricket Board today announced a 13-member West Indies squad for the two Digicel Twenty20 Internationals against New Zealand on Saturday, June 30 and Sunday, July 1, at the Central Broward Regional Park in the city of Lauderhill in Florida.
Sun, Jun 24, '12
Alex Hales fell one run short of England's first Twenty20 international hundred but his 99, in a record 159-run partnership with Ravi Bopara, powered the home side to a convincing seven-wicket victory against West Indies at Trent Bridge, with their highest successful T20I chase.
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