Tue, Sep 12, '17
The 1975 and 1979 champion side has to beat Ireland in a one-off ODI and then defeat England 5-0 or 4-1 with wins in the last four matches to qualify ahead of Sri LankaThe Windies side has an arduous task of trying to qualify direct for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 as it braces for an upcoming one-off ODI against Ireland in Belfast on 13 September and a five-match ODI series against England from 19 to 29 September.
The Windies side is currently on 78 points in the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings, eight points behind eighth-placed Sri Lanka, whom it will need to overtake in order to qualify. The top seven ODI sides apart from host England as on 30 September qualify direct for ICC’s pinnacle 50-over event, which will take place from 30 May to 15 July 2019 in the United Kingdom.
The 1975 and 1979 champion side will have to beat Ireland and then also defeat England either 5-0 or by a 4-1 margin in which it wins the last four matches. In other words, losing any match other than the opening match against England at Old Trafford on 19 September will allow Sri Lanka a direct passage.
Teams not getting direct places in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 will get another shot through a Qualifying tournament.
The ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 will feature the bottom four sides from the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings, the top four sides from the ICC World Cricket League Championship and the top two sides from ICC World Cricket League Division 2. The top two sides from the World Cup Qualifier will complete the 10-team line-up for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
Mon, Sep 11, '17
ST JOHN’S, Antigua - As Windies Women look to defend their World Twenty20 title in the region next year (November 2 – 25), Cricket West Indies will be setting up a new management support structure for the Team. This will be in place before Sri Lanka comes to the region on Thursday, October 5.
The process will start with the search for a new head coach and an interim management team will be in place for the short term. The interim team will consist of Henderson Springer (head coach); Gus Logie (assistant coach); Ariane Mangar (Physiotherapist)l Shayne Cooper (Sport and Conditioning Trainer) and Gary Belle (Analyst).
An 18-member squad will gather for a camp from September 25 to October 4 from which the final 13 will be selected for the three ODIs, three T20 series, scheduled for Trinidad and Tobago and Antigua.
CWI wishes to thank the previous management team for their time and contribution.
Sun, Sep 10, '17 by ERROL TOWNSHEND
So one swallow did not, after all, make an English summer for the struggling Windies. A whopping innings and 209 runs defeat at Birmingham and a nine wickets defeat at Lords bracketed the truly marvellous 5 wickets comeback at Leeds.
But those, including head coach Stuart Law, who were prematurely singing praises and seeing yet another corner turned for Windies, ignored the harsh reality of the Leeds success: three of 11 batters -- Kraigg Brathwaite, Shai Hope and Jermaine Blackwood -- accounted for a massive 79 per cent of the Windies runs. Not a good omen. When those three fail, as two of them did at Lords, the result is likely to be very ugly.
Why the lopsided Lords defeat? Because the basic mistakes of Birmingham, evident to all but the coaching staff, have not been corrected. The bowlers continue to believe that pitching well outside the off stump and hoping to tempt the batsman into error is a winning strategy. But note: James Anderson, the kind of swing, in the Lords Test achieved 500 Test wickets with his best-ever performance (7-42), shattering the stumps four times, the way fast bowlers are supposed to do. His 104 "clean bowled" dismissals is the highest among all fast bowlers, better even than the great Brian Statham, the original "you-miss-I-hit" marksman. Note also: in three tests England bowled 8 no balls and just three wides; Windies helped England along with 11 wides and 28 no balls, including wides to batsmen new at the crease.
The management of the bowling also left much to be desired.Sample: in the three warm-up matches the Test certainty Roston Chase, an offspinner coming up against an England lineup with as many as seven left handers, was allowed a mere 14 overs. Test possibles, medium pacers Alzari Joseph and Miguel Cummings, were given 34 and 37 overs respectively. The result: an under-cooked Chase ended up the top wicket-taker (4) for an expensive 113 runs in 26 overs in the first Test, bowling as many overs as the quicker bowlers.
Despite hiring a fielding coach there has been no noticeable improvement in the throwing.
Sun, Sep 10, '17
Kevon Cooper scored a brilliant spell and backed it up with an unbeaten 29 run knock as Trinbago Knight Riders chased down 136 runs against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in 19 overs with three wickets in hand at Brian Lara Stadium to clinch their second Caribbean Premier League title.
Chasing a modest total of 136, the Knight Riders lost both Sunil Narine (3) and Dwayne Bravo (0) to Sheldon Cottrell (2-21) in the second over. Colin Munro (29) injected momentum into the innings with three sixes in the sixth over as they ended the powerplay strong at 48 for two.
Mohammad Hafeez (2-19) continued his dominance against the left-handers as he removed Munro and Darren Bravo (1) in successive overs as the Knight Riders slipped to 64 for four at halfway mark.
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Sat, Sep 9, '17 by ROB JOHNSTON
When defeat came for Windies at Lord's, it was about as comprehensive as it comes at Test level. But for much of this game they were on level-pegging with England and had they done better at crucial moments, they may well have won the match and the series. It was, though, another spirited performance from the tourists who have tested England far more than many had expected before the series began.
Windies lost seven wickets for 84 runs on the final day of the series despite Shai Hope's fighting half-century. Too many of the other batsmen will be disappointed with their dismissals. James Anderson and Stuart Broad were at the very top of their games but the pressure of the situation played a part in some ordinary shots from Shane Dowrich, Jermaine Blackwood and Jason Holder. England simply suffocated them and only Windies' number four looked capable of repelling the home side.
But this series has shown there is hope for the future.