ST JOHN’S, ANTIGUA – WINDIES will now turn its attention to the three T20Is remaining on the Bangladesh tour of the region with one match in St Kitts and the other two in Florida, starting tomorrow at 8pm.
The Selection Panel has assembled a 13-man squad to face the visitors. The squad reads:
Carlos Brathwaite – Captain Samuel Badree Sheldon Cottrell Andre Fletcher Evin Lewis Ashley Nurse Keemo Paul Rovman Powell Denesh Ramdin Andre Russell Marlon Samuels Chadwick Walton Kesrick Williams
Chairman of Selectors, Courtney Browne, says “we have rested Chris Gayle and have added left-arm pacer, Sheldon Cottrell for variety to the bowling attack. The team reflects the last squad that performed well in the charity match in the UK.”
Going forward, the panel thinks the talent pool for the T20 version is widening and acknowledges “the strong performances of the young players in the WINDIES B team during the T20 series in the Canada's Global T20 League and this augurs well for our T20 game.”
Head Coach, Stuart Law has not hidden his disappointment in the 1-2 loss in the ODI but is “optimistic that the players are beginning to understand the direction they need to go. The players are gradually working harder and we expect the results to turn in our favor.”
MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 29 July, after the conclusion of the West Indies v Bangladesh series, and first ODI between Sri Lanka and South Africa):
RANK TEAM POINTS
1 England 127 2 India 121 3 South Africa 113 (-) 4 New Zealand 112 5 Pakistan 104 6 Australia 100 7 Bangladesh 92 (-1) 8 Sri Lanka 77 (-1) 9 West Indies 69 (-) 10 Afghanistan 63 11 Zimbabwe 53 12 Ireland 38 13 Scotland 33 14 UAE 18
The visitors were battered and bruised, literally and metaphorically, by a rampant Patrick Patterson on his Test debut. The story remained the same throughout the series as West Indies duly completed the second successive sweep of England following the 5-0 drubbing in England in 1984. The scars England suffered on that tour took a long time to heal.
Of the 100 England wickets to fall across the ten innings, the pace quintet of Patterson, Michael Holding, Joel Garner, Malcolm Marshall and Courtney Walsh (who played in the second Test in place of an injured Holding) accounted for 94 scalps. Never before or never since in their rich history of fast bowling have West Indies created such havoc.
The 2018 home season
While the current bunch of Windies quicks remain no match for their predecessors from the 1980s and 1990s, their performances in this home season did evoke a few happy memories of the past. There was a wicket around the corner when the seamers were operating, and they helped the home team stay afloat in crunch moments. The claims are substantiated by the fact that there was not a single wicketless uninterrupted session across the five Tests when they bowled. The fast bowlers also won four of the five Man of the Match awards, a happy consequence of the supposed revival.
The pacers accounted for 84 of the 96 wickets to fall in the five Tests against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Only two other home seasons witnessed West Indies pacers taking more wickets - 94 in 1985/86 and 91 in the 2002 season, which had two additional Tests. While the quality of opposition batsmen left a lot to be desired, it didn't take away from the consistency levels of the bowlers.
ICC Pres Release: Bangladesh’s Rubel Hossain has received an official reprimand for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the deciding ODI against the West Indies on Saturday, which the visitors won by 18 runs in St Kitts to take the series by 2-1. Rubel was found to have breached Article 2.1.4 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “using language or a gesture that is obscene, offensive or insulting during an International Match”.
In addition to the reprimand, one demerit point has been added to the fast bowler’s disciplinary record. Rubel now has two demerit points after he had received one demerit point for showing dissent during the second T20I against Afghanistan in Dehradun in last month. As such, he now has two demerit points against his name.
The incident happened in the 28th over of the Windies’ run-chase when Rubel used an inappropriate word, which was picked up by the stump mic, after Shimron Hetmyer edged him for a boundary.
After the end of the match, Rubel admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by Chris Broad of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees and, as such, there was no need for a formal hearing.
The charge was levelled by on-field umpires S. Ravi, and Joel Wilson, third umpire Richard Illingworth Nigel Duguid Marais Erasmus and fourth umpire Nick Cook.
Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of an official reprimand, a maximum penalty of 50 per cent of a player’s match fee, and one or two demerit points.
Rovman Powell's late assault proved in vain as West Indies went down to Bangladesh by 18 runs in the third and final One-Day International here on Saturday to extend their painstaking four-year wait for a series win.Chasing 302 - their highest ever target against Bangladesh - West Indies once again lost their way in the middle overs and were restricted to 283 for six off their 50 overs.Powell, entering at number six, top-scored with an unbeaten 74 from 41 balls to notch his second ODI half-century but lacked support down the order as the Windies lost wickets at critical moments to tumble to their 12th defeat in 17 ODIs inside the last 12 months.
Talisman Chris Gayle struck 73 at the top of the order and stroke-maker Shai Hope chipped in with 64. However, the latter's innings was an ultra-cautious effort, and the run chase stalled, leaving the Windies with too much to do over the last 10 overs.
West Indies lost the series 2-1 following a 48-run defeat in last Sunday's opener in Georgetown and then bouncing back to win by three runs in the second ODI last Wednesday.Left-handed opener Tamim Iqbal had earlier lashed 103 from 124 balls - his second century of the series - as Bangladesh rallied to 301 for six off their allotted 50 overs.Mahmudullah struck an enterprising unbeaten 67 from 49 balls to provide the late momentum for the innings while Shakib-al-Hasan chipped in with 37 and Mashrafe Mortaza, 36.
