Fri, Sep 3, '21
Legendary West Indies wicketkeeper Jeffrey Dujon believes the Test team will be forced to continue its search for an opening batsman as the current selections have not produced a great many positive results to date.
Since the team's successful tour of Bangladesh in February three players, John Campbell, Shai Hope, and Kieran Powell have been paired at the top of the innings with West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite.
To date, the pairing with the Brathwaite has not bred much success. Campbell has averaged 18.5 in eight innings, Powell 14.57 in seven innings, and Hope 15 in the one match played so far. The results have often left the team well short of a solid start that has not been a feature of its play in recent times.
“I still think we need to find another opener, we are still looking for an opener and one more top-class batsman in the middle,” Dujon told the Mason and Guest radio program.
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Fri, Sep 3, '21
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots maintained their unbeaten start to the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with a remarkable final ball win over Barbados Royals, who suffered their fourth defeat of the tournament.
The Patriots won the toss and opted to bowl, taking wickets at regular intervals as the Barbados Royals posted 160-8, with Smit Patel, making his Hero CPL debut, top-scoring with 54.
The Patriots stumbled in their chase, a returning Chris Gayle top-scored with 42 runs and a defeat seemed likely until Sheldon Cottrell and Dominic Drakes put on an unlikely partnership with the bat, which culminated with Cottrell striking a six off the last ball for a dramatic win in front of the home crowd.
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Fri, Sep 3, '21
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua- The West Indies Women lost the 2nd CG Insurance T20 International against South Africa Women by 50 runs at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua.
West Indies Women's Head Coach Courtney Walsh told CWI Media "We didn't play as well as know we can nor expected to play. They got too many runs upfront and then when we batted... our batting went through the door. Hopefully, we've learnt a lot from it, some good areas to look at. One or two players had good starts, the strike rates we were looking at, a couple of the players achieved it, so it's not doom and gloom but... we didn't play as well as we should have. We have one more game to play to draw the series and then five more matches in the ODI series, so we have more cricket to play"
South Africa take a 1-0 series lead with the final match on Saturday, August 4 at the same venue.
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