PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – West Indies batting legend Brian Lara has offered words of encouragement to the West Indies Women’s team after meeting with them on Wednesday evening.
The double world record-holder was a special guest at a function for the West Indies Women and England Women teams who are in Trinidad for their three-match One-Day Series.
“I respect all cricketers at all levels and I was delighted to accept the invitation to join the West Indies and England Women’s teams. I was happy to see the players and just to relax and share some of my knowledge with them and also hear from them as well,” Lara told WICB Media.
Port of Spain, Trinidad - West Indies Women and England Women were left frustrated as a rainy day in Trinidad forced the 1st One Day International between both teams to be abandoned.
The rain greeted the players at the ground, inevitably forcing a delayed start. Between, the scheduled start of 9am ECT and the eventual start time of 2pm ECT, there were two rare moments of hope.
KOLKATA, India – Shane Shillingford was a mere spectator from the sidelines when West Indies visited India two years ago and played three Tests against Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s side.
He has returned to this south Asian nation for next month’s two-Test series against the Indians full of confidence and as a key member of the bowling unit, looking to pose a serious challenge to opposing batsmen that are brought up on a diet of spin bowling.
This has not daunted the 30-year-old off-spinner, but has strengthened his resolve to succeed in the sub-continent.
Chris Gayle said that the forthcoming Test series against India would be vital for West Indies as they try to move up the ICC Test rankings. West Indies, who are currently ranked sixth among Test-playing nations, arrived in India on Monday for two Tests and three ODIs against India and are scheduled to tour New Zealand in December for three Tests, five ODIs and two T20Is.
"The big occasion for West Indies is a chance to gain points to move to No. 5 on the ICC rankings," Gayle said. "That's our mission. I personally have never made a hundred versus India so I will be looking to rectify that, given my IPL experience also. But you can't discount their talent in players like Sachin [Tendulkar], MS Dhoni and so many more. A few of us are familiar with venues like Kolkata and Mumbai, which host the Tests, and these conditions and pitches usually stay the same."
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – President of the WICB Whycliffe ‘Dave’ Cameron has showered praise on the West Indies Women’s Team following their capture of the Women’s T20 International Tri Series in Barbados, and has also applauded the large number of spectators who came out to see the recent Women’s T20 International Tri Series.
West Indies beat England by eight wickets at Kensington Oval on Saturday night, in the Grand Final watched by a crowd of approximately 4,000. Stafanie Taylor won the Player of the Match Award while Deandra Dottin took the Virgin Atlantic Player of the Series Award.
