Thu, Feb 17, '22
Kraigg Brathwaite scored an unbeaten century and Raymon Reifer took six wickets to lead a Barbados Pride fightback against the Jamaica Scorpions on day two of their West Indies Championships match at Kensington Oval.
At the close of play, Brathwaite was 137 not out as the Barbados Pride reached 243-2 in reply to Jamaica’s first innings score of 328. Brathwaite shared in a third-wicket stand of 100 with Shamarh Brooks, who made 39 and then an unbroken partnership of 136 with Reifer, who is at the other end on 55.
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Thu, Feb 17, '22
Windies vice-captain Nicholas Pooran insists the team must find a coherent strategy to deal with India’s spinners after being caught in two minds in the opening match of the T20 series.
In the end, the West Indies were comfortably beaten by six wickets but at one point seemed set for a higher total than the 157 for 7 that the team eventually posted. At 72 for 2, at the start of the 10th over, the West Indies had a set Pooran and Roston Chase at the crease and seemed set to build on a solid enough foundation.
“We played the spinners ok today, we would want to continue that and continue to build partnerships,” Pooran told members of the media following the match.
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Wed, Feb 16, '22
After suffering a three-nil series white-wash in the One Day Internationals (ODIs), the West Indies were aiming to change their fortunes in the T20I series. However, they would have to do so without the services of Jason Holder (at least for the first game), who was hit in the chest in training, on the eve of the encounter. And so, India won the toss and inserted the visitors.
Brandon King was only able to contend with the swing of Bhuvneshwar Kumar for four deliveries, as the Jamaican was caught coming down the crease, in an attempt to negotiate the movement, the 5th delivery of the first over.
The West Indies then got through the powerplay without further damage, as Kyle Mayers and Nicholas Pooran dealt in boundaries in a partnership which cost India 47 runs; before Mayers was given out lbw to Yuzvendra Chahal, to one just clipping the top of off stump.
The Pooran-Chase partnership which followed was a struggle for the entirety of its 21 deliveries, matching ‘balls faced’ in producing just 21 runs. This prompted a gamble from the West Indies, as Akeal Hosein was sent in ahead of Kieron Pollard, Fabian Allen, Romario Shepherd and Odean Smith. With Hosein scoring at less than 100 (ST), it was a fruitless gamble in the end.
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Wed, Feb 16, '22
West Indies captain Kieron Pollard insists the team is nowhere close to being ready to give up on talented batsman Shimron Hetmyer, despite the player’s recently well-documented struggles with fitness.
The 25-year-old batsman was left out of the West Indies' previous series against Ireland and England and also failed to be included in the squad for the ongoing India tour. The issue stemmed from the fact that the player failed to achieve the basic fitness standards required to be eligible for selection.
"I think the coaches have spoken on their assessment of Shimron. I miss Shimron when he is not around. He is a young player and a superstar in his own right. He will get it right and get back to the West Indies squad pretty soon. I will be looking forward to having him," Pollard told members of the media, ahead of the team’s first T20I against India.
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Tue, Feb 15, '22
Following a disastrous 2021 T20 World Cup campaign, in which they could only muster a solitary victory, and the low of a 2-1 One-Day International (ODI) series defeat to Ireland, the West Indies provided the perfect bounce back; with a victorious end to an enthralling five-match T20 series against England, in which the series decider came down to the final 6 deliveries.
It is no exaggeration to say that both the Caribbean side and Caribbean fans, needed that victory; though less than full-strength England might have been. To that end, Cricket West Indies (CWI) named an unchanged squad to challenge India across a three-match T20 International series in India.
Heading into the series against England, the main goal for the West Indies batting line-up should have been clear: striking the balance between power-hitting through 20 overs and trusting the seemingly endless list of finishers available at the death. Still, it took a 29-ball 72-run 10th wicket partnership falling a run shy of victory in the 2nd T20I to remind the top-order of the finishing capabilities they preceded.
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