The first time Shivnarine Chanderpaul walked out to bat in Test cricket was in March 1994, when he walked in with Brian Lara having got out. When he takes strike in his 277th innings, he will be eyeing the figure of 120 runs he needs to surpass Lara and... Read more
Cricket Australia (CA) has enlisted the services of the world’s leading T20 International spinner Samuel Badree to work with the country’s best young spin bowlers. West Indian Badree will work alongside CA spin program Head Coach John Davison at a training camp in Brisbane next month. The camp will... Read more
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board announced a 14-member squad on Saturday for the second Test against England, starting on Tuesday at the Grenada National Stadium: FULL SQUAD Denesh Ramdin (Captain) Kraigg Brathwaite (Vice Captain) Devendra Bishoo Jermaine Blackwood Carlos Brathwaite Darren Bravo Shiv Chanderpaul Shannon... Read more
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board has welcomed its meeting with the CARICOM Committee on Cricket Governance this coming Monday in Grenada. All 18 directors of the WICB including President Whycliffe “Dave” Cameron and Vice President Emmanuel Nanthan, along with Chief Executive Officer Michael Muirhead and... Read more
By Sandipan Banerjee It has been one week since the cricket extravaganza in form of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2015 has commenced. Prior to its start, many feared IPL 8 will be an overdose of cricket, due India’s non stop cricketing assignments in recent times which also included their... Read more
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, West Indies’ batting lynchpin for years, has gone past recently-retired Sri Lankan legend Mahela Jayawardene on the list of leading run-scorers in all Test cricket. Chanderpaul is now behind fellow West Indian Brian Lara, whose 131 Tests fetched him nearly 12,000 runs. Chanderpaul is playing his 162nd... Read more
Cricket South Africa (CSA) Chief Executive, Haroon Lorgat, today thanked and paid tribute to Proteas bowling coach, Allan Donald, for his valuable guidance and contributions made to the national players over the past four years. This appreciation was expressed after Donald confirmed his decision to step down from his... Read more
By Sandipan Banerjee An excellent display of class and maturity by Ian Bell and couple of timely knocks by Joe Root and Ben Stokes have helped England to finish Day One of the Antigua Test against West Indies at 341 for five. After being reduced to 34 for three... Read more
By Sandipan Banerjee All the glitz and glory of the recently concluded ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 is slowly fading away as India is preparing to welcome the eighth edition of Indian Premier League (IPL), which is currently on. Its time for some dissection of the strengths and weaknesses... Read more
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board announced a 14-member squad on Friday for the first Test against England, starting on Monday at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground here. Squad: Denesh Ramdin (Captain), Kraigg Brathwaite (Vice Captain), Sulieman Benn, Devendra Bishoo, Jermaine Blackwood, Carlos Brathwaite, Darren Bravo,... Read more