Aaron Finch To Lead Australia Against Sri Lanka
Aaron Finch will captain Australia in the KFC Twenty20 International (T20I) Series against Sri Lanka in February. Finch, 30, will take charge of three matches at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (17 February), Kardinia Park in Geelong (19 February) and the Adelaide Oval (22 February) after his appointment was recommended... Read more
Stuart Law Appointed As West Indies New Head Coach
ST JOHN’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has appointed Australian, Stuart Law as Head Coach for the West Indies Senior Men’s Team. In a career spanning almost 30 years as a professional coach and player, Stuart was the batting coach for the Australian men’s team to... Read more
Hashim Amla Celebrates His Ton Of Tests With Ton
Hashim Amla emulated the performance of Graeme Smith at The Oval in 2012 in scoring a century in his 100th Test match on the opening day of the final Sunfoil Test match against Sri Lanka at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium on Thursday. On that famous weekend in London the... Read more
Pakistan To Tour West Indies In March
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies and Pakistan Cricket Boards have agreed to play three Tests, three One-Day-Internationals and two Twenty20 matches in the Caribbean from Monday, March 27 to Monday, May 15. The series is scheduled to start in the twin-island of Trinidad and Tobago and end... Read more
WICB Named Jimmy Adams As Director Of Cricket
ST JOHN’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has appointed James ‘Jimmy’ Adams as its new Director of Cricket. The former head coach of the Kent County Cricket Club (2012 – 2016) will officially take over the position today, Tuesday, January 10. He has a three-year contract.... Read more
WICB Appoints Johnny Grave As New CEO
JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has appointed Johnny Grave as its new Chief Executive Officer, following a rigorous recruitment process led by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Barbados. Johnny joins the organization with a wealth of experience from both the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) in the UK, where he... Read more
Azib Ali Hanif Backs Guyana Jaguars For Super50 Title
By Ravi Madholall in Toronto Former Guyana wicketkeeper/batsman Azib Alli Hanif is fully confident the Guyana Jaguars team can be triumphant in this year’s West Indies Cricket Board regional Super50 tournament which bowls off later this month in co-host countries Barbados and Antigua and Barbuda. Hanif, who is currently... Read more
Mahendra Singh Dhoni Steps Down As Captain
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has informed the BCCI, that he wishes to step down as the captain of the Indian Cricket Team from the One Day Internationals and the T20 Internationals formats of the game. He will be available for the selection for the Paytm One Day Trophy and Paytm... Read more
Ravichandran Ashwin Named ICC Cricketer Of The Year 2016
Ravichandran Ashwin has become the third India player and 12th player overall to win the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy after being named as the ICC Cricketer of the Year 2016. Ashwin follows in the footsteps of Rahul Dravid (2004) and Sachin Tendulkar (2010), while other recipients of the... Read more
Cook And Kohli Named Captains of ICC Test And ODI Teams Of The Year
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced its Test and ODI Teams of the Year. Former Test stalwarts Rahul Dravid, Gary Kirsten and Kumar Sangakkara selected the sides based on players’ performances in the period from 14 September 2015 to 20 September 2016. England’s Alastair Cook has been named... Read more