Little known Afghanistan cricket team got cricket fans talking after springing a surprised victory over long-time king pin West Indies. The Afghan won by six runs in a low-scoring but thrilling Group 1 Super 10 game in Nagpur at the World T20 in India on Sunday to leave the tournament with a consolation victory. Afghanistan who had lost all three […]
NAGPUR, India, CMC – West Indies nearly made a mess of a simple run chase but recovered in time to pull off a nervy three-wicket win over South Africa with two balls to spare, and romp into the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup here Friday. In pursuit of an uncomplicated target of 123 on a slow pitch at the […]
BANGALORE, India, CMC – Batsman Marlon Samuels has warned there are no easy teams in the Twenty20 World Cup and says West Indies must treat every game like a final, if they are to win the tournament. West Indies opened their campaign with an emphatic six-wicket victory over England in Mumbai last Wednesday, and now face reigning champions Sri Lanka […]
Pushes West Indies Scores: ENGLAND 182 for six off 20 overs (Joe Root 48, Jos Buttler 30, Alex Hales 28, Eoin Morgan 27 not out; Andre Russell 2-36, Dwayne Bravo 2-41) WEST INDIES 183 for four off 18.1 overs (Chris Gayle 100 not out, Marlon Samuels 37) The ICC World Twenty20 started on a winning note for the West Indies […]
“I’m Still Pretty Young And Finding My Feet” The sixth edition of the ICC World Twenty20 International cricket tournament got under way in India on 8 March and is set to end 8 April 2016. The tournament matches will be staged in seven Indian cities, with the final to be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. It will feature sixteen teams. […]
KOLKATA, India – Evin Lewis has been named as the replacement for Lendl Simmons in the West Indies squad for the International Cricket Council’s World Twenty20 Tournament. The 24-year-old left-handed batsman will join the team ahead of the start of the global event. He is yet to play at the international level. He has represented Trinidad & Tobago in the […]
When Ernest Hilaire, the out-going CEO of the West Indies Cricket Board, announced in late 2012 that a “commercial T20” league would be created, few would have blamed those that witnessed the rise and ignominious fall of Allen Stanford for being a bit nervous. It has been almost seven years since the spectacular collapse of Stanford’s business empire, and with […]
Recently, I read a book about the maiden voyage of the Titanic. On the ill-fated night that the Titanic sank, it received five clear warnings from other ships about icebergs in the area. The overconfident captain who believed that his ship was unsinkable ignored the warnings, refused to change course or take corrective action, and the ship hit an iceberg. […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Barbadian import Kirk Edwards stroked his second successive half-century while Shacaya Thomas gathered one of his own in his first appearance of the season but Jamaica Scorpions lost late wickets to surrender a position of strength on the opening day of their seventh round clash against Trinidad and Tobago Red Force on Friday. Opting for first […]
The West Indies have won the ICC Under-19 World Cup for the first time in their history after beating pre-tournament favorites India by five wickets in a tense final in Mirpur, Bangladesh on Sunday. India who were sent in to bat, struggled against brilliant bowling and sharp fielding, slipping to 50-5 and were eventually bowled out for 145 in 45.1 […]
