West Indies Head Coach Phil Simmons is happy with his team’s performance in the first Test against Bangladesh. “We started 2021 in the same way. We won two in Bangladesh and drew two against Sri Lanka. It is about how we go forward from here. I want us to be unbeaten in all the remaining four-five Tests in this year. […]
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Coach Simmons — Bravo Needs To Get Himself Fit
West Indies coach Phil Simmons has admitted concern for the recent spate of injuries suffered by veteran T20 star Dwayne Bravo but insists the player remains in consideration for next year’s World Cup squad once fit and available. The 37-year-old Bravo, who recently set the milestone of claiming 500 T20 wickets in this season’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL), picked up […]
Windies Without Full Squad “A Bit Difficult” Says Coach Simmons
The Windies will be without their full squad until the day of the first match of their tour of New Zealand, says coach Phil Simmons. Some of the squad arrived in New Zealand last week and have gone into a mandatory 14-day isolation period. However, a few of the key players are still plying their trade in the Indian Premier […]
Phil Simmons Goes To Afghanistan For Cricket Consultancy Job
If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain. The quotation in the foregoing arises from the story of Muhammad, as retold by Francis Bacon, in Essays, 1625. According to phrases.org.uk, the popular quote means, “If one’s will does not prevail, one must submit to an alternative.” This must have been the thinking of the former […]