Following their success in the T20I series against Australia, the West Indies will be looking to continue in the same vein as they take on the five-time World Cup champions in a three-match Super League series starting today. All three ODIs will be played at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. The two teams have […]
Read More Record Book – Australia v West Indies ODIs in BarbadosThe West Indies have signalled their intentions in the lead-up to the T20 World Cup to be held later this year, with a comprehensive 4-1 victory at home against Australia. The player of the series was leg-spinner Hayden Walsh Jr., who took 12 wickets at just 11.66 apiece. Having earlier played for the United States, […]
Read More Specials – West Indians who also played for another countryAlvin Kallicharran was one of the pivots of the West Indian batting line-up through the 1970s. In an international career from 1971-72 to 1980-81, the diminutive Guyanese left-hander scored 4399 runs at 44.43 in 66 Tests, besides 826 runs at 34.41 in 31 ODIs. He also enjoyed a distinguished domestic career, with most of his […]
Read More Who Would Have Thought It – Kallicharran’s all-round stunnerIt would not be an overstatement to say that had T20 cricket been introduced during the peak of Brian Lara’s career, the ‘Prince of Trinidad’ would have been one of the most sought-after players in the format. As it happened, he was not part of the West Indies’ first T20 international, against New Zealand at […]
Read More Specials – Brian Lara’s tryst with T20 cricketInternational cricket in Guyana has been synonymous with Bourda in Georgetown for the best part of its cricketing history, and with the Providence Stadium in recent times. However, the first ground in Guyana – and in fact anywhere in the West Indies – to host an ODI match was the Albion Sports Complex in the […]
Read More Specials – Rewind to ODI cricket in BerbiceThe West Indies completed their 550th Test match recently, going down to New Zealand by an innings and 12 runs at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. On that note, here is a look back at how they have fared in their milestone Tests over the years. 50th Test – lost to England by nine wickets, […]
Read More Specials – Milestone Tests for the West IndiesBlack Caps captain Kane Williamson’s career-best 251 against the West Indies at Hamilton earlier this month provided the 12th instance of an individual score of 200 or more in Tests between the two teams. On that note, here is a look at the full list of double hundreds achieved in New Zealand v West Indies […]
Read More Record Book – Double tons in New Zealand v West Indies TestsThe 1988 triumph remains the West Indies’ most recent Test series success on English soil. While honours were even in 1991 and 1995, the decline of the Caribbean outfit became evident with the advent of the 2000s. In the concluding part of this series on West Indian Test victories in England, we cover the […]
Read More Specials – West Indian Test wins in England, Part 5The West Indies went from strength to strength as the 1980s rolled on, and England bore the brunt of their firepower more than any other team. In the fourth of this five-part series, we look back at the period when the men in maroon caps reached their peak on English soil. Greenidge slays England […]
Read More Specials – West Indian Test wins in England, Part 4In the third part of this series, we embark upon the period during which the West Indies firmly established themselves as the undisputed champions of Test cricket. Openers star in series-clincher – Fourth Test, Headingley, 1976 The in-form Gordon Greenidge (115) and the swashbuckling southpaw Roy Fredericks put the English bowling attack to […]
Read More Specials – West Indian Test wins in England, Part 3
