India ended the ICC Champions Trophy group stage with a comprehensive seven-wicket win over the West Indies although both sides fail to qualify for the semi-finals. India bowled the West Indies out for 129 and and an unbeaten half-century from Virat Kohli guided them to victory with plenty of time to spare. The West Indies [...]
Mitchell Johnson scored his maiden ODI half-century as reigning champions Australia won their ICC Champions Trophy Group A match in Johannesburg against West Indies by 50 runs. The West Indies, boosted by half-centuries from Travis Dowlin and Andre Fletcher, were bowled out for 225 after Johnson and Ricky Ponting passed fifty as Australia closed on [...]
Pakistan opened their 2009 ICC Champions Trophy account, but they were pushed harder than many thought they would be by the West Indies before they sealed a five-wicket win in Johannesburg. A maiden ODI half-century from Nikita Miller rescued them from 47 for seven and post a score of 133, before Pakistan reached 134 for [...]
Mahela Jayawardene stroked a half-century to guide Sri Lanka to a comfortable five-wicket win over the West Indies in their final warm-up match ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy in Pretoria. Jayawardene made 67 and Thilina Kandamby an unbeaten 44 to help Sri Lanka reach a target of 202 in 41.1 overs following three wickets [...]
South Africa underlined their strength going into the ICC Champions Trophy with a dominant 188-run win over a West Indies side which could be one of the worst to play in the tournament in recent years. Four South Africans reached half-centuries with embarrassing ease as they racked up 388 for four before the West Indies [...]
India’s victory in the Compaq Cup showed why they are serious contenders to win the Champions Trophy. Unfortunately this recent tri-series in Sri Lanka revealed India’s vulnerability, which will be especially apparent in South Africa. The new format of the Champions Trophy is to be applauded. No dead games and no Super Sixes, just two [...]
Heavy rain in Saint Lucia eventually handed India a 2-1 One-Day International series win over the West Indies after the fourth and final match was washed out. After a one hour delay due to a wet outfield, India put the West Indies in to bat and reduced them to 27 for one with Chris Gayle [...]
Yuvraj Singh smacked ten fours and seven sixes as his 131 in 102 deliveries set India on the way to a 20-run win in the opening One Day International against the West Indies at Sabina Park. Yuvraj, who struggled to find any form in the recent ICC World Twenty20 in England, was back to his [...]
India and West Indies will meet in the first ODI of the four match series at Jamaica on Friday. Both the teams will be looking to go one up on each other after different results in the recently concluded T20 World Cup. For West Indies, it was a tournament to remember as they reached the [...]
West Indies and India go head to head in the four-match series with the latter needing a clean sweep to go into second position in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table. India currently sits with Australia on 122 ratings points but behind Ricky Ponting’s men in third place by a fraction of a point. [...]
Bested in the Twenty20 World Cup, revenge-thirsty India would come down hard on West Indies in the forthcoming ODI series, believes home side captain Chris Gayle. West Indies not only beat India in the Super Eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup but also laid bare their frailty against rising deliveries which was exploited well [...]
The Indian team has landed in Jamaica for their next assignment, a four-ODI series against West Indies. India have been in great form in one-dayers over the past ten months, losing only three dead matches from 18 games. West Indies performed strongly in the World Twenty20 after a forgettable show against England in the Tests [...]
Left-hand batsman Darren Bravo will be eyeing ODI debut after fine performance in domestic circuit earned him a berth in the 13-member West Indies squad for the first two encounters of the upcoming four-match cricket series against India commencing June 26. Bravo, brother of West Indies all-rounder Dwayne, scored 605 runs with an average of [...]
Tillakaratne Dilshan scored an unbeaten 96 and Angelo Mathews took three wickets in five balls to set Sri Lanka on the way towards a crushing 57-run win over the West Indies which sealed their place in the ICC World Twenty20 final. Dilshan held Sri Lanka’s innings of 158 for five together and Mathews’ opening over [...]
India have named a 16-man squad for their four-match One Day International tour of India that gets underway next week. Batsman Sachin Tendulkar and fast bowler Zaheer Khan have been rested, Suresh Raina has been ruled out with a thumb injury while there are call-ups for all-rounder Abhishek Nayar and Ashish Nehra. Nehra impressed during [...]
South Africa maintained their winning form in the ICC World Twenty20 by beating the West Indies by 20 runs at The Brit Oval. Herschelle Gibbs top scored with 55 as South Africa reached 183 for seven and Wayne Parnell picked up four for 13 as the West Indies were held to 163 for nine. Gibbs [...]
An outstanding all-round display from Dwayne Bravo helped the West Indies secure a fine seven-wicket win over reigning champions India in the ICC World Twenty20 at Lord’s. Bravo took four wickets and then won the game with a maximum to finish unbeaten on 66 as the West Indies overhauled India’s 153 for seven in the [...]
India’s pace spearhead Zaheer Khan has rated West Indian skipper Chris Gayle as the main threat when the two teams meet in the Super Eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup, saying the left-hander’s early dismissal will be vital to the defending champions chances in the match. “He (Gayle) is a proven match-winner. If we [...]
Explosive half-centuries from Sanath Jayasuriya and Tillakaratne Dilshan set up a convincing 15-run for Sri Lanka over the West Indies in their ICC World Twenty20 Group D encounter at Trent Bridge. West Indian captain Chris Gayle, who thrilled the crowd at The Oval earlier in the tournament with some outrageous hitting, sat out the match [...]
Chris Gayle was given a standing ovation at The Oval after his superb innings of 88 in 50 balls set the West Indies up for a seven-wicket victory over Australia. Gayle hammered six fours and six sixes, Brett Lee conceding 27 runs in one over, as the West Indies chased down their target of 170 [...]