Kenwyne Jones will only be sold for mind-blowing fee
Steve Bruce has said it would take a “mind blowing” offer to prise Kenwyne Jones from
Sunderland….Read more from the U.K.Guardian.
Steve Bruce has said it would take a “mind-blowing” offer to prise Kenwyne Jones
from Sunderland and doubts if the clubs who want to buy him would prove able –
or willing – to meet the necessary price.
Birmingham, [...]
Battling West Indies rattle up 245
by Kanishkaa Balachandran, CRICINFO
A West Indies 245 for 9 (Chanderpaul 58, Barath 35, Chigumbura
2-43). Read more….
Shivnarine Chanderpaul led a much-improved West Indian response to Zimbabwe’s
spin attack to help the hosts reach a competitive 245 for 9. A cursory glance at
the scorecard points towards useful contributions from the bulk of the line-up
with eight batsmen reaching double-figures. [...]
The Dwayne Bravo factor in St Vincent
From Jamie Alter, Cricinfo
West Indies downward one-day curve got a much needed ;ift on Saturday. Read more from
Cricinfo….
West Indies’ downward one-day curve got a much needed lift on Saturday, when the
hosts beat Zimbabwe by four wickets to level the series. It was their first
victory in an international fixture since August last year, and the relief [...]
Who’s the greatest cricketer on Earth or Mars?
Sobers as chief guest was a huge attraction. Read more
from Cricinfo….
by Ayaz Memom, Cricinfo
I went to a reunion and felicitation of Ajit Wadekar’s
1971 team last Thursday
at Mumbai’s Nehru Centre with mixed feelings. The
presence of Sir Garfield
Sobers as chief guest was a huge attraction, but only
a day earlier a press
conference at which he spoke seemed to [...]
Unspeakably bad Windies!
The West Indies have demonstrated that they have perfected the technique of snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory.
Their defeat, on Sunday in a T20 game at the Queen’s Park Oval, against Zimbabwe a country that has voluntarily stopped playing Test cricket because of disastrous results and who can’t even beat Bangladesh, is a [...]
‘I felt I was an artist’:Viv Richards
Viv Richards, the only captain under whom West Indies never lost a series,
speaks about the sense of confrontation he brought to his cricket, his first
Test in Antigua and his success against England. Read more….
Interview by Benj Moorehead,CRICINFO
What was it like having all those great West Indian fast bowlers to face in
practice?
You may say it was [...]
New coach Gibson wants WI players to trust him
New West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson has pointed to his relationship with the regional squad
as a key component of his pending tenure….Read more. From the Trinidad Guardian
CASTRIES – New West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson has pointed to his relationship with the regional squad as a key component of his pending tenure, and says [...]
Windies beaten by 38 runs in first T20
The Tasmanian Devil could not be blamed as the West Indies slumped to their fifth defeat against Australia these past couple of weeks.Captain Chris Gayle again failed with the bat.
From Brydon Coverdale, Cricinfo
Shaun Tait and David Warner, two of Australia’s Twenty20 specialists, continued the team’s unbeaten summer by setting up a 38-run thrashing of West [...]
Windies go for consolation win in final ODI
by Brydon Coverdale, CRICINFO
It has been a long, tough season for the West Indies in Australia. Captain Chris Gayle’s boast of
a 4-1 win in the ODI series has blown up in his face.
The series is decided so there is little but pride to play for in this match. Australia want to finish the summer undefeated [...]
Valentine’s Day massacre at the Gabba
Kieron Pollard’s late effort 62 was not enough.
by Peter English, CRICINFO
The West Indies were again outclassed by Ricky Ponting’s men . The Aussies have won the series as
they did against Pakistan and Chris Gayle’s boast of a 4-1 win now seems such empty and
embarrassing rhetoric.
Ricky Ponting sparkled with his 29th ODI century to lead Australia [...]