St. George’s, Grenada: The West Indies on Monday named an unchanged squad for this week’s third and deciding Test against England in Grenada after the first two matches ended in draws. Captain Kraigg Brathwaite made a first-innings 160 and an unbeaten fifty as the hosts held on for a second-Test draw in Barbados. Batting all-rounder […]
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England take three early wickets in victory push
Bridgetown, Barbados: First-innings century-makers Kraigg Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood were battling to defy an England victory surge at tea, with the West Indies at 65 for three at the interval on the final day of the second Test in Barbados on Sunday. Having opted to declare his team’s second innings at 185 for six at […]
Brathwaite and Blackwood resist for West Indies against England
Bridgetown, Barbados: Defiant, unbeaten half-centuries from Kraigg Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood took West Indies through the afternoon session unscathed as the home side advanced to 196 for three in reply to England’s first innings total of 507 for nine declared at tea on the third day of the second Test at Kensington Oval on Friday. […]
Stokes smashes hundred as England dominate West Indies
Bridgetown, Barbados: Ben Stokes completed an 11th Test century as England’s batters turned the screws on tiring West Indies bowlers in reaching 482 for six in their first innings at tea on the second day of the second Test at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Thursday. After a period of rampaging aggression in the morning […]
Assured Root puts England in strong position against West Indies
Bridgetown, Barbados: West Indies missed another opportunity to remove Joe Root and the England captain took advantage of the second reprieve in guiding his team to 136 for two at tea on the opening day of the second Test at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Wednesday. Opting to bat first after winning the toss, as […]
Mahmood to debut as England, Windies reset for second Test
Bridgetown, Barbados: West Indies and England square off in the second Test of a three-match series on Wednesday at Kensington Oval in Barbados, with expectations of a repeat of the batsman-friendly conditions, which resulted in a drawn first Test in Antigua. In stark contrast to the pitches for their previous series in the Caribbean in […]
West Indies name unchanged squad for 2nd Test against England
Bridgetown, Barbados: West Indies on Sunday named an unchanged squad for the second Test against England, which starts in Barbados on Wednesday following the team’s gritty draw in the series opener. Nkrumah Bonner starred for the home side in Antigua with a career-best 123 in the first innings and 38 not out in the second […]
Cricket: West Indies v England 1st Test scoreboard
North Sound, Antigua, and Barbuda: Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of the first Test between the West Indies and England at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Friday: England 1st Innings – 311 West Indies 1st Innings – overnight 373-9 Brathwaite c Overton b Wood 55 Campbell c Foakes b Overton […]
West Indies 127-4 at tea in first Test, 184 behind England
North Sound, Antigua, and Barbuda: Brief scores at tea on the second day of the first Test of the three-match series between the West Indies and England at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Wednesday: England 311 (J. Bairstow 140, B. Foakes 42; J. Seales 4-79) v West Indies 127-4 (K. Brathwaite 55) […]
England paceman Robinson ruled out of 1st West Indies Test
London: Paceman Ollie Robinson has been ruled out of England’s first Test against the West Indies in Antigua after suffering a back spasm, with uncapped seamer Saqib Mahmood brought into the squad. Robinson pulled up midway through an over during a warm-up match against a Cricket West Indies President’s XI and was unable to take […]