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A day of contrasts

Two very different Twenty20 internationals were played yesterday. In one, two confident sides went hammer-and-tongs at each other in a high-scoring thriller that was settled only after 441 runs had been scored and a super-over played. The other was a …

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Gayle happy with personal and inexperienced team’s performance despite loss

Perth, Dec 21(ANI): West Indies skipper Chris Gayle, who proved his credentials in the series against Australia as a leader and as a Test player, said that he was satisfied with his personal as well as the individual performances of his inexperienced players.
Gayle scored two centuries during the Frank Worrell Trophy, 165 not out in [...]

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Windies say they are playing in the right spirit

Perth, Dec. 20 (ANI): The West Indies have defended their on-field behaviour in the wake of Sulieman Benn’’s suspension for a heated physical clash that marred the third Test in Perth.
Star all-rounder Dwayne Bravo said the Windies had always played in the right spirit of the game.
””On the field it showed there was nothing like [...]

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Windies lodge protest against ban on spinner Benn

Perth, Dec. 20 (ANI): The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has said that it will send a letter of protest to the International Cricket Council (ICC) over the hefty suspension handed down to spinner Sulieman Benn, but will not appeal against the decision.
Benn was suspended for two one-day internationals after being found guilty of bringing [...]

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Gentlemen’s game just got nasty; Aussies, Windies get physical on ground

Perth, Dec. 17 (ANI): A mid-pitch physical altercation between West Indies spinner Sulieman Benn and Australian batsmen, Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson, tuned so bad that umpire Billy Bowden had to literally separate the wrestling cricketers.
The drama began after Benn and Johnson collided as the batsman set off towards the wicketkeeper’’s end for a single [...]

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Gayle insists of momentum despite double injury blow

Perth, Dec 15(ANI): West Indies skipper Chris Gayle has said that injury blow to the squad would not kill team’’s momentum ahead of the third Test against Australia starting at Perth on Wednesday.
West Indies side will miss the service of batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul and opener Adrian Barath, who are suffering from a finger and hamstring [...]

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Australia still has quality players, but they are beatable: Gayle

Sydney, Dec 10(ANI): West Indies skipper Chris Gayle has said that the current Australian squad is very different to ones that he has played in the past.
Gayle said that the Australians still have a lot of quality players and they still are a strong unit, but they are beatable.
“There is no doubt we really pushed [...]

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Gayle bullish about captaincy

In the wake of another disappointing test defeat, Chris Gayle spoke of his intention to continue with the captaincy:”I’ve got a message for those people – I’m not going anywhere,” he said. “I have been chosen as captain and it’s a job I will continue t…

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Windies batting star Sarwan collapses with back injury at training

Brisbane (Australia), Nov.25 (ANI): The West Indies will take on Australia in the first Test at the Gabba here without the services of key middle order batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan, who suffered a training mishap.
A Daily Telegraph report said that Sarwan had to be assisted from Allan Border Field after being struck down [...]

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Australian team looks beatable, says Windies fast bowler Taylor

Sydney, Nov 24(ANI): West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor has said that the current Australian team is beatable.
Though Queensland managed to score 617 against the West Indies in their practice game, the 25-year-old Taylor believes the tourists are ready to take on the Aussies.
“Australia have a lot of firepower, but they are [...]

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Nash on facing Australia

There is a nice interview over at Cricinfo with Brendan Nash, set to line-up for the West Indies against Australia at The Gabba this week – his old home ground of course from his time as a Queensland player.Nash even featured as a substitute fielder fo…

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Windies won’t wilt against Aussies, says coach Williams

Brisbane, Nov. 22 (ANI): West Indian cricket team coach David Williams has warned the Australians that the visitors will not to wilt under pressure from the hosts this summer, even as former players Shane Warne and Dennis Lillee have come up with doomsday predictions.
The West Indies has declared they will not lose their composure if [...]

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Windies pacer Roach says his team ready to take on Aussies

Brisbane, Nov.20 (ANI): West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach has said that his side will be ready to compete on equal terms with Australia when the first Test begins at the Gabba from November 26.
Speaking to media persons on the second day of a four-day clash against an under strength Queensland side, after the hosts [...]

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Gayle returns home to take care of sick mother, may miss Oz tour

Melbourne, Nov 18 (ANI): West Indies captain Chris Gayle is likely to miss the entire Australian tour because he is returning to the Caribbean to take care of a seriously ill mother.

The opening batsman was scheduled to play in the opening tour match against Queensland at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane [...]

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Don”t be surprised if Australia is beaten, says Gayle

Brisbane, Nov 16(ANI): West Indies skipper Chris Gayle has said his team has the ability to defy expectations and win their first Test series in Australia since 1992-93.
“Australia and every team is beatable, don”t be surprised if it happens, The Herald Sun quoted Gayle, as saying.
“The players” strike has set us back, [...]

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Windies cricket in total mess: Dyson

Sydney, Nov 15(ANI): Former West Indies coach John Dyson has said that the one-time world champions are in a mess and face a belting in the three Tests against Australia starting this month.
The 55-year-old, who coached the West Indies to a series win against England this year, is concerned about the structure of the team [...]

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Richards asks batsmen to face bouncers without protection

London, Nov 15(ANI): West Indian legend Sir Vivian Richards, who refused to wear a helmet in his playing days, has asked the modern day batsmen to throw away their “suits of armour” and face the full hostility of bouncers.
“There are individuals out there who use the body protection as a form of staying power, to [...]

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Gayle keeps his cool over Richards’ comments

London, Nov 14(ANI): West Indies skipper Chris Gayle has maintained his characteristic cool on comments made by former captain Vivian Richards about his commitment and attitude.
Richards had called on the reinstated skipper to “show that he wants to represent his people”.
“That’’s life. You deal with the situation that occurs and move on. It doesn”t make [...]

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Time to put West Indies collective cricket out of its misery: Roebuck

Sydney, Nov.14 (ANI): The West Indies cricket team has plenty of talent, but the time has come to put it out of its misery, feels noted cricket columnist Peter Roebuck.
In an article for the Sydney Morning Herald Roebuck argues that as far as the sport is concerned, Caribbean unity is on the wane, and that [...]

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Gayle’s appointment as Windies skipper defies comprehension: Roebuck

Sydney, Nov.4 (ANI): Noted cricket columnist Peter Roebuck has criticised the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for re-appointing Jamiacan star Chris Gayle as the team’s skipper for the tour Down Under, saying that he was an undeserving candidate for the post, and that Trinidadian Darren Ganga would have been a better [...]

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