Category: TEST MATCH

Alzarri Joseph warned yesterday West Indies were prepared to give Australia a tough run in the two-Test series starting here this week, and said a collective effort would be critical in any successful bid. West Indies arrived here late last month with an inexperienced 15-man squad, headlined by seven uncapped players and without the services...

The visitors will field at least three debutants with the squad that includes seven uncapped players West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite is “quite clear” on the XI he will take into the first Test against Australia on January 16 (match starts at 19:30h Eastern Caribbean time), which will include at least three debutants, and praised...

West Indies’ batting frailties were exposed after stumbling against an inexperienced Cricket Australia XI in Adelaide. One week out from the first Test against Australia, the tourists’ batters made several starts but all failed to go on with it on a dry Karen Rolton wicket. Made up entirely of players without a Big Bash League...

The West Indies Test squad successfully arrived in Australia on Saturday to begin preparation for their two-test series against the reigning ICC World Test Champions and World Cup winners. The first Test will begin on January 16 in Adelaide before the teams move to Brisbane for the second Test to begin on January 24. The...

The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Senior Men’s Selection Panel today announced the 15-member squad to travel to Australia to play a two-Test series as part of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) from 17 to 29 January 2024. The West Indies will again be led by Captain Kraigg Brathwaite, with fast bowler Alzarri Joseph named as the new Vice Captain. The squad will arrive in Australia on 30 December and...

Opening batter Saim Ayub and fast bowler Khurram Shahzad are in line for Test debuts after being included in Pakistan’s squad for their upcoming tour of Australia. Pakistan, under newly-appointed red-ball captain Shan Masood, will play three Tests on the tour, in Perth (December 14-18), Melbourne (December 26-30) and Sydney (January 3-7). The 21-year-old Ayub...

Rain had to final say on Day 5 of the second Test in Port of Spain, without a single ball being bowled, as the game ended in a draw with India sealing a 1-0 win in the two-match Test series against the West Indies. The hosts, who were 76/2 at Stumps on Day 4, needed...

Earlier, Rohit and Kishan both scored quickfire fifties before Ashwin’s double-strike put the visitors in sight of victory West Indies 255 (Brathwaite 75, Siraj 5-60, Jadeja 2-37) and 76 for 2 (Brathwaite 28, Chanderpaul 24*, Ashwin 2-33) need a further 289 runs to beat India 438 and 181 for 2 dec (Rohit 57, Kishan 52*,...

Captain Kraigg Brathwaite hit his 29th Test half-century as the West Indies ended the third day of the second Test against India on 229-5 after 108 overs, trailing by 209 runs at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain. The West Indies began the day 86-1 and Brathwaite and his overnight partner, debutant Kirk McKenzie, added...

Virat Kohli made his first away Test century in almost five years, and Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin helped themselves to half-centuries, as India piled up 438 in Port-of-Spain. In reply, West Indies started slowly but solidly, with captain Kraigg Brathwaite and Tagenarine Chanderpaul responsible for the hosts’ first half-century partnership in the series. But...