The Executives, members and staff of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) congratulate the Windies men and women teams for creating history by winning both the male and female World T20 titles last Sunday in India. We are the first cricket nation to achieve this accolade; being the current ICC World Cup U-19 champs, we are
Captain Darren Sammy’s aggressive, unbeaten half-century led a determined lower order rally as West Indies beat Australia by three wickets with a ball spare, in their final official warm-up game of the Twenty20 World Cup here Sunday. Rocked by seamer Josh Hazlewood’s hat-trick in the fourth over to be tottering on 49 for five in
West Indies captain Darren Sammy is banking on replacement players to step-up when the regional side begin their campaign in the World T20 tournament next Tuesday. Carlos Braithwaite, Ashley Nurse and Evin Lewis have been called up after Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Darren Bravo and Lendl Simmons pulled out of the squad. Pollard and Simmons
West Indies selectors have retained T20 Captain Darren Sammy for the upcoming International Cricket Council World T20 Tournament, according to reports in the Trinidad and Tobago media. The reports come amid speculation that selectors may have replaced Sammy with ODI captain Jason Holder for the premier tournament scheduled for India in March. The Guardian newspaper
Chris Gayle, Darren Bravo, Andre Russel, Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine and Darren Sammy will be eligible for selection for upcoming tournaments, including the World Twenty20, despite not being given annual retainer contracts by the West Indies Cricket Board. The only condition the WICB has placed is that the players will need to meet criteria set