Evin Lewis has been named as the replacement for Lendl Simmons in the West Indies squad for the International Cricket Council’s World Twenty20 Tournament. The 24-year-old left-handed batsman will join the team ahead of the start of the global event. He is yet to play at the international level. He has represented Trinidad & Tobago
GUYANESE batsman Shimron Hetmyer was adjudged the West Indies Players Association’s (WIPA) 2013-2014 Under-19 Player-of-the-Year. This followed an award ceremony and dinner on Tuesday evening at the Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston, Jamaica. Guyana also won the Regional Under-19 Team-of-the-Year award while former president of the Guyana Cricket Board and West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)
Before play in Nelson, Curtly Ambrose shook hands with Mike Atherton. Two adversaries who produced many a great battle in the 1990s. That was the decade which began with West Indies still a powerhouse in world cricket, but by the end the decline had set in. Since then it has become almost passé to refer
Sunil Narine returns to international cricket next month after being named in the 15-man World Cup squad which includes five allrounders, three specialist batsmen, four fast bowlers, two spinners and a wicketkeeper. Jason Holder, named captain for the South Africa ODI series, retains the position and as reported on Thursday, Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard
Fast bowler Ravi Rampaul has been left out of West Indies’ 30-man provisional squad for the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Rampaul played two ODIs during the 2014-15 tour of India in October before the series was cancelled because of a dispute between the West Indies players, the WICB and WIPA. The