Cricket

MELBOURNE, Australia,  CMC – A nasty on-field confrontation with star Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne today plunged West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels into controversy yet again.

(Barbados Nation) Julian Hunte  is about to pull stumps on his tenure as West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Michael Hussey ended his test career on a high today when Australia beat Sri Lanka by five wickets with a day to spare in the third test to sweep the series 3-0.

PERTH, Australia,  CMC-Chris Gayle’s horror tournament continues as his Sydney Thunders laboured through another dismal performance, crashing to a 9 wicket defeat to the Perth Scorchers in the Australian Big bash League today.

(WICB) Port-of-Spain, Trinidad – As vice captain and main all rounder, Christopher Barnwell sees himself as having a major role to play in Guyana’s line-up for the Caribbean T20 2013.

(BBC) Opener Nasir Jamshed struck his second successive century to help Pakistan to an 85-run win over India in the second one-day international in Kolkata.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – A last-gasp victory over Sri Lanka in Hobart gave Australia a sorely needed boost after disappointment against South Africa, but a mounting injury toll has tempered the hosts’ Christmas cheer in the lead-up to the second test in Melbourne.

EAST LONDON, South Africa, (Reuters) – A brilliant, unbeaten century from opener Martin Guptill led New Zealand to an eight-wicket victory off the final ball against South Africa in the second T20 international on Sunday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Spin great Muttiah Muralitharan has heaped more pressure on Australia’s under-fire Nathan Lyon ahead of the second test against Sri Lanka, saying the struggling off-spinner cannot even take wickets when pitch conditions favour him.

As the outline of Twenty20 Caribbean Premier League was revealed last week, Julian Hunte reacted with the delight of someone opening a special Christmas present.

President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Julian Hunte has written to the Territorial Boards (TB) expressing concern over what he considers to be a recent attack on the WICB and over the fact that the legitimacy of the WICB seems to be under question.

West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Julian Hunte has once again expressed his concern with respect to Guyana’s cricket situation.

FOUR YEARS ago, when the idea that Test cricket should be split into two divisions was gaining currency, there was no doubt which one the West Indies would be in.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago edged Martinique on penalties in a dramatic semi-final to book their spot in today’s final of the CFU Caribbean Cup.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – West Indies Women’s captain Merissa Aguilleira says she wants to see fearlessness from her charges, as the side gears up for the home series against South Africa and the ICC World Cup in India next month.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – Off-spinner Sunil Narine and talismanic opener Chris Gayle have suffered contrasting fortunes in the latest International Cricket Council’s one-day player rankings released yesterday.

(BBC) England wrapped up a seven-wicket victory on day five yesterday of the third Test to take a 2-1 lead and move close to a first series win in India since 1985.

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DHAKA,  (Reuters) – The return of Chris Gayle and experience of Shivnarine Chanderpaul should give West Indies the edge in their test series in Bangladesh, the touring side’s captain Darren Sammy said day.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene played down the Chris Gayle factor in today’s World Twenty20 final saying the West Indies team was not just about the swashbuckling opener from Jamaica.