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Post by Admin on Sept 13, 2018 4:32:42 GMT
www.sportstarlive.com/cricket/west-indies-tour-of-india-schedule-announced/article24811819.eceJust six days after the Asia Cup final, India will meet West Indies for a home series comprising two Tests, five ODIs and three T20s. The seven-week series will start with Rajkot hosting the first Test on October 4 and end with the third T20 in Chennai on Novemeber 11. West Indies and India have played 94 Tests against each other since 1948. West Indies has won 30, lost 28 and drawn 46 matches. The West Indies Cricket Board had announced a 15-member team for the Tests, led by Jason Holder. West Indies squad: Jason Holder (captain), Sunil Ambris, Devendra Bishoo, Kraigg Brathwaite, Roston Chase, Shane Dowrich, Shannon Gabriel, Jahmar Hamilton, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Alzarri Joseph, Keemo Paul, Kieran Powell, Kemar Roach and Jomel Warrican. Schedule: First Test - October 4-8, Rajkot Second Test - October 12-16, Hyderabad First ODI - October 21, Guwahati Second ODI - October 24, Indore Third ODI - October 27, Pune Fourth ODI - October 29, Mumbai Fifth ODI - November 1, Thiruvananthapuram First T20 - Novemeber 4, Kolkata Second T20 - November 6, Kanpur/Lucknow Third T20 - November 11, Chennai.
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Post by Admin on Sept 13, 2018 4:38:31 GMT
West Indies announce 15-member squad for two-match Test series against India timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/65599149.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppstKINGSTON: Left-handed batsman Devon Smith did not find a place in the 15-member West Indies squad that will take on hosts India in the two-Test series starting October 4. The West Indies selection panel on Wednesday included Sunil Ambris in place of Smith, who had scored two fifties in the nine innings that he played on his comeback for the Sri Lanka Tests following a gap of three years. Windies also brought back pacer Alzarri Joseph, while Jomel Warrican will complement Devendra Bishoo as a part of the spin department. "The panel welcomes back Sunil Ambris who missed the last couple of series due to injury, along with Jomel Warrican who adds a second spin bowling option to the attack," said chairman of selectors, Courtney Browne. West Indies will be in India for almost seven weeks starting September 26. They will compete against India in two Tests, five ODIs and three T20 Internationals. West Indies are touring India on the back of a comprehensive 2-0 series win against Bangladesh. LATEST COMMENT this test side by WI needs help. Odi and t20 sqaud i need to see before saying they will compete poeticJamaica Browne said: "The panel congratulates Jason Holder and his team on the excellent performance against Bangladesh. As the team embarks on a tough tour of India the successes against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh should hold them in good stead during the India series." The Squad: Jason Holder (c), Sunil Ambris, Devendra Bishoo, Kraigg Brathwaite, Roston Chase, Shane Dowrich, Shannon Gabriel, Jahmar Hamilton, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Alzarri Joseph, Keemo Paul, Kieran Powell, Kemar Roach, Jomel Warrican. Download The Times of India News App for Latest Sports News.
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Post by Admin on Sept 20, 2018 12:25:10 GMT
Joseph out of India tour, Lewis books ticketwww.stabroeknews.com/2018/sports/09/19/joseph-out-of-india-tour-lewis-books-ticket/Windward Islands Volcanoes fast bowler, Sherman Lewis. ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Fitness concerns have forced Alzarri Joseph out of the upcoming Test tour of India, with the little known West Indies A seamer Shermon Lewis named as his replacement. In a rather cryptic release yesterday, Cricket West Indies said Joseph had undergone two fitness assessments over the last week, resulting in the medical panel recommending that the 21-year-old be “allowed to continue his rehabilitation to full fitness for international competitions.” Alzarri Joseph . Joseph only returned to competitive cricket 2-½ months ago during Bangladesh’s tour of the Caribbean, following a six-month layoff with a stress fracture of the back. He played two ODIs with little success and also turned out four times for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots during the just concluded Caribbean Premier League. His last appearance was on September 4 against Barbados Tridents in Basseterre. The CWI statement said the Antiguan Joseph will now “continue his rehabilitation programme under the monitoring of medical officials at the High-Performance Centre at Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua.” Joseph shot to prominence at the 2016 Youth World Cup in Bangladesh as part of the Windies squad which lifted the Caribbean’s first ever title. He was subsequently fast-tracked into the senior squad, making his Test and one-day debut that same year. Joseph has taken 15 wickets in six Tests and 24 from 16 ODIs. His replacement Lewis may consider himself quite fortunate, after only making his debut last year for Windward Islands Volcanoes. The right-armer took just seven wickets in four matches during the 2016-17 season before grabbing 30 wickets at an average of 21 last season. He subsequently toured England with West Indies A, topping the visitors’ bowling charts with 10 wickets in the two four-day “Tests”. All told, Lewis has taken 49 wickets at 26 apiece. Twenty-two year-old Leeward Islands Hurricanes fast bowler, Jeremiah Louis, boasts a superior record, however, taking 40 wickets last season to bump his career tally up to 73 at an average of 26. Only Guyana’s Keemo Paul, already a part of the Test squad, took more wickets as a fast bowler with 42 scalps. Lewis joins a pace attack headed by Shannon Gabriel and including captain Jason Holder, Kemar Roach and Paul.
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Post by Admin on Sept 26, 2018 14:37:53 GMT
Roach leaves tour after grandmother diesBy Staff Writer 8 h ago www.stabroeknews.com/2018/sports/09/26/roach-leaves-tour-after-grandmother-dies/ Fast bowler Kemar Roach. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies have suffered another setback before next week’s first Test against India after frontline seamer Kemar Roach was forced to return home due to the death of his grandmother. The 30-year-old Barbadian, who has formed a formidable new-ball partnership with Shannon Gabriel over the last 12 months, was due to leave for Bridgetown yesterday. A Cricket West Indies statement said Roach would not be replaced but would rejoin the squad in India following the funeral. The first Test bowls off in Rajkot next week Thursday with the second match carded for Hyderabad from October 12-16. Roach is the unit’s most successful seamer, having played 48 Tests and taken 163 wickets. He is one of five pacers in the touring party along with Gabriel, captain Jason Holder and the uncapped pair of Sherman Lewis and Keemo Paul. Only last week, speedster Alzarri Joseph was forced out of the squad with fitness concerns, leaving the Windies short of a bowler with Test experience. On Monday, Windies players were also hit with the news of head coach Stuart Law’s resignation effective year end.
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Post by Admin on Oct 1, 2018 5:21:29 GMT
Sunil Ambris makes case for first Test against India with unbeaten 114 West Indians 366 for 7 dec (Ambris 114*, Dowrich 65, Brathwaite 52, Avesh 4-60) drew with Indian Board President's XI 366 for 7 dec (Bawne 116*, Agarwal 90, Bishoo 3-104)
Sunil Ambris raises his bat on reaching fifty WICB Media www.espncricinfo.com/series/18902/report/1160679/day/2/indian-board-presidents-xi-vs-west-indies-tour-match-west-indies-in-india-2018-19Sunil Ambris made an unbeaten 114 off 98 balls to give the West Indians first-innings honours in their two-day warm-up game against the Indian Board President's XI in Vadodara. Ambris, who had also hit a hundred against India A at at Beckenham in July, continued his impressive form to press his case for a place in the XI when West Indies take on India in the first Test in Rajkot from October 4. The top three - Kraigg Brathwaite, Kieran Powell and Shai Hope - and Shane Dowrich pitched in with useful contributions too, helping their side take a six-run lead after the hosts had declared on 360 for 6 at the end of the first day. Shimron Hetmyer (7) and Roston Chase (5) were the only frontline West Indian batsmen to be dismissed for single-digit scores. Brathwaite (52 off 78 balls, 9x4) and wicketkeeper-batsman Dowrich (65 off 69, 9x4, 1x6) made half-centuries, before Ambris, who came in at No. 7, took charge. He raised his first fifty off 60 balls and then accelerated to his second off only 35 balls. All told, he hit 17 fours and five sixes. When Jomel Warrican fell, the West Indians were 279 for 7, still 81 runs behind, but Ambris and Sherman Lewis, who is uncapped in Test cricket, moved the West Indians into the lead with an unbroken 87-run stand in 13.3 overs, of which Lewis contributed only 8. The Indian spinners - left-armer Saurabh Kumar and offspinner Jalaj Saxena - toiled away for 50 overs, conceding 221 runs between them while taking three wickets. Madhya Pradesh seamer Avesh Khan was the pick of the bowlers for the hosts, finishing with 4 for 60 in 17 overs.
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