New West Indies coach Bennett King believes his side have shown good application in their preparations for the one-day tour of Australia in January but still wants the players to give more.
West Indies reached 114-5 against Pakistan with inspirational opener Kraigg Brathwaite still at the crease after a tense fourth day ended early due to bad light as they chased a victory target of 153 in the third test in Sharjah on Wednesday. Brathwaite was defiantly standing on 44 with Shane Dowrich on 36 leaving West Indies needing 39 runs to break a 14-match losing streak stretching back to last May last year. Pakistan began the day on 87-4 before a battling 91 by opener Azhar Ali and 42 for Safraz Ahmed looked to have steadied the ship.
Senior West Indian players may miss the triangular series in Australia following a contract row.
The fast bowler was named in a 13-man squad as a replacement for Fidel Edwards for the second Test against Pakistan.
Chris Gayle took 5 for 91 as West Indies swept to an emphatic 276-run win over Pakistan on the fourth day of the first Test.
Fast bowler Fidel Edwards took 5 for 38 to bowl out Pakistan for 144 on the second day of the first Test.
Pakistan batsman Bazid Khan is set to become the third generation of a cricket family to play in Tests.
England batsman Joe Root will miss the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh after fracturing his thumb, with Ian Bell replacing him, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed on Monday.
West Indies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel plundered five wickets as they scored a stunning victory by bowling out Pakistan for 81 on the final day of the second Test in Barbados on Thursday.
West Indies named their 14-man squad for the third test against Australia starting on Thursday in Barbados.
West Indies lead in the weather-disrupted series 2-1 with the final match scheduled for Barbados on Wednesday.
The all-rounder replaces Shivnarine Chanderpaul for the fourth and final Test against England.\n\n
The England skipper said victory at home next year was a realistic aim
Former Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Najam Sethi withdrew his candidature for the ICC president's post and requested the PCB to nominate a former Test great instead.
Following the four one-dayers, Sri Lanka and the West Indies will play two Test matches.
The new-look team will have only one training session together before the game against Australia after an apparent mix-up in travel arrangements.
The Uttaranchal High Court has rejected former cricketer Manoj Prabhakar's plea for quashing of an FIR lodged against him in a chit-fund case in which he was arrested in 2001.
The standoff over the World Cup guarantee money will be the most important issue at the ICC's two-day meeting in Barbados.
Pakistan ended the third day of the first Test on 113 for 4 in the second innings after Shivnarine Chanderpaul's unbeaten 153 put the Windies in command.
The Pakistan fast bowler has ruled himself out of the two-Test series in the West Indies in order to recover from a lingering foot injury.
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"We've gone out there and made the pitches do things," said the SA captain.
The tourists now lead the series 2-0 with the fourth and final Test starting in Antigua on Friday.
Newspapers described West Indies' defeat by England as a crying shame and a horror story on Sunday.
Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza notched up her first ever victory on Arthur Ashe Stadium with a 6-0, 6-3 win over American Varvara Lepchenko at the US Open on Monday.
Fast bowler Dilhara Fernando was not considered because of a lower back injury he sustained in April.
The uncapped paceman will fly home to Perth this week following the return of Glenn McGrath to Australia's squad.
Misbah had the dubious honour of becoming the first player from his country to finish on 99 not out during their first innings of last week's seven-wicket first test victory in Jamaica.
The leg-spinner is first South African to claim seven wickets in an ODI and became the fastest Proteas bowler to reach 100 ODI wickets in 58 matches -- the fourth quickest overall.
Former West Indies captain Brian Lara has described Shivnarine Chanderpaul as 'one of the giants of the Caribbean cricket' and expressed that the recently retired batsman should have been given a 'proper send-off' in international cricket.
Recalling the monumental upset when the mighty West Indies were stunned by India in the 1983 Prudential World Cup final, pacer Joel Garner said that the loss was the biggest disappointment of his decade-long cricket career.
Australia, already 2-0 ahead in the series, reached 320 for three at the close on the first day.
Sprint king Usain Bolt ramped up his preparations for the Rio Olympics by pulling away to post a time below 10 seconds in the 100 metres at the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting.
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