Injured Jason Holder replaced by Obed McCoy in West Indies squad for T20 World Cup
Hosts West Indies primed for Super 8 clash against defending champions England
West Indies all-rounder Roston Chase and middle-order batsman Shamarh Brooks were on Saturday recalled to the squad for their two-Test series in Australia, while former captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul's son Tagenarine earned his maiden call-up.
Defending champions England stormed their way to a crushing eight-wicket victory over the West Indies.
Rampaul, a member of the 2012 World Cup winning squad, played his last T20 match against Sri Lanka in 2015 and returns to bolster a solid looking lineup that will look to deliver an unprecedented third title for a single team.
Hosts West Indies and Afghanistan will indulge in a battle of one upmanship and strive to gain momentum for the Super Eight stage.
The hosts then raced to 199-6 in 31 overs, effectively batting West Indies out of the contest, before declaring their second innings.
Game 23 of the Super 12 competition in the T20 World Cup will see West Indies take on Sri Lanka at Sheikh Zayed stadium in Abu Dhabi beginning 1930 IST.
NZ face WI in virtual knockout, rain threatens to derail England again
Besides the trio, a non-coaching member of the touring team management also tested positive, Cricket West Indies said in a statement.
Images from the T20 World Cup Group C match between the West Indies and New Zealand in Trinidad on Thursday.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of T20 World Cup 2024 after Game 54.
Rohit Sharma did practically everything right in the T20 WC: He batted brilliantly, he captained even more capably, but he failed to top the most valuable player table. Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of T20 World Cup 2024.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of T20 World Cup 2024 after Game 48.
More than eight years after Carlos Brathwaite's four sixes at Eden Gardens gave them their second T20 world title, a wounded West Indies will look to redeem themselves at home when they begin their campaign in the event's ninth edition by taking on Papua New Guinea, in Georgetown on Sunday.
Kyle Mayers has been named vice-captain in the squad announced by the CWI senior men's selection panel.
With 2/17, the leg-spinner was awarded the Player of the Match prize in his first ever T20 International.
Images from the second Twenty20 International between India and the West Indies, in Kolkata, on Friday.
Scans on West Indies debutant Jeremy Solozano, who was taken to hospital after being hit on the helmet while fielding in the opening Test against Sri Lanka at Galle, showed "no structural damage", the touring side said on Sunday.
Opting to field, West Indies bowlers came up with a fine show to bundle out Afghanistan for 194 in 45.2 overs.
Zimbabwe were set 272 to win with 49 overs left on the final afternoon, but never seriously chased their target
Kagiso Rabada ripped through the West Indies line-up as South Africa clinched an 87-run win over West Indies in the first Test.
Images from the first TwentyT20 International between India and the West Indies, in Kolkata, on Wednesday.
India's in-form spinner Kuldeep Yadav missed Sunday's game due to a sore thumb and it remains to be seen if he is available for selection.
England ended day four with a 170-run lead over West Indies as Zak Crawley and Dom Sibley notched up half-centuries in the second innings of the first Test at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton on Saturday. Images from Day 4 of the first Test between England and West Indies.
Australia bowled the West Indies out for 333 on Sunday in the second session of Day 5 to register a thumping 164-run victory in the first Test at Perth Stadium and a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
Pakistan's Sohail to return home after injury ends England tour
India finished the second day on 308 for four in 81 overs. They trail West Indies by just three runs, after the visitors were bowled out for 311 earlier in the day.
India again firm favourites, T20 series to provide ideal platform to youngsters
Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah on Saturday became only the third Indian to claim a Test hat-trick as he tore through the West Indies batting order, on Day 2 of the second Test, in Jamaica.
'I don't think that I should be begging people to play for their countries. I think if you want to represent West Indies, you will make yourself available.'
CWI said in a statement just hours before the third Twenty20 International is scheduled to begin in Karachi that the boards were meeting to "determine whether the tour can continue".
IMAGES from the 5th T20 International played between West Indies and India in Lauderhill, Florida on Sunday.
Hope smashed three sixes and eight fours in his 145-ball 109 not out to help West Indies overhauled the target,
Roston Chase joined an elite group, scoring an unbeaten century as West Indies staged a great escape in the second Test against India in Jamaica on Wednesday.
For India, Suryakumar would want to get a big one in his pet format and regain a bit of confidence that has eroded because of a lean patch in the ODIs.
West Indies trail by 524 runs at stumps after toiling in the field for 152.4 overs in Perth
Australia took 90 minutes to complete formalities, with Michael Neser and Mitchell Starc sharing five of the last six West Indies wicket.
IMAGES from Day 4 of the 2nd Test played between England and West Indies at Manchester on Sunday.
