The 2016 World T20 was the most exciting ever, what with that dramatic last over finish on Sunday night.
West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels has been charged with misconduct after an internal investigation by the WICB into bribery and match-fixing allegations against him.
Max Clifford is one of the greatest manipulators of tabloid media.
England coach Trevor Bayliss has backed shattered Ben Stokes to bounce back from the harrowing World T20 final experience and also expressed his desire to see the all-rounder putting himself in pressure situations again. A visibly devastated Stokes was left squatting with his head in his hands on the ground after he failed to replicate his death-bowling heroics, displayed during clashes against Sri Lanka and New Zealand, in the high-octane finale. It was in the last over when West Indies required 19 more runs to win but Carlos Brathwaite produced his batting master class and hit the bowler for four successive sixes to steer his side to their second World T20 title. The match also saw Marlon Samuels using abusive and offensive language at Stokes after their seven wickets win over England.
A two-member ICC team received tapes of alleged conversation between the West Indies all-rounder and bookie Mukesh Kochar.
Except India and Sri Lanka players and officials, no one, not even the media personnel, will be allowed entry to the ground during the nets on Saturday.
Sandeep Lamichhane continued his rapid rise in international cricket as he was named in the ICC World XI squad to take on the West Indies in a charity T20 International on May 31.
West Indies recovered from a shaky start to defeat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the rain-affected second one-day international on Saturday and claim an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Set a target of 125 to win in 25 overs after rain halted Sri Lanka's innings at 112 for five, the hosts were in trouble at 18 for three before Shivnarine Chanderpaul (52 not out) and Marlon Samuels (54 not out) saw them home.
West Indies tour of South Africa hit a new low on Wednesday when they were bundled out for 122 in under 34 overs to lose the third one-day international by nine wickets at Buffalo Park.
Sri Lanka clawed their way back into the second Test on Friday, snapping up six West Indies wickets in the final session. The home team was 268 for 7 at close on the second day, having gone into tea in complete command on 133 for 1 in reply to Sri Lanka's 278 all out.
The West Indies batsman will face an investigation by the national board over alleged links with a bookmaker during a one-day tour of India in January.
Photos from the match between West Indies and Zimbabwe played on Tuesday.
The match is being organised to raise funds for stadia in the Caribbean, which were damaged due to hurricanes last year.
Peter Crouch grabbed a late equaliser to earn Liverpool a 2-2 draw with Aston Villa in the English Premier League.
The team will be in Nagpur by Monday and will have detailed discussions with the Nagpur police.
The police have sent a detailed report to Sushank Manohar of the BCCI and the anti-corruption branch of the International Cricket Council.
Fast bowlers Dale Steyn and Makhaya Ntini shared six wickets to earn the advantage for South Africa on the first day of the second Test against West Indies on Wednesday.
A hard-hitting 92 by Marlon Samuels, which included three consecutive sixes in the 42nd over, helped lift West Indies to a four-wicket over Australia in the fifth game of a triangular one-day international (ODI) series in St Kitts on Monday.
Set a challenging target of 279 to win at Edgbaston, England were bowled out for 217.
The West Indies won the fourth ODI by five wickets to take an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.
West Indies took advantage of some wayward England bowling to win the first Twenty20 international by 16 runs.
Sprinter Dwain Chambers has been stripped of his 2002 European 100 metres title after admitting he took the steroid THG that year.
Opener Dimuth Karunaratne missed out on a maiden double hundred but his 238-run stand with fellow centurion Dinesh Chandimal set up Sri Lanka's first-innings total of 484 on day two against West Indies in the opening test at Galle on Thursday.
There are five pacemen and two seam bowling all-rounders, including Ravi Rampaul and Darren Sammy who have played one-dayers and now get a chance to make their Test debuts.
The Jamaican blamed cold weather rather than a restart for failing to break his 100 metres world record.
Police sources revealed that the mobile phone that Samuels used was registered in the name of Vasu Gangwani, the liaison officer for the team during its visit to India.
Samuels and 19-year-old Trinidad all rounder Kieron Pollard were both named in a 15-man squad announced on Thursday.
A WICB spokesman said the Board will probe the Marlon Samuels episode and take action "consistent with the law".
West Indies beat South Africa by three wickets in a low-scoring thriller in their World Twenty20 Super 10 match on Friday to join New Zealand in the semi-finals. The West Indian attack responded brilliantly to captain Darren Sammy's decision to bowl first on a slow pitch offering help as they restricted South Africa to 122 for eight. The 2012 champions looked comfortable for most of their run chase but leg-spinner Imran Tahir struck twice in consecutive deliveries in his last over to haul his side back into the game.
The Arsenal manager was also warned to his future conduct following his touchline bust-up with former West Ham United manger Alan Pardew last month.
The West Indies ended their dismal tour of Sri Lanka with a consolation victory after Dwayne Bravo's all-round brilliance secured a series-levelling 23-run win in the second and final Twenty20 International on Wednesday.
Substitute Marlon Harewood struck two minutes from time to hand West Ham United a 1-0 win over Arsenal at Upton Park on Sunday.
There is no clarity on the number of players in the auction pool because the deadline for franchises to prune the original list has been deferred to February 4.
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Jacques Kallis scored an unbeaten 121 as South Africa beat the West Indies by seven wickets with eight balls and take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
West Indies brought back fast bowlers Jerome Taylor and Fidel Edwards in place of Marlon Samuels and Corey Collymore.
Australia won the toss and elected to bat against the West Indies in the fourth ODI of the DLF Cup tri-series.
Paceman Dale Steyn claimed 6-72 as South Africa won the third Test against the West Indies by an innings and 100 runs with two days to spare to wrap up a 2-1 series win.
Marlon Samuels was out for 94 as West Indies finished on 281-4 against South Africa in the first Test.
"In his conversation with bookie Mukesh Kochar, we found Samuels talking about general things like order of the batsmen and arrangement of fielders," Pasricha said.
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