Pakistan took an unassailable 3-0 lead in their five match one-day international against the West Indies after winning the third ODI by three wickets at the Kensington Oval on Thursday.
A defiant 155 not out by captain Chris Gayle helped West Indies take their overall lead to 296 with two second innings wickets left in the second Test against Australia in Adelaide on Monday.
Morne Morkel and Charl Langeveldt shared seven wickets to bowl South Africa to a 67-run victory over West Indies in the third One-day International.
Images from the World Twenty20 match between England and West Indies played at the Provident Stadium on Monday.
Openers Shane Watson and Simon Katich gave Australia a bright start to their first innings in the second Test against the West Indies at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday as they closed play on 174-0, trailing by 277 runs.
Bennett King is optimistic ahead of next week's first Test against South Africa, despite the contract dispute that has robbed him of seven players, including skipper Brian Lara.
Highly-rated 19-year-old batsman Adrian Barath has been named in the West Indies squad for Thursday's first Test against Bangladesh in St.Vincent.
West Indies selectors called off spinner Omari Banks into their squad on Tuesday for the second Test against Bangladesh at Kingston, Jamaica.
West Indies skipper Darren Sammy was pleased with his bowlers' efforts despite conceding a 104-run lead to India on the Day 3 of the third and final Test in Roseau.
Pakistan beat West Indies by 196 runs on the fifth day of the second Test on Tuesday to draw their two Test series 1-1. Slow left-armer Abdur Rehman finished with figures of 4-65 as the West Indies, resuming on 130 for five and needing to bat through the day to win the series, were bowled out for 230 before lunch.
Set a challenging target of 279 to win at Edgbaston, England were bowled out for 217.
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.
West Indies selectors have made two changes in their 12-man squad for the final two one-day internationals against Zimbabwe.
The West Indies captain was named his country's Cricketer of the Year.
The first Test starts on March 31 in Guyana but West Indies will be without Lara and six other leading players because of a contract dispute.
Jermaine Lawson returns after undergoing remedial work on his bowling action for the first Test against Bangladesh.
Brian Lara is leading the team on the current tour of England but West Indies will not name their Champions Trophy captain until Wednesday.
Pakistan and India are the only unbeaten sides in the tournament.
A superb all-round showing from Lendl Simmons helped Trinidad and Tobago crush a formidable Chennai Super Kings by nine wickets to clinch a semi-final berth in the Champions League T20.
Check out the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad for IPL 2014.
Defending champions West Indies will be without Kieron Pollard for next month's World Twenty20 in Bangladesh after the big-hitting all-rounder failed to recover from a knee injury.
West Indies opener Chris Gayle will miss the limited over series against New Zealand after failing to recover from a hamstring injury, the West Indies Cricket Board said on Friday.
Trinidad & Tobago might have notched up a convincing 25-run win over Brisbane Heat on Sunday, but captain, Denesh Ramdin is not satisfied with the performance of his batsmen.
Rajneesh Gupta lists the West Indian players's T20 Internationals records updated after their T20 World Cup game against Sri Lanka.
England batsman Joe Root is a major doubt for the World Twenty20 tournament this month after fracturing his thumb during England's one-day series clincher in the West Indies.
The West Indies tasted success for the first time on their New Zealand tour on Thursday when they scraped home by two wickets in the first One-Day International in Auckland. After dismissing New Zealand for a modest 156 in 42.1 overs, the West Indies made hard work the target for the loss of eight wickets in 27.3 overs.
It was left to Shepherd to bowl Amazon Warriors' Super Over and he conceded just four runs to win the game for his team.
Senior batsman Ramnarseh Sarwan has been dropped from the 13-member West Indies cricket squad for the first three matches of their ODI tri-series against India and Sri Lanka starting June 28.
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.
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.
Sunil Narine and Kemar Roach took three wickets each as Bangladesh were bowled out for 70 to give West Indies victory in the second one-day international by 177 runs on Friday.
West Indies batting legend Brian Lara travel to India with the Trinidad and Tobago team for the Champions League Twenty20 tournament, commencing on September 17, in Mohali. Although not a formal part of the team management, Lara, during his visit to India, will play a dual role of T&T tourism ambassador and mentor for the Red Force.
Smarting from opening game losses, a good batting display will be high on the agenda for South Africa and defending champions West Indies when the two teams lock horns in a Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup in Dubai on Tuesday.
Still recovering from a hamstring injury, swashbuckling batsman Chris Gayle was on Wednesday left out of the West Indies' 15-member squad for the One-Day International series against India next month.
'I think Moeen Ali read the conditions beautifully, he took chances when his match-up was in his favour, and to take his opportunity like he has, after the success he's had in the IPL was brilliant.'
The West Indies put behind an acrimonious pay dispute with their cricket board to spank World champions India by 124 runs in the first One-day international of the five-match series, at the Nehru stadium in Kochi, on Wednesday.
After launching their campaign on a winning note, IPL finalists Kings XI Punjab will look to dish out another dominating performance when they face the formidable Barbados Tridents in a Group B match of the Oppo Champions League twenty20 in Mohali on Saturday.
Chris Gayle blasted a quickfire century to power West Indies to a comfortable six-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in the opening match of the tri-nation series in Jamaica, on Friday.
Terming the controversial pull-out by West Indies midway their India tour as "unacceptable", the ICC has warned players against taking contractual matters into their own hands and hinted that they could be penalized by disallowing them to play in domestic tournaments like IPL if they repeat such acts in future.
Bolstered by their dramatic come-from-behind win in the last game, India will look to keep the winning momentum going when they clash against West Indies in the fourth One-Day International in Dharamsala on Friday, on what is expected to be a pacy track.
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