Australia may be without Ricky Ponting for the rest of the third Test against the West Indies. The skipper was struck on the arm by a delivery from Kemar Roach and forced to retire hurt on Day 1 of the Test in Perth. At close of play, the hosts were 339 for 3, with Michael Hussey unbeaten on 81 and Marcus North on 23.
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The touring West Indies side have a couple of injury worries in fast bowler Kemar Roach and spinner Shane Shillinford but coach Ottis Gibson hopes that the duo would be fit before the opening Test beginning in Kolkata.
The England-Windies Test series will be held at Hampshire's Ageas Bowl and Lancashire's Emirates Old Trafford, which have been chosen as bio-secure venues.
West Indies paceman Kemar Roach was happy to get under hosts India's skin but regretted the team's failure to put up a challenging total in the first One-dayer in Cuttack on Tuesday.
Fast bowler Nahid Rana claimed his maiden five-wicket haul as Bangladesh staged a great fightback to take control, on Day 3, of the second Test against West Indies.
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Windies get Holder, Roach boost in bid to level series
West Indies have lost their most accomplished fast bowler after Kemar Roach was ruled out of the final two matches of the test series in South Africa and replaced by uncapped Kenroy Peters, the country's cricket board announced.
After claiming the first hat-trick of the 2011 cricket World Cup, West Indies paceman Kemar Roach on said his hard work in the past few months is paying off well and he is ready for much bigger challenges ahead.
Stephen S Roach, chief economist at the US-based Morgan Stanley, returning from his fourth trip to India in three years, said the South Asian country has achieved breakthroughs in savings and foreign direct investments.
Pakistan needed 178 runs to win the second Test and sweep the series
West Indies' Kemar Roach became the first West Indies bowler to pick up a hat-trick in World Cup on Monday. Roach picked up the wickets of Pieter Seelaar, Bernard Loots and Berend Westdijk to also register the first hat-trick of the World Cup 2011.
In a bid to secure the services of West Indies bowler Kemar Roach for next season's KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, Queensland have held secret talks with the player. Having announced Daniel Vettori as their guest player for this year's campaign, the Bulls are now targeting Roach to spearhead their assault on the multi-million dollar Twenty20 Champions League for the 2010-2011 season.
The pace of Kemar Roach and the confidence of Chris Gayle led West Indies to a nine-wicket victory in the first of their two-Test series against struggling New Zealand on Sunday in Antigua.
The struggling West Indies cricket team has been dealt a couple of injury blows in its ongoing tour of India with pacer Kemar Roach ruled out of the remainder of the trip and all-rounder Kieron Pollard rendered unavailable for the ODI series.
Kemar Roach claimed six wickets for 27 runs, including a hat-trick, as the West Indies cakewalked past the Netherlands by 215 runs in their Group B World Cup match at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi on Monday.
The touring West Indies side have a couple of injury worries in fast bowler Kemar Roach and spinner Shane Shillinford but coach Ottis Gibson hopes that the duo would be fit before the opening Test beginning in Kolkata.
Images from the World Cup match between West Indies and The Netherlands, played in New Delhi on Monday.
Bavuma scored 86 runs before falling leg before wicket to an away swinging full toss from Jayden Seales while opener Tony de Zorzi contributed 76.
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The blockbuster five-match Test series between India and Australia will get underway at Perth's Optus Stadium on November 22, the venue replacing Adelaide Oval as the national cricket board's preferred choice for the season opener.
New opener Steve Smith, thrust into the role after David Warner's retirement, fell to Roach for six in the first over of Australia's innings when a seaming delivery was adjudged lbw on review.
India 'A' will play two first-class matches against Australia 'A' in the run-up to the marquee Border Gavaskar Trophy later this year, CA announced on Tuesday.
South Africa survived a fiery spell of fast bowling to complete a seven-wicket victory over the West Indies before lunch on day four of the third Test on Tuesday and clinch the series 2-0. Needing 47 to win, the Proteas limped to 49 for three after fast bowler Kemar Roach struck Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis on the helmet and the umpires had to intervene to keep the peace as tempers flared between the players.
Kemar Roach got himself a perfect birthday present as he guided the West Indies to a thrilling one-wicket win over India in a nail-biting encounter of the Celkon Mobile Cup Tri-Series in Kingston.
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West Indies award 9 cricketers historic multi-year contracts across men's, women's teams
Two days before the third and final Test between Australia and the West Indies, new Windies pace sensation Kemar Roach has warned that he will crack the 155km/h mark in a bid to make Australia's top order "uncomfortable".
CA's head of scheduling Peter Roach acknowledged said they are not averse to idea of hosting on tri-series ODI, involving India and Pakistan, like it happened back in 1999-2000 season, though he admitted that it will be difficult to squeeze in a series in an already choc-a-bloc calendar.
Ashwin retains No 1 spot, Bumrah moves to 4th in ICC rankings
'Shubman Gill is sort of struggling a little bit in controlling his tempo.'
The sub-narratives in the main story will be equally intriguing in the next 13 days.
Nicholas Pooran, Jason Holders and Kyle Mayers have declined to join the West Indies roster for the 2023-24 season.
Images from Day 1 of the second Test between India and West Indies at Queen's Park Oval, in Port of Spain, on Thursday.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the second Test between India and West Indies at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, on Friday.
Australian cricketers will have to wear neck protectors on helmets when facing fast or medium pace bowling from October
B Sai Sudharsan signs up for Surrey for County Championship remainder
IMAGES from Day 4 of the second Test between India and West Indies at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, on Sunday.
Australia bowled out West Indies for 188 at Adelaide Oval on Day 1 of the first Test on Wednesday.
