Umpire Steve Bucknor announced that an hour's play will be lost, resulting in a 45-over game.
Team India beat England by 95 runs in the second Test at Lord's. It's the first overseas Test win for MS Dhoni and Co. since they beat West Indies at Sabina Park, Jamaica, in July 2011.
The USA, which was looking to host some of the matches, will miss out.
Australia opening batsman Matthew Hayden will miss the remainder of the Test series against West Indies after failing to recover from an Achilles tendon injury, a team spokesman said on Wednesday.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin bagged his 18th five-wicket haul as India dominated the first day of the second test against West Indies in Jamaica on Saturday.
Just by the numbers alone, Cheteshwar Pujara's feats in Test cricket match the ascent of two flamboyant batsmen who shone briefly, before fading into oblivion. Haresh Pandya, who knows Pujara well, explains why the Saurashtra batsman will not end up like Lawrence Rowe and Vinod Kambli.
Former West Indies bowling ace Ian Bishop says the key to India leg-spinner Amit Mishra's success is confidence and self-belief. By arrangement with Quba Media Works.
India scored a comprehensive 63-run win over the West Indies in the first Test at Sabina Park (Kingston) on Thursday. The win helped the visitors take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Uncertainty continues to reign over medium-pacer Munaf Patel's availability for the first Test against West Indies at Sabina Park starting on Monday.
South Africa to tour Caribbean for first time in 11 years.
The West Indies secured an impressive 2-0 Test series victory over New Zealand, with Shivnarine Chanderpaul guiding them to a five-wicket win in the second Test at Sabina Park, Jamaica, on Sunday.
Chris Gayle and Dwayne Smith registered half centuries as the West Indies coasted to a nine-wicket victory over New Zealand in a rain-shortened first One-Day International at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica, on Thursday.
West Indies have requisitioned the services of world-famous psychologist Rudi Webster to sort out the lingering issues of their team ahead of their second Test against India starting on Tuesday.
Chris Gayle remained a pariah while vice-captain Brendan Nash was dropped from the West Indies squad for the second cricket Test against India starting on Tuesday at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Drained after hitting another one of his typically resolute hundreds, veteran Indian batsman Rahul Dravid said it was tough adjusting to the conditions in the ongoing first Test against the West Indies, in Kingston.
The injury-hit Indian cricket team heaved a sigh of relief after opener Murali Vijay was declared fit for the opening Test against the West Indies, starting in Jamaica, on Monday.
Former West Indies bowling ace Ian Bishop says India has a genuine bowling option in Praveen Kumar as they look towards the England tour. By arrangement with Quba Media Works.
India, says former West Indies bowling ace Ian Bishop, will need their spinners to bowl better, else they will be destined to repeat the mistakes on the last South African tour, of being caught cold early. By arrangement with Quba Media Works.
Embarrassed after dropping Indian centurion Rahul Dravid when he had barely started his innings, West Indies captain Darren Sammy confessed he couldn't sleep that night.
A controversy erupted on Sunday, on the eve of the first cricket Test between India and the West Indies with the visitors unhappy over the substandard practice pitches provided to them at the Sabina Park in Kingston.
Explosive batsman Chris Gayle was once again left out, while fast bowler Fidel Edwards made his return to the 13-member West Indies squad named for the first Test against India starting on Monday.
Chris Gayle's chances of making it to the West Indies squad for the Test series against India brightened with the dashing opener all set to meet his Cricket Board to clear the air over his controversial radio interview last month.
West Indies will finally have their wish granted when they would get to play on the hard and bouncy pitch in the fifth and the final One-day International at Sabina Park, Jamaica on Thursday.
Putting up a splendid all round show, India scored a comfortable 16-run win over the West Indies in the one-off Twenty20 international to begin their Caribbean tour on a resounding note in Port of Spain on Saturday.
The Indian team management will be fretting over its bowling combination with Jaydev Unadkat, Mukesh Kumar and Navdeep Saini locked in a three-way fight for the third pacer's slot.
Australia opening batsman Matthew Hayden has been ruled out of Thursday's first Test against West Indies at Sabina Park with an Achilles tendon injury, a team spokesman said. Simon Katich, returning to Tests after nearly a three-year absence, will now open along with Phil Jaques.
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field. India made two changes, bringing in Ishant Sharma for Praveen Kumar, while Ravindra Jadeja made way for Abhishek Nayar. West Indies fielded the same team that won the second one-dayer at Sabina Park, Kingston.
A century from Paul Collingwood led England to an imposing 566 for nine declared on the second day of the third Test. West Indies ended the day on 55 for 1.
Ravi Shastri, along with his bowling coach Bharat Arun and fielding coach R. Sridhar, paid a visit to music legend and reggae star Bob Marley's Museum
The West Indies Cricket Board has announced a 13-man squad for the first Test against England at Sabina Park, Jamaica, starting on Thursday.
For an hour on Saturday at Sabina Park, West Indies cricket took a step back in time. Fidel Edwards and Daren Powell bowled with real hostility to take two wickets each as Australia slumped to 17 for four on the third day of the first Test.
West Indies debutant spinner Amit Jaggernauth says he expects the Sabina Park wicket for the first Test against Australia to offer "huge" turn in the latter stages. Australia captain Ricky Ponting, who struck a superb 158, agreed that there could be significant turn in the pitch later in the Test and expects his spinner Stuart MacGill to exploit it.
West Indies pace bowler Fidel Edwards removed both Australian openers cheaply in the opening session of the first test on Thursday but visiting skipper Ricky Ponting guided his team to 87 for two at lunch.
The West Indies have named an unchanged 13-man squad for the third and fourth one-day internationals against India at Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia on July 3 and 5.
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted that his teammates got complacent after polishing off the West Indies' top-order in the high-scoring first one-day international in Kingston on Friday. India put up a massive 340 but had to toil before winning by 20 runs at Sabina Park.
Yuvraj Singh hit a rollicking 131-run knock as India pipped West Indies by 20 runs in a thrilling first one-day international to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series, in Kingston on Friday.
The Indian captain said his side has enough talent to cushion the loss of Ramesh Powar and S Sreesanth for the first ODI.
West Indies have dropped batsman Xavier Marshall for Friday's second Test against England in Antigua and drafted in Lendl Simmons.
Andrew Strauss's first game in full-time charge of England began in the worst imaginable manner, a shock defeat by West Indies by an innings and 23 runs in Kingston on Saturday leaving the captain disconsolate. England's batting wilted to 51 all out in the Sabina Park heat against outstanding pace bowling from the five-wicket Jerome Taylor, leaving the tourists 1-0 down after the first of four Tests.
West Indies captain Chris Gayle planned to celebrate Saturday's first Test victory over England by joining his team's fans for a beer and this time no-one will say a word against him. The last time England played West Indies at Sabina Park in Kingston five years ago, they bowled the Caribbean side out for 47 and won by ten wickets and Gayle was the focus of supporter outrage.
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