Former England fast bowler Stuart Broad said the second Ashes Test starting Thursday next week will be a lottery and the toss is a key factor in Brisbane with the pink ball.
West Indies coach John Dyson has spent two years trying to turn a group of talented individuals into a team that can win again and after the first test rout of England he senses things are starting to come together.
After the proceedings began with light warm-up and catching, the action shifted to the nets where all batters had long stints in the nets while the other pace bowlers too put in the hard yards.
Ravindra Jadeja's standout performance in the first Test against the West Indies in Ahmedabad has helped him reach a career-best 25th position in the ICC men's Test batting rankings.
Samson tried to whip Donovan Ferreira down the ground but the ball hit umpire Rohan Pandit on the shin and he required medical assistance before he was able to continue.
West Indies finally managed to beat Bangladesh with a five-wicket win in the Twenty20 match which concluded the tour on Sunday.
Rajneesh Gupta highlights important numbers featuring the West Indies team from the World Cups.
West Indies displayed all the familiar faults which have plagued them during the cricket World Cup in a quarter-final capitulation to New Zealand at the Wellington Regional Stadium.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has been instructed by its sports ministry to seek shifting of the country's T20 World Cup league games from India to Sri Lanka as there are "concerns about players' safety".
Pakistan's ODI campaign ended in embarrassment as they collapsed to 92 all out in the series decider against the West Indies
The 2026 T20 World Cup is likely to be played from February 7 to March 8 with matches spread across at least five venues in India and two in Sri Lanka.
Moeen Ali hit the second fastest one-day international century in England's history to set up a win over West Indies by 124 runs on Sunday.
'But I would say given the importance of this series and given the conditions we think we are going to face, he (Nitish Kumar Reddy) might miss out in this Test this week.'
West Indies trailed Australia by 316 runs with seven first-innings wickets remaining after seamer Stuart Clark claimed the hosts' top three batsmen on the second day of the first Test on Friday. Clark's excellent spell of three for 18, including the prize wicket of captain Ramnaresh Sarwan, left the hosts struggling on 115 for three chasing Australia's total of 431.
With the scars of last year's home series whitewash against New Zealand still raw, preparing rank turners may invite risk.
The series promises a fascinating duel between the two modern-day pace greats.
South Africa beat West Indies by one run to win their two-match Twenty20 series 2-0 after an exciting final over.
West Indies easily won their third and final One-day International with Zimbabwe in Grenada on Tuesday to complete a 3-0 series cleansweep.
West Indies skipper Jason Holder doesn't expect his young and inexperienced side to improve by leaps and bounds and said they are looking for a steady progression as they go into the four-Test series against India with confidence.
Indian Test skipper Shubman Gill spoke on the team dinner hosted by head coach Gautam Gambhir on Thursday
On a roll after their Champions Trophy triumph, the Indian cricket team would aim to continue the unbeaten run when they take on the West Indies, who would be eyeing revenge, in their opening clash of the tri-nation ODI series in Kingston on Sunday.
The West Indies Cricket Board has announced a 13-man squad for the first Test against England at Sabina Park, Jamaica, starting on Thursday.
Indian opener KL Rahul ended a long home-soil century drought, scoring his 11th Test hundred in India's opening match against the West Indies at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Friday. He reached 100 off 197 balls, hitting 12 stylish fours.
Ravi Bopara and captain Stuart Broad put on 58 unbroken runs to guide England to a nerve-jangling, three-wicket victory over the West Indies in the second One-day international in North Sound, Antigua, on Sunday. Bopara, 38 not out, and Broad, 28 not out, combined in a patient stand for the eighth wicket as England reached 163 for seven in 44.5 overs, in reply to the West Indies total of 159 all out at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground.
England slumped to a humiliating defeat, by an innings and 23 runs, after being skittled for 51 by West Indies on the fourth day of the first Test on Saturday. Jerome Taylor ripped the heart out of England, a superb spell of pace bowling earning figures of five for 11 at Sabina Park while spinner Sulieman Benn took four for 31.
After a total of 22 overs were bowled on the first two days, there was no morning play on the scheduled third day at the Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain.
Star all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has launched a scathing attack on West Indies Cricket Board, calling it as the "most unprofessional" in the world and its president Dave Cameron an "immature and small-minded arrogant" person. Bravo, who has had several run-ins with the WICB in the past, made the comments following the West Indies triumph in the World T20 in India. "Too much times people come down on the players. They questioned our commitment, they questioned whether we were really committed to West Indies cricket or is it just the money. A lot of people don't understand the things we go through as players dealing with our board. It is the most unprofessional board in the world to me," Bravo was quoted as saying during a Skype interview with CNC3, a television network based out of Trinidad & Tobago. As Darren Sammy gave vent to his frustration in the aftermath of their triumph, WICB president Cameron slammed the skipper's comments as "inappropriate".
West Indies beat New Zealand in a super over decider after their first Twenty20 international had ended in a tie at Eden Park, Auckland on Friday. After the visitors had finished on 155 for eight, tied with New Zealand's 155 for seven, each team nominated three batsmen to face one over.
Leading West Indies to their first World Cup title since 1979 gave Darren Sammy a chance to hit back at his critics but the all-rounder preferred to forgive them and talk about a possible resurgence of cricket's former superpower instead.
Evin Lewis set a record for a batsman retiring hurt in international cricket with a swaggering 176 for the West Indies in the fourth ODI against England at The Oval on Wednesday.
The 33-year-old, returns for the first time since August last year after recovering from two shoulder operations.
West Indies left out the injured Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Runako Morton for the last two ODIs against India
Australia were struggling at 226 for seven after a rain-shortened first day of the third Test against West Indies on Thursday.
Indian Test skipper Shubman Gill, has lauded Ravindra Jadeja's performance, stating that the world's No 1 Test all-rounder has been instrumental in getting India out of difficult situations over the past couple of years.
'I don't think there's anything that we did wrong. It was just some fantastic hitting in the last over.'
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Mitchell Owen made an impressive debut as Australia beat West Indies by three wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match T20I series.
During a time where West Indian cricket has struggled to hit the heights of the great teams of the 1970s and 1980s, he has been more than just a great entertainer at the top of the order.
The West Indies will seek a rare title triumph when they cross swords with Australia in the final of the cricket tri-series in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, fully aware that the brittle batting line-up needs to put up a far more inspired show.
The left-hander will captain West Indies in three one-day internationals and two Twenty20 matches against England.
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