After being dismissed for 225, England bowled out the West Indies for 145 in the 40th over, in the first ODI.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit a six off the last ball of the game to give the West Indies a thrilling win over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international in Port of Spain on Thursday. Chasing Sri Lanka's total of 235 for 7, West Indies' last pair of Chanderpaul and Fidel Edwards needed 10 from the last two balls. Chanderpaul hit the penultimate ball for a straight four and then crashed a full toss from Vaas over the mid-wicket boundary for a remarkable victory.
Tillakaratne Dilshan and Chamara Silva added 100 for the sixth wicket to boost Sri Lanka to 217 for 5 at close of the first day of the second Test against the West Indies on Thursday. After fast bowlers Fidel Edwards and Jerome Taylor had reduced the Sri Lankans to 117 for 5, Dilshan (58 not out) and Silva (37 not out) posted their century stand from just 101 balls. Only 46.3 overs were possible on a rain-interrupted day after Chris Gayle had won the toss.
Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dwayne Bravo and Fidel Edwards are also eligible for selection for the second Test against South Africa.
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.
Chasing 389 to win the first Test, South Africa were dismissed for 260 after tea on the fourth day to hand West Indies victory by 128 runs.
Fast bowler Edwards took 2-11 as South Africa, who need 389 to win, stumbled to 45-3 at lunch on the fourth day.
The West Indies were 74 for 3, still trailing Pakistan by 205 runs, at the close of the third day in the first Test on Monday.
The West Indies included pacemen Corey Collymore and Fidel Edwards for Ian Bradshaw and Dwayne Smith in the team for the match against England.
West Indies brought back fast bowlers Jerome Taylor and Fidel Edwards in place of Marlon Samuels and Corey Collymore.
West Indies selectors called off spinner Omari Banks into their squad on Tuesday for the second Test against Bangladesh at Kingston, Jamaica.
Chanderpaul capped off a West Indies onslaught that culminated in a record total of 333 for six off 50 overs.
Ramnaresh Sarwan has been ruled out of action for three weeks with a hand injury.
West Indies captain Brian Lara is one of seven senior players who will not be selected for the home series because of a sponsorship dispute.
Seven senior players will not be selected for the home series against South Africa and Pakistan because of a sponsorship dispute.\n
Lara was dropped on 48 but went on to score 88 as West Indies reached a respectable 188 for four at lunch.
India rested Irfan Pathan and Ramesh Powar and brought in Robin Uthappa and Munaf Patel in their place for the inconsequential fifth ODI against the West Indies.
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.
New Zealand were 335 for seven at the close on the second, 143 runs ahead of West Indies
West Indies selectors have made two changes in their 12-man squad for the final two one-day internationals against Zimbabwe.
The fast bowler was named in a 13-man squad as a replacement for Fidel Edwards for the second Test against Pakistan.
Fast bowler Fidel Edwards took 5 for 38 to bowl out Pakistan for 144 on the second day of the first Test.
Mervyn Dillon, a veteran of 98 ODIs, also returns to the squad.\n\n
After bowling out the West Indies for 311, England reached 154 for 3 at close of day 2 in the first Test.\n\n
Wavell Hinds and Fidel Edwards led West Indies to a series-levelling victory over Zimbabwe.
Afghan spinner Rashid Khan returned to Lahore Qalandars, having exited the tournament in February to honour international commitments.
Mustafizur Rahman on Sunday became only the second bowler to take two five-wicket hauls in his first two one-day internationals, emulating Zimbabwe's Brian Vitori.
All-rounder Dwayne Bravo wrote his own piece of history, while Praveen Tambe became the first Indian cricketer to play in the Hero Caribbean Premier League as Trinbago Knight Riders posted their fourth straight win, beating St Lucia Zouks by six wickets via D/L method in a rain-truncated match, in Port of Spain on Wednesday.
Rodrigues, Kaur, Mandhana and Sharma were also a part of the now-defunct Kia Super League (KSL) in 2019, the ECB's domestic T20 tournament that made way for the Women's Hundred.
Every person was tested 72 hours before they travelled in order to ensure that all members of the party were travelling virus free.
English county side Surrey bagged Virat Kohli for a dirt cheap deal as the Board of Control for Cricket in India was keen to ensure quality game time for the India captain ahead of tour of England.
A fine all-round bowling display saw Trinbago Knight Riders win the battle of the unbeaten teams and go to the top of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) table. Glenn Phillips was the only standout for the Jamaica Tallawahs as the power-hitters struggled for fluency, and Sunil Narine's second consecutive 50 did the bulk of the work even as the Knight Riders took their time about the chase.
Virender Sehwag's experiment to bat in the middle-order failed, and Gautam Gambhir's woeful run of form continued, as India 'A' were restricted to 191 for 3 at stumps on the second day of the second unofficial 'Test' against West Indies 'A', at the Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering cricket ground, in Shimoga, on Thursday.
590 cricketers -- including 370 Indian players and 220 overseas players -- will go under the hammer during the two-day mega auction in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13.
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