West Indies Cricket Team

Captain: Jason Holder

Coach: Richie Richardson

West Indies Biography

Had there been no West Indies, cricket would not have reached the heights it has today. There has perhaps not been a single other team whose inhabitants have taken cricket up as naturally. To draw an analogy from football, West Indies can be called the Brazil of cricket.

As things stand today, West Indies is formed of 15 countries (including Guyana, the only Test-playing South American nation). The countries participate in other sports as individual teams; it is only cricket that binds them together, even in the current era when cricket has been losing interest in that part of the world.

Though George Headley, the three Ws [Frank Worrell, Clyde Walcott and Everton Weekes], and Garry Sobers had enriched the sport significantly in their heydays, their golden era came in the 1970s and 1980s. There was a period close to two decades when the Windies juggernaut crushed everything in its path. They suffered just one series defeat - a bitter one against New Zealand, thanks largely to some blatantly biased umpiring.

With the arrival of Viv Richards and a seemingly infinite battery of menacing fast bowlers, the West Indian overcame one opposition after another in their heydays under the capable leadership of Clive Lloyd.

The 1994-95 defeat against Australia had certainly tilted the balance of the sport in favour of the Australians, but legends like Curtly Ambrose and Brian Lara had kept the torch alight as West Indies cricket even as their fortunes steadily went downhill.

There has, however, been a recent glimmer of hope when Darren Sammy s men had lifted the ICC World Twenty20 in 2012. Their ascent in the shortest version of the sport has been promising, and only can hope it extends to the longer versions as well.

West Indies Biography

West Indies players

Samuel Badree

38 years old

Right-hand bat

Leg-break

Sunil Narine

30 years old

Left-hand bat

Off-break

Kieran Powell

29 years old

Left-hand bat

Right-arm medium

Andre Russell

31 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast

Krishmar Santokie

Left-hand bat

Right-arm fast

Dwayne Smith

36 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm medium

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Left-hand bat

Leg-break

Andre Fletcher

31 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast-medium

Jason Holder

27 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast-medium

Denesh Ramdin

34 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast-medium

Darren Sammy

35 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm medium

Shane Shillingford

36 years old

Right-hand bat

Off-break

Chris Gayle

39 years old

Left-hand bat

Off-break

Kirk Edwards

34 years old

Right-hand bat

Off-break

Darren Bravo

30 years old

Left-hand bat

Off-break

Johnson Charles

30 years old

Right-hand bat

Off-break

Narsingh Deonarine

35 years old

Left-hand bat

Off-break

Shannon Gabriel

31 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast

Kieron Pollard

32 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm medium

Ravi Rampaul

34 years old

Left-hand bat

Right-arm fast-medium

Marlon Samuels

38 years old

Right-hand bat

Off-break

Lendl Simmons

34 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast-medium

Tino Best

37 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast

Dwayne Bravo

35 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast-medium

Fidel Edwards

37 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast

Chadwick Walton

33 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast

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Upcoming Matches : West Indies Cricket Team

Match 5: South Africa vs West Indies at County Ground, Bristol - Sun, May 26, 2019

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Match 9: West Indies vs New Zealand at County Ground, Bristol - Tue, May 28, 2019

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Match 2: West Indies vs Pakistan at Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Fri, May 31, 2019

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recent results : West Indies Cricket Team

Live Cricket Score, Final: Bangladesh vs West Indies at The Village, Malahide, Dublin - Fri, May 17, 2019

Bangladesh beat West Indies by 5 wickets (D/L method)

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Live Cricket Score, Match 5: West Indies vs Bangladesh at The Village, Malahide, Dublin - Mon, May 13, 2019

Bangladesh beat West Indies by 5 wickets

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Live Cricket Score, Match 4: Ireland vs West Indies at The Village, Malahide, Dublin - Sat, May 11, 2019

West Indies beat Ireland by 5 wickets

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latest news : West Indies Cricket Team

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Latest Features : West Indies Cricket Team

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PHOTOS AND VIDEOS : West Indies Cricket Team

Video: From 1975 to 2015, teams with most World Cup titles
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While Australia have won as many as five World Cup titles, India and West Indies have won two each, with Pakistan and Sri Lanka clinching
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Cricket World Cup 2019: From 1975 to 2015, teams with most World Cup titles
CricketCountry StaffMay 20, 2019 11:28 AM IST
While Australia have won as many as five World Cup titles, India and West Indies have won two each, with Pakistan and Sri Lanka clinching
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Pakistan vs Afghanistan - Match 1

24 May, 2019 15:00 IST | 09:30 GMT

County Ground, Bristol
Sri Lanka vs South Africa - Match 2

24 May, 2019 15:00 IST | 09:30 GMT

Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
England vs Australia - Match 3

25 May, 2019 15:00 IST | 09:30 GMT

The Rose Bowl, Southampton
India vs New Zealand - Match 4

25 May, 2019 15:00 IST | 09:30 GMT

The Oval, London
South Africa vs West Indies - Match 5

26 May, 2019 15:00 IST | 09:30 GMT

County Ground, Bristol