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

31 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

32 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast-medium

Jason Holder

28 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast-medium

Denesh Ramdin

34 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast-medium

Darren Sammy

36 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm medium

Shane Shillingford

36 years old

Right-hand bat

Off-break

Chris Gayle

40 years old

Left-hand bat

Off-break

Kirk Edwards

35 years old

Right-hand bat

Off-break

Darren Bravo

31 years old

Left-hand bat

Off-break

Johnson Charles

31 years old

Right-hand bat

Off-break

Narsingh Deonarine

36 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

35 years old

Left-hand bat

Right-arm fast-medium

Marlon Samuels

39 years old

Right-hand bat

Off-break

Lendl Simmons

35 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast-medium

Tino Best

38 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast

Dwayne Bravo

36 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast-medium

Fidel Edwards

38 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast

Chadwick Walton

34 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast

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recent results : West Indies Cricket Team

Live Cricket Score, 3rd T20I: West Indies vs Ireland at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts - Mon, Jan 20, 2020

West Indies beat Ireland by 9 wickets

Scorecard | Commentary

Live Cricket Score, 2nd T20I: West Indies vs Ireland at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts - Sun, Jan 19, 2020

Match Abandoned

Scorecard | Commentary

Live Cricket Score, 1st T20I: West Indies vs Ireland at National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada - Wed, Jan 15, 2020

Ireland beat West Indies by 4 runs

Scorecard | Commentary

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latest news : West Indies Cricket Team

Chris Gayle to Play For Pokhara Rhinos In Nepal s Everest Premier League
CricketCountry StaffJanuary 31, 2020 9:54 AM IST
Gayle is yet to officially announce his retirement from international cricket.
Alastair Cook, Ricky Skerritt Appointed New Members of MCC s World Cricket Committee
India.com StaffJanuary 28, 2020 11:07 PM IST
Cook, England's leading Test Match run-scorer with 12,472 runs in his 161 matches, retired from the international game in 2018, scoring a century in his
West Indies to tour Sri Lanka for three ODIs, two T20Is
CricketCountry StaffJanuary 21, 2020 7:44 PM IST
West Indies will be touring Sri Lanka in February this year to play three ODIs and two T20Is, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) confirmed on Tuesday.
Simmons Goes Berserk as West Indies Draw Series With Nine-Wicket Win Against Ireland
CricketCountry StaffJanuary 20, 2020 1:37 PM IST
Simmons smashed 10 sixes and five boundaries in his 40-ball blitz.
West Indies vs Ireland Live Cricket Score and Updates: WI vs IRE 3rd T20I match Live cricket score at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
CricketCountry StaffJanuary 20, 2020 6:55 AM IST

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Latest Features : West Indies Cricket Team

It’s mind over matter for Hanuma Vihari
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Adapting to the situation and playing accordingly may seem like a quite straightforward plan, it is easier said than done. Vihari reveals why it is
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CricketCountry StaffAugust 29, 2019 3:09 PM IST
Kohli had equaled Dhoni’s record as he won his 27th Test as India captain during India’s win in the first Test against West Indies.
3rd T20I: Is India vs West Indies the new India vs Sri Lanka?
CricketCountry StaffAugust 5, 2019 2:24 PM IST
Since 2009, India have played West Indies in 11 series. What will this tour throw up?

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records

Highest Individual Score

Brian Lara - 400 runs

Best Bowling

Jack Noreiga - 9/95

Most Prolific Batsman

Brian Lara - Total 11912 runs

Most Prolific Bowler

Courtney Walsh - Total 519 wickets

Highest Individual Score

Chris Gayle - 215 runs

Best Bowling

Winston Davis - 7/51

Most Prolific Batsman

Brian Lara - Total 10348 runs

Most Prolific Bowler

Courtney Walsh - Total 227 wickets

Highest Individual Score

Evin Lewis - 125 runs

Best Bowling

Darren Sammy - 5/26

Most Prolific Batsman

Chris Gayle - Total 1589 runs

Most Prolific Bowler

Dwayne Bravo - Total 52 wickets

PHOTOS AND VIDEOS : West Indies Cricket Team

Video: India whitewash West Indies in table -topping Test Championship win
CricketCountry StaffSeptember 3, 2019 1:39 PM IST
India produced a top-notch bowling performance in a clinical 257-run demolition of the West Indies in the second Test as a 2-0 series victory.
VIDEO: Bumrah hat-trick puts India on top in Kingston
CricketCountry StaffSeptember 1, 2019 4:07 PM IST
Jasprit Bumrah took a hat-trick after Hanuma Vihari's maiden century to put India on top.
Buoyant India eye another series win over West Indies
CricketCountry StaffAugust 30, 2019 10:31 AM IST
Now on top of the WTC table, Virat Kohli's team will believe they can double their tally when they meet West Indies in the second
In Pics: India vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Day 4
CricketCountry StaffSeptember 3, 2019 3:47 AM IST
Images from Day 4 of the second Test between India and West Indies which the visitors won by 257 runs to take the series 2-0.
In Pics: India vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Day 3
CricketCountry StaffSeptember 2, 2019 4:43 AM IST
Images from Day 3 of the second Test between India and West Indies in Jamaica.
In Pics: India vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Day 2
CricketCountry StaffSeptember 1, 2019 5:57 AM IST
Images from Day 2 of the second Test between India and West Indies.

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RECENT RESULTS

WI vs Ireland

Ireland in West Indies, 2020, 3rd T20I

Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts

West Indies beat Ireland by 9 wickets

WI vs Ireland

Ireland in West Indies, 2020, 2nd T20I

Sun, Jan 19, 2020 at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts

Match Abandoned

WI vs Ireland

Ireland in West Indies, 2020, 1st T20I

Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada

Ireland beat West Indies by 4 runs