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

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

40 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

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

38 years old

Right-hand bat

Off-break

Lendl Simmons

34 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

37 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast

Chadwick Walton

34 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast

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CricketCountry StaffOctober 16, 2019 8:15 AM IST
West Indies on Tuesday announced the squad for the upcoming Afghanistan series.
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Agence France-PresseOctober 15, 2019 10:56 AM IST
Phil Simmons has returned to take charge of the West Indies three years after being dismissed in controversial circumstances, Cricket West Indies has announced.
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CricketCountry StaffOctober 3, 2019 3:11 PM IST
Desmond Haynes, Floyd Reifer and Phil Simmons have been shortlisted to take over as the next West Indies head coach.
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CricketCountry StaffOctober 1, 2019 5:22 PM IST
Cummins is the latest West Indies player who follows in the footsteps of Fidel Edwards (who joined Hampshire) and Ravi Rampaul (Derbyshire) who have signed
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CricketCountry StaffOctober 1, 2019 6:04 AM IST
Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Monday announced they will host Ireland for a three-match ODI and three-match T20I series in January next year.

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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.
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CricketCountry StaffSeptember 1, 2019 4:07 PM IST
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CricketCountry StaffAugust 30, 2019 10:31 AM IST
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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.