West Indies

West Indies top-order batter Lendl Simmons announces retirement from international cricket
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The talented batter finished his career with a total of 3,763 runs for West Indies from 144 matches over all three formats. The 37-year-old Simmons played five Tests, 68 ODIs and an equal number of T20Is. Simmons is best known for his exploits in ODI cricket having made two centuries and 16 half-centuries for the Caribbean side.
Rashid, Pollard, Bravo headline latest batch of stars nominated for BBL
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Rashid, Pollard and Bravo together have played 1,476 T20 matches, scoring 20,065 runs and taking 1,371 wickets and join South African batter Faf du Plessis as the latest marquee nominations in the draft pool.
India announce squad for West Indies T20Is; Kohli, Bumrah miss out
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Kohli, who was out of the 1st ODI against England with a groin injury, has not been included for the West Indies's T20Is as well. However, BCCI in its official statement hasn't mentioned whether he has been rested or not picked due to injury. On the other hand, pacer Bumrah's name is also missing from the squad.
Spinners shine as Bangladesh clinch West Indies series in style
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The clinical nine-wicket win gave the visitors an unassailable 2-0 lead with one game to play. Bangladesh have now won six of their last seven bilateral ODI series. While this calendar year has been quite bleak for Bangladesh, their form in 50-over cricket has actually been very decent as they have now clinched three consecutive series victories.
Bangladesh finally taste success in West Indies; win first ODI by six wickets
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Bangladesh then notched up the required runs for the loss of four wickets in 31.5 overs, with batting stalwart Mahmudullah scoring a patient unbeaten 41 off 69 balls. This was West Indies' first defeat in the ongoing multi-format tour. After sweeping the Tests 2-0 and winning the three-match T20 International series 2-0, they fell at the hands of the visitors on Monday (IST), who finally tasted success.
Pooran, Mayers smash half-centuries as West Indies clinch T20I series
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The 26-year-old left-hander played an array of superb strokes on both sides of the wicket as he made his fourth T20I half-century in his last five innings. Set a challenging target of 164 in the final contest, Pooran ended the match in grand style with a magnificent straight six and held the pose for emphasis. He was named the 'Player of the Match' and 'Man of the Series'.
India's squad for ODI series against West Indies announced, Dhawan to lead
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India's squad for 3 ODIs: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (vice-captain), Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Arshdeep Singh.
CWI and CPL unveil 'THE 6IXTY', a new T10 tournament with different rules
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The inaugural edition of THE 6IXTY is expected to feature men's and women's teams competing in a new set of playing conditions. Among the key rules highlighted by the organisers are that each batting team will be considered all-out at the fall of the sixth wicket. They'll have two Power Play overs with fielding restrictions, and can unlock a third if they hit two sixes in the first 12 balls of the innings. This extra over of PowerPlay may be taken between overs 3-9.
Trying different combinations reason for ODI clean sweep against West Indies: Babar Azam
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Pakistan won the third and final ODI by 53 runs under Duckworth-Lewis rule on Sunday with the hosts amassing 26/9 in 48 overs and then bundling out the West Indies for 216 in 37.2 overs."We executed our plans and got the desired results. We are trying different combinations with bat and ball. We will try to keep continuity and also test our bench strength," said Babar Azam.
2nd ODI: Babar, Imam, Nawaz help Pakistan to a 120-run win against West Indies
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Nawaz's spell meant that West Indies, in pursuit of 276, were all out for 155 in 32.2 overs, giving Pakistan an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Nawaz ended hopes of any challenge from the West Indies by taking out Pooran, Brandon King, Shamarh Brooks and Rovman Powell in his spell and was rightly adjudged 'Player of the Match'.
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