Nkrumah Bonner

West Indies on Sunday named an unchanged squad for the second Test against England which starts in Barbados on Wednesday following the team's gritty draw in the series opener.

Seasoned pacer Kemar Roach and young all-rounder Nkrumah Bonner have been recalled to the West Indies ODI squad for the three-match series in India beginning February 6.

Mehidy Hasan Miraz on Saturday not only became the fourth Bangladesh bowler to take 100 wickets in the longest format of the game but also the fastest to achieve the glorious milestone.

Skipper Jason Holder is one of 10 players who will miss his country's tour of Bangladesh because of "Covid-19 related concerns or personal fears", Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced on Tuesday.

West Indies were all out for 375, leading England by 64 runs after the first innings of the first Test in North Sound on Friday. The hosts added only two runs to their overnight score before losing their final wicket when Jayden Seales was out lbw for a duck to spinner Jack Leach on the third ball of day four on the island of Antigua.

Cricket West Indies (CWI) said Test captain Jason Holder and limited-overs skipper Kieron Pollard are among 10 players who have chosen not to travel to Bangladesh for their upcoming tour due to concerns about the novel coronavirus.

Sri Lanka claimed wickets at both ends of a dour morning session which produced just 59 runs as they restricted West Indies to 72 for two in reply to the tourists' paltry first innings of 169 on the second day of the first Test in Antigua on Monday. In between the dismissals of captain Kraigg Brathwaite and Nkrumah Bonner, the hosts crawled along with a second-wicket partnership of 56 in 21 overs between Bonner and fellow-Jamaican John Campbell.

Bangladesh were struggling at 105/4 at stumps of day two in their must-win second Test on Friday, after the West Indies scored 409 runs in the first innings.

Displays of batting resistance and resilience in their recent series have come as a boost to the West Indies team, said captain Kraigg Brathwaite as he hailed the contribution from two new Test caps.

West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder and batsman Darren Bravo will return to the squad for the two-Test series at home to Sri Lanka, the country's cricket board (CWI) said on Friday.

Nkrumah Bonner scored an unbeaten maiden test century as the West Indies reached 236-4 on the final day to draw the first Test against Sri Lanka in Antigua on Thursday.

Batter Athanaze is captain of the Windward Islands Volcanoes while seam bowler Jordan plays for Barbados Pride.

Nkrumah Bonner scored an unbeaten half-century as the West Indies and Bangladesh shared the honours on the opening day of the second and final Test in Dhaka on Thursday.

Fast bowler Chemar Holder has returned from injury to be included in a 17-man West Indies squad for their two-Test series against Pakistan that gets under way at Sabina Park in Jamaica on Thursday.

Sri Lanka are favourites in the second Test against the West Indies that begins on Monday after a resounding victory in the first game, but if the tourists win the toss and get Dimuth Karunaratne early they are in with a chance.

Kyle Mayers made an unbeaten double hundred on his Test debut to help West Indies snatch an extraordinary three-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the first Test on Sunday.

Ahead of the third Test match against England, West Indies skipper Jason Holder has shown 'full support' to batsman Shai Hope, who has been struggling with his form in the ongoing series.

Sri Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne won the toss and put the West Indies in to bat on the opening day of the second and final Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Monday.

Skipper Kraigg Brathwaite smashed a fifty but Bangladesh spinners struck back to halt the West Indies' progress in the first Test in Chittagong on Friday.

West Indies called up two uncapped players, fast bowler Anderson Phillip and opener John Campbell, for the first Test against England next month.

The West Indies on Monday named an unchanged squad for this week's third and deciding Test against England in Grenada after the first two matches ended in draws.

West Indies have picked uncapped opener Jeremy Solozano for their two-Test series in Sri Lanka while also including all-rounders Jason Holder and Roston Chase who are currently in the United Arab Emirates at the Twenty20 World Cup.

India A have to address a few issues in their batting department if they hope to wrap up the three-match rubber against West Indies A in the second Test.

Shakib Al Hasan claimed four wickets for eight runs in his international comeback as Bangladesh bowled out a weakened West Indies for 122 in the first of their three-match one-day series on Wednesday. Debutant pacer Hasan Mahmud took 3-28 as Bangladesh wrapped up the West Indies innings in 32.2 overs after electing to bowl first at Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.

Off-spinner Mehidy Hasan claimed a career best four wickets for 25 as Bangladesh bowled out the West Indies for 148 in their second one-day international on Friday.

West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite won the toss and chose to bat first against South Africa on the opening day of the first match of a two-Test series in St Lucia on Thursday. West Indies gave a debut to 19-year-old fast bowler Jayden Seales, who has played just one first-class match previously.

Kraigg Brathwaite was at his most obdurate as the West Indies lost just one wicket to reach lunch at 81 for three in reply to Pakistan's first innings total of 217 on the second day of the first Test at Sabina Park on Friday.

England had no success with the second new ball as West Indies got to lunch losing only one wicket, that of Jason Holder, in the first session on day three of the first Test in North Sound, Antigua on Thursday.

A dogged half-century from Nkrumah Bonner kept alive the West Indies' hopes of at least forcing a draw in the first Test against Sri Lanka as the home side reached 91 for two at lunch on the fifth day in Antigua.

Former West Indies all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite has accused Joe Root of being "disrespectful" after the England skipper waited until the last five balls to concede the draw on day 5 of the opening Test.