Raymon Reifer

West Indies recalled opener Evin Lewis on Wednesday for the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia but excluded all-rounder Andre Russell and spinner Sunil Narine as part of their 15-man squad. The left-handed Lewis last played for the team in the 2021 T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates while veterans Russell and Narine have been overlooked by selectors in recent months.

Raymon Reifer, a 31-year-old all-rounder who has played one Test — against New Zealand in 2017 — was also included in the squad and veteran fast bowler Kemar Roach will be added if he recovers from an injury sustained in county cricket.

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.

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.

Yashasvi Jaiswal's vulnerability against left-arm pacers continued in the Adelaide pink-ball Test, falling to Mitchell Starc's first ball for a duck. This follows a similar dismissal in the first Test, despite his impressive 161 in the second innings. Jaiswal's struggles extend beyond Starc, with South Africa's Nandre Burger dismissing him thrice in recent series.

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

India A once again struggled in the first innings, folding up for 192 in response to West Indies A's 302 on day two of the second unofficial Test on Wednesday.

Four players hit fifties as Bangladesh made light work of the West Indies to record a 120-run win in the third one-day international in Chittagong Monday to sweep the series 3-0.

Raymon Reifer claimed five wickets in 11 balls on the second day of the West Indies' intra-squad match at Old Trafford on Wednesday.

Sunil Ambris struck a fine hundred while Shamarh Brooks made a gritty 91 to steer the West Indies A to 383 and earn a 250-run first innings lead against India A on day two of the first unofficial Test.

India's young batsmen Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ishan Kishan were handed debut caps during the opening Test against the West Indies on Wednesday. The 21-year-old Yashasvi, who had an astonishing IPL 2023 season, received his debut Test cap from his Mumbai senior and India captain Rohit Sharma. Ishan got the coveted cap from the run machine Virat Kohli.

Sinclair, a 23-year-old off-spinner, offers West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite an additional bowling option. He has already represented the team in seven ODIs and six T20Is, with his most recent appearance being in the ICC World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.

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.

The same 15 players that lost a three-match Test series 2-1 and five-match one day international series 4-0 against England, while winning the only Twenty20 game between the sides, will be heading to Zimbabwe.

West Indies on Tuesday recalled fast bowler Shannon Gabriel for next month's two-Test series in Zimbabwe with Jayden Seales sidelined after undergoing knee surgery.

Red-ball specialist batsman Kraigg Brathwaite will retain his role as the leader of the team as Cricket West Indies (CWI) unveiled an 18-member squad for the preparatory camp ahead of the forthcoming two-match Test series against India.

All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan leads an unsettled Bangladesh side into the first Test against the West Indies on Thursday seeking to recapture the glory of his captaincy debut 13 years ago.

West Indies all-rounder Roston Chase and middle-order batsman Shamarh Brooks were on Saturday recalled to the squad for their two-Test series in Australia, while former captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul's son Tagenarine earned his maiden call-up.

Star Zimbabwe batter Gary Ballance was ruled out of the decisive second Test against the West Indies in Bulawayo on Sunday due to a migraine headache. A Zimbabwe Cricket spokesman said Ballance had been feeling unwell for several days and had not recovered sufficiently to play.

West Indies selectors named a 14-member squad for a tri-series in Ireland without their premier stars, currently plying their trade in the Indian Premier League.

All-rounder Dwayne Bravo wrote his own piece of history, while Praveen Tambe became the first Indian cricketer to play in the Hero Caribbean Premier League as Trinbago Knight Riders posted their fourth straight win, beating St Lucia Zouks by six wickets via D/L method in a rain-truncated match here.

West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder has been rested for next month's white-ball tour to Pakistan while Evin Lewis, Shimron Hetmyer and Andre Russell have been left out for personal reasons, the country's cricket board (CWI) said on Friday.

West Indies named a 14-man squad for next month's proposed three-Test series in England, with three players refusing to travel due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the islands' cricket board (CWI) said on Wednesday.

Away from nets for a long period due to the COVID-19 lockdown, the players, including Kraigg Brathwaite, Shai Hope, Kemar Roach, Shane Dowrich, Shamarh Brooks and Raymon Reifer trained at the Kensington Oval behind closed doors on Monday.

Cricket West Indies president Dr Kishore Shallow and batting legend Brian Lara presented a plaque to Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, prior to the start of the second and final Test, to commemorate the 100th Test between India and West Indies in Port of Spain.

Off-spinner Krishnappa Gowtham took five wickets before Mayank Agarwal struck a solid 81 to take India A on the verge of a fighting win over West Indies A in the second unofficial Test.

Openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shubman Gill struck fine half-centuries before Navdeep Saini's fifer guided India A to a 65-run win over West Indies A in the second unofficial ODI of the five-match series.

A splendid batting performance from India A raised visions of victory before West Indies A managed to hold on to a draw in the four-day 'Test' that concluded on Saturday.

India handed debut caps to young sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal and wicket-keeper batsman Ishan Kishan as West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite won the toss and opted to bat in the opening Test of the two-match series against India on Wednesday.

West Indies coach Phil Simmons had no qualms over the fitness of Jason Holder after the captain played a restricted role on the final day of his side's first warm-up match ahead of next month's Test series against England.