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(c)Cricinfo en-gb England bounced back admirably after trailing 1-2 in the contest and captain Andrew Strauss said he was "delighted" with how his team "handled the pressure" https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101600/101602.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/398186.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/398186.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-398186 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Flintoff returned the stunning figures of 5 for 19 in five overs, and capped his efforts with the first hat-trick of his international career, as England ended a dismal winter on an improbable high with their first-ever ODI series win in the Caribb https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/398140.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/398140.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-398140 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Would they play they play or wouldn't they? Until the eve of the fifth and final ODI in St Lucia, no-one could say for sure https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397878.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397878.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397878 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT West Indies players have opted against industrial action and will play in the fifth one-day international against England https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397874.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397874.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397874 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sir Vivian Richards fears that the unresolved dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board and the Players' Association could work in England's favour as they seek an improbable victory in the ODI series that culminates in St Lucia on Friday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397800.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397800.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397800 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The ongoing dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board and the Players' Association could be settled on Thursday as the two sides again sit down https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397752.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397752.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397752 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kevin Pietersen has said that he will not go on another long England tour without his wife, singer Jessica Taylor https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101300/101324.gif https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397554.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397554.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397554 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The West Indies Players Association has dismissed a proposed settlement from the West Indies Cricket Board as a 'position paper', meaning that a further round of negotiations will be necessary before the threat of strike action in the fifth and final ODI https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397492.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397492.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397492 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff will join the England squad is St Lucia for the series-deciding final ODI against West Indies after being passed fit following scans on their injuries in Barbados https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397446.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397446.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397446 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Concerns of a West Indies player strike have eased, with local officials confident the fifth one-day international in St Lucia will proceed on Thursday. Bryan Calixte, president of the St Lucia National Cricket Association, believes there is a "90 %" chan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397408.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397408.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397408 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England remain optimistic that both Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen will recover from their respective injuries in time for Friday's ODI series decider against West Indies https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397359.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397359.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397359 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England's captain, Andrew Strauss, seized on an unexpected opportunity to haul his side level in their ODI series against West Indies, as he defied his unglamorous reputation to crack 79 from just 61 balls in a rain-readjusted run-chase in Barbados https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397256.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397256.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397256 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England are ending their Caribbean tour as they began it, beset by off-field rifts and dripping with unadulterated humiliation https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397237.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397237.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397237 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT West Indies captain Chris Gayle is confident that they can close out the one-day series against England in the fourth and penultimate match at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Sunday https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101100/101151.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397226.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397226.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397226 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Chris Gayle, the West Indies captain, has hit out at Kevin Pietersen for making critical comments about Shivnarine Chanderpaul https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/75700/75732.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397218.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397218.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397218 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The possibility of a boycott of the fifth and final ODI between West Indies and England in St Lucia looms large with the West Indies captain Chris Gayle indicating that his team may not take the field on Friday if outstanding issues with the West Indies C https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/99800/99888.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397177.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397177.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397177 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Strauss, the England captain, has said his team's defeat in the third ODI against West Indies in Barbados was "pretty humiliating and fundamentally pretty embarrassing" https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101100/101133.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397133.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397133.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397133 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Chris Gayle put West Indies' off-field worries to one side and instead heaped ever more crippling levels of opprobrium onto the shoulders of England's listless cricketers https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101100/101149.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397031.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397031.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397031 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Flintoff is set to return for the third ODI between England and West Indies in Barbados, after recovering from the hip injury that forced him to miss the final two Tests of last month's 1-0 series defeat https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/98900/98928.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/396638.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/396638.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-396638 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Uncapped Barbados batsman Dale Richards and Trinidad fast bowler Ravi Rampaul have been included in the West Indies squad for the third and fourth one-day internationals against England https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/86100/86179.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/396561.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/396561.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-396561 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Shivanarine Chanderpaul rounded off a week of personal honours and awards with his 10th one-day international hundred to lead West Indies to a series-levelling 21-run victory https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100900/100992.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/396369.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/396369.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-396369 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT John Dyson may still be wondering how he mis-calculated the Duckworth-Lewis target yesterday, which prompted England's farcial one-run win in the first ODI, but Paul Collingwood is confident that his side's first win of a gruelling winter can inspire them https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100800/100872.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/396262.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/396262.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-396262 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT An amazing miscalculation from West Indies coach John Dyson handed England an extraordinary victory in the opening one-day international at the Providence Stadium when he misread the Duckworth-Lewis chart https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100800/100878.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/396061.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/396061.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-396061 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Another format and another chance for England to register their first international win of the winter? Don't hold your breath https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395895.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395895.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395895 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England are hopeful that Andrew Strauss will recover from a slight hamstring strain he picked up during the Twenty20 international against West Indies in time to lead the side in the opening ODI, in Guyana, on Friday https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100600/100603.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395560.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395560.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395560 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua won't host international cricket for at least 12 months following the abandoned second Test against England in February https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/98900/98957.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395512.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395512.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395512 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andy Flower has put his name forward for the vacant England coaching position, but knows that his prospects of securing the role on a permanent basis will be improved immeasurably if he can find a way to end the country's barren run of form https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/98400/98467.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395509.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395509.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395509 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT West Indies' captain, Chris Gayle, has been named in a 13-man squad for the first ODI against England in Guyana on Friday https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100400/100435.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395407.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395407.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395407 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Strauss, the England captain, has said his team's batting wasn't 'smart' enough during Sunday's six-wicket defeat to West Indies https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100600/100608.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395367.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395367.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395367 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England's bid to regain momentum after last week's Test series defeat hit the buffers as they were routed by six wickets with two overs to spare https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395309.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395309.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395309 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dimitri Mascarenhas battered a rapid 84 from 54 balls as England warmed up for Sunday's Twenty20 international with a 51-run victory over a Players' Association XI https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100500/100584.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395255.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395255.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395255 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The England captain Andrew Strauss hasn't featured in an ODI since the 2007 World Cup yet, on the eve of leading England against West Indies in Sunday's Twenty20, he remains determined to prove his one-day worth https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/74200/74282.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395250.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395250.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395250 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A preview of the Twenty20 International between West Indies and England in Port-of-Spain https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100500/100580.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395239.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395239.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395239 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT West Indies' opener, Andre Fletcher, has spoken of his lasting gratitude to Allen Stanford, the disgraced former bankroller of West Indian cricket - even though he has lost money since Stanford's collapse https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395135.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395135.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395135 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sir Vivian Richards believes that complacency cost England dear in their recent Test series in the Caribbean, as West Indies held onto their 1-0 lead to reclaim the Wisden Trophy for the first time in nine years https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395094.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395094.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395094 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT John Dyson believes the return to fitness of allrounder Dwayne Bravo could help his team find the consistency they need to build on their first series win in five years https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395058.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/395058.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395058 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT West Indian greats Michael Holding and Colin Croft think the current team still has a long way to go before it can claim to have "turned the corner" https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/98800/98844.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394969.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394969.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394969 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT All eyes will be on Dwayne Bravo as he returns to the international field, after being named in the West Indies' Twenty20 squad to take on England in the only match to be played in Port of Spain on Sunday https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/91200/91246.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394884.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394884.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394884 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT John Dyson is hopeful West Indies' drought-breaking series victory over England will go far towards reviving the game in the region. Four years have passed since West Indies last won a Test series and not since April, 2002 have they won a series comprisin https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/92000/92055.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394881.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394881.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394881 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Strauss sat at his post-match press conference looking drained and a little depressed. This is what captaining England can do to a man, especially when you have twice been within spitting distance of victories after previously being involved in a h https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/99400/99482.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394865.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394865.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394865 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Daren Ganga, the West Indies international, and captain of Trinidad and Tobago, will lead a West Indies Players Association All Star XI against England in a 50-over match at Guaracara Park https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394828.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394828.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394828 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It would have been one of their most extraordinary Test victories and for much of the final afternoon in Trinidad England looked as though they could pull it off https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100400/100428.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394737.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394737.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394737 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT What compelling drama, what brilliant theatre. This was a Test of West Indian nerve like no other and it so nearly became too much for them. The prospect of regaining the Wisden Trophy and winning their first series since 2004 enveloped them in a fog of u https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100400/100433.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394730.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394730.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394730 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT West Indies regained the Wisden Trophy for the first time since 2000 in a thrilling finale to the series in Trinidad. Left with 66 overs in which to bat in their second innings after England's lunchtime declaration, West Indies shipped wickets at regular https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100400/100434.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394691.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394691.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394691 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:04 GMT Andrew McGlashan presents the plays from the fifth day in Trinidad https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100400/100421.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394722.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394722.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394722 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England spinner Monty Panesar has been fined 25% of his match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the fifth Test against West Indies in Port of Spain https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394653.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394653.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394653 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT For a short passage of play leading up the close of the fourth day at the Queen's Park Oval the series came to life in a way that hasn't happened since Jerome Taylor's spell at Sabina Park a month ago https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394529.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394529.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394529 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Shivnarine Chanderpaul produced an unflinchingly obdurate innings of 147 not out, and Brendan Nash chipped in with his maiden Test century, as West Indies stood firm against a frustrated England bowling attack to manoeuvre themselves ever closer to their https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394495.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394495.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394495 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:18 GMT Ryan Sidebottom has been ruled out of the Twenty20 international and one-day series against West Indies by his persistent Achilles problem. He will fly home after the final Test in Trinidad while Amjad Khan, who made his debut in Port of Spain, will remai https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394527.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394527.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394527 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT West Indies have nearly made it and the series is almost in the bag. Before this Test Chris Gayle said his team had one hand on the Wisden Trophy, but now they have one hand and four fingers. Barring a single-session collapse the home side are secure and https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394526.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394526.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394526 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew McGlashan presents the plays from the fourth day in Trinidad https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394523.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394523.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394523 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Brendan Nash and Shivnarine Chanderpaul overcame the potentially devastating loss of their captain, Chris Gayle, to a hamstring tear, as they batted clean through the final 51.5 overs of the third day https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394311.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394311.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394311 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:18 GMT As Chris Gayle limped off the Queen's Park Oval after pulling his hamstring reaching his 10th Test century, there was a sense that West Indies' grip on the series was leaving with him https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394351.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394351.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394351 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England huffed and puffed and still couldn't blow the West Indies house down. They haven't quite run out of time, but things now have to happen at increasing speed over the next six sessions if the visitors are going to level the series. And speed hasn't https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394349.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394349.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394349 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew McGlashan presents the plays from the third day in Trinidad https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394343.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394343.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394343 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Paul Collingwood converted his ninth Test century into an imposing 161 and Matt Prior celebrated the birth of his first child with a hundred of his own, as England took advantage of West Indies' outrageously negative tactics https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394096.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394096.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394096 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:18 GMT Matt Prior won't score many easier Test centuries than his career-best 131 not out, during which he added 218 for the fifth wicket with Paul Collingwood https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394141.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394141.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394141 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew McGlashan presents the plays from the second day in Trinidad https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394139.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394139.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394139 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Strauss took advantage of a defensive West Indian mindset to rack up his third first-day century of the series, and Paul Collingwood continued his fine vein of form with 54 not out, as England claimed the honours in the opening exchanges of the fif https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393831.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393831.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393831 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:18 GMT West Indies, who only need to draw the final Test in Trinidad to take the series against England, face an anxious wait to see how Shivnarine Chanderpaul pulls up after straining a groin muscle in the field on the opening day https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393941.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393941.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393941 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It's a wonder there are any questions left to ask Andrew Strauss. His three first-day hundreds have meant he has never been far away from a camera or a notebook during the Tests in the Caribbean https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393940.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393940.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393940 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The dancing girls in the Trini Posse Stand tried their best, but even they struggled to inject much life into the opening day at the Queen's Park Oval https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393939.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393939.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393939 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew McGlashan presents the plays from the first day in Trinidad https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393936.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393936.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393936 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT With a good performance at the Queen's Park Oval, West Indies can win back the prize that was in permanent possession of the home side through the 1970s, 80s and 90s https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393625.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393625.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393625 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The ECB's head-hunter led search for candidates to be the team director closes on Friday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393624.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393624.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393624 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In a week when off-field events have wrenched cricket into the headlines for all the wrong reasons, England's struggles in the Caribbean have been put into stark context https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393586.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393586.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393586 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The ECB will monitor the security situation in India ahead of the IPL following yesterday's attack on the Sri Lanka team in Lahore. Centrally contracted England players are due to take part for a three-week period following the tour of West Indies https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393455.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393455.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393455 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Samit Patel has paid the price for not heeding the ECB's warnings about his fitness, and has been dropped for the Twenty20 and one-day leg of England's tour of West Indies https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393407.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393407.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393407 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andy Flower, England's interim coach, has given a stark assessment of Steve Harmison's position in the team and said he is currently not up to standard https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393387.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393387.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393387 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It remains to be seen whether England's coaching dragnet will extend as far as John Dyson, but the West Indies mentor is certainly making a compelling case for consideration https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/393165.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/393165.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393165 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Both captains agreed that the Kensington Oval pitch didn't do Test cricket many favours as the fourth Test ended in a predictable draw https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393173.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393173.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393173 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England have had to radically downgrade their ambitions on this tour. The best they can now hope for from a series where in which they were expected to prevail is a draw. That would be enough to retain the Wisden Trophy, but it is hardly the emphatic stat https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393172.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393172.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393172 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew McGlashan presents the plays of the fifth day in Barbados https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393171.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393171.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393171 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Alastair Cook converted his first Test century for 14 months into a career-best 139 not out, and Kevin Pietersen massaged his average with an unbeaten 72, as England overcame some early uncertainty to push the fourth Test at Bridgetown to the deathliest o https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393131.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393131.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393131 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT This has been a game for celebrating centuries in an unusual manner but Denesh Ramdin did something even more individual, pulling out a handwritten note on reaching his maiden hundred https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393003.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393003.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393003 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It's a recipe for stalemate. Take two struggling bowling attacks, add in a sprinkle of in-form batsmen and finish off with a deadly flat pitch. Bake for a few days, but don't expect the excitement level to rise too much. It leaves a bland taste in the mou https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393002.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393002.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393002 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew McGlashan presents the plays of the fourth day in Barbados https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392997.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392997.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392997 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ramnaresh Sarwan made a magnificent career-best 291, and Denesh Ramdin converted his maiden Test century into a fill-your-boots 166 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392966.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392966.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392966 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Steve Harmison is set to discuss his international future with captain Andrew Strauss after being omitted from the side for the fourth Test against West Indies in Barbados https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392934.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392934.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392934 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sarwan's third century of the series felt as inevitable as the sun rising in the morning. This is the type of surge that his talent has always suggested could happen since he made his debut, aged 19, against Pakistan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392843.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392843.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392843 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The West Indies coach, John Dyson, is normally a fairly mild-mannered person, but watching two of his key middle-order batsmen get dispatched by the referral system nearly tipped him over the edge https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392841.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392841.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392841 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew McGlashan presents the plays of the third day in Barbados https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392837.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392837.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392837 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ramnaresh Sarwan once again stood between England and their hopes of squaring the series in the fourth Test in Barbados https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392808.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392808.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392808 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT If England's cricketers thought they had batted with intent on the first day at Bridgetown, their efforts were nothing compared to the free-flowing onslaught they produced on the second https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392683.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392683.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392683 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:18 GMT Fidel Edwards might not be buying Jerome Taylor a drink any time soon. They are new-ball buddies, who have made England hop around at times in this series, but in this match Taylor has not done much to help his friend out. On the opening day he dropped a https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392724.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392724.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392724 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A week ago Ravi Bopara was in the sleepy city of Christchurch, but the world is a small place these days. Now he is England's Test No. 6 and is going to take some shifting https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392721.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392721.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392721 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew McGlashan presents the plays of the second day in Barbados https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392719.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392719.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392719 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Flintoff will return home from the tour of West Indies later on Friday to continue his rehabilitation from the hip injury that forced him to miss the fourth Test in Barbados https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392625.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392625.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392625 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT For the second time in consecutive first innings, Andrew Strauss launched England's bid to level the series with a superb and attacking century https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392420.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392420.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392420 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:18 GMT Chris Gayle doesn't let many emotions show on the cricket field, but he must have been churning inside when Andrew Strauss's regulation outside-edge fell from his grasp https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392489.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392489.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392489 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Flintoff's immediate future should become clearer on Friday with the ECB expected to make an announcement over his rehabilitation from the hip injury that ruled him out of the fourth Test in Barbados https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392487.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392487.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392487 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew McGlashan presents the plays of the first day in Barbados https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392484.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392484.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392484 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew McGlashan presents the plays of the first day in Barbados https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392483.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392483.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392483 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT For the second winter running, England are faced with needing to win back-to-back Tests to take a series they were favourites to secure from the outset. Last year it was New Zealand and they successfully rallied in Wellington and Napier, now they need to https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392315.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392315.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392315 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A win here and West Indies will regain the Wisden Trophy for the first time since letting it slip away in 2000 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392308.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392308.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392308 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricinfo previews the fourth Test between West Indies and England at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392247.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392247.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392247 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT John Dyson, the West Indies coach, wants his players to learn from their mistakes in Antigua and make sure they don't have to fight it out for a draw again https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392123.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392123.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392123 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Graeme Swann will postpone surgery on his elbow until at least beyond England's tour of the West Indies, and he shrugged off any notion of being under pressure as the side's No.1 spinner https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392110.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392110.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392110 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Flintoff has said he has no plans to pull out of the Indian Premier League in April, despite England's concerns over the hip injury that has already forced him to miss Thursday's fourth Test against West Indies in Barbados https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392039.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/392039.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392039 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England's bowlers found the opposition tougher than expected on the second day against a Barbados Cricket Associations President's XI as they reached a respectable 245 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/391986.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/391986.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-391986 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT