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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Sachin Tendulkar against all bowlers - India innings at Trinidad © CricInfo An army may well win a battle with pop-guns and catapults, but how much less concerned the soldiers and their supporters would feel if their tank - even one with ailing https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/117602.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/117602.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-117602 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT After having been blown away by Christ Gayle at Trinidad on Saturday, India had everything to play for on Sunday at the Queen's Park Oval https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/117597.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/117597.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-117597 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT International Cricket Council match referee Mike Procter has accepted full responsibility for the delay in the announcement of West Indies' revised target in yesterday's decisive Cable & Wireless One-Day International against India https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/117590.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/117590.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-117590 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The rules of good hospitality dictate that a host never lets his visitor return home empty-handed https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/117584.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/117584.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-117584 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Queen's Park Oval at Trinidad might be one of India's favourite away grounds but that did not save them from a thrashing at the hands of the West Indians on Saturday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/117575.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/117575.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-117575 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The day began in a moment of solemn silence and ended in a dramatic eruption of joy at the Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/117569.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/117569.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-117569 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT After two washed-out matches at Sabina Park, it was a relief to get some cricket underway again with the third one-day international at the Kensington Oval in Barbados https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120118.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120118.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120118 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kamikaze missions on a good batting pitch are usually the prerogative of the Indian batting line-up, but Wednesday's one-day international saw the West Indies trespass into that territory as well https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120117.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120117.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120117 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT For the first time in their long history, India registered a win at Kensington Oval in Barbados today https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120104.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120104.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120104 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The sons of both Bradmans - white and black - decided against playing cricket for a career https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120084.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120084.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120084 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Carl Hooper and Roger Harper got the balance just about right in assessing the significance of the West Indies' triumph over India in the Cable & Wireless Test series https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120028.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120028.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120028 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT This outfield cannot take anymore water https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120027.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120027.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120027 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Without a single ball being bowled the second one-day international between India and West Indies was washed out https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120016.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120016.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120016 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Lashed by rains ever since the conclusion of the final Test, Sabina Park, despite the excellent facilities for draining the ground, remained water-logged enough for the first one-dayer between India and the West Indies to be abandoned very early https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120006.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120006.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120006 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Rain pelted the window-panes, but the gloom in Sourav Ganguly's room superseded the weather easily https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120004.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120004.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120004 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) will have to fork out more than $500 000 in refunds if the murky weather that has hovered over Jamaica for the last three days completely ruins the first of this weekend's back-to-back Cable & Wireless One-Day https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120003.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120003.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120003 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In Kingston captain Carl Hooper and coach Roger Harper have held up the Kensington Oval pitch for the second Test of the recent Cable & Wireless Series as an example of what is needed at all levels of West Indies cricket https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120000.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120000.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120000 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Two days of incessant, torrential rain have dumped nearly two inches of rain on Kingston and put the weekend's first two One-Day Internationals in the Cable & Wireless Series at Sabina Park in some doubt https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119998.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119998.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119998 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT There are two objections to Dravid being asked tokeep wickets https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119988.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119988.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119988 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In one of my earlier columns, I had opined that the Indians had a good chance of giving their fans an encore of the glorious West Indies tour of 1971 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119955.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119955.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119955 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Merv Dillon against VVS Laxman - India first innings at Jamaica © CricInfo For a bowler groomed to be the spearhead of the West Indian pace attack, Merv Dillon went an unusually long time without a fivewicket haul https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119952.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119952.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119952 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT So the search for the elusive away series win continues https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119951.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119951.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119951 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Despite overnight rain delaying the start of the final day's play, the result was a foregone conclusion https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119942.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119942.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119942 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT By the time the Indian team went to the Caribbean islands next in 1997, the decline of West Indian cricket was clearly marked https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119934.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119934.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119934 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT He stands elegantly in the lounge of the MCC Club in Kingston where, once upon a time, his mother worked as a cook to earn her living https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119918.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119918.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119918 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT At the end of the fourth day, the West Indies have all but won the final Test and sealed the series 2-1 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119916.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119916.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119916 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Lance Gibbs may now reside in Miami, but he cannot stay away from his own country, especially when there is cricket to watch https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119904.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119904.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119904 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Off-spin all-rounder Gareth Breese is the only complete newcomer in the West Indies 13-member squad named for the opening two limitedovers matches of the 2002 Cable & Wireless Trophy series against India, to be contested at Kingston's Sabina Park on https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/119900.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/119900.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119900 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT With two days of the Test to go, the West Indies are in a dominating position at Jamaica https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119899.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119899.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119899 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT As the stumps shattered, the bails flew and the most feared batsman in the Indian team slapped his bat on the pitch in rage at his mistake, the 12 000 or so Jamaicans filling Sabina Park to near-capacity broke into cheering, whistle-blowing https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119893.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119893.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119893 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The second day did not go well for India https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119882.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119882.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119882 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A moment of unforgivable thoughtlessness slackened a tightening West Indies stranglehold late on the opening day of the fifth, decisive Cable & Wireless Test yesterday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119869.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119869.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119869 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Rahul Dravid will be donning the wicketkeeper's gloves when India take the field in the first one-dayer against the West Indies. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119868.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119868.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119868 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The day began with joy, quickly turned into a nightmare, veered towards major disaster and then settled down to normalcy for India at the Sabina Park in Jamaica https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119866.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119866.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119866 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Indian selectors, as a rule, receive very few bouquets; it is mostly brickbats for them https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119837.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119837.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119837 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In the three Tests he played, Hirwani was simply blasted out of shape,illustrated by his figures of six wickets at 57.50 apiece https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119836.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119836.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119836 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sachin Tendulkar may have been dubbed a Master Blaster in countless media columns around the cricketing world, but he has always remained a fan of the original bearer of that title https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119831.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119831.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119831 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT There were 1,142 runs scored, five batsmen hit centuries and neither team was bowled out in their first innings https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119815.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119815.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119815 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It is matches such as this that give Test cricket a bad name https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119814.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119814.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119814 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT On first glance in the under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka in early 2000, it was clear that Yuvraj Singh was a potentially explosive cricketer https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119802.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119802.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119802 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The flat track at the Antigua Recreation Ground meant that the fourth Test was always going to yield a high-scoring draw https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119798.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119798.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119798 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Indian selectors announced a 15-man squad for the five-match one-day series against the West Indies, with one-day specialists such as Yuvraj Singh and Ajit Agarkar coming in as expected https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119797.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119797.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119797 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Unfortunate, but largely true - a high-scoring, tamely drawn Test match sometimes produces the most glittering of statistical nuggets https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119796.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119796.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119796 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Let us for the moment, keep the farcical end to the largely dull proceedings in the drawn fourth Test aside, think in the larger perspective of the entire series and look ahead https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119795.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119795.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119795 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT With the current Cable & Wireless Test series tied 1-1 heading into the fifth and final Test match which begins on Saturday in Jamaica, the West Indies have named an unchanged 13-man squad to play against India https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/119782.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/119782.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119782 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricket can be a cruel game https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119781.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119781.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119781 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Two significant things have happened to Vivian Richards in recent times https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119766.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119766.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119766 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT He had every reason in the world not to come out and bowl https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119762.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119762.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119762 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT If you believe that the fourth Test between India and the West Indies is heading for anything but the most tame of draws, perhaps it is best that you stay away from the betting centres https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119761.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119761.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119761 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In these days of instant food, instant coffee and instant communication, it is tempting to look for instant results https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119744.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119744.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119744 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Most of us Indians thought that there was absolutely nobody in the West Indies who would have slept on that eventful night of June 25, 1983 when Kapil's Devils stunned the two-times world champions and became the new world champions at Lord's https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119729.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119729.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119729 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The West Indies left the Antigua Recreation Ground (ARG) yesterday evening with as many worries as a long-standing Caribbean prime minister https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119739.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119739.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119739 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT You want action, forget the one-dayers, stick to Test cricket https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119726.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119726.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119726 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT On a pitch that is still offering assistance to the bowlers, India's batsmen have put their team in a strong position by the end of play on day two https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/119718.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/119718.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119718 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It has been another good day for VVS Laxman https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119709.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119709.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119709 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Daring hooks became his trademark, but he also drove effortlessly andcut ferociously https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120406.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120406.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120406 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Anthony More, the curator of the Antigua Recreation Ground at St John's, is a puzzled man https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120397.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120397.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120397 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT So Antigua is the perfect wicket for a draw https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119689.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/119689.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-119689 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Indeed, the comparative non-performance of the Indian sides in theCaribbeans in the post-Gavaskar period has served to magnify thegreatness of his feats https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120381.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120381.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120381 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT There were shades of old in the West Indies comprehensive victory over India in the third Cable & Wireless test at Kensington Oval https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120372.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120372.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120372 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Five years ago, when the West Indies snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against India at Kensington Oval, Mervyn Dillon didn't bowl a single ball on the final day https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120371.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120371.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120371 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Five years have passed by, and the small pink house looks forlorn https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120343.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120343.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120343 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A few years ago, Sir Garry Sobers berated the West Indies' selectors for what he graphically, but accurately, described as the futility of recycling failures https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120339.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120339.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120339 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Geoffrey Boycott has managed to retrieve a glimmer of hope for the Indians from the Barbados Test https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120325.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120325.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120325 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Erapalli Prasanna, in his analysis of the third Test at Barbados, mentioned that Harbhajan Singh needed to attack the batsmen much more https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120323.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120323.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120323 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Left-handed batsman Wavell Hinds has been named in the West Indies' 13-member squad for the fourth 2002 Cable & Wireless Test against India, starting at the Antigua Recreation Ground on Friday here. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/120322.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/120322.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120322 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sachin Ramesh Tendulker who is hailed as modern cricket's most complete player and whose stroke play once reminded Late Sir Don Bradman of his own batting, a rare tribute, scored his 29th Test Century at Port of Spain Trinidad on 20th April 2002 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/120312.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/120312.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120312 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Left-handed batsman Wavell Hinds has been named in the West Indies' 13-member squad for the fourth 2002 Cable & Wireless Test against India, starting at the Antigua Recreation Ground on Friday here https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/120321.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/120321.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120321 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In the words of calypsonian David Rudder, it was high mas' https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120320.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120320.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120320 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Is this the turning point https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120319.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120319.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120319 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dozens of cricket fans waving Barbados, Jamaica, and Guyana flags, swarmed Kensington Oval yesterday afternoon as the West Indies, who had gone eight matches without a victory, finally broke the drought against India https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120318.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120318.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120318 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT To the backdrop of noisy, happy, flag-waving celebrations, the West Indies completed yet another emphatic victory over India at Kensington Oval in the third Cable & Wireless Test yesterday, their seventh in eight Tests between the teams on the ground https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120317.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120317.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120317 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT There are a couple of disturbing thoughts even as the Indians lick their wounds https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120300.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120300.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120300 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados has always been one of the dreaded Test venues for the Indian cricket team https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120298.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120298.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120298 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It was Gavaskar The real master Just like a wall We couldn't get Gavaskar at all, not at all You know the West Indies couldn't out Gavaskar at all https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120290.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120290.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120290 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Bridgetown -- West Indies captain, Carl Hooper is confident about his team's chances for the fourth Test which begins in Antigua on Friday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/120278.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/120278.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120278 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT With fans at the Kensington Oval in Barbados yelling for a quick West Indian victory on the fourth day, the Indian tail finally wagged https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120273.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120273.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120273 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It's beginning to look a lot like Hooper and Chanderpaul https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120271.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120271.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120271 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT India are down and almost out and even their most ardent supporters have acknowledged that the fat lady is rehearsing her song https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120270.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120270.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120270 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The third Cable & Wireless Test went through a succession of contortions on the third day yesterday but it would have taken the elasticity of an Indian yoga master to have turned it on its head https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120269.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120269.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120269 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Desmond Haynes will always be regarded as one of the finest openers of all time https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120267.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120267.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120267 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The past week has already seen a three-day Test match with Pakistan swamping New Zealand at Lahore https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120264.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120264.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120264 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It was a frustrating day at the office for the Indians, the kind when almost nothing goes right, the world seems a cruel place, and circumstances just plummet downhill https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120247.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120247.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120247 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Only Agatha Christie could have dreamed up a start more dramatic, and that would have involved some species of cyanide poisoning https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120213.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120213.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120213 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Indians dislike Barbados as much as they like Port of Spain - or possibly more https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120207.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120207.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120207 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT That India have lost six out of seven Tests at the Kensington Oval is not as significant as the fact that the West Indies have lost only three matches at the ground https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120188.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120188.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120188 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT "There is a hell of a difference between good and great cricketers https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120187.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120187.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120187 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT THE most exciting batsman in world cricket says the best birthday gift he could have would be a series-levelling victory over India in the forthcoming third Test https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120186.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120186.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120186 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Harbhajan Singh is not a happy man https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120185.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120185.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120185 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Encouraged by, if not fully satisfied with, their collective performance in the second Cable & Wireless Test, the West Indies are set to retain their once prescribed formula of four fast bowlers for the crucial third, starting at Kensington tomorrow https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120170.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120170.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120170 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT For a change, the Indian cricketers won't be fazed by what they see in the middle at Kensington Oval this morning https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/111474.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/111474.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-111474 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The most exciting batsman in world cricket says the best birthday gift he could have would be a series-levelling victory over India in the forthcoming third Test https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/111473.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/111473.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-111473 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT With his unbeaten 54 in the second innings in the match against the Busta XI, Deep Dasgupta may yet again have come into the reckoning for a place in the Test side https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/111456.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/111456.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-111456 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Gordon Greenidge sees a lack of application and concentration as contributing to the modest performances of most present-day West Indies batsmen https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/111438.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/111438.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-111438 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT West Indies selectors today announced the 13-man squad ahead of the third Test in the 2002 Cable & Wireless Series https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/111433.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/111433.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-111433 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Subhash Gupte, the legendary former Indian leg-spinner, was not happy with the Indian team management's decision to drop Anil Kumble from the recently concluded second Test at Port of Spain https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/111422.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/111422.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-111422 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Principally, Tuesday's victory loses out to thefirst victory from the historical angle https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/111410.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/111410.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-111410 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT "Viv Richards was dead right when he said that this generation of West Indian cricketers do not play for the West Indies, would not put their lives at stake for the islands https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/111398.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/111398.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-111398 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Carl Hooper has said the West Indies have to guard against making wholesale changes just because we've lost a Test match https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/111394.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/111394.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-111394 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT © CricInfo India have a habit, for some reason, of choosing Port of Spain as the ground to set many of their records, and Sourav Ganguly's team continued that tradition this time around https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/111380.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/111380.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-111380 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT