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West Indies v Australia, 1st Test, Bridgetown, 1st day

A study in defiance

Apr 7, 2012: Kraigg Brathwaite provided Australia with a reminder of how much steel West Indies have added since Darren Sammy and Ottis Gibson took charge of the side

West Indies v Australia, 1st Test, Bridgetown, 1st day

West Indies grind on dour day

Apr 7, 2012: By the end of a rain-shortened opening day, neither side could claim any real advantage but Kraigg Brathwaite's stubborn half-century and Kirk Edwards' 61 had given the hosts something to build on

India v West Indies, 3rd Test, Mumbai, 1st day

No Chanderpaul, no problem

Nov 22, 2011: In the absence of their lynchpin, West Indies came into the Test with their top seven having played fewer Tests than Virender Sehwag, but they were far from intimidated at the Wankhede Stadium

India v West Indies, 3rd Test, Mumbai, 1st day

West Indies youngsters make India toil

Nov 22, 2011: West Indies' top four made half-centuries for only the third time in Tests to quell fears over how the young batting line-up would fare in the absence of the injured Shivnarine Chanderpaul

India v West Indies, 1st Test, New Delhi, 1st day

Chanderpaul century thwarts India again

Nov 6, 2011: Two old nemeses turned up against India on the first day of the series

West Indies in India 2011-12

Brathwaite plans to take his time

Nov 5, 2011: Kraigg Brathwaite, the 18-year-old West Indies opener, has his heart set on playing plenty of Test cricket first, and maybe Twenty20 later

Bangladesh v West Indies, 2nd Test, Mirpur, 1st day

Honours even after Bangladesh fight back

Oct 29, 2011: An inexperienced West Indies top order rose to the occasion to trigger a strong comeback in Mirpur after Bangladesh had enjoyed the better of the drawn first Test in Chittagong

Quadrangular Under-19 Series

India take title in low-scoring thriller

Oct 9, 2011: In a low-scoring final, the new-ball pair of Sandeep Sharma and Rush Kalaria bowled India Under-19 to a thrilling five-run win over Sri Lanka Under-19 in Visakhapatnam

Quadrangular Under-19 Series

Aparajith and Chand star in India U-19's win

Oct 4, 2011: A round-up of the fifth match-day of the Quadrangular Under-19 series in India

West Indies in Bangladesh 2011

Gayle ignored, Ramdin back for Bangladesh tour

Sep 23, 2011: Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Bravo do not feature in the West Indies Test and ODI squads for West Indies' upcoming tour of Bangladesh

West Indies v Pakistan 2011

Chanderpaul to be named in Test squad

May 5, 2011: The tension between Shivnarine Chanderpaul and the WICB appears to have eased slightly, with the batsman set to play in the Test series against Pakistan starting next week

Australia U-19s v West Indies U-19s, Youth Test, Dubai

Brathwaite ton gives West Indies U-19s lead

Apr 25, 2011: Centuries from Kraigg Brathwaite and Anthony Alleyne gave West Indies Under-19s a 76-run first-innings lead

Aus U-19 v WI U-19 Youth ODI series

Bancroft fashions Australia U-19 win

Apr 17, 2011: Australia Under-19s defeated West Indies Under-19s by 63 runs to go one up in the three-match Youth ODI series in Dubai

Regional Four Day Competition, 3rd round, 2nd day

Windwards on the verge of an easy win

Feb 20, 2011: A round-up of the second day of the third round of the Regional Four Day Competition

Regional Four Day Competition, 1st round, 4th day

Brown spins Jamaica to victory

Feb 8, 2011: A round-up of the fourth day of the first round of the Regional Four Day Competition

West Indies A v Pakistan A, 1st unofficial Test, St Vincent, 2nd day

Brathwaite hits maiden ton as West Indies A dominate

Nov 19, 2010: Led by opener Kraigg Brathwaite, who hit an unbeaten century, West Indies A dominated the second day of the first unofficial Test against Pakistan A at the Arnos Vale Ground in St Vincent

West Indies A v Pakistan A, 1st unofficial Test, St Vincent, 1st day

Powell, Brathwaite solid before rain stops play

Nov 18, 2010: Rain meant that only 31 overs were possible on the first day of the first unofficial Test between West Indies A and Pakistan A at the Arnos Vale Ground in St Vincent

West Indies A v Zimbabwe, Tour match, Grenada, 4th day

Brathwaite, Edwards star in six-wicket victory

Apr 20, 2010: Half-centuries from Kirk Edwards and Kraigg Brathwaite gave West Indies A an eventually easy six-wicket win against Zimbabwe in the four-day game at St George's

Pakistan v West Indies, 1st semi-final, U-19 World Cup, Lincoln

Hammad Azam special takes Pakistan to final

Jan 25, 2010: Hammad Azam, not for the first time, guided Pakistan to a tight win to ensure their progress into the final of the Under-19 World Cup

England v West Indies, quarter-final, Under-19 World Cup

Holder bowls West Indies into semi-final

Jan 23, 2010: West Indies became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals of the Under-19 World Cup by beating England by 18 runs