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Sourav Ganguly followed up his impressive Test comeback with a spectacular return to one-dayers, but even his outstanding 98 was overshadowed by a stunning unbeaten 149 by Shivnarine Chanderpaul as the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground saw the most numb

West Indies one-day games against India present an opportunity for the team to sharpen their edge in some tough contests and for the coach Bennett King and captain Brian Lara to determine the best combinations

West Indies showed their fighting spirit as they made an impressive attempt to defend 151 in the second one-day international against Pakistan and Brian Lara is confident they can level the series at Lahore

Even on Chanderpaul's big day, someone who wasn't even playing grabbed much of the attention

Shivnarine Chanderpaul will be the eighth West Indian to reach the 100-Test milestone when he takes the field for the second Test against Pakistan at Multan

A combination of poor West Indian bowling and sensible Pakistani batting made for a one-sided opening after Inzamam-ul-Haq decided to bat first at Multan

If conditions remain similar overnight, a result might not be far away either as Pakistan and West Indies begin the second Test on Sunday

Of the 33 hundreds from which Brian Lara must have derived personal pleasure, only eight have allowed him and the West Indies to rejoice collectively

Brian Lara's brilliance shone brightly at the Gaddafi Stadium, but as has happened so often in his career, the final outcome was yet another Test defeat for West Indies, as Pakistan eased to a nine-wicket win to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series

Ricky Ponting suggested that Nathan Bracken's spell of 3 for 22, when West Indies came out all guns blazing, paved the way to victory

Brian Lara, captain of the West Indies team, admitted that it was a huge disappointment to come so close to defending the Champions Trophy and then stumble at the final hurdle

Even with the statutory stutter, West Indies' win over South Africa was as overwhelming as could be anticipated against one of the most formidable and consistent teams in world cricket

Chris Gayle lit up the Sawai Mansingh Stadium with a quite spectacular display of power-hitting as West Indies stormed into their second successive Champions Trophy final

The lamentable part - as is usually the case with Bangladesh - is that they showed signs of creating a contest before unraveling spectacularly.

West Indies overwhelmed Bangladesh by ten wickets in the fourth qualifying match in Jaipur to secure a berth in the main stage of the Champions Trophy

The West Indies Cricket Board has backed down over its decision to remove Dwayne Bravo from its list of players offered retainer contracts after pressure from the ICC and FICA

Shivnarine Chanderpaul says too much should not be read into India's 1-4 ODI series loss in the Caribbean recently as they were without Sachin Tendulkar then

Brian Lara, the West Indies captain spoke to the media at the end of the first match of the DLF Cup, after his side let the match slip from their grasp after a commanding position

A sensational opening partnership was followed by an even more sensational collapse as West Indies replayed one of the familiar tunes that has plagued them in recent times and surrendered the opening game of the DLF Cup

Ricardo Powell has been confirmed to represent Trinidad and Tobago in the Stanford 20/20 tournament after recovering from injury and a self-imposed break from the game