Perth, Dec 21(ANI): West Indies skipper Chris Gayle, who proved his credentials in the series against Australia as a leader and as a Test player, said that he was satisfied with his personal as well as the individual performances of his inexperienced players. Gayle scored two centuries during the Frank Worrell Trophy, 165 not out in Adelaide and 102 from 72 balls in Perth. “I”m...

Perth, Dec. 20 (ANI): The West Indies have defended their on-field behaviour in the wake of Sulieman Benn’’s suspension for a heated physical clash that marred the third Test in Perth. Star all-rounder Dwayne Bravo said the Windies had always played in the right spirit of the game. ””On the field it showed there was nothing like that again, we just...

Perth, Dec. 20 (ANI): The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has said that it will send a letter of protest to the International Cricket Council (ICC) over the hefty suspension handed down to spinner Sulieman Benn, but will not appeal against the decision. Benn was suspended for two one-day internationals after being found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute following...

Perth, Dec. 17 (ANI): A mid-pitch physical altercation between West Indies spinner Sulieman Benn and Australian batsmen, Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson, tuned so bad that umpire Billy Bowden had to literally separate the wrestling cricketers. The drama began after Benn and Johnson collided as the batsman set off towards the wicketkeeper’’s end for a single...

Perth, Dec 15(ANI): West Indies skipper Chris Gayle has said that injury blow to the squad would not kill team’’s momentum ahead of the third Test against Australia starting at Perth on Wednesday. West Indies side will miss the service of batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul and opener Adrian Barath, who are suffering from a finger and hamstring injury respectively. “The...

Sydney, Dec 10(ANI): West Indies skipper Chris Gayle has said that the current Australian squad is very different to ones that he has played in the past. Gayle said that the Australians still have a lot of quality players and they still are a strong unit, but they are beatable. “There is no doubt we really pushed them in Adelaide and had them under a lot of pressure...

Brisbane, Nov 26 (ANI): After consistent success at the domestic level earning him a spot in the West Indies team, opening batsman Adrian Barath has said that he is confident of doing well in the international stage as well. The 19-year-old Barath, who is one of the tiniest cricketers to represent the national team, can expect to hear a few balls whistling past his...

Brisbane, Nov 25(ANI): West Indies skipper Chris Gayle has said his team should leave behind the problematic build-up that they have had to the first Test at the Gabba and play like professionals. Gayle has missed practice games ahead of the Frank Worrell Trophy to attend his sick mom, and arrived back in Brisbane on Wednesday morning barely 24 hours before the three-Test...

Sydney, Nov 25(ANI): Noted Australian cricket columnist Peter Roebuck has said that West Indies middle-order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul is the most astonishing batsmen around and among the finest. “From his first outing for the West Indies in Georgetown in 1994 to his coming 389th appearance this week, at the Gabba, he has batted by his own lights and been effective...

Sydney, Nov 25(ANI): West Indies skipper Chris Gayle has vowed to score a century for his ill mother in the first Test of the Frank Worrell Trophy starting Thursday. Gayle’’s mother, Heazlyn Gilroy, was admitted to the Medical Associates Hospital in Kingston last week with a heart problem, forcing Gayle to immediately rush back from Brisbane to Jamaica...