Virat Kohli stroked a commanding, unbeaten 111 to lead India to a series-clinching eight-wicket win over the West Indies in the fifth and final one-day international at Sabina Park on Thursday. Responding to the home side’s modest total of 205 for nine after captain Jason Holder chose to bat first in Jamaica, the visitors’ skipper … Read more
Opening bowlers Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav shared seven wickets to limit the West Indies to 205 for nine batting first against India in the fifth and final one-day international at Sabina Park on Thursday. Seeking victory in Jamaica to earn a share of the honours from a series in which they entered as huge … Read more
Effective spin bowling and indiscreet shot selection combined to give India an ultimately comfortable 93-run victory over the West Indies in a low-scoring third fixture of a five-match One-Day International series on Friday. Set a target of 252 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua to prevent the visitors taking an unbeatable 2-0 series … Read more
Kedar Jadhav triggered a late run explosion in partnership with Mahendra Singh Dhoni as India reached 251 for four batting first against the West Indies at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Friday. Dhoni top-scored in the third fixture of a five-match One-Day International series with an unbeaten 78 off 79 balls on … Read more
Shikhar Dhawan extended his excellent Champions Trophy form to the start of the West Indies tour but heavy rain was threatening to ruin the opening one-day international of a five-match series at the Queen´s Park Oval in Trinidad on Friday. Dhawan stroked an assured 87 and featured in an opening stand of 132 with Ajinkya … Read more
Afghanistan captain Asghar Stanikzai won the toss and again chose to bat first against the West Indies in the second fixture of a three-match One-Day International series in St Lucia on Sunday. Fresh from a sensational 63-run win in the first match at the same Darren Sammy Stadium on Friday, the visitors have retained an … Read more
Pakistan won a thrilling third and final Test with six balls to spare to clinch a first series victory in the West Indies and give a fitting farewell to the retiring captain Misbah ul Haq and veteran Younis Khan. Roston Chase’s unbeaten 101, his second hundred of the series, proved in vain as the home … Read more
Pakistan’s Mohammad Abbas claimed his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket to trigger a West Indies first-innings collapse to 247 all out before lunch on the fourth day of the third and final Test at Windsor Park in Dominica on Saturday. However the tourists lost two early wickets in seeking to build on a first-innings … Read more
Azhar Ali crawled to a second hundred in as many matches as Pakistan reached 227 for three at lunch on the second day of the third and final Test against the West Indies on Thursday. An extended morning session at Windsor Park in Dominica following the rain interruptions of day one saw just 58 runs … Read more
Shannon Gabriel led a West Indies fast bowling assault that decimated Pakistan’s top-order batting and reduced them to 35 for five at lunch on the final day of the second Test. Pakistan had been set a victory target of 188 at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Thursday. Yasir Shah claimed the final wicket of the … Read more
Pakistan´s opening pair were laying the foundations of a solid reply at 36 without loss at lunch after their bowlers had dismissed the West Indies for 312 in the first innings on the second day of the second Test at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Monday. Mohammad Abbas led the visiting bowlers´ effort with two … Read more
Pakistan took advantage of lapses in the field to reach 322 for five at lunch in the first innings on the fourth day of the first Test against West Indies on Monday. Resuming at the overnight position of 201 for four and facing the threat of the second new ball, the tourists added another 121 … Read more
Mohammad Amir completed a five-wicket innings haul and West Indies captain Jason Holder reached a fifth half-century as the home side reached 278 for nine in their first innings on a rain-ruined second day of the first Test against Pakistan at Sabina Park on Saturday. Only 11.3 overs were bowled in the entire day as … Read more
Babar Azam stroked yet another hundred against the West Indies as Pakistan rallied from an indifferent start to total 282 for five in the second one-day international at the National Stadium in Guyana on Sunday. Reinstated in his favourite number three spot in the batting order, Azam held a faltering innings together and then accelerated … Read more
Mohammad Hafeez accelerated from a pedestrian start to pace Pakistan to a formidable 308 for five batting first against the West Indies in the opening one-day international at the National Stadium in Guyana on Friday. Amid increasing speculation about his worth to the team, the 36-year-old right-hander contributed a top score of 88 to temporarily … Read more