Cricket

West Indies will tour New Zealand at year-end for two Tests and three Twenty20 Internationals, their second series this year following the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.

West Indies fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell gave up 30 runs in a critical 18th over before Barbados-born England star Jofra Archer lashed two of three sixes in a penultimate over which gushed 19 runs, as Rajasthan Royals pulled off a Indian Premier League record run chase of 224 to stun Kings XI Punjab by four wickets on Sunday.

Indian Premier League franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad has signed West Indies Test captain, Jason Holder, as a replacement for the injured Mitchell Marsh for the rest of the season.

Captain Stafanie Taylor surpassed 3 000 runs in Twenty20 Internationals but West Indies Women had little else to celebrate as they slumped to a 47-run defeat to England Women on Wednesday.

Deandra Dottin struck a high class half-century and her first since her return from injury but West Indies Women lacked the firepower in a difficult run chase and went down by 47 runs to England Women on Monday.

Former West Indies batsman, Philo Wallace, has blamed a failure in leadership for Barbados Tridents’ wretched campaign in the Caribbean Premier League earlier this month.

Veteran all-rounder Deandra Dottin believes the two inter-squad practice matches have left West Indies Women in good stead ahead of next week’s start of their five-match Twenty20 International series against England Women.

Trinbago Knight Riders clinched a record fourth Caribbean Premier League title in imperious fashion when they made light work of St Lucia Zouks by eight wickets in Thursday’s final, to complete an historic unbeaten campaign in the franchise tournament.

Unfancied St Lucia Zouks surged into their first ever Caribbean Premier League final when they inflicted a punishing 10-wicket defeat on last year’s losing finalists, Guyana Amazon Warriors, in the second semi-final on Tuesday night.

Trinbago Knight Riders marched imperiously to their 10th consecutive win while inflicting an eighth defeat on St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, as both teams wrapped up contrasting preliminary campaigns in the Caribbean Premier League on Sunday.