West Indies’ tour here was thrown into turmoil Thursday after leg-spinning all-rounder Hayden Walsh Jr tested positive for COVID-19, less than a week before the start of the three-match one-day series.
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Determined Brathwaite embracing new responsibility
Stand-in Test captain, Kraigg Brathwaite, sees himself as a critical figure in the two-Test series starting next month, and has no plans on shirking the massive responsibility before him.
Read moreSeize the opportunity, Simmons beseeches new players
Phil Simmons has urged players on the tour of Bangladesh not to see themselves as replacements but to seize the opportunity to cement spots in the international side.
Read moreJoseph claims one-two in claiming at Gulfstream
Barbadian trainer Saffie Joseph completed a one-two when favourite Mischievous Alex snatched the day’s richest prize at Gulfstream Park on Sunday in the US$52 000 optional claiming in race 10.
Read moreRigorous COVID-19 testing schedule for Windies
West Indies’ Test and one-day contingent will be subjected to a robust testing regime after they arrived Sunday for their five-week series, becoming the first international side to tour Bangladesh since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read moreAll-rounder Shepherd replaced by Harding after positive COVID test
Exciting fast-bowling all-rounder, Romario Shepherd, has tested positive for COVID-19, and has been replaced in the West Indies one-day squad for Bangladesh by uncapped pacer Keon Harding.
Read moreGanga questions player commitment in Bangladesh pull-out
Former Test batsman, Daren Ganga, believes West Indies players needed to exercise more faith in the judgement of Cricket West Indies instead of pulling out of the tour to Bangladesh.
Read moreJoseph wins US$75 000 Limehouse with favourite Drain the Clock
Barbadian trainer Saffie Joseph Jr extended his success at Gulfstream Park when his favourite Drain the Clock crushed the three-year-olds to win the US$75 000 Limehouse Stakes on Saturday’s 11-race card.
Read moreHolder in provisional squad for Super50 Cup
West Indies Test captain Jason Holder has been included in a 22-man Barbados Pride provisional squad announced Monday by the Barbados Cricket Association, in preparation for next month’s Regional Super50 Cup in Antigua.
Read moreCWI sympathetic to players fears in ‘unprecedented times’: CEO
Cricket West Indies says it has no hard feelings towards players who have declined selection for the tour of Bangladesh, saying the global COVID-19 pandemic had resulted in “unprecedented times and unprecedented conditions”, under which to play cricket.
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