Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan, left, celebrates with teammates the dismissal of West Indies’ Evin Lewis during the
Cricket World Cup match between Afghanistan and West Indies at Headingley in Leeds, England, Thursday, July
4, 2019. Associated Press / Rui Vieira, File
ICC rankings
WINDIES SCORE A TEST VICTORY Champions
One West Indies team for India T20Is, ODIs
By Azad Ali
The Cricket West Indies (CWI) selection
panel gave Captain Kieron Pollard
the same two teams that played in the
recent series against Afghanistan to face
India in the One-Day Internationals and
Twenty20 Internationals starting this
week in India.
West Indies, the reigning ICC World
Twenty20 champions, will face India in
three Twenty20s at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
in Hyderabad on Dec. 6 and The
Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai (Dec. 11).
Following that series, the two teams will
meet in three ODIs in Chennai (Dec. 15),
Vizag (Dec. 18) and Cuttack (Dec. 22).
Head coach Phil Simmons said the
Twenty20s will be another chance for the
players to develop their game against one
of the top teams in the world.
“The next ICC Twenty20 World Cup is
in Australia (2020) and the one after that
is here in India (2021) so there is a lot of
preparation to be done first for Australia,”
he said.
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and 100 in Florida, as well as 91
against Pakistan in Trinidad.
There was also a rise for West Indian
bowlers who performed over the
three Afghanistan matches.
Kesrick Williams of St. Vincent
completed a successful return to
international cricket as he ended up
as the leading wicket-taker with eight
wickets for 71 runs off 12 overs. This
earned him a jump to number 23 in
the rankings which were recently
released.
Jamaica Sheldon Cottrell, the leftarm
new ball bowler has broken into
the Top 22. He bowled well in the
three matches with a best of 2-29 in
the final match.
happen.
They lost wickets in clusters at the
top and when Captain Jamar Hamilton
failed to repeat his heroics of
the semi-finals, it was all over for the
Leewards.
The bowling hero was captain and
Man of the Match Yannic Cariah,
who grabbed 3 for 8 with his leg-spin,
while Kevin Sinclair the other spinner
took 4 for 20.
The Leewards defeated champion
T&T Red Force, two days earlier at the
same venue to get into the finals.
The young Emerging Players made
their debut in the Super 50 competition.
and a six to complete his century in his
third Test after making his debut last
August in the Caribbean.
Left-handed opener John Campbell
made 55, his maiden Test half century
— in his sixth match — while wicketkeeper
Shane Dowrich chipped in with
42 in his first Test appearance in nine
months following an injury.
Afghan debutant left-arm spinner
grabbed five for 74, captain Rashid
Khan claimed three for 114 while Zahir
Khan, another left-arm spinner supported
with two for53.
First innings top-scorer Javed Ahmadi
led again with a polished 62 as the
hosts crashed to 120 all out.
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West Indies Kieron Pollard, right bats as India wicket keeper Rishabh Pant
looks on during their third T20 international cricket match in Providence,
Guyana, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019. Associated Press / Arnulfo Franco
West Indies Kesrick Williams.
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