West Indies’ Evin Lewis plays a shot for six off the bowling of England’s Moeen Ali.
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ICC rankings
VETERAN BATSMAN GAYLE IS BACK ICC ban
Captain Stafanie Taylor top-scores with 52 runs against Pakistan.
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West Indies bowler since the legendary
Courtney Walsh 18 years ago.
Holder followed up his unbeaten
double century in the first Test
against England in Barbados with an
outstanding performance with the
ball in the second innings of the
second Test in Antigua, which the
West Indies emphatically won by 10
wickets.
It was his spell after lunch that
broke the backbone of the England
batting and sent them crashing for
132 all out in the second innings
at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket
Ground.
Holder finished with four wickets,
while Roach, who wrecked the middle
and lower order, also claimed four to
end with an eight-wicket haul.
That performance saw Roach leap
eight spots in the rankings to 12th
just behind new-ball partner Shannon
Gabriel who rose to the 11th
spot.
The three fast bowlers presence in
the top 12 marks the first time in 23
years that three Caribbean bowlers
have been ranked so highly on the
ICC charts.
international match,” following an
incident with England’s Captain, Joe
Root, the ISS said in a statement.
The ICC did not say what Gabriel
said to Root, nor did the stump
microphones pick up his comments
but according to media reports, Root
was overheard telling Gabriel in
response, Don’t use it as an insult.
There’s nothing wrong with being
gay.”
Gabriel admitted to the offence
and accepted the sanction set out by
match referee, Jeff Crowe.
England pulled off a 232-run victory.
This was Gabriel’s second ban in
four months after he was suspended
for the second Test against Bangladesh
last November.
The ban covers the first four ODI
of the upcoming five-match series
against England starting later this
month.
Veteran batsman Marlon Samuels
has been omitted from the squad due
to injury.
The series is the penultimate before
the ICC World Cup in May in England.
Chief selector Courtney Browne said
it would provide an ideal gauge of the
squad’s preparation.
“We welcome the return of Gayle,
who missed the last two series and
Nurse from injury. We are pleased to
introduce Pooran to the ODI cricket for
the first time,” he said.
Gayle and Lewis featured in the
home series against Bangladesh last
July but missed the tours of India and
Bangladesh later in the year. Both have
continued to play in various Twenty20
leagues, however.
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England’s Captain, Joe Root.
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By Azad Ali
West Indies Women recently suffered
a series defeat to Pakistan in the historic
three-match ICC One-Day International
(ODI) Championship (2-1) in
Dubai.
Opting to bat in the series decider at
the ICC Academy, the West Indies team
was dismissed for 150 in the 48th over,
with skipper Stafanie Taylor top-scoring
with 52, opener Deandra Dottin getting
28 and Shemaine Campbell, 26.
They were 87 for two at one stage
but lost their last eight wickets for 72
runs as left-arm spinner Nashra Sandhu
(3-21) and new ball seamer Diana
Baig (3-42) ran through the innings
with three a three-wicket haul.
In reply, Pakistan overhauled their
target in the 48th over, with opener
Sidra Ameen top-scoring with 24.
The defeat came on the heels of a
34-run loss at the same venue two days
before, after West Indies had convincingly
won the series opener by 146 runs
at the Dubai International Stadium.
Pakistan pulled back one and leveled
the series 1-1 in the second match by
beating the West Indies by 34 runs.
Windies
Women loses
ODI series