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UPDATE (Jan 2): We're back up and running!
1994/1995 in New Zealand. The West Indies were still kings of the cricket world having not lost a Test series for almost 15 years. The Australian juggernaut had yet to emerge as Australia were quietly plotting how they could dethrone the undisputed World Champions. Little did we know that the 1-0 series win in New Zealand would be the last time the Windies won a meaningful Test series away from home. (Sure they beat Zimbabwe 1-0 in 2003/2004, Bangladesh 2-0 in 2002/2003 and Zimbabwe again 1-0 in 2001, but those don't really count, do they?). In fact, New Zealand weren't highly fancied back then so really the last time the Windies won an away Test series against big time Test opposition would be back in 1992/1993 when the Windies beat Australia 2-1, which included the nail-biting 1 run victory for the Windies in the third Test with the Windies already down 1-0 and only 1 match to come. read more »
May 29, 2005. That was the last time the West Indies cricket team celebrated a Test victory. 2 years and 7 months later they get to do so again. Finally, at long last, the Windies have won! In clobbering South Africa by 128 runs, the Windies have also notched their first ever Test victory in South Africa and their first Test win away from home since beating Zimbabwe in November 2003 as well as their first away Test victory against meaningful opposition (sorry Bangladesh and Zimbabwe) since beating England in June 2000. This was also the first ever Test victory for Dwayne Bravo (in his 24th match), Denesh Ramdin, Runako Morton and Darren Sammy. read more »
A look at the Windies' drought in Test matches:
Time since last Test win - 2 years 7 months (May 29, 2005 vs Pakistan)
Time since last away Test win - 4 years 1 month 13 days (Nov 16, 2003 vs Zimbabwe)
Time since last away Test win against meaningful competition (excl Zimbabwe and Bangladesh) - 7 years 6 months 12 days (Jun 17, 2000 vs England)
*Windies need only 2 more wickets to break the drought with SA 237/8 chasing 389.
The West Indies took firm control of the first Test match against South Africa today, but gave South Africa a fighting chance with the familiar 'calypso collapso' in the third session of the day's play.
With South Africa resuming on 122/5, the Windies got the early breakthrough that they needed when Jerome Taylor removed Mark Boucher at 129/6. AB deVilliers (59) and Paul Harris (9) staged a mini fightback and took the score to 172 before Dwayne Bravo bowled deVilliers. Bravo then cleaned up the tail to finish with figures of 4-24 from 13 tight overs. read more »
Finally!! The WICB site now has RSS. They still need to redirect http://windiescricket.com to http://www.windiescricket.com though. Now only if the websites of our Caribbean newspapers will get RSS...
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Shivnarine Chanderpaul(104) did today what Marlon Samuels and Chris Gayle failed to do yesterday...convert his half-century into a ton. In notching up his 17th Test century, Chanderpaul guided the Windies to a very respectable first innings score of 408. After losing overnight partner Dwayne Bravo (12) and wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin (1) early on, Chanderpaul received good support from Darren Sammy(38) as the Windies put Dale Steyn (2 - 121) and Makhaya Ntini to the sword, in compiling their challenging total. When Chanderpaul passed 50, he tied the world record for most successive fifties, this being his seventh in consecutive innings dating back to his virtuoso performance in England of this year. read more »
Marlon Samuels got the West Indies off to a good start on day 1 of their first Test in South Africa. The Windies' first day score of 281/4 was built around Samuels' 94, but it was captain Chris Gayle's blazing 66 off 49 deliveries that got the Windies off to a flier. Gayle, who was doubtful to play in this match due to his hamstring injury, and Daren Ganga(33) put on 98 for the first wicket against the likes of Makhaya Ntini, the much-hyped Dale Steyn and Andre Nel. Lending strong support to Samuels were Shiv Chanderpaul(43n.o.) and Runako Morton (33). read more »
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