Rain, No Play

West Indies wasted a good fielding performance while managing to lose again to India, this time by 20 runs, in another close ODI yesterday. Batting first, the Indians were restricted to 189 all out in 48.2 overs. However, the Windies could not overhaul that total as a combination of tight bowling, senseless strokeplay and careless run outs precipitated their demise.Read more

India scored a 14 run win in the initial contest of their 4 match series against West Indies in Nagpur on Sunday. Set 339 to win after the Indians scored at will from their 50 overs, West Indies were led by a sublime and unbeaten 149 from opener Shivnarine Chanderpaul. His second highest one-day score left his team 14 runs short of their target after the last ball was bowled.Read more

Kieron Pollard

This young 19-year-old batsman from Trinidad and Tobago has been making a name for himself recently. He hit his maiden first class hundred on debut earlier this month against Barbados in the Carib Beer Series. The stunning innings of 126 off 150 balls was filled with 11 fours and 7 sixes. By all accounts, it was a sensational innnings that took a remarkable catch on the boundary to end. He followed that innings with 71 off 31 balls against Guyana on January 15 in the Carib Beer Series. Then two days later again against Guyana, this time in the one-day KFC Cup, he smashed 87 off 58 balls which included 6 fours and 7 sixes. The question remains however, is he the next Viv Richards? Or the next Ricardo Powell?Read more

The West Indies Cricket Board has named a 30 man squad in preparation for the Cricket World Cup in March. By and large, the usual suspects are all there with no shocking exclusions. The one surprise has to be the inclusion of Rawl Lewis. With Omari Banks and Dave Mohammed firmly established ahead of him, and with Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels both used regularly as spin options, it becomes difficult to justify this selection. Keep in mind, this is the man who sports a bowling average of 48.28 in 20 one day matches. This is also the spinner with a miniscule economy rate of 5.19. Given that Lewis is a spring chicken at the tender age of 32, one can only assume that the selectors need someone to captain one of the sides during split squad matches.Read more