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West Indies vs India 2023: ICC rates pitches for both Tests as average

The International Cricket Council has come up with an "average" rating for the pitch at Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica, which hosted the opening Test between West India and India in July. Jeff Crowe, the match referee for the Test, had initially given a "below average" rating for the track, which would have seen the venue receive a demerit point. While Cricket West Indies would have had the option to appeal Crowe's verdict in that case, it would have also had to explain to the ICC regarding the sub-standard of the pitch. The pitch was famous for being slow and its turns, as batting first, the hosts were bundled for 150, with veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin bagging a fifer, while leg-spinner Ravindra Jadeja scalped three. The visitors managed well with the bat, putting on 421 for the loss of five wickets, thanks to openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma scoring 171 and 103, respectively. However, the Men in Blue ran havoc with the ball again in the second innings, with

Explained: Why Marlon Samuels was found guilty by anti-corruption tribunal?

An independent anti-corruption tribunal has termed former West Indian cricketer Marlon Samuels guilty of four offences. What are they, and why do they matter?

West Indies' Marlon Samuels found guilty by anti-corruption tribunal

Former West Indies cricketer Marlon Samuels has been found guilty of four offences under the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) Anti-Corruption Code following a hearing by an independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal. The International Cricket Council (ICC), in its capacity as the Designated Anti-Corruption Official under the ECB Code, had charged Samuels in September 2021 of breaching four counts of anti-corruption code during a T10 league in 2019. The 42-year-old has been found guilty after he exercised his right to a hearing before the Tribunal. "The Tribunal will now consider the submissions of each party before deciding on the appropriate sanction to be imposed. The decision will follow in due course," ICC said in a release. Samuels played 71 Tests, 207 ODIs and 67 T20Is in his international career, scoring 11,134 runs and taking 152 wickets. He retired from international cricket in November 2020. The former top-order batter has been found guilty of breaching articles 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.

WI vs IND 5th T20 Highlights: King, Pooran lead Windies to series win

West Indies vs India Highlights: Brandon King hit a powerful 85* off 55 balls while Nicholas Pooran scored 47 off 35 balls as Windies chased down 166 to win the match and win the five-match series

WI vs IND 5th T20 Playing 11: No changes for India, Windies bring in Joseph

India made no changes to their settled playing 11. They went in with the same team in the decider. West Indies made two changes in their playing 11, bringing back Alzarri Joseph and Roston Chase

WI vs IND 4th T20 Playing 11: No changes in Team India, Windies make three

Hardik Pandya made no changes in the Indian playing 11. Rovman Powell made three changes in West Indies playing 11 with Holder, Odean Smith and Shai Hope coming in for Roston Chase, Joseph and Charles

WI vs IND 4th T20 Highlights: Gill, Jaiswal take series to decider with win

West Indies vs India Highlights: Indian openers played mind-blowing innings as Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill powered the team to a 9-wicket win and forced the series to a decider

WI vs IND 4th T20 Preview: Openers in focus as India aim to level series

India will hope that batsmen will helm their march towards a series-levelling victory over the West Indies with another impact effort in the fourth T20 International here on Saturday. India might have stayed afloat with a win in the third T20I but Windies still lead the series 2-1, a quick reminder to the fact that the visitors still have concerns surrounding the batting unit. It was a comforting sight indeed to see Suryakumar Yadav flicking on his beast mode and Tilak Varma chipping in with crucial runs. But India's opening combination continued to falter. India had handed T20I debut to Yashasvi Jaiswal, resting Ishan Kishan. But for the third successive match, the pair at the totem pole position failed to impress, making just six runs. Jaiswal got out to pacer Obed McCoy in the first over itself. In the previous two matches, Kishan and Shubman Gill had managed to score just five and 16 for the first wicket to place some amount of pressure on the middle-order. Whether India will

WI vs IND 3rd T20 Highlights: Surya wins it, keeps India alive in series

West Indies vs India 3rd T20 Highlights: Suryakumar Yadav's 83 off 44 took India home by seven wickets. Courtesy of this win, India stay alive in the 5-match series which the Windies lead 2-1

WI vs IND 1st T20I: ICC fines India and West Indies for slow over-rate

India and West Indies have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate in the first T20 International of the five-match series at Tarouba, Trinidad. While India were fined five per cent of their match fee for falling one over short of the minimum over-rate on Thursday night, West Indies have been docked 10 per cent of their match fee for falling two overs short of the minimum over-rate. Richie Richardson of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Hardik Pandya and Rovman Powell's sides were ruled to be one and two overs short respectively of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration. In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined five per cent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time, subject to a cap of 50 per cent of the match fee. According to an ICC release, Pandya and Powell ..

WI vs IND 1st T20 Highlights: India fail to chase down 150, lose by 4 runs

West Indies vs India 1st T20 Highlights: The Indian team fumbled in a chase of 150 miserably, losing the first match of the five-match T20I series by four runs. Holder's 16th over was match-turning

WI vs IND 1st T20 Playing 11: Tilak Varma, Mukesh Kumar debut for India

Yashashvi Jaiswal fails to find place in India's Playing 11 for 1st T20 International against West Indies

IND vs WI: West Indies recall Shai Hope and Oshane Thomas in T20I squad

Shai Hope hasn't played a T20I for the Caribbean side since February last year, while Thomas is in line for his first international 20-over contest since December 2021

IND vs WI 2nd Test: India sniff series sweep; WI need 289 more runs to win

India gave themselves the best chance to win the second Test against the West Indies with an ultra-aggressive batting approach after lead pacer Mohammed Siraj produced career-best figures on another rain-hit day here. Siraj's five-wicket haul in the morning session allowed India to bowl out the West Indies for 255 in their first innings after the hosts started day four at 229 for five. Having gained a massive 183-run first innings lead, India went for an all-out attack in the second innings to smash 181 for two in 24 overs before declaring 35 minutes after the tea break to set the home team a 365-run target. India raced to 100 runs in 12.2 overs, the fastest team hundred in Test cricket history. At stumps on day four, West Indies were 76 for 2 in 32 overs with R Ashwin removing Kraigg Brathwaite (28) and Kirk McKenzie (0). The hosts need another 289 runs on the final day for an improbable win. Tagnarine Chanderpaul and Jermaine Blackwood were batting on 24 and 20 respectively at c

100th IND vs WI Test: Watch Dravid, Rohit and Virat explain its importance

The second Test between India and West Indies in Port of Spain, Trinidad, will become the 100th between the two sides in a cricket relationship that started way back in 1948

IND vs WI 2nd Test: Mukesh Kumar makes his India debut in Port of Spain

Mukesh was first considered for India during the team's Bangladesh tour late in 2022 after an impressive domestic season. He is a potent swing bowler and has replaced Shardul Thakur in the playing 11

India vs West Indies 2nd Test: Weather likely to play spoilsport on Day 1

The match on Day 1 would start at 10:00 am Local Time (07:30 pm IST) with light showers expected at 11:00 am Local Time (08:30 pm IST)

IND vs WI 1st Test: Watch Mohd Siraj take a stunner to dismiss Blackwood

India vs West Indies: In the process of catching the ball, Mohammed Siraj even hurt his elbow, but courtesy of the catch, India got the fourth West Indian batter out before Lunch

India vs West Indies 1st Test : Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan to debut

India vs West Indies 1st Test: Yashsavi Jaiswal and Ishan Kishan have been handed their maiden Test caps

IND vs WI 1st Test: Yashasvi Jaiswal believes Test is true form of cricket

Yashasvi Jaiswal will make his India debut when the Rohit-Sharma-led team takes on West Indies at Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica