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A Bitter End to West Indies-India Series as WICB Calls Back Team After 4th ODI

 October 18, 2014   R K Gupta

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Cricket expert and broadcaster Tony Cozier called the unfortunate end of India-West Indies Series as a lose-lose situation. Communicating the decision to the West Indies Cricket Board to stop playing in India after the Dharamsala ODI, Dwyane Bravo said that the players would return home in the wake of an unresolved dispute with the Board. […]

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Dwayne Bravo Leads West Indies in Thrashing Over-Confident India in First ODI at Kochi

 October 9, 2014   R K Gupta

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The West Indians began their tour-India campaign with two back-to-back 50-over practice games against India-A in Mumbai. In the first match at the Brabourne stadium on October 3, West Indies batted first and were bowled out for 148 in 38.1 overs. India’s A team came up with an overpowering reply to score 149/1 in just […]

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Double Whammy For West Indian Cricketers at Mirpur on A Terrible Thursday

 April 5, 2014   R K Gupta

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In their semifinal game against the West Indies, Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat first for two reasons. One the West Indies are not good chasers if the score is beyond 150, due to their poor running between the wickets; and two if the forecast for bad weather came true, then usually […]

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Marauding West Indians Crush Pakistan to Set Up Semifinal Clash with Sri Lanka

 April 2, 2014   R K Gupta

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In the last league game played at the Shere Bangla National Stadium at Mirpur on Tuesday Apirl 1 2014, West Indies inflicted a humiliating 84-run defeat on Pakistan in a match, which had its twists and turns. When West Indies elected to bat after winning the toss, they must have envisioned a total which Pakistan […]

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Sammy’s Sixes Snatch Unbelievable Win For West Indies, As India Score Another Facile Victory

 March 29, 2014   R K Gupta

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Darren Sammy walked in the middle, when West Indies still required 49 runs in 3.3 overs for victory. After Gayle’s departure in the 13th over, scoring had become difficult as Faulkner, Muirhead and Maxwell tied the batsmen in a knot. Until the 10th over, West Indies were scoring at a brisk rate but the Australian […]

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Tale of Woes Continues as England Nears Their Caribbean Tour

 March 12, 2014   R K Gupta

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When the English cricket team, led by Stuart Broad, arrived in the West Indies in the third week of February, 2014, the players were scared to look back over their shoulders. The events of recent cricket history were too haunting for most of them. As if the recent humiliating Australian experience was not enough, the […]

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The Might of the West Indians in Seventies and Eighties

 December 7, 2013   R K Gupta

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While the recently concluded India-West Indies series has put the Caribbean cricket in a poor light, time was, when the West Indies dominated cricket in a way, which left their opponents groping for answers. The great Clive Lloyd was one of the most disappointed persons, watching the current West Indies squad fail miserably in all […]

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West Indies Fall Prey to India’s Batting Dominance

 November 30, 2013   R K Gupta

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The West Indies came to India for a brief tour comprising of 2 test matches and 3 ODIs. Except for the face-saving victory in the second ODI at Vishakhapatnam, it was one of the worst performances of any West Indian side, which has visited India in the recent memory. They suffered humiliating innings defeat in […]

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