Marlon Samuels

New blood handed chance to shine

Friday, June 20 Start time 14:00 (local), 18:00 (GMT) The Big Picture After a hard-fought Test series in which all three matches went to five days, a Twenty20 international will probably be a welcome release for some of the...

What about a plan like this for West Indies cricket?

The third and final Test match of the cricket series between the West Indies and Australia enters its fourth and penultimate day at Kensington Oval today, and despite the glorious uncertainties of the game, based on the action...

ICC to review Samuels ban

Thursday, June 12, 2008 SYDNEY: Michael Beloff, the chairman of the ICC’s code of conduct commission, will review the two-year ban imposed on Marlon Samuels by the West Indies board on Wednesday. On May 9, a disciplinary...

Suspended Samuels set to appeal

West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels will appeal against his two-year suspension for breaking rules designed to stop players betting on matches. The 27-year-old allegedly passed on team information to a bookmaker during a one-day series in India January 2007. Samuels's lawyers, QCs Churchill Neita...

Windies rekindle the old fire

THE valour of Shivnarine Chanderpaul and the brilliance of Fidel Edwards and Daren Powell have not only imbued the Caribbean's long-suffering fans with hope against the Australians in the first Test, but also a broader revival of West Indies cricket. With Australia looking to extinguish the West...

Chanderpaul, Morton share century stand to frustrate Australia in first test

Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Runako Morton both scored half centuries and shared a partnership of 128 Saturday to help the West Indies frustrate Australia on the third day of the first cricket test. West Indies went to lunch on 197-4 after an overnight score of 115-3 at Sabina Park in reply to...

Don’t underestimate Aussie newcomers: Bravo

KINGSTON: Australia have lost several of their experienced campaigners in the past two years but West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo says it would be foolish to underestimate their new faces. West Indies began a three-Test series against Australia at Sabina Park on Thursday. “We’re not going to...

Injured Hayden out of first Test

First Test, Kingston: West Indies v Australia (from Thursday 1600 BST) Australia's Matthew Hayden has been ruled out of the first Test against the West Indies with an Achilles injury. Simon Katich, returning to Tests after nearly a three-year absence, will now open with Phil Jaques in Kingston....

Sarwan: Windies are confident

West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan insists his players believe they have every chance of winning when they face Australia in the first Test. There is a new-found confidence about West Indies cricket since Chris Gayle skippered the side to a first Test win in nearly three years in the 2-1 series...

Hussey warns of tough series

Jamaica - Australia vice-captain Mike Hussey is expecting a tough challenge from the West Indies heading into Thursday's first cricket Test despite the vast gap in their Test world rankings. The top-ranked Australians, who enjoyed a streak of 16 straight Test wins as recently as January, are...