A 20-year-old Jamaican student of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is to appear in court on Monday after he was charged for allegedly holding his ex-girlfriend captive and torturing her for three days.

Source: https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/news/caribbean-news/jamaican-university-student-accused-of-torturing-ex-girlfriend/

A boundary was the difference between the two teams in the opening game in Tarouba where West Indies prevailed on a slow batting track with an impressive bowling effort at the back-end.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/2nd-t20i-india-aim-for-improved-death-overs-batting-keeping-workload-in-mind-8877813/

According to statistics from the interior ministry, seizures increased by 5% in 2018 compared to 2021, with more than 50% of the drug travelling through the West Indies and Guiana, a province of France in the impoverished South American continent.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news/cocaine-washes-ashore-in-france/

A global recruitment search ended right back on the doorstep at Lord’s with Flower appointed as Peter Moores’ permanent successor after acting as interim head coach on England’s 11-week tour of the West Indies.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/uk-sports/2023/04/15/on-this-day-in-2009-andy-flower-confirmed-as-englands-new-team-director/

Australia will face West Indies for a second straight summer as part of a quirk of the ICC schedule after Pakistan leave, with Tests in Adelaide and Brisbane.

Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/cricket/ca-put-priority-on-rebuilding-perth-test-to-open-summer-c-10652589

Bishop believes that it will be wrong to point fingers at the current crop of West Indies players for this deterioration started way back.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/west-indies-decline-has-been-gradual-and-even-before-this-current-batch-started-playing-says-ian-bishop/article67033839.ece

Chasing a modest 124, West Indies Women were restricted to 91 for seven from their 20 overs, Shemaine Campbelle top-scoring with 26 from 29 deliveries and Chedean Nation scoring 23 from 19 balls on her return from injury.

Source: https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/sports/batting-worries-persist-in-defeat-ahead-of-world-cup-opener/

Competing at the North West Cricket Stadium in Potchefstroom, South Africa, West Indies secured a 77-run triumph to claim an additional two points to take their tally to four points.

Source: https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2023/01/18/james-stars-again-as-windies-secure-2nd-victory/

Conditions in England, West Indies and South Africa warrant a technically solid player like him.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/how-ipl-bias-in-selection-is-hurting-test-cricket-8614726/

Cricket West Indies and the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) have expressed their heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Gibbs Williams, who tragically passed away on Friday.

Source: https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/sports/cwi-jaaa-mourn-the-loss-of-gibbs-williams/

Cricket West Indies (CWI) Senior Men’s Selection Panel yesterday announced the 15-member squad to travel to Australia to play a two-Test series as part of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) from 17 to 29 January 2024.

Source: https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2023/12/21/cwi-names-15-man-squad-for-two-match-icc-test-champs-series-against-australia/

Despite the result, the West Indies lead the five-match series 2-1.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/india-vs-west-indies-third-t20i-delayed-by-few-minutes-due-to-bizarre-goof-up-by-ground-staff-8882913/

Dottin, who retired from international cricket last year after playing 143 One-Day Internationals and 127 T20 Internationals for West Indies following her international debut 15 years ago, was sold to Gujarat Giants for about US$73,000.

Source: https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/sports/hayley-matthews-dottin-are-only-west-indians-sold-in-player-auction/

Due to the defeats, West Indies took no points into the Super Six stage and opening wins for Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe – who both took four points into the round – put the two-time World champions even closer to elimination.

Source: https://www.stabroeknews.com/2023/07/01/sports/wi-chase-do-or-die-win-to-keep-wc-hopes-alive/

Earlier, du Plessis became the fourth overseas batter after AB de Villiers of South Africa, David Warner of Australia and Chris Gayle of West Indies to reach 4,000 IPL runs as he added 69 for the second-wicket stand with Maxwell.

Source: https://www.thestar.com/sports/cricket/2023/05/14/bangalore-dismisses-rajasthan-for-59-to-secure-ipl-victory.html

England already require the second highest chase at the home of cricket, with the West Indies making 344 in 1984, but England have made a habit of hunting formidable targets in the ‘Bazball’ era.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/usman-khawaja-england-lord-matthew-potts-steve-smith-b2367771.html

England's first overseas tour in 1876-77 lasted 254 days; their current, rather pointless, white ball tour of West Indies is lasting just over three weeks.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-12890991/Kick-start-fun-festive-season-choice-books-sports-fanatic-life.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

England's ODI squad for next month's white-ball tour of the West Indies contains only six survivors from the team's disastrous World Cup defence in India.

Source: https://www.maitlandmercury.com.au/story/8420868/england-wield-axe-after-world-cup-debacle/?src=rss

England suffered last-over heartbreak in the final of the World Twenty20 as Carlos Brathwaite clubbed Ben Stokes for four successive sixes to seal an unforgettable West Indies win on this day in 2016.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/uk-sports/2023/04/03/on-this-day-in-2016-carlos-brathwaite-heroics-stun-england-in-world-twenty20/

England will play just one four-match series against Pakistan in May before defending their T20 World Cup title in the United States and West Indies in June.

Source: https://thefrontierpost.com/england-will-learn-from-west-indies-defeats-coach-mott/