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West Indies’ Chris Gayle celebrates scoring half a century against Pakistan during their Cricket World Cup
match at Trent Bridge cricket ground in Nottingham, England, Friday, May 31, 2019. Associated Press / Rui Vieira
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By Azad Ali
West Indies Captain, Jason Holder
said aggression displayed in the
seven-wicket victory over Pakistan
in its opening match last Friday in
the ICC World Cup in Nottingham,
England was a blue print of the type
of cricket the regional team hoped
to produce going forward in the
tournament.
Bowling with pace and hostility,
the West Indies needed less than
two hours to crush Pakistan for 105
off 21.4 overs, and then raced to
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West Indies’ Shai Hope bats during
the third one-day international
cricket match between India and
West Indies in Pune, India, Saturday,
Oct. 27, 2018.
Associated Press / Rajanish Kakade, File
Hope moves
into top 5
By Azad Ali
West Indies batsman Shai Hope continues
to make strides up the ICC player
rankings, jumping five places to enter
the top five of the MRF Tires ICC ODI
Rankings for the first time following
his spending performance in the recent
Tri-Nation Series in Ireland.
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Windies Women
clinch T20 series
against Ireland
By Azad Ali
West Indies Women swept the threematch
Twenty20 series against Ireland
in Dublin last week.
In the final match last Wednesday,
Hayley Matthews’ maiden Twenty20
century lifted the team to their second
highest-ever total in the shortest format
of the game, paving the way for a
72-run crushing defeat of Ireland.
Sent in to bat at Sydney Parade, West
Indies amassed 188 for one of their 20
overs with the right-handed Matthews
hitting an unbeaten l07 off 62 deliveries.
She struck seven fours and nine sixes
to dominate the Irish bowlers in an
unbroken 162-run, second wicket stand
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st Cup
ch Windies crush Pakistan in opener
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