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India’s Jasprit Bumrah bowls against West Indies during day four of the fi rst Test cricket match at the Sir
Vivian Richards cricket ground in North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019.
Associated Press / Ricardo Mazalan
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By Azad Ali
A sudden collapse after lunch on
the fourth day in the second Test
sent West Indies to a crushing 257-
run defeat at Sabina Park, Jamaica
on Monday, leaving them with
another series whitewash and without
a single Test victory over the
Asian side in nearly two decades.
West Indies failed to win a single
match on the tour, suffering a 3-0
clean sweep in the Twenty20 series
and a 2-0 loss in the three ODIs and
now a 2-0 loss in the two Test series.
Since 2015, the West Indies have
now lost 26 Tests, while winning 10
and drawing six.
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West Indies’ captain Jason Holder.
Associated Press / Ricardo Mazalan, File
All-rounder
top rank
By Azad Ali
West Indies captain Jason Holder has
retained his No1 ranking, according to
an ICC release recently.
The 27-year-old Barbadian topped
the all-rounder charts in Tests back in
January following his stunning double
hundred in the first Test against
England in Bridgetown, Barbados, that
propelled the home side to a massive
381-run victory.
Holder also picked up two wickets in
that match, to move up to two places to
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Nine Carib
teams in
CONCACAF U-17
By George Alleyne
They did not lose a game, registering
two wins and one draw, in their three
matches but Barbados’ young Lady Tridents
were Sunday booted out of the
2020 CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s
Championship because of a lower goal
difference.
The Bajans will have to watch from
home as nine Caribbean teams compete
in this prestigious Championship
next year.
In the Confederation of North, Central
American and Caribbean Association
Football qualifiers playoff to decide
which of the lower-ranked teams would
go through for the finals next year, Bar-
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