West Indies’ captain Jason Holder celebrates the dismissal of England’s captain Joe Root during day two
of the fi rst cricket Test match at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019.
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By Azad Ali
West Indies Test Captain, Jason
Holder wants to leave a legacy
of being one of the greats in the
longest format, but is cognizant
of the need to sustain very high
standards if he is to achieve that
goal, he told Talksport’s Cricket
Collective during an interview in
Barbados recently.
The 28-year-old has already
become one of the contemporary
faces of the Test format, and is currently
the number one all-rounder
in the International Cricket Council
rankings.
And though pointing out he
enjoyed all three formats, Holder
said he placed considerable emphasis
on Test cricket, which remained
the measure of all cricketers.
Holder shot to stardom last year
when he struck a monumental
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Former West Indies wicketer Jeff
Dujon. https://www.windiescricket.com/
Forget cricket
this year
By Azad Ali
Former West Indies wicketkeeper /
batsman Jeffery Dujon feels there is not
going to be any major sports taking
place for the rest of 2020 and even if
sporting events get the green light, he
doesn’t expect the atmosphere to be the
same as it would have been before the
advent of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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WI moves into
9th spot in T20
By Azad Ali
Reigning Twenty20 world champion
West Indies has moved up a notch
to ninth in the International Cricket
Council’s (ICC) rankings, gaining one
place after languishing in 10th for several
months.
Though there has been a cessation
of all cricket globally due to the global
COVID-19 pandemic, the ICC revised
the rankings to eliminate results from
the 2016-2017 period.
As a result, West Indies gained three
points from the ICC update to move to
229 points, while Afghanistan dropped
five points to slip to 228 and down to
10th in the rankings. After a run of poor
results, West Indies found their best
form last March, crushing Sri Lanka
2-0 in a two-match series in Pallekele.
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