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Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara eye top 10 places while Ravindra Jadeja jumps to career-best third position among Test all-rounders.
India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin surged to the top of the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers after a superb outing in the first Test against the West Indies in Antigua which the visiting side won by an innings and 92 runs.
Ramnaresh Sarwan's unbeaten 120 fired West Indies to a seven-wicket victory in their second One-day International against Zimbabwe on Sunday, ensuring the Caribbeans sealed the three-match series 2-0.
Australian David Warner, once considered a machine purpose-built for Twenty20 cricket, showed he is learning the more patient skills required for Test matches with a patient half-century on the opening day of the third Test against West Indies in Dominica.
Shane Shillingford grabbed another five wicket haul to bowl West Indies to a second successive Test win over Zimbabwe but this time in front of a delirious home town crowd in Dominica on Friday.
Centuries from stalwarts Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul highlighted a festival of batting on Thursday as West Indies built up a 206-run lead over Zimbabwe on the second day of the second and final Test in Dominica.
Spinner Shane Shillingford took five wickets to skittle Zimbabwe out for 175 on the opening day of the second Test in Roseau on Wednesday. The West Indies reached 114 for two in reply at close.
Virat Kohli dropped a position to 11th leaving India with no batsmen in the top 10 of the ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen, in the latest update of the ICC Player Rankings released by the International Cricket Council on Tuesday.
Spinner Shane Shillingford claimed a six-wicket haul as West Indies eased to a nine-wicket win over Zimbabwe just after lunch on the third day of the first Test in Barbados on Thursday.
West Indies easily won their third and final One-day International with Zimbabwe in Grenada on Tuesday to complete a 3-0 series cleansweep.
The International Cricket Council on Thursday confirmed that Emirates Elite Panel umpire Billy Doctrove has announced his retirement from umpiring.
Jamaican batsman Marlon Samuels and wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin have been recalled to the West Indies squad for next month's Test series in England.
West Indies coach Ottis Gibson has been fined by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after comments made about the decision review system (DRS) during the second Test against Australia.
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni defended the decision not to press for a win in the third and final Test against the West Indies in Roseau (Dominica), saying that his side could have lost the match while going for the target.
West Indian captain Darren Sammy was surprised that India shut the shop early and did not go full throttle for the victory in the final Test of the three-match series in Roseau (Dominica).
Only the third Indian bowler to touch the 400-wicket mark in Test cricket, off-spinner Harbhajan Singh said his best is yet to come and believes tweakers tend to get better after turning 30.
West Indies skipper Darren Sammy claims his team has finally figured out a chink in Rahul Dravid's armour and the in-form senior Indian batsman would be out of the equation early in the third and decisive Test to be played in Roseau, Dominica.
Out of form young batsmen seem to be India's only concern as they aim to sign off their Caribbean sojourn on a high by clinching the third and final cricket Test against the West Indies, starting in Roseau, Dominica.
He might be the most prolific Indian scorer in the ongoing Test series but senior batsman Rahul Dravid says it has not been easy as he has had to adjust to the most challenging tracks in his four visits to the West Indies throughout his career.
West Indian paceman Fidel Edwards has been the chief tormentor of Indian batsmen in the ongoing cricket series but the Barbadian is not quite happy with his effort.
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has a jinxed man in his corner and it's none other than coach Duncan Fletcher.
West Indies's Kirk Edwards, who has two tons and two half centuries in his five-Test old career -- one of them against India on debut in Dominica, has said the fine fight back by his team in the second innings of the second Test at Kolkata has given it a lot of confidence ahead of the last Test commencing on Tuesday.
Comeback queen Serena Williams crushed Germany's Sabine Lisicki 6-1, 6-2 to move into the final of the Stanford Classic on Saturday.
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni might be content with it but off-spinner Harbhajan Singh finds it incomprehensible that West Indies managed to force a draw in the third and final Test in Dominica.
Former West Indies bowling ace Ian Bishop says had it not been for the rain, and the number of overs lost in Barbados, India would have beaten the West Indies 2-0 in the Test series. By arrangement with Quba Media Works.
His was a standout performance in yet another dismal batting show by the West Indies and wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh said the key to his sparkling knock was to shut out the negativity and play his natural game.
# Harbhajan Singh became the 11th bowler and the third Indian to complete 400 Test wickets.
Indian pace spearhead Ishant Sharma is set to play the final cricket Test against the West Indies in Roseau, Dominica on Wednesday, despite carrying the after effects of a collision with team-mate Praveen Kumar on his face.
Former West Indies bowling ace Ian Bishop says if the match gets to days four and five, the pitch will take spin at that stage. By arrangement with Quba Media Works.
India's pace spearhead Ishant Sharma suffered a freak injury during a practice session but the team management said it was not serious and that he will be fit for the third and final Test against the West Indies, starting in Roseau, Dominica on Wednesday.
West Indian skipper Darren Sammy believes his side had a good chance to win the second Test against India before rain intervened but he is not too disheartened with the draw either.
Criticised by the Indian cricket team for his poor decisions in the first Test against the West Indies, controversial Australian umpire Daryl Harper withdrew from the third match, starting July 6, at Roseau. He will be replaced by Englishman Richard Kettleborough of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires.
Umpire Daryl Harper came in for some scathing criticism from the Indian cricket team, for his poor decisions during the first cricket Test against the West Indies.
A controversy erupted on Sunday, on the eve of the first cricket Test between India and the West Indies with the visitors unhappy over the substandard practice pitches provided to them at the Sabina Park in Kingston.
Karnataka medium pacer Abhimanyu Mithun and Uttar Pradesh's Praveen Kumar have been named as their replacements.
Suspended off-spinner Shane Shillingford has been cleared to return to international cricket, the West Indies Cricket Board said on Saturday.
The Indian squad for the one-day series and a Twenty20 match against the West Indies in the latter's backyard will be picked on May 13 in Chennai.
The West Indies Cricket Board has given its backing to suspended off-spinner Shane Shillingford and said it expects him to bounce back. The International Cricket Council ruled on Tuesday that Shillingford's bowling action was 'illegal' and suspended him from the game until his action was modified.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday confirmed that an independent test had found the bowling action of the West Indies off-spinner Shane Shillingford to be illegal.
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