Clive Lloyd: Last News

India and South Africa played out the shortest-ever Test cricket when the former emerged victorious within two days at Cape Town. The match lasted just 107 overs, forcing the ICC to rate the pitch as "unsatisfactory". Clive Lloyd, however, didn't find anything wrong with the wicket. "I don't think anything was wrong with the pitch. Somebody made a hundred on that same pitch, on a wearing pitch, so I think it's just application. And I'm wondering if that had happened in India, with what they would have done to the ground persons," he said during the Ekam Awards night in Kolkata.

Cricket West Indies will call upon batting royalty Clive Lloyd, Vivian Richards and Brian Lara to help dissect their humiliating 3-0 series whitewash by Australia, which culminated in one of the most spectacular collapses in cricket history.

Jos Buttler made an unceremonious exit as England's white-ball captain on Friday, endorsing the popular perception that great players do not always make great captains.

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma made a memorable return to form with a power-packed century against England at Cuttack in the second ODI on Sunday, helping him overtake Rahul Dravid to enter the top 10 run-getters in ODI cricket. At Cuttack, every minute spent was worth it for fans who had waited months to witness Rohit hit top gear once again. The Hitman set his struggles aside, timing and middling his shots with perfection to score 119 in 90 balls, with 12 fours and seven sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 132.22.

West Indies great Clive Lloyd is "disturbed" by the idea of a two-tier structure for test cricket and believes efforts should instead be focused on ensuring struggling teams play more often against the top sides.

Indian cricket team skipper Rohit Sharma once again failed to impress with the bat as he was dismissed for just 9 on Day 5 of the fourth Test match against Australia in Melbourne on Monday. It has ben a terrible show from Rohit in the ongoing five-match series and he registered an unwanted record with his dismissal off Pat Cummins. This was the sixth time that he was dismissed by Cummins in Test cricket - the most for any captain dismissing the opposition captain in the longest format of the sport. The star India batter has been facing a lot of criticism from both fans as well as experts recently and another flop show against Australia did not help his case as calls for his retirement continue to gain strength.

It was a massive occasion for veteran Indian cricket team spinner Ravichandran Ashwin as he played his 100th Test match as India took on England in the final game of the five-match series in Dharamsala on Thursday. Ashwin recently became the second India bowler ever to take 500 wickets in the longest format of the sport and as he took the field for his 100th Test, he made history by becoming the oldest India cricketer to achieve the milestone. Overall, Ashwin became the 14th India cricketer to play 100 Tests but the first one to do it after celebrating his 37th birthday. The others were - Sunil Gavaskar (125), Dilip Vengsarkar (116), Kapil Dev (131), Sachin Tendulkar (200), Anil Kumble (132), Rahul Dravid (164), Sourav Ganguly (113), VVS Laxman (134), Harbhajan Singh (103), Virender Sehwag (104), Ishant Sharma (105), Virat Kohli (113) and Cheteshwar Pujara (103).

For those who have seen the glory days of West Indies cricket, the sight of them missing the bus to ICC World Cup 2023 was deeply painful. The legendary Gordon Greenidge and Joel Garner know the feeling of winning a World Cup. They were part of Clive Lloyd's invincible outfit that lifted the trophy in 1979, beating England at Lord's. When PTI reached out to the legendary duo, the feeling of disappointment was very evident after the West Indies failed to qualify for the 50-over World Cup in India.