Roston Chase: Last News

India declared their first innings on 448-5 and then reduced West Indies to 66-5 to inch towards a comprehensive victory on day three of the opening test between the two sides in Ahmedabad on Saturday.

West Indies have recalled batters Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Alick Athanaze for their two-test tour of India next month but there was no place in the 15-man squad for former skipper Kraigg Brathwaite.

Australia lost seven wickets for 68 runs in a dramatic collapse to be all out for 225 on day one of the third and final test against West Indies at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica.

West Indies were bowled out for 253 in their first innings of the second test in Grenada on Friday, trailing Australia by 45 runs at stumps after a dramatic second day that saw early promise turn to utter collapse before a thrilling lower-order fightback.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: West Indies’ pace attack again exposed the vulnerability of the Australian top-order batting as the tourists stuttered to 92 for four in their second innings at stumps on the second day of the first Test at Kensington Oval on Thursday. Trailing on first innings by just ten runs after the Caribbean side were dismissed at tea for 190 in reply to the Aussies’ first innings total of 180, the match is balanced on a knife’s edge as Australia lead by 82 runs with six wickets in hand. Another eventful day when ten wickets fell after 14 tumbled on day one also featured contentious television umpiring decisions which left the West Indies feeling aggrieved. Travis Head, so often the counter-attacking star for the men from Down Under in all formats of the game, will carry the battle into the third morning with all-rounder Beau Webster after all four West Indies bowlers used in the second innings so far claimed a wicket each. Wicketless in the first innings, Alzarri Joseph was first to strike in the long final session when he trapped Usman Khawaja lbw. Shamar Joseph, who set the tone for the bowling effort at the start of the Test the day before, had to endure Sam Konstas being dropped twice in the same over in the slips before the opener’s tortuous innings ended 20 minutes later when he played on to the same bowler. Jayden Seales added to his five-wicket haul the day before by removing Josh Inglis for the second time in the match when the right-hander was bowled offering no shot. Australia’s continuing experiment with Cameron Green at number three then suffered another setback when he wafted at medium-pacer Justin Greaves to be taken at first slip. Earlier, West Indies captain Roston Chase and wicketkeeper

West Indies batter Shai Hope is in line to play his first test in almost four years after being recalled to the squad for their home series against Australia, but veteran pacer Kemah Roach has been dropped.

All-rounder Roston Chase has been appointed as the new captain of the West Indies Test team, with Jomel Warrican named his deputy, Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced on Friday, according to the International Cricket Council (ICC). In their official release, CWI highlighted a robust data-driven selection process that led to the shortlisting of six candidates for the role, John Campbell, Tevin Imlach, Joshua Da Silva, Justin Greaves, Chase, and Warrican. The shortlisted candidates were evaluated on several key factors, including Test experience, leadership qualities and prior captaincy credentials.

West Indies opening batter Evin Lewis endured a rather painful moment during his team's second ODI against Bangladesh, much to the amusement of both his own teammates and the opposition. Facing Bangladesh quick Nahid Rana, one ball hit Lewis flush in the lower abdomen region, causing the batter to go down in pain. However, a hilarious replay from hawkeye technology followed, showing exactly how firmly the ball had hit Lewis in that region. The incident left Lewis' teammate Roston Chase, as well as Nahid Rana, laughing profusely.