West Indies great Clive Lloyd ‘disturbed’ by idea of two-tier Test structure
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West Indies great Clive Lloyd ‘disturbed’ by idea of two-tier Test structure

The Hindu  

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. According to a report, India, Australia and England are in talks to divide Test cricket into two divisions to allow cricket’s “Big Three” to play each other more often. Former India coach Ravi Shastri is a vocal supporter of the two-tier concept, which he believes can help Test cricket survive against T20. While a cricket-mad India has emerged as the game’s financial engine, Lloyd recalled how the West Indies contributed to the game’s development, including by lending their players to county cricket in England in the 1970s.

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Two-tier Test cricket talk gains prominence
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2 days ago

Two-tier Test cricket talk gains prominence

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The suggestion to break Test cricket into two tiers – Division 1 and 2 – has done the rounds for over a decade, but Australian newspaper ‘The Age’ reports that the matter is slated to be discussed between International Cricket Council chairman Jay Shah and executives from Cricket Australia and England and Wales Cricket Board this month. The two-tier …

'Too much clutter': Ravi Shastri bats for two-tier Test system, wants 'promotion and demotion'
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2 days, 5 hours ago

'Too much clutter': Ravi Shastri bats for two-tier Test system, wants 'promotion and demotion'

Hindustan Times  

The Border-Gavaskar Trophy between Australia and India proved to be a box-office spectacle, capturing the imagination of cricket fanatics. Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri proposed a radical two-tier system for the "survival of Test cricket." Looking at the success of the recently concluded series, former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri proposed a radical two-tier system for the …

ICC, BCCI, CA, ECB explore possibility of two-tier Test system
2 days, 6 hours ago

ICC, BCCI, CA, ECB explore possibility of two-tier Test system

Hindustan Times  

Sydney/New Delhi, The ICC in collaboration with cricket boards of India, Australia and England is exploring the possibility of a two-tier Test system to facilitate more series between big three nations. ICC, BCCI, CA, ECB explore possibility of two-tier Test system The Age reported that Jay Shah, the new ICC chairman, is set to meet Cricket Australia chair Mike Baird …

Ex-India coach Shastri wants two-tier Test system after MCG blockbuster
1 week ago

Ex-India coach Shastri wants two-tier Test system after MCG blockbuster

Deccan Chronicle  

Sydney: Former India coach Ravi Shastri called Wednesday for a two-tier structure in Test cricket with relegation and promotion to ensure the survival of the red-ball game. His comments follow the blockbuster fourth Test between India and Australia that drew a record 373,691 spectators to the Melbourne Cricket Ground over five enthralling days. Shastri also said the Melbourne game proved …

ENG vs WI, 2nd Test: Brathwaite adamant West Indies ‘longing’ for more Test cricket
5 months, 3 weeks ago

ENG vs WI, 2nd Test: Brathwaite adamant West Indies ‘longing’ for more Test cricket

The Hindu  

Kraigg Brathwaite wants the West Indies to play more Test cricket as it looks to square its series with England. England is one of international cricket’s ‘Big Three’ financial powerhouse nations, together with India and Australia, while the West Indies is one of the economically poorer members of the Test-match elite. Thursday’s second Test at Trent Bridge will be England’s …

BRIAN LARA INTERVIEW: The cricket legend reveals why he believes his Test and first-class records could be broken... and what the West Indies must do to beat England
5 months, 4 weeks ago

BRIAN LARA INTERVIEW: The cricket legend reveals why he believes his Test and first-class records could be broken... and what the West Indies must do to beat England

Daily Mail  

When it comes to heavyweight batting, the diminutive genius that is Brian Lara is unified world champion, clutching the titles for highest Test and first-class scores like precious antiques. West Indies' legend Brian Lara still holds the record for the highest Test and first-class scores Lara's latest book focuses on his matches against England with the batsman achieving two world-record …

Test cricket | West Indies give us a peep into the past, England into the future
11 months, 1 week ago

Test cricket | West Indies give us a peep into the past, England into the future

The Hindu  

Brisbane is 9450 kilometres from Hyderabad, yet in a cricketing sense they became twin cities on Sunday as hope triumphed over probability. In another corner of the world, Hartley, son of a European 400m champion, whose first ball in Test cricket is hit for six is given up by all except his captain. India’s top order had thrown away their …

Clive Lloyd calls for more Test cricket, prefers at least three-match series
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Clive Lloyd calls for more Test cricket, prefers at least three-match series

The Hindu  

India and South Africa played out the shortest-ever Test cricket in just 107 overs at Cape Town, forcing the ICC to rate the pitch as “unsatisfactory”, however, Lloyd didn’t find anything wrong with the wicket. And if you’re playing Test cricket, I’d prefer three Test matches or five,” said the former West Indies skipper during an award function here. “Sure, …

Decline of West Indies cricket seems unstoppable – but there is hope
1 year, 1 month ago

Decline of West Indies cricket seems unstoppable – but there is hope

The Telegraph  

No sporting dynasty can defy time forever. While West Indies players were performing magnificently during the 1980s, “nothing was ever done to nurture the talent that we had coming up,” Ambrose writes in his 2015 autobiography. Consider how Jason Holder, West Indies’s star all-rounder, prepared for the T20 series against England: by training with Rajasthan Royals at their high performance …

Test cricket will probably disappear first in the West Indies
1 year, 9 months ago

Test cricket will probably disappear first in the West Indies

The Hindu  

The first Test I watched from the first ball to the last was India v West Indies in Bengaluru in November 1974. The widely predicted demise of Test cricket is likely to first happen in the West Indies, the team of George Headley and Learie Constantine, of the three Ws, of Sobers and Kanhai, of Richards and Lara, of Gayle …

T20 World Cup: Brian Lara part of 3-member group to review West Indies' performance in tournament
2 years, 1 month ago

T20 World Cup: Brian Lara part of 3-member group to review West Indies' performance in tournament

Firstpost  

In the recently-concluded ICC T20 World Cup, West Indies were eliminated in the first round itself after shocking losses to Scotland and Ireland. A three-member group of independent professionals featuring legendary West Indies batter Brian Lara has been named by Cricket West Indies to conduct a comprehensive review of the early exit by the West Indies Men’s team from the …

‘Results will give you better pay and we need to learn that,’ says Alvin Kallicharran after Windies defeat to Scotland
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Results will give you better pay and we need to learn that,’ says Alvin Kallicharran after Windies defeat to Scotland

The Hindu  

Alvin Kallicharran belonged to a generation of West Indies cricketers who dominated world cricket. However on Monday, as West Indies suffered a defeat against Scotland in its opening game of the T20 World Cup, Kallicharran didn’t hide his disappointment. If you learn to be hungry, challenges will be less…” In the city to launch the Omtex ICWC Cricket Institute’s 24/7 …

IND vs WI 1st ODI: With bilateral ODIs fighting for context, India’s fringe players to battle against West Indies
2 years, 5 months ago

IND vs WI 1st ODI: With bilateral ODIs fighting for context, India’s fringe players to battle against West Indies

The Hindu  

India’s fringe players will get valuable game time in a format fighting for context when Shikhar Dhawan leads the team in the three-match ODI series against West Indies, beginning here on Friday. West Indies came to India for three ODIs and as many T20Is in February and the two teams meet again for a total of eight limited overs games. …

Watched by Lloyd, West Indies aims to start afresh after England humbling
3 years, 2 months ago

Watched by Lloyd, West Indies aims to start afresh after England humbling

The Hindu  

The Caribbean has been the cradle of some of the greatest names in cricketing history from Sir Frank Worrell, Sir Everton Weekes, Sir Clyde Walcott, Garry Sobers, through to the titans of Clive Lloyd’s side, which dominated for more than a decade. On Saturday, as defending champions West Indies suffered its third successive defeat at the ICC Twenty20 World Cup …

The innings that inspired India to greatness against West Indies in 1971
3 years, 7 months ago

The innings that inspired India to greatness against West Indies in 1971

Live Mint  

‘It was tea break on day 2 of the first Test and Dilip Sardesai was batting extremely well to drag us out of trouble. And that’s when Sardesai stepped out of the changing room, looked at the ground and declared that these West Indian fast bowlers were nowhere close to Hall or Griffith. Never had India taken a first-innings lead …

ICC faces serious challenge in finding balance between T20 leagues and international cricket: Andy Flower
4 years, 3 months ago

ICC faces serious challenge in finding balance between T20 leagues and international cricket: Andy Flower

India TV News  

The ICC faces a serious challenge in striking a financially viable balance between the thriving T20 leagues and international cricket over the next decade, says renowned coach Andy Flower. Speaking from Dubai, Flower, who is making his IPL debut as Kings XI Punjab this season, said the recent series in England showed interest in Test cricket remains but the format …

On This Day: West Indies wins its second T20 World Cup
4 years, 9 months ago

On This Day: West Indies wins its second T20 World Cup

The Hindu  

A team that did not even have its kit in order. The West Indies became the first team to win the ICC World Twenty20 title twice, having secured it at the equally hot and humid Colombo in 2012. The West Indies has benefitted from this just like India did in the 1983 World Cup final against Clive Lloyd’s men. His …

West Indies' chance to settle scores in familiar T20 format
5 years ago

West Indies' chance to settle scores in familiar T20 format

The Hindu  

After winning its second World T20 within four years in 2016, the West Indies’ slide has been spectacular. READ| India vs West Indies: Simmons half-century powers Windies to series-levelling win One shouldn’t read too much into Sunday night’s eight-wicket victory against India at the Greenfield Stadium here. He was handed the West Indies’ limited-overs captaincy only last September, after the …

India vs West Indies: Modern day cricket is mentally draining, must pay attention - Brian Lara
5 years, 1 month ago

India vs West Indies: Modern day cricket is mentally draining, must pay attention - Brian Lara

Hindustan Times  

Even the greatest in sport have moments when their otherwise steely mind gets affected by pressures and anxieties, and Brian Lara is no exception. After twice rewriting the record books in 1994 by first registering the then highest Test score and the best first-class score, the weight of Lara’s rapidly rising career intertwined with the West Indies team’s steady downward …

India vs West Indies: Sherfane Rutherford says Windies are looking to give their best against hosts in upcoming tour
5 years, 1 month ago

India vs West Indies: Sherfane Rutherford says Windies are looking to give their best against hosts in upcoming tour

Firstpost  

The West Indies might be World T20 champions but the team has not been keeping well for a while. We look to give our best and take it one step at a time…I don’t think players are thinking too much about the World Cup or IPL, it’s just about performance and everything else will follow from there.” The 21-year-old explosive …

Focus on youth keeping World T20, Test Championship in mind, says Shastri
5 years, 3 months ago

Focus on youth keeping World T20, Test Championship in mind, says Shastri

The Hindu  

Head coach Ravi Shastri says focus will be on investing in youth during his second stint as India begin preparations for next year’s World T20 and the later stages of the ongoing World Test Championship. “The path should be that knowing well you have got 12 months to go for the T20 World Cup and you have about 18-20 months …

India vs West Indies: Windies need to invest more on players' mental strength, groom best available talent for future challenges
5 years, 4 months ago

India vs West Indies: Windies need to invest more on players' mental strength, groom best available talent for future challenges

Firstpost  

There are no hidden talents waiting to be discovered in West Indies, so the team will only get better through purposeful practice and mental development. Though they got runs from Jason Holder, Shane Dowrich, John Campbell and a few others, England were mostly overwhelmed by a fiery West Indies’ pace attack on juicy surfaces. The West Indies batsmen, a few …

Lara Wants Windies Cricketers To Work On "Mental Aspect" Of Their Game
5 years, 4 months ago

Lara Wants Windies Cricketers To Work On "Mental Aspect" Of Their Game

ABP News  

The iconic Brian Lara is impressed with the talent available in West Indies cricket but he wants the youngsters to work on the “mental aspect” of their game ahead of the Test series against India starting on Thursday. The practical side is there for the young players but I feel mentally they can grow a little bit and learn a …

India vs West Indies: Competition in Test cricket has gone up, says Virat Kohli
5 years, 4 months ago

India vs West Indies: Competition in Test cricket has gone up, says Virat Kohli

The Hindu  

Excited about playing in the inaugural World Test Championship, Indian captain Virat Kohli says the competition in the traditional format has “gone up two-fold” in recent years. The inaugural edition will see the elite nations — Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies — fight for top honours across 71 Test matches …

India vs West Indies: Test specialists and Jasprit Bumrah eye quality practice against Windies CB XI
5 years, 4 months ago

India vs West Indies: Test specialists and Jasprit Bumrah eye quality practice against Windies CB XI

India TV News  

Test specialists Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane along with a well-rested Jasprit Bumrah will be aiming for some quality game time when India take on West Indies Cricket Board XI in a three-day warm-up game starting on Saturday ahead of two-match series. With skipper Virat Kohli sustaining a right thumb injury during the third ODI, the team management would like to …

A shot in the arm for Tests
5 years, 5 months ago

A shot in the arm for Tests

Deccan Chronicle  

After the heady excitement of the World Cup, India’s ensuing tour of the West Indies may appear limp and uninspiring. Limited overs matches outnumber the two Tests that will be played on India’s tour of the West Indies and will remain the major attraction for fans. India have a powerful Test side compared to West Indies, but it would be …

World Cup 2019: West Indies should learn from 'terrific' Williamson, says Clive Lloyd
5 years, 6 months ago

World Cup 2019: West Indies should learn from 'terrific' Williamson, says Clive Lloyd

The Hindu  

Clive Lloyd says the West Indies should learn the art of adaptability from New Zealand captain Kane Williamson as it fights to avoid World Cup elimination. With hopes of reaching the semifinals fading fast, Lloyd, the captain of the West Indies side that won the World Cup in 1975 and 1979, believes his country should take a leaf out of …

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: Clive Lloyd feels Jason Holder-led West Indies have firepower to go all the away despite loss to England
5 years, 6 months ago

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: Clive Lloyd feels Jason Holder-led West Indies have firepower to go all the away despite loss to England

Firstpost  

They may have won just one match so far but legendary Clive Lloyd feels the West Indies have got the firepower in both their batting and bowling to go all the way in the ongoing World Cup. London: They may have won just one match so far but legendary Clive Lloyd feels the West Indies have got the firepower in …

Clive Lloyd: ‘WI has the firepower to go all the way in WC’
5 years, 6 months ago

Clive Lloyd: ‘WI has the firepower to go all the way in WC’

The Hindu  

It may have won just one match so far but legendary Clive Lloyd feels the West Indies has got the firepower in both its batting and bowling to go all the way in the ongoing World Cup. The rest of the batsmen left them high and dry, and there was ample opportunity there on a Southampton pitch that didn’t have …

World Cup 2019: Clive Lloyd: West Indies need to be aware of job at hand against South Africa, says Clive Lloyd
5 years, 6 months ago

World Cup 2019: Clive Lloyd: West Indies need to be aware of job at hand against South Africa, says Clive Lloyd

The Hindu  

South Africa may be struggling but two-time World Cup winning captain Clive Lloyd feels West Indies cannot afford to take the Proteas lightly here Monday. The South Africans have lost their first three matches in the ongoing World Cup, while the West Indies has won one and lost one. Read: Ottis Gibson irked by AB de Villiers storm “I think …

West Indies are dangerous when on overdrive but vulnerable too: Steve Waugh
5 years, 7 months ago

West Indies are dangerous when on overdrive but vulnerable too: Steve Waugh

India TV News  

Former Australia skipper Steve Waugh believes West Indies are the most watchable team in the ongoing edition of the World Cup being played in England and Wales. In an ICC column, the former Australia skipper said: "The West Indies … possess a squad full of match winners that can dominate if they gain any sense of ascendancy in a match. …

West Indies team for World Cup 2019: Gale force once, huffing and puffing now!
5 years, 8 months ago

West Indies team for World Cup 2019: Gale force once, huffing and puffing now!

The Hindu  

It has been 44 long years since Clive Lloyd lifted the inaugural World Cup trophy. Four years later, the West Indians arrived for the World Cup in England with renewed swagger oozing through their charismatic skipper Lloyd and the macho Richards. The British had taught us the game, and the only way to measure ourselves against them was to beat …

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