2005-06 West Indian cricket season
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The 2005–06 West Indian cricket season includes all domestic cricket matches played by senior teams with first class status in the West Indies between October 2005 and March 2006, and also the international feats of the West Indies team, who is not scheduled to play any home games during this period but are to play home matches during April, May and June 2006. The season began on 2005-10-03 with the first matches of the one-day
KFC Cup
, and is scheduled to last until 2006-03-19 when England A
depart after their tour which will include one-day and first class matches against the West Indies A team
. The West Indies will not play any home Tests during their home season, but they have toured Australia
(losing the 3-Test series 0–3), and toured New Zealand
in February and March, immediately after the conclusion of the 2005-06 Carib Beer Cup
, the first class competition.
In domestic cricket, Guyana won the KFC Cup
on home soil after going unbeaten through the group stage, though the final result was determined on the Duckworth-Lewis method
. The Carib Beer Series began on 25 November with a replay of the KFC Cup final between Guyana and Barbados. The first four matches all ended in draws, and rain caused one round to be delayed until February – which also delayed the Carib Beer Challenge part of the competition until April. Trinidad and Tobago were the first team to record a win, beating Jamaica in January, but successive wins from Barbados put them twelve points ahead of second-placed Trinidad and Tobago with the game against T&T left. However, Trinidad and Tobago won by 264 runs, drawing level with Barbados in the table but winning on head-to-head result.
One-day International series:
Twenty20 International:
A tour:
KFC Cup:
Carib Beer Series:
claimed that "no team...[had] distinguished itself as an odds-on favourite in the competition." The tournament did not have a brand name sponsor until 5 October, when KFC agreed to a deal worth 3,000,000 US dollars, and the opening round was played with the tournament still named the President's Trophy. Guyana recorded an opening win over Barbados, gaining a three-run win on the Duckworth-Lewis method
, after West Indies Test batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan
hit 106 not out
before bad light stopped play with Guyana two ahead of their target score of 204, with their opponents Barbados making 244. The Windward Islands defeated reigning champions Trinidad and Tobago, in a victory described as "remarkable" by the Guyana Chronicle, with captain Rawl Lewis
scoring 30 and taking three for 32 to become Man of the Match as Trinidad and Tobago fell from 56 for 0 to 176 all out chasing a total of 190. Leeward Islands went top, however, after bowling Jamaica out for 145 before Runako Morton
put on 133 with Junie Mitchum
in a nine-wicket win that gave the Leewards a bonus point.
sent Guyana in to bat, and after half-centuries from Narsingh Deonarine
(52 with five fours and two sixes), and Shivnarine Chanderpaul
(off 44 balls, ending with 52), along with another century from Sarwan, Guyana made a total of 291 for 5 in conditions described as "excellent" for batting by the Guyana Chronicle. The Leewards then struck three half-centuries from the top - Runako Morton was dropped twice on 0 before going on to make 68 - and they needed nine off the final over, getting eight off the first five balls before Carl Simon
edged the final delivery to the wicket-keeper
. The other matches ended in the Windwards chasing down Jamaica's 230 in 40.1 of 43 allotted overs
to go top of the table with eight points - one ahead of the Leewards and two more than Guyana - while reigning champions Trinidad and Tobago lost to Barbados and were joint bottom of the table after two games.
Denesh Ramdin
at the crease on 48, facing the first ball from Gavin Tonge
(who had bowled nine overs for 60 previously). A fast, full-length ball saw Ramdin play across the line, missing the ball as it hit him on the pad, and the umpire gave him lbw. With no more wickets remaining, the Trinbagonians had lost by two runs. Guyana went second in the table after their seven-run win over Jamaica, with Sarwan missing out on a third successive century but still making 63 off 59 balls in a total of 219, and Jamaica then lost four wickets for 20 runs at the death to need 22 off the last eight balls; they could only get 14. Windward Islands also went down for the first time of the season, losing to Barbados after needing seven runs off the final over. They had needed 92 with four wickets in hand in the 34th over, but Rawl Lewis
and Liam Sebastien
put on 81 in 14.1 overs, and Sebastien was batting with the number 10 Mervyn Matthew
. He was bowled
on the first ball from substitute Corey Collymore
, and Alvin LaFeuille could only make four off the final five balls as the Windwards closed one run short of a tie.
was run out with seven balls remaining, but Collymore took three of the first four wickets as the Leewards were 27 for 4. 73 from captain Sylvester Joseph
took them close, but Collymore returned to end with five for 27 from ten overs, helping Barbados to limit the Leewards to a total of 212 for 9 which meant that Barbados had qualified for the semis. Guyana took over the ascendancy, qualifying for the Final Four after bowling the Windward Islands out for 197 to take a 55-run win and a bonus point to boot, while Jamaica and Trinidad/Tobago - the only teams without a win in the competition - faced off at Wildey. In a match shortened to 20 overs after heavy morning rain, Jamaica bowled out the Trinbagonians for 101, with five bowlers getting wickets, before opening batsman Danza Hyatt
hit 47 not out and Jamaica took a bonus point, also eliminating Trinidad and Tobago in the process. With five points, they were still fifth in the table, three points behind the Windwards.
(who was dropped off Collymore on 28 - Collymore ended with four overs for 10 with the scalp of Hyatt), but in the islands battle, the Windwards dismissed the Leewards for 144 after three wickets from captain Lewis, and West Indies opener Devon Smith
hit 59 in the chase as the Windwards went past the target with 7.3 overs to spare, sending them into the Final Four.
The four qualifying teams arrived in Guyana on 10 October, with the first semi-final played two days later. All three matches were played at the Bourda
ground, and Guyana's Ramnaresh Sarwan
became the first player to score three centuries in a domestic limited-overs tournament season, making an unbeaten 113 in a chase of a target of 242 set by the Leeward Islands in the first semi-final. Sarwan also passed Keith Arthurton
's eight-year-old record tournament aggregate of 408 runs in a tournament. Earlier, Runako Morton and Wilden Cornwall
had hit half-centuries as the Leewards made 241 for 8 in 50 overs, but the second-wicket partnership between opener Sewnarine Chattergoon
and Sarwan was worth 109 runs, and Sarwan pushed on to make it to the target.
) to qualify for the KFC Cup Final
The other semi-final was played two days later in overcast conditions, and the bad light conditions brought Duckworth-Lewis into play. Barbados had made 270 for 7, with Dwayne Smith
hitting 96 off 81 balls amid Kenroy Peters
' three-wicket-haul, and Courtney Browne
and Ian Bradshaw
added 67 for the last wicket as Barbados accumulated 270 for 7. Corey Collymore
took two early wickets, but the Windwards recovered to 100 for 3 in the 25th over when play was stopped. 12 overs were lost, and the Windwards set a target of 217 - they lost five wickets in the process, and could only get 75 of the 117 runs required, losing by 41 runs.
) to win the KFC Cup
On Sunday 16 October the tournament was rounded off with the Barbados v Guyana final. Barbados were inserted by the Guyana captain Chanderpaul, and though they lost no wickets in their opening 25 overs, they scored at a rate below four an over as they were 90 for no loss midway through their innings. Guyana spinners Mahendra Nagamootoo
then got the first breakthrough, dismissing Kurt Wilkinson
for 43, and though Martin Nurse
went on to hit 63 and Ryan Hinds
and Floyd Reifer
also hit scores in excess of 30, Nagamootoo and Neil McGarrell
shared six wickets in their 18 overs, and Barbados lost four wickets for 16 to end with a total of 249 for 8. Chasing, Guyana started with a 92-run opening partnership between Sewnarine Chattergoon
and Krishna Arjune before Bradshaw and Collymore broke through for Barbados, dismissing Arjune and their West Indies team partners Sarwan and Chanderpaul, leaving Guyana at 119 for 3. TV replays indicated to Guyana Chronicle writer Allan La Rose that Chanderpaul had not hit the ball when he was given out caught behind, but in the end it mattered little - Chattergoon put on a further 90 with Deonarine, as Guyana reached 209 for 4 with 55 balls remaining, but when Deonarine was dismissed another three Guyanese followed, including Chattergoon, bowled by Fidel Edwards
for 119. He later rated the innings the "best of his life". At the end of Edwards' over, the umpires offered the light to the batsmen, but McGarrell and Darwin Christian chose to bat on to make sure of the victory. They lost no further wicket in the next three overs before they were offered the light again, requiring three to win off the final over, which was not bowled; instead, Guyana were declared seven-run winners on the Duckworth-Lewis method.
against the Australian team
for the Frank Worrell Trophy
. After a 0–5 whitewash on the last tour of Australia five years ago, the West Indies were hoping for a better result, but they never ran Australia closer than seven wickets in a Test match. Australia were inserted in the first Test, and after a spell after lunch yielded three wickets for Corey Collymore and Australia were 111 for 4, Ricky Ponting
put on a century stand with Adam Gilchrist
, and double-digit contributions from the rest of the order (excluding the number 11 Glenn McGrath
) gave Australia a total of 435. West Indies were then rolled over twice, for 210 and 129, with Australia batting to 283 for 2 declared in between, as they lost by 379 runs. The second Test saw the West Indies win the toss, bat, and surrender a 257-run first-innings lead. Dwayne Bravo
hit a career-best 113 in the second innings, sharing a 182-run seventh-wicket stand which set a target of 78 for the Australians, but they still won by nine wickets. Brian Lara
made an unbeaten double ton on the first day of the third Test, ending on 226 to set a Test career record with his 11,204 runs at the end of the match. However, Australia made 428 when they batted, Shane Warne
took six for 80 and helped take the West Indies apart to 204 in the second innings, and Matthew Hayden
's 87 not out gave Australia victory on the final day. The West Indies Cricket Board
later lodged a complaint with the International Cricket Council
, regarding the umpiring
decisions in the series, asking for video assessment of the decisions made . The ICC general manager Dave Richardson later acknowledged that errors had been made .
, the league stage of the domestic first class cricket tournament of the West Indies, lasted from 25 November to 5 February. The four top teams then qualified for the Carib Beer Challenge, a direct knock-out tournament which was moved to April due to rain cancelling one of the rounds.
Barbados and Guyana met for the third time in two months, this time at the Everest Cricket Club in Georgetown
, Guyana
, and once again Barbados failed to win, though they did gain a first innings lead and the lead in the table. After Guyana batted to a total of 241 on the first day, with Barbados bowler Ian Bradshaw
taking five for 50 including top-scorer Travis Dowlin
, opening batsmen Dale Richards
made 127 for Barbados, as they took a first innings lead on day two. Alcindo Holder
was there on 5, and he added a further 78 before he was caught behind off Nagamootoo, being last out at 394. Guyana batted out the remaining day and a half, closing on 309 for 9 to draw the match, with Guyana's Narsingh Deonarine
named Man of the Match after an unbeaten 136 in the second innings. (CricketArchive scorecard)
Jamaica were criticised by the fans after this match, with their spectators voicing their concerns after Jamaica had accepted the umpires' offer of going off and taking the points for a draw in a finish described as "enthralling" by the Jamaica Observer . Jamaica had won the toss and decided to field, and half-centuries from Runako Morton and Shane Jeffers
had sent the Leewards to 159 for 2 before slow left arm bowler Nikita Miller
got two wickets in four balls. The Leewards added 26 before tea, but the post-tea session lasted 8.4 overs, yielded 11 runs, and the Leewards lost their remaining six wickets. Andrew Richardson, returning from a back injury sustained in 2003–04, took five of the wickets for four runs in his four overs, while Miller got the last wicket of Adam Sanford
. On the second day, Jamaica lost five wickets for 13 runs to go to 193 for 9, but Richardson and Jerome Taylor
ensured first innings points with a 30-run last-wicket stand. The Leewards openers caught up with that lead, however, and thanks to Jeffers' 88 they passed 200 in their second innings on a rain-hit third day. They ended on 242, setting a target of 216 for Jamaica, who lost Brenton Parchment and Denza Hyatt for single-digit scores to be 20 for 2. More wickets followed, as no Jamaican batsmen made it past 50, and after Carl Simon
and Sanford had taken three wickets each Jamaica were at 187 for 9. The last-wicket pairing of Odean Brown and Jerome Taylor
then added 25 for the last wicket, and with 7.3 overs remaining and four runs to get they were offered to go off by the umpires. With Brown's elbow damaged, their captain Tamar Lambert agreed to the offer, to end the match in a draw. (CricketArchive scorecard)
After Jamaica had won the toss and chosen to bat, they made 204 in the first innings, which was cut in two by the rain. Six Jamaican batsmen made scores between 23 and 30 in the first innings, while Windwards bowler Kenroy Peters
bowled 11 maiden overs to end with bowling figures
of 20–11–18–3. The Windwards batted to 56 for one at the close, rain interrupting their innings as they were, according to a Caribbean Media Corporation
report, "looking to take control" . However, the last nine Windwards wickets fell for 71, after seamers Dave Bernard, Andrew Richardson and Nikita Miller had taken five wickets for 13 and the Windwards were at 86 for 6. Leading by 60, Jamaica added a further 188 before declaring midway through the fourth morning with number three Shawn Findlay on 70 not out
. Bernard then took three wickets, helping Jamaica to take the first six wickets for 88, but Junior Murray
and Rawl Lewis
shared 35 for the eighth wicket in a little over an hour to halt the Jamaicans. The hosts could not force a win, as the Windwards ended on 144 for 8, but took the lead in the Carib Beer Series table. (Scorecard from West Indies Cricket Board)
The first day's play was entirely washed out, and the second day's play cut to 51 overs, as rain and bad light had a say in this match at Anguilla ending in a draw. Leeward Islands won the toss, and concluded their innings 20 overs into the third morning when Mervyn Dillon
removed Adam Sanford
, and the Leewards closed on 171. All the Trinidad bowlers got wickets, Dave Mohammed
taking the most with three, and also bowling the most. Omari Banks
snared two wickets for the Leewards, and Trinidad were 146 for 6 before captain Darren Ganga was joined by Richard Kelly
. Both completed their half-centuries, sharing a stand of 75 before Ganga smacked a full toss from Banks to Sylvester Joseph to be out for 65 - enough to be named Man of the Match. Trinidad and Tobago were eventually bowled out for 274 midway through the morning session on day four, and the Leewards were 26 for two just before lunch, but a stand of 105 between Austin Richards
and Sylvester Joseph
ensured that the Leewards ended on 131 for three. (Scorecard from West Indies Cricket Board)
The games scheduled for the next weekend, from 9 to 12 December, were postponed due to rain and set back to February .
Trinidad and Tobago batted first, and after spinner Gareth Breese
took four wickets on the first day, the hosts were 135 for 5, but the hosts' captain Daren Ganga
hit 93 in 283 minutes before he was lbw
with the score on 181. Breese got four for 44 in 18 overs on the first day, but his 19 overs on the second yielded one more wicket for 52 runs, as Dinesh Ramdin and Richard Kelly
added 100 for the seventh wicket. Ramdin pressed on, his innings totalling 125 as he was left not out
, and Trinidad and Tobago had made 386. Jamaica made it to 82 for 1, but Dwayne Bravo
and Dave Mohammed
shared seven of the last nine wickets, which fell for 111 runs. Marlon Samuels
was the only batsman to pass 30 for Jamaica, ending with 63 before he was caught behind off Bravo. The hosts batted for 41 third-day overs, making 178 for 7 declared
as Kelly top-scored with 43 not out
, and declared 371 ahead overnight. Trinidad and Tobago had a day to bowl Jamaica out; they spent three hours, after Rayad Emrit
took the first three wickets, all bowled, to end figures
of 10–3–13–3 and Dave Mohammed
's left arm spin yielded five for 41 to bowl Jamaica out for a total of 89. The title holders Jamaica thus fell eight points behind Trinidad and Tobago, who were the new leaders in the league (CricketArchive scorecard)
This was the fifth of six drawn matches thus far in the tournament, as rain and bad playing conditions curtailed play enough to prevent a result. Barbados batted first, and closed on 365 just before the close of play on day two, with Alcindo Holder
top-scoring with 84 in his second first-class match . Windwards captain Rawl Lewis
took six for 105, but coming in at eight with the total 202 for 6, he only made 17 with the bat as the Windwards were bowled out early on the fourth day, with Barbados dropping "several chances" on the third . Barbados hit 109 in 23 overs before declaring, but after Ryan Austin
and Ryan Nurse shared four wickets and the Windwards lost their first five for 52, Junior Murray
and Darren Sammy
batted out the last fifty minutes to secure the draw. (Cricinfo scorecard)
Last year's champions Jamaica suffered their second loss on their mini-tour of the Lesser Antilles, after Barbados fast bowler Fidel Edwards
removing the first three batsmen to see Jamaica to seven for three after they were inserted by Barbados captain Ryan Hinds
. Barbados bowled Jamaica out for 129 and took a 290-run lead on first innings after four half-centuries, with a top score of 94 from Dwayne Smith
, and though Jamaica replied with 319 in the second innings, Edwards dug out another four wickets and the openers reached the target of 30 after 22 deliveries. The win put Barbados back on top of the table, but with one game more than Trinidad and Tobago in second place. (West Indies Cricket Board scorecard)
Guyana batted to a total of 547 for 8 declared at Saint Martin
, with Krishna Arjune and Travis Dowlin
hitting centuries, and though they gave up batting shortly before the end of the second day Guyana could not force a win. Narsingh Deonarine
took five for 94 in the second innings, but the Leewards still batted into the morning session on day four to make 349. Guyana did not enforce the follow on, and after the Leewards got two wickets thanks to Adam Sanford
, Deonarine and Shiv Chanderpaul hit half-centuries to secure the draw. (CricketArchive scorecard)
Guyana made 346 after being put in to bat at Guaracara Park, with West Indies player Ramnaresh Sarwan
top-scoring with 122, but Trinidad and Tobago responded with a 159-run third wicket stand between Brian Lara
and Daren Ganga
. Esuan Crandon
took three wickets, of Ganga, Dwayne Bravo
and Sherwin Ganga
, and Trinidad and Tobago were 215 for 5, needing a further 132 to gain a first innings lead. Lara continued, however, and after 270 minutes he brought up his fifth hundred at this ground. He continued to make 153, which left Trinidad and Tobago close at 332 for 8 when he was caught by Shivnarine Chanderpaul
off the bowling of Crandon; Rayad Emrit
took them into the lead with a half-century, and the hosts closed on 398. The last day saw some rain, and Guyana eventually closed on 159 for 3; Trinidad and Tobago captain Daren Ganga said afterwards that "We always knew that this game was a first innings affair and we achieved the result we wanted." . Trinidad now stood level with Barbados in the standings. (CricketArchive scorecard)
The scheduled match at Mindoo Philip Park
was abandoned after rain left the pitch and outfield under water . (CricketArchive scorecard)
Scores of 75 from both Sewnarine Chattergoon
and Shivnarine Chanderpaul
took Guyana to 260 for 5 at Chedwin Park, Jamaica, as the hosts used eight bowlers in the second innings but still only got four wickets on the first day. Six on the second took Guyana out for 314, but Reon King
took four of Guyana's six on the second day, and Jamaica fell to 48 for 6. Wavell Hinds
and Gareth Breese
added two short of that figure for the seventh wicket, and Jamaica eventually totalled 144, 20 short of the follow on target, which was not enforced. Guyana closed the third day on 114 for 6, and the Jamaica Observer claimed Jamaica needed an extraordinary effort to make it through . On the final day, Guyana were bowled out for 163, setting Jamaica 334 to win in 69 overs. Marlon Samuels
spent 99 balls for his 81, as Jamaica attempted to score at the required five an over, but four wickets from Narsingh Deonarine
helped bowl Jamaica out for 282, Reon King
taking the last wicket by bowling
Daren Powell
for 57. Jamaica, champions of both the league stage and the cup stage last season, were thus eliminated with 12 points from five games. (CricketArchive scorecard)
Barbados took a twelve-point lead on the Carib Beer Series table with a round to play after twin centuries from captain Ryan Hinds
, who also took four wickets to become Man of the Match. Hinds had opted to bat first after winning the toss, and after Leewards bowler Adam Sanford
took the first four wickets at St Thomas
, Hinds built partnerships with Alcindo Holder
(65 for the fifth wicket) and Ian Bradshaw
(141 for the seventh, the highest seventh-wicket partnership in this season's tournament. Barbados ended on 360, and after a 104-run fourth-wicket partnership between Austin Richards
and Sylvester Joseph
, the Leewards lost seven wickets to Ian Bradshaw
and Ryan Austin
. Leading by 102, Barbados built onwards, with Dwayne Smith
retiring hurt on 20 but returning to make 48 and Ryan Hinds
once again top-scoring with 150. The Leewards were set 409 to win in well over a day, and despite the second half-century in as many matches from Steve Liburd
, Barbados bowled them out for 236 to win the match. With one game left, against Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados would secure the Carib Beer Cup title by avoiding defeat. (CricketArchive scorecard)
The Windward Islands won their first game of the season, thwarting Trinidad's hopes of keeping up with Barbados in the league table, with Deighton Butler
named Man of the Match after three wickets in the second innings. The Windwards batted first, with Hyron Shallow
scoring 63 in a first innings worth 218; however, Trinidad and Tobago were reported by the Trinidad Express to have dropped eight catches . Trinidad were 36 for 4 in reply after three wickets from Rawl Lewis
, but a 52-run seventh-wicket stand between Denesh Ramdin
and Richard Kelly
helped them post 162. More dropped catches – the Trinidad Express counted five – helped the Windwards add 77 by the close of day three, and a further 41 on day four before they were bowled out. Despite the dropped catches, seven of the Windwards batsmen were dismissed caught, with the remaining three stumped by Ramdin. Set 175 to win, only captain Daren Ganga
passed 20 for Trinidad and Tobago, and they had fallen from 19 for 1 to 37 for 7 before Rayad Emrit
and Dave Mohammed
helped Ganga build two partnerships past 20. It was not enough, however; Mohammed was left not out on 13 and Dennis George
could take the final wicket as the Windwards won by 86 runs and qualified for the semi-final stages. (CricketArchive scorecard)
Trinidad and Tobago were coming off a loss in the Windward Islands three days earlier, and needed a win on both first innings and overall to wrest the Cup title from Barbados, who had a 12-point gap at the top of the table. Trinidad were put in to bat after the hosting captain won the toss, and immediately lost Imran Khan
to Fidel Edwards
, with the opening partnership worth seven runs. However, half-centuries from Lendl Simmons
, Brian Lara
and Denesh Ramdin
took Trinidad and Tobago to 172 for 3, and 28 runs from Rayad Emrit
helped them past 200. Edwards took three wickets, but was also the most expensive bowler, costing 87 in 17 overs. Barbados were then called in to bat for the last 45 minutes of the first day, losing four wickets for fifteen runs by stumps, with Mervyn Dillon
taking a wicket in his first over and ending the day with figures of 5–2–6–2 . Floyd Reifer
and Ryan Austin
then added 86 for the fifth wicket, but five Trinidad bowlers then got wickets to round Barbados up for 167. Trinidad and Tobago then made 145 for 1 before the close of day two, continued onwards to 287 for 2 before Daren Ganga
and Brian Lara went off for lunch. Ganga never returned, having been hit on the forearm by a ball from Edwards, and Barbados took the last seven wickets for 32 as Trinidad and Tobago were all out for 319. Chasing what would have been a record first class target in the West Indies, with 412, no Barbadian batsman managed to pass 35, as Dillon and Dave Mohammed
shared three wickets each on the third day and Dillon added two more on the fourth morning to bowl Barbados out for 147 and win the Carib Beer Cup title for Trinidad and Tobago. Brian Lara described it as "literally taking the Cup off their shelf" and said the win gave him "an amazing feeling" . It was Barbados' worst loss by runs since the tournament began in 1966 . (CricketArchive scorecard)
After choosing to bat, the Windward Islands were bowled out for 189 on the first day at Grenada, with spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo
taking five for 48 off his 28 overs. Guyana lost one wicket on the first day, and were 147 for 7 in reply, but Ramnaresh Sarwan
made a century and shared a 96-run eighth-wicket stand with Reon Griffith. Guyana totalled 276 to secure the first innings lead. Rain then interrupted play on the third day for nearly two hours, and Devon Smith
made 63 to take the Windwards to 148 for 2, and play on the fourth day was delayed until past lunch due to a waterlogged outfield. Hyron Shallow
joined Smith in the list of half-centurions as the Windwards ended on 283 for 5, Nagamootoo once again bowling the most and taking the most wickets (two for 71). (CricketArchive scorecard)
Trinidad and Tobago got revenge for their loss in the league stage, though they lost their first five wickets for 42 after opting to bat at Guaracara Park. Deighton Butler
and Jean Paul
took two wickets each in the morning session, but failed to take any more, and Jason Mohammed
put on 124 with Richard Kelly
for the sixth wicket. Four wickets then fell for five runs, but the last-wicket stand of 84 between Mohammed and Amit Jaggernauth
took Trinidad and Tobago past 250. Jaggernauth then took four wickets, as no Windwards batsman passed 30, and with spinner Dave Mohammed
also grabbing three Trinidad and Tobago earned a lead of 124. Daren Ganga
's 161 then helped Trinidad and Tobago to a total of 416, and Dave Mohammed rounded off with seven for 48, his best first class figures. (West Indies Cricket Board scorecard)
Krishna Arjune and Sewnarine Chattergoon
put on 106 for Guyana's first wicket after they were inserted by Barbados' captain Ryan Hinds
, but this was more than all the other nine partnerships combined, as Dwayne Smith
's seamers yielded three for 17 and five bowlers got wickets. In reply, Barbados were 101 for 6 after three wickets from spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo
, but half-centuries from Ian Bradshaw
(81) and captain Hinds (52) helped Barbados get a first innings lead. Guyana replied with 316 for 9 declared, with both Chattergoon and Neil McGarrell
scoring 82, but they needed to bowl out Barbados to win the match and proceed to the final. Floyd Reifer
hit 101 for Barbados to help them earn a draw on the final day, though Guyana did peg them back from 172 for 2 to 261 for 7 after wickets from Nagamootoo and McGarrell. It was not enough, and Barbados thus had the opportunity to get revenge for the crucial league defeat to Trinidad and Tobago. (West Indies Cricket Board scorecard)
Brian Lara
had returned to the side for the final game, which was played at Guaracara Park, Pointe-à-Pierre
. Daren Ganga
, T&T's captain, won the toss and chose to bat, and Trinidad/Tobago lost eight wickets on the first day. According to Trinidad Guardian correspondent Naz Yacoob, "almost all the batsmen were out to soft dismissals", and they were described as being in "a spot of bother" at the end of the day, with the total on 223 for 8. Pedro Collins
took three wickets, including Lara lbw
for 2, and Ryan Hinds
and Ian Bradshaw
picked up a couple each. Reyad Emrit and Dave Mohammed
then added 102 to the overnight ninth-wicket stand of 20, and though Corey Collymore
and Pedro Collins
managed to dismiss the two for 112 (Emrit) and 50 (Mohammed), the final Trinidad/Tobago total stood at 340. Barbados replied with 130 for 5 to close out the second day, with Emrit taking two wickets; four of the top five batsmen made double figures, but captain Hinds' score of 25 was the highest. That changed on the third day, however, as former West Indies U–19
player Kirk Edwards, on debut for Barbados , converted his overnight total of 18 to a top score of 64 before substitute fielder Sherwin Ganga
held a catch off Dave Mohammed's bowling. Thanks partly to Edwards' efforts, the last five Barbados partnerships added 165, however, 60 more than the top five, as Patrick Browne
(No. 7), Ian Bradshaw
(No. 8) and Ryan Austin
(No. 9) all passed 25, and Barbados closed their innings trailing by 70. During their third day outing, Trinidad and Tobago lost five wickets for 99 runs, including two run out
s, but Richard Kelly
shared a 77-run stand with Reyad Emrit across the third and fourth day to boost their lead, and eventually made 93, the second highest score of the match and the highest first class score of his career thus far . Trinidad/Tobago totalled 262 in their second innings, setting Barbados 333 to win in a day and a half, and the openers Dale Richards
and Wayne Blackman cut 86 off that target. However, Barbados lost four wickets for 13 runs to Kelly and Amit Jaggernauth
, and closed out the day on 110 for 4. On the final day, Trinidad/Tobago's spinners ensured that there would be no repeat of the lower order outscoring the top; Mohammed took four and Jaggernauth two, and after the 40-run sixth-wicket stand between Hinds and Browne, the last four wickets fell for 41 runs to secure the double title for Trinidad and Tobago. Emrit's efforts of 140 runs and three wickets was enough to give him Man of the Match honours. (CricketArchive scorecard)
The U-19 team
went to Sri Lanka in February, playing in the U-19 World Cup
. After defeating South Africa
and the United States
, West Indies fell in both play-off matches, and shared seventh place with Zimbabwe
.
hit a four to tie the scores. Bond then broke the stumps twice in the bowl out, which New Zealand won 3–0.
Two days later, New Zealand totalled 288 for 9 in the first ODI, which was enough to secure victory; Ramnaresh Sarwan
top-scored with 56 but took 83 balls, more than below the required run rate, and West Indies were bowled out for 207. 76 from Wavell Hinds
was the highlight of the second match for the West Indies, but the total of 200 for 9 was overcome by New Zealand in 42 overs, though they were 13 for 4 after two wickets each from Fidel Edwards
and Ian Bradshaw
. In the third match, Nathan Astle
hit a century, and though Sarwan hit his second half-century on tour West Indies were bowled out for 255, with Jeetan Patel
taking three wickets. The win secured the series for New Zealand, but they weren't done; 102 from Lou Vincent
helped them make a total of 324 for 6 in 50 overs, and though Runako Morton
scored a century, he took 155 balls to make 110. West Indies closed on 233 for 8, well short of the required total. However, Dwayne Smith
helped turn the final match West Indies' way; he took five for 45 at Eden Park
as New Zealand were bowled out for 233, and though West Indies made six runs from their first six overs (and still lost the wicket of Chris Gayle
) they made it to the target with three wickets and two balls to spare. However, writer Vaneisa Baksh claimed "the win did nothing for anyone, not even for New Zealand."
only 78.1 of the scheduled 450 overs were bowled, and West Indies drew to avoid recording the longest streak of Test defeats by any team apart from Bangladesh
and Zimbabwe
. However, after three days of the first Test, Cricinfo reported that West Indies went in "with more than just a sniff of their first overseas win against opponents other than Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in six years." New Zealand had taken a lead of 18 on first innings after an unbeaten 103 and two for 23 from Scott Styris
, while Dwayne Bravo
had built partnerships of 89 (with Ramnaresh Sarwan
) and 58 (with Dwayne Smith
) to take West Indies back after being at 90 for 5. New Zealand were then 146 for 7 in reply, Bradshaw and Edwards taking out the top order, but 74 from Brendon McCullum
helped New Zealand set a target of 291 in what was described as a "see-saw match". In reply, West Indies were 148 for no loss, but Nathan Astle
broke the opening stand and Shane Bond
picked up four wickets as the team fell to 263 and a 27-run defeat. Brian Lara
was bowled
by Bond for a golden duck
.
The next match was also won by New Zealand, whose first innings total of 372 was the highest all series; West Indies' two totals of 192 and 218 were the two lowest in completed innings. Despite lacking Shane Bond
, New Zealand's bowlers got the twenty wickets required, with James Franklin taking seven including a first-innings five-for and Kyle Mills
six. With New Zealand helped by half-centuries from Peter Fulton
, Stephen Fleming
and Nathan Astle then defied Fidel Edwards
, who got five for 65, and New Zealand made it to a series-clinching ten-wicket win after 23 not out from Hamish Marshall
. In the third Test, West Indies made it to 256 for 4 in the 78.1 overs possible on the first two days, and the other three were rained off as the match ended in a draw.
One-day cricket
Limited overs cricket, also known as one-day cricket and in a slightly different context as List A cricket, is a version of the sport of cricket in which a match is generally completed in one day, whereas Test and first-class matches can take up to five days to complete...
KFC Cup
KFC Cup
The Regional Super 50 is the current name of the domestic one-day cricket competition in the West Indies, it was previously known as the KFC Cup until the fast food chain pulled out of sponsorship in 2008 and the WICB Cup until 2011...
, and is scheduled to last until 2006-03-19 when England A
England A cricket team
The England Lions cricket team is a cricket team representing England and Wales. It is the "second-tier" of international English cricket below the full England cricket team, and is largely intended as a way for promising young cricketers to gain experience of playing international cricket...
depart after their tour which will include one-day and first class matches against the West Indies A team
West Indies A cricket team
The West Indies A cricket team is a cricket team representing a sporting confederation of the Caribbean countries: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago...
. The West Indies will not play any home Tests during their home season, but they have toured Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
(losing the 3-Test series 0–3), and toured New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
in February and March, immediately after the conclusion of the 2005-06 Carib Beer Cup
Carib Beer Cup
The Regional Four Day Competition, formerly known as Shell Shield and Carib Beer Cup, is the first class cricket competition in the West Indies, it is administered by the West Indies Cricket Board...
, the first class competition.
In domestic cricket, Guyana won the KFC Cup
KFC Cup
The Regional Super 50 is the current name of the domestic one-day cricket competition in the West Indies, it was previously known as the KFC Cup until the fast food chain pulled out of sponsorship in 2008 and the WICB Cup until 2011...
on home soil after going unbeaten through the group stage, though the final result was determined on the Duckworth-Lewis method
Duckworth-Lewis method
In the sport of cricket, the Duckworth–Lewis method is a mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket or Twenty20 cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance...
. The Carib Beer Series began on 25 November with a replay of the KFC Cup final between Guyana and Barbados. The first four matches all ended in draws, and rain caused one round to be delayed until February – which also delayed the Carib Beer Challenge part of the competition until April. Trinidad and Tobago were the first team to record a win, beating Jamaica in January, but successive wins from Barbados put them twelve points ahead of second-placed Trinidad and Tobago with the game against T&T left. However, Trinidad and Tobago won by 264 runs, drawing level with Barbados in the table but winning on head-to-head result.
Domestic competition tables
For an explanation of the points system, please see Carib Beer Cup#Current structure. Legend:
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Roll of honour
Test series:- Frank Worrell TrophyWest Indian cricket team in Australia in 2005-06The West Indies cricket team toured Australia in October and November 2005 as part of the 2005-06 Australian cricket season. The West Indian cricket team will be looking to prove that they can perform against the number one rated side in the world...
: West Indies lost the 3-Test series to Australia 0–3 - New Zealand tourWest Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2005-06The New Zealanders won the toss, playing in the beige uniforms of the 80's, and sent the West Indies in. The "Windies" scored a modest 126-7 off their 20 overs, a run rate of only 6.30 an over. In reply, Lou Vincent scored 42 off 37, the highest score in the match. New Zealand looked to have the...
: West Indies lost the 3-Test series 0–2
One-day International series:
- New Zealand tourWest Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2005-06The New Zealanders won the toss, playing in the beige uniforms of the 80's, and sent the West Indies in. The "Windies" scored a modest 126-7 off their 20 overs, a run rate of only 6.30 an over. In reply, Lou Vincent scored 42 off 37, the highest score in the match. New Zealand looked to have the...
: West Indies lost the 5-match series 1–4
Twenty20 International:
- New Zealand tourWest Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2005-06The New Zealanders won the toss, playing in the beige uniforms of the 80's, and sent the West Indies in. The "Windies" scored a modest 126-7 off their 20 overs, a run rate of only 6.30 an over. In reply, Lou Vincent scored 42 off 37, the highest score in the match. New Zealand looked to have the...
: West Indies lost the Twenty20 match after bowl-out
A tour:
- England A in West Indies: West Indies A won the first-class match series 1–0 (two matches) and the one-day series 3–2 (five matches).
KFC Cup:
- Guyana beat Barbados in the final and won the KFC Cup
Carib Beer Series:
- Carib Beer Cup: Trinidad and Tobago
- Carib Beer Challenge: Trinidad and Tobago
Matchday One, 3 October
Before the tournament began in Barbados, the Guyana ChronicleGuyana Chronicle
The Guyana Chronicle is a daily newspaper owned by the Guyanese government. The company also publishes a weekly Sunday Chronicle....
claimed that "no team...[had] distinguished itself as an odds-on favourite in the competition." The tournament did not have a brand name sponsor until 5 October, when KFC agreed to a deal worth 3,000,000 US dollars, and the opening round was played with the tournament still named the President's Trophy. Guyana recorded an opening win over Barbados, gaining a three-run win on the Duckworth-Lewis method
Duckworth-Lewis method
In the sport of cricket, the Duckworth–Lewis method is a mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket or Twenty20 cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance...
, after West Indies Test batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese origin and a member of the West Indies cricket team....
hit 106 not out
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
before bad light stopped play with Guyana two ahead of their target score of 204, with their opponents Barbados making 244. The Windward Islands defeated reigning champions Trinidad and Tobago, in a victory described as "remarkable" by the Guyana Chronicle, with captain Rawl Lewis
Rawl Lewis
Rawl Nicholas Lewis is a West Indian cricketer. Statistically, he is one of the most ineffective Test bowlers of recent times.Lewis is a right-handed batsman and bowls a legbreak googly...
scoring 30 and taking three for 32 to become Man of the Match as Trinidad and Tobago fell from 56 for 0 to 176 all out chasing a total of 190. Leeward Islands went top, however, after bowling Jamaica out for 145 before Runako Morton
Runako Morton
Runako Shakur Morton is a West Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed offbreak bowler.A lively, often unpredictable character, Morton was expelled from the West Indian cricketing Academy in July 2001 for bad behaviour but continued to play for the Leeward Islands in the...
put on 133 with Junie Mitchum
Junie Mitchum
Junie Alexander Mitchum, born 22 November 1973 in St Kitts, is a West Indian cricketer who has played first-class and List A cricket for the Leeward Islands.-References:...
in a nine-wicket win that gave the Leewards a bonus point.
- Guyana (4pts) beat Barbados (0pts) by three runs (D-L methodDuckworth-Lewis methodIn the sport of cricket, the Duckworth–Lewis method is a mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket or Twenty20 cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance...
) - Leeward Islands (5pts) beat Jamaica (0pts) by nine wickets
- Windward Islands (4pts) beat Trinidad and Tobago (0pts) by 17 runs
Matchday Two, 4 October
The following day, Guyana and the Leewards faced each other, and the Leewards became the first - and only - team to avoid defeat against the Guyanese in this year's tournament. After Leewards captain Sylvester JosephSylvester Joseph
Sylvester Cleofoster Joseph is a West Indian cricketer who has played in five Tests and 13 ODIs, from 2000 to 2005. He captained the West Indies in one of those ODI games due to the more experienced players being unavailable courtesy of contract disputes...
sent Guyana in to bat, and after half-centuries from Narsingh Deonarine
Narsingh Deonarine
Narsingh Deonarine is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese ethnicity.Deonarine is a left-handed batsman who bowls a right-arm off break. He made his debut for Guyana at the age of 17, and after captaining the West Indies under 19 team in 2002, he made headlines after hitting a century against...
(52 with five fours and two sixes), and Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Shivnarine "Shiv" Chanderpaul is a cricketer, and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. He is the first Indo-Caribbean in the West Indies team to play 100 Tests for the West Indies and has captained them in 14 Tests and 16 One Day Internationals...
(off 44 balls, ending with 52), along with another century from Sarwan, Guyana made a total of 291 for 5 in conditions described as "excellent" for batting by the Guyana Chronicle. The Leewards then struck three half-centuries from the top - Runako Morton was dropped twice on 0 before going on to make 68 - and they needed nine off the final over, getting eight off the first five balls before Carl Simon
Carl Simon
Carl Leonard Simon, born 17 October, 1973 in St John's, Antigua, is a West Indian cricketer who has played first-class and List A cricket for the Leeward Islands.-References:...
edged the final delivery to the wicket-keeper
Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
. The other matches ended in the Windwards chasing down Jamaica's 230 in 40.1 of 43 allotted overs
Over (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, an over is a set of six consecutive balls bowled in succession. An over is normally bowled by a single bowler. However, in the event of injury preventing a bowler from completing an over, it is completed by a teammate....
to go top of the table with eight points - one ahead of the Leewards and two more than Guyana - while reigning champions Trinidad and Tobago lost to Barbados and were joint bottom of the table after two games.
- Barbados (4pts) beat Trinidad and Tobago (0pts) by 41 runs (D-L methodDuckworth-Lewis methodIn the sport of cricket, the Duckworth–Lewis method is a mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket or Twenty20 cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance...
) - Guyana (2pts) tied with Leeward Islands (2pts)
- Windward Islands (4pts) beat Jamaica (0pts) by four wickets (D-L methodDuckworth-Lewis methodIn the sport of cricket, the Duckworth–Lewis method is a mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket or Twenty20 cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance...
)
Matchday Three, 6 October
5 October saw no matches, but the following day the Leewards went top of the table and became the first team to qualify for the Final Four after a victory described as "miraculous" by the Guyana Chronicle. Their opponents Trinidad and Tobago were chasing 245 to win, and needed three off the last over with a wicket in hand and West Indies wicket-keeperWicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
Denesh Ramdin
Denesh Ramdin
Denesh Ramdin is a West Indian cricketer of Indian descent. He is a right-handed batsman who generally occupies the position of wicketkeeper.He is seen by selectors and fans as a replacement in terms of playing style for Jeff Dujon...
at the crease on 48, facing the first ball from Gavin Tonge
Gavin Tonge
Gavin Courtney Tonge is a West Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler and has represented West Indies in One Day International and Test cricket, as well as playing first class cricket for Antigua and Leeward Islands....
(who had bowled nine overs for 60 previously). A fast, full-length ball saw Ramdin play across the line, missing the ball as it hit him on the pad, and the umpire gave him lbw. With no more wickets remaining, the Trinbagonians had lost by two runs. Guyana went second in the table after their seven-run win over Jamaica, with Sarwan missing out on a third successive century but still making 63 off 59 balls in a total of 219, and Jamaica then lost four wickets for 20 runs at the death to need 22 off the last eight balls; they could only get 14. Windward Islands also went down for the first time of the season, losing to Barbados after needing seven runs off the final over. They had needed 92 with four wickets in hand in the 34th over, but Rawl Lewis
Rawl Lewis
Rawl Nicholas Lewis is a West Indian cricketer. Statistically, he is one of the most ineffective Test bowlers of recent times.Lewis is a right-handed batsman and bowls a legbreak googly...
and Liam Sebastien
Liam Sebastien
Liam Andrew Shannon Sebastien, born 9 September 1984 in Roseau, Dominica, is a cricketer who plays first-class and List A cricket for the Windward Islands. He is the son of former Windward Islands and Combined Islands cricketer Lockhart Sebastien...
put on 81 in 14.1 overs, and Sebastien was batting with the number 10 Mervyn Matthew
Mervyn Matthew
Mervin Matthew was born 23 September 1985 in Dominica and was a member of the West Indies cricket team who took part in the Under 19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh in 2004. He has played first-class and List A cricket for the Windward Islands.-References:...
. He was bowled
Bowled
Bowled is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket. This method of dismissal is covered by Law 30 of the Laws of cricket.A batsman is out bowled if his wicket is put down by a ball delivered by the bowler...
on the first ball from substitute Corey Collymore
Corey Collymore
Corey Dalanelo Collymore is a Barbadian cricketer whose speciality is seam bowling. He has represented the West Indies team in both Tests and ODIs cricket. In a side that so often chopped and changed he became one of their most experienced bowlers...
, and Alvin LaFeuille could only make four off the final five balls as the Windwards closed one run short of a tie.
- Guyana (4pts) beat Jamaica (0pts) by seven runs
- Leeward Islands (4pts) beat Trinidad and Tobago (0pts) by two runs
- Barbados (4pts) beat Windward Islands (0pts) by one run
Matchday Four, 7 October
The Leeward Islands were toppled from the top of the table on 7 October, after losing to Barbados in a match where Collymore took his first five-for in regional one-day competitions to become Man of the Match. Barbados had batted first, making 229 before their number 11 Tino BestTino Best
Tino la Bertram Best is a West Indian cricketer.Short in stature, Tino Best is a fast and aggressive bowler with a bowling average of 48.67 in Test cricket....
was run out with seven balls remaining, but Collymore took three of the first four wickets as the Leewards were 27 for 4. 73 from captain Sylvester Joseph
Sylvester Joseph
Sylvester Cleofoster Joseph is a West Indian cricketer who has played in five Tests and 13 ODIs, from 2000 to 2005. He captained the West Indies in one of those ODI games due to the more experienced players being unavailable courtesy of contract disputes...
took them close, but Collymore returned to end with five for 27 from ten overs, helping Barbados to limit the Leewards to a total of 212 for 9 which meant that Barbados had qualified for the semis. Guyana took over the ascendancy, qualifying for the Final Four after bowling the Windward Islands out for 197 to take a 55-run win and a bonus point to boot, while Jamaica and Trinidad/Tobago - the only teams without a win in the competition - faced off at Wildey. In a match shortened to 20 overs after heavy morning rain, Jamaica bowled out the Trinbagonians for 101, with five bowlers getting wickets, before opening batsman Danza Hyatt
Danza Hyatt
Danza Pacino Hyatt is a Jamaican cricketer. A right-hand batsman and occasional medium pace bowler, Hyatt made his first-class cricket debut for West Indies B against Kenya in January 2004...
hit 47 not out and Jamaica took a bonus point, also eliminating Trinidad and Tobago in the process. With five points, they were still fifth in the table, three points behind the Windwards.
- Barbados (4pts) beat Leeward Islands (0pts) by 17 runs
- Guyana (5pts) beat Windward Islands (0pts) by 55 runs
- Jamaica (5pts) beat Trinidad and Tobago (0pts) by six wickets
Matchday Five, 9 October
After a rest day, Guyana beat Trinidad and Tobago as the former finished unbeaten and the latter without a win, but the fight for the last place was between Jamaica and the Windward Islands. Jamaica did their part of the job, chasing 209 against Barbados with six overs to spare after 75 from opener Brenton ParchmentBrenton Parchment
Brenton Anthony Parchment is a West Indian cricketer. Born in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, he was the West Indies Under-19 captain to England in 2001...
(who was dropped off Collymore on 28 - Collymore ended with four overs for 10 with the scalp of Hyatt), but in the islands battle, the Windwards dismissed the Leewards for 144 after three wickets from captain Lewis, and West Indies opener Devon Smith
Devon Smith
Devon Sheldon Smith is a cricketer who represents the West Indies. His primary role within the team is as an opening or top order left-handed batsman, he has bowled right arm off breaks in his career but rarely at international level. In the West Indian domestic competitions he plays for the...
hit 59 in the chase as the Windwards went past the target with 7.3 overs to spare, sending them into the Final Four.
- Guyana (5pts) beat Trinidad and Tobago (0pts) by eight wickets
- Jamaica (4pts) beat Barbados (0pts) by six wickets
- Windward Islands (4pts) beat Leeward Islands (0pts) by six wickets
Semi-Final One: Guyana v Leeward Islands, 12 October
Guyana beat Leeward Islands by seven wickets to qualify for the KFC Cup FinalThe four qualifying teams arrived in Guyana on 10 October, with the first semi-final played two days later. All three matches were played at the Bourda
Bourda
The Bourda is a cricket ground in Georgetown, Guyana, used by the Guyanese cricket team for matches with other nations in the Caribbean as well as some Test matches involving the West Indies. Located in Bourda in Georgetown, Guyana, between Regent Street and North Road, it is home to the Georgetown...
ground, and Guyana's Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese origin and a member of the West Indies cricket team....
became the first player to score three centuries in a domestic limited-overs tournament season, making an unbeaten 113 in a chase of a target of 242 set by the Leeward Islands in the first semi-final. Sarwan also passed Keith Arthurton
Keith Arthurton
Keith Lloyd Thomas Arthurton is a former West Indian cricketer. Having become only the third player to hail from Nevis, the left-arm unorthodox bowler played in 33 Tests between July 1988 and August 1995 and continued playing in one day matches until May 1999. However, he never recovered from the...
's eight-year-old record tournament aggregate of 408 runs in a tournament. Earlier, Runako Morton and Wilden Cornwall
Wilden Cornwall
Wilden Cornwall Wilden Cornwall Wilden Cornwall (born 29 April 1973 in Antigua is a West Indian cricket player. He represents the Leeward Islands and Antigua and Barbuda in West Indian domestic cricket. He represented Antigua and Barbuda in the cricket tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth...
had hit half-centuries as the Leewards made 241 for 8 in 50 overs, but the second-wicket partnership between opener Sewnarine Chattergoon
Sewnarine Chattergoon
Sewnarine Chattergoon is a Guyanese cricketer of Indian descent who made his début for the West Indies against Zimbabwe on their 2006 tour.- Biography :...
and Sarwan was worth 109 runs, and Sarwan pushed on to make it to the target.
Semi-Final Two: Barbados v Windward Islands, 14 October
Barbados beat Windward Islands by 41 runs (D-L methodDuckworth-Lewis method
In the sport of cricket, the Duckworth–Lewis method is a mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket or Twenty20 cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance...
) to qualify for the KFC Cup Final
The other semi-final was played two days later in overcast conditions, and the bad light conditions brought Duckworth-Lewis into play. Barbados had made 270 for 7, with Dwayne Smith
Dwayne Smith
Dwayne Romel Smith is a cricketer who has represented the West Indies. An all-rounder, he is known as an aggressive and powerful right-handed batsman, bowls medium pace, and is also an athletic fielder. Smith has played for Barbados since the start of his career but has also played three seasons...
hitting 96 off 81 balls amid Kenroy Peters
Kenroy Peters
Keon Kenroy Peters is a St Vincent-born cricketer who played in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup for the West Indies in 2000. He also played a number of first class matches for Windward Islands.-References:...
' three-wicket-haul, and Courtney Browne
Courtney Browne
Courtney Oswald Browne is a Barbadian cricketer. He is a right-handed wicketkeeping batsman. He is the only West Indian Test cricketer to have been born in England....
and Ian Bradshaw
Ian Bradshaw
Ian David Russell Bradshaw is a Barbadian cricketer who played for West Indies as a left-arm medium-fast bowler and a left-handed batsman. He captained the West Indies U-19 team, but his senior debut came two months before his 30th birthday, when he was selected to play in the last three One Day...
added 67 for the last wicket as Barbados accumulated 270 for 7. Corey Collymore
Corey Collymore
Corey Dalanelo Collymore is a Barbadian cricketer whose speciality is seam bowling. He has represented the West Indies team in both Tests and ODIs cricket. In a side that so often chopped and changed he became one of their most experienced bowlers...
took two early wickets, but the Windwards recovered to 100 for 3 in the 25th over when play was stopped. 12 overs were lost, and the Windwards set a target of 217 - they lost five wickets in the process, and could only get 75 of the 117 runs required, losing by 41 runs.
Final: Guyana v Barbados, 16 October
Guyana beat Barbados by seven runs (D-L methodDuckworth-Lewis method
In the sport of cricket, the Duckworth–Lewis method is a mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket or Twenty20 cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance...
) to win the KFC Cup
On Sunday 16 October the tournament was rounded off with the Barbados v Guyana final. Barbados were inserted by the Guyana captain Chanderpaul, and though they lost no wickets in their opening 25 overs, they scored at a rate below four an over as they were 90 for no loss midway through their innings. Guyana spinners Mahendra Nagamootoo
Mahendra Nagamootoo
Mahendra Veeren Nagamootoo is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese ethnicity.Nagamootoo is the nephew of both Rohan Kanhai and Alvin Kallicharan; two of the best ever West Indian batsmen of Indian descent. Nagamootoo has a brother Vishal, who plays cricket for Guyana....
then got the first breakthrough, dismissing Kurt Wilkinson
Kurt Wilkinson
Kurt Jason Wilkinson in Applethwaites. He is a West Indies cricketer who plays for Barbados in the KFC Cup. He was dismissed by the unusual method of being adjudged out hit the ball twice in a Red Stripe Bowl match in 2002-03....
for 43, and though Martin Nurse
Martin Nurse
Martin Andre Nurse, born 11 June 1985 in Durants, Barbados, is a West Indian cricketer who played in the 2004 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh. He has also played first-class and List A cricket for Barbados.-References:...
went on to hit 63 and Ryan Hinds
Ryan Hinds
Ryan O'Neal Hinds is a West Indian cricketer. He is a left-hand batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler.Hinds made his debut for Barbados during the 1998 Commonwealth Games, aged just 17...
and Floyd Reifer
Floyd Reifer
Floyd Lamonte Reifer is a Barbadian cricketer. He is a left-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler....
also hit scores in excess of 30, Nagamootoo and Neil McGarrell
Neil McGarrell
Neil Christopher McGarrell is a West Indian cricketer, more specifically a slow left arm bowler, who played four Tests in 2001, taking 17 wickets. He also played 17 One Day Internationals for the West Indies, but played his last international in the 2001–02 against Sri Lanka at Kandy...
shared six wickets in their 18 overs, and Barbados lost four wickets for 16 to end with a total of 249 for 8. Chasing, Guyana started with a 92-run opening partnership between Sewnarine Chattergoon
Sewnarine Chattergoon
Sewnarine Chattergoon is a Guyanese cricketer of Indian descent who made his début for the West Indies against Zimbabwe on their 2006 tour.- Biography :...
and Krishna Arjune before Bradshaw and Collymore broke through for Barbados, dismissing Arjune and their West Indies team partners Sarwan and Chanderpaul, leaving Guyana at 119 for 3. TV replays indicated to Guyana Chronicle writer Allan La Rose that Chanderpaul had not hit the ball when he was given out caught behind, but in the end it mattered little - Chattergoon put on a further 90 with Deonarine, as Guyana reached 209 for 4 with 55 balls remaining, but when Deonarine was dismissed another three Guyanese followed, including Chattergoon, bowled by Fidel Edwards
Fidel Edwards
Fidel Henderson Edwards is a West Indian cricketer and is the half brother of Pedro Collins. A pace bowler, his slingshot action greatly resembles that of former fast bowling great Jeff Thomson. He bowls fast, can swing the ball and get reverse swing, but insists that he does not go for...
for 119. He later rated the innings the "best of his life". At the end of Edwards' over, the umpires offered the light to the batsmen, but McGarrell and Darwin Christian chose to bat on to make sure of the victory. They lost no further wicket in the next three overs before they were offered the light again, requiring three to win off the final over, which was not bowled; instead, Guyana were declared seven-run winners on the Duckworth-Lewis method.
West Indies in Australia
The West Indies cricket team travelled to Australia in November, playing three TestsTest cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
against the Australian team
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
for the Frank Worrell Trophy
Frank Worrell Trophy
The Frank Worrell Trophy is awarded for the winner of the West Indies - Australia Test match series in cricket.The trophy is named after the former West Indies captain Sir Frank Worrell, and was first awarded at the end of the 1960-61 series...
. After a 0–5 whitewash on the last tour of Australia five years ago, the West Indies were hoping for a better result, but they never ran Australia closer than seven wickets in a Test match. Australia were inserted in the first Test, and after a spell after lunch yielded three wickets for Corey Collymore and Australia were 111 for 4, Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting
Ricky Thomas Ponting , nicknamed Punter, is an Australian cricketer, a former captain of the Australian cricket team between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day International cricket. He is a specialist right-handed batsman, slips and close catching fielder, as well as a very...
put on a century stand with Adam Gilchrist
Adam Gilchrist
Adam Craig Gilchrist AM , nicknamed "Gilly" or "Churchy", is an Australian international cricketer who currently captains Kings XI Punjab and recently captained Middlesex. He is an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australian national...
, and double-digit contributions from the rest of the order (excluding the number 11 Glenn McGrath
Glenn McGrath
Glenn Donald McGrath AM , nicknamed "Pigeon", is a former Australian cricket player. He is one of the most highly regarded fast-medium pace bowlers in cricketing history, and a leading contributor to Australia's domination of world cricket from the mid-1990s to the early 21st century...
) gave Australia a total of 435. West Indies were then rolled over twice, for 210 and 129, with Australia batting to 283 for 2 declared in between, as they lost by 379 runs. The second Test saw the West Indies win the toss, bat, and surrender a 257-run first-innings lead. Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne James John Bravo is a West Indian cricketer. A right-handed pace bowler, Bravo is expected to play a significant role in attempts by the West Indies to return to international prominence in the sport....
hit a career-best 113 in the second innings, sharing a 182-run seventh-wicket stand which set a target of 78 for the Australians, but they still won by nine wickets. Brian Lara
Brian Lara
Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time...
made an unbeaten double ton on the first day of the third Test, ending on 226 to set a Test career record with his 11,204 runs at the end of the match. However, Australia made 428 when they batted, Shane Warne
Shane Warne
Shane Keith Warne is a former Australian international cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. In 2000, he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, the only specialist bowler selected in the quintet...
took six for 80 and helped take the West Indies apart to 204 in the second innings, and Matthew Hayden
Matthew Hayden
Matthew Lawrence Hayden AM is a former Australian cricketer, and was signed to the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL until the 2010 season. Hayden is a powerful and aggressive left-handed opening batsman, known for his ability to score quickly at both Test and one day levels.Hayden holds the record...
's 87 not out gave Australia victory on the final day. The West Indies Cricket Board
West Indies Cricket Board
The West Indies Cricket Board is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in the West Indies...
later lodged a complaint with the International Cricket Council
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
, regarding the umpiring
Umpire (cricket)
In cricket, an umpire is a person who has the authority to make judgements on the cricket field, according to the Laws of Cricket...
decisions in the series, asking for video assessment of the decisions made . The ICC general manager Dave Richardson later acknowledged that errors had been made .
- First Test: Australia beat West Indies by 379 runs
- Second Test: Australia beat West Indies by nine wickets
- Third Test: Australia beat West Indies by seven wickets to win Test Series 3–0 and the Frank Worrell Trophy
Carib Beer Series
The Carib Beer CupCarib Beer Cup
The Regional Four Day Competition, formerly known as Shell Shield and Carib Beer Cup, is the first class cricket competition in the West Indies, it is administered by the West Indies Cricket Board...
, the league stage of the domestic first class cricket tournament of the West Indies, lasted from 25 November to 5 February. The four top teams then qualified for the Carib Beer Challenge, a direct knock-out tournament which was moved to April due to rain cancelling one of the rounds.
Guyana v Barbados, 25 November–28 November
Barbados (6pts) drew with Guyana (3pts)Barbados and Guyana met for the third time in two months, this time at the Everest Cricket Club in Georgetown
Georgetown, Guyana
Georgetown, estimated population 239,227 , is the capital and largest city of Guyana, located in the Demerara-Mahaica region. It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the mouth of the Demerara River and it was nicknamed 'Garden City of the Caribbean.' Georgetown is located at . The city serves...
, Guyana
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
, and once again Barbados failed to win, though they did gain a first innings lead and the lead in the table. After Guyana batted to a total of 241 on the first day, with Barbados bowler Ian Bradshaw
Ian Bradshaw
Ian David Russell Bradshaw is a Barbadian cricketer who played for West Indies as a left-arm medium-fast bowler and a left-handed batsman. He captained the West Indies U-19 team, but his senior debut came two months before his 30th birthday, when he was selected to play in the last three One Day...
taking five for 50 including top-scorer Travis Dowlin
Travis Dowlin
Travis Montague Dowlin is a cricketer who has represented Guyana, West Indies A and the West Indies in Tests, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals...
, opening batsmen Dale Richards
Dale Richards
Dale Maurice Richards is a West Indian international cricketer who plays first class cricket for Barbados.A right-handed batsman, Richards debuted in 1999/00...
made 127 for Barbados, as they took a first innings lead on day two. Alcindo Holder
Alcindo Holder
Alcindo Holder in Bridgetown. He is a West Indies cricketer who played in the 2002 U-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand...
was there on 5, and he added a further 78 before he was caught behind off Nagamootoo, being last out at 394. Guyana batted out the remaining day and a half, closing on 309 for 9 to draw the match, with Guyana's Narsingh Deonarine
Narsingh Deonarine
Narsingh Deonarine is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese ethnicity.Deonarine is a left-handed batsman who bowls a right-arm off break. He made his debut for Guyana at the age of 17, and after captaining the West Indies under 19 team in 2002, he made headlines after hitting a century against...
named Man of the Match after an unbeaten 136 in the second innings. (CricketArchive scorecard)
Jamaica v Leeward Islands, 25 November–28 November
Jamaica (6pts) drew with Leeward Islands (3pts)Jamaica were criticised by the fans after this match, with their spectators voicing their concerns after Jamaica had accepted the umpires' offer of going off and taking the points for a draw in a finish described as "enthralling" by the Jamaica Observer . Jamaica had won the toss and decided to field, and half-centuries from Runako Morton and Shane Jeffers
Shane Jeffers
Shane Melvon Jeffers, born 12 September 1981 at Sandy Point, St Kitts, is a West Indian cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for the Leeward Islands.-References:...
had sent the Leewards to 159 for 2 before slow left arm bowler Nikita Miller
Nikita Miller
Nikita O'Brien Miller is a West Indian cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies and domestic cricket for Jamaica. He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and lower-order batsman...
got two wickets in four balls. The Leewards added 26 before tea, but the post-tea session lasted 8.4 overs, yielded 11 runs, and the Leewards lost their remaining six wickets. Andrew Richardson, returning from a back injury sustained in 2003–04, took five of the wickets for four runs in his four overs, while Miller got the last wicket of Adam Sanford
Adam Sanford
Adam Sanford is a West Indian cricketer who currently plays first class cricket for the Leeward Islands, despite being born in Dominica, which is a member of the Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control...
. On the second day, Jamaica lost five wickets for 13 runs to go to 193 for 9, but Richardson and Jerome Taylor
Jerome Taylor
Jerome Everton Taylor is a Jamaican born West Indian cricketer. He led the fast bowling attack comprising Dwayne Bravo, Daren Powell and Ian Bradshaw at the World Cup...
ensured first innings points with a 30-run last-wicket stand. The Leewards openers caught up with that lead, however, and thanks to Jeffers' 88 they passed 200 in their second innings on a rain-hit third day. They ended on 242, setting a target of 216 for Jamaica, who lost Brenton Parchment and Denza Hyatt for single-digit scores to be 20 for 2. More wickets followed, as no Jamaican batsmen made it past 50, and after Carl Simon
Carl Simon
Carl Leonard Simon, born 17 October, 1973 in St John's, Antigua, is a West Indian cricketer who has played first-class and List A cricket for the Leeward Islands.-References:...
and Sanford had taken three wickets each Jamaica were at 187 for 9. The last-wicket pairing of Odean Brown and Jerome Taylor
Jerome Taylor
Jerome Everton Taylor is a Jamaican born West Indian cricketer. He led the fast bowling attack comprising Dwayne Bravo, Daren Powell and Ian Bradshaw at the World Cup...
then added 25 for the last wicket, and with 7.3 overs remaining and four runs to get they were offered to go off by the umpires. With Brown's elbow damaged, their captain Tamar Lambert agreed to the offer, to end the match in a draw. (CricketArchive scorecard)
Jamaica v Windward Islands, 2 December–5 December
Jamaica (6pts) drew with Windward Islands (3pts)After Jamaica had won the toss and chosen to bat, they made 204 in the first innings, which was cut in two by the rain. Six Jamaican batsmen made scores between 23 and 30 in the first innings, while Windwards bowler Kenroy Peters
Kenroy Peters
Keon Kenroy Peters is a St Vincent-born cricketer who played in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup for the West Indies in 2000. He also played a number of first class matches for Windward Islands.-References:...
bowled 11 maiden overs to end with bowling figures
Bowling analysis
In the sport of cricket, a bowling analysis usually refers to a notation summarising a bowler's performance in terms of overs bowled, how many of those overs are maidens , total runs conceded and number of wickets taken...
of 20–11–18–3. The Windwards batted to 56 for one at the close, rain interrupting their innings as they were, according to a Caribbean Media Corporation
Caribbean Media Corporation
The Caribbean Media Corporation is a Barbados-based centralised content-provider for the various Caribbean media houses in the region. Formed in June 2000, through the merger of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union and the Caribbean News Agency...
report, "looking to take control" . However, the last nine Windwards wickets fell for 71, after seamers Dave Bernard, Andrew Richardson and Nikita Miller had taken five wickets for 13 and the Windwards were at 86 for 6. Leading by 60, Jamaica added a further 188 before declaring midway through the fourth morning with number three Shawn Findlay on 70 not out
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
. Bernard then took three wickets, helping Jamaica to take the first six wickets for 88, but Junior Murray
Junior Murray
Junior Randalph Murray is a West Indian cricketer.One of a handful of Grenadians to play Test cricket for the West Indies, Junior Murray was a wicketkeeper batsman...
and Rawl Lewis
Rawl Lewis
Rawl Nicholas Lewis is a West Indian cricketer. Statistically, he is one of the most ineffective Test bowlers of recent times.Lewis is a right-handed batsman and bowls a legbreak googly...
shared 35 for the eighth wicket in a little over an hour to halt the Jamaicans. The hosts could not force a win, as the Windwards ended on 144 for 8, but took the lead in the Carib Beer Series table. (Scorecard from West Indies Cricket Board)
Leeward Islands v Trinidad and Tobago, 2 December–5 December
Trinidad and Tobago (6pts) drew with Leeward Islands (3pts)The first day's play was entirely washed out, and the second day's play cut to 51 overs, as rain and bad light had a say in this match at Anguilla ending in a draw. Leeward Islands won the toss, and concluded their innings 20 overs into the third morning when Mervyn Dillon
Mervyn Dillon
Mervyn Dillon in Mission Village, Toco, Trinidad and Tobago, is a West Indian cricketer. He has played 38 in Tests and taken 131 wickets. He has also played 108 One Day Internationals from 1997-2004. At one stage, after the bowling greats Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose retired from...
removed Adam Sanford
Adam Sanford
Adam Sanford is a West Indian cricketer who currently plays first class cricket for the Leeward Islands, despite being born in Dominica, which is a member of the Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control...
, and the Leewards closed on 171. All the Trinidad bowlers got wickets, Dave Mohammed
Dave Mohammed
Dave Mohammed is a West Indian cricketer. He is a left-arm chinaman bowler, and bats left-handed.Having played only three first-class matches, he was called up to the squad for the third Test against South Africa in March 2001, but did not make his Test debut until January 2004, again against...
taking the most with three, and also bowling the most. Omari Banks
Omari Banks
Omari Ahmed Clement Banks is a West Indian cricketer and musical artist. He has appeared in 10 Test matches for the West Indies, and currently plays domestic cricket for Leeward Islands. In 2011 Omari began to pursue his musical career professionally and has been less involved in playing...
snared two wickets for the Leewards, and Trinidad were 146 for 6 before captain Darren Ganga was joined by Richard Kelly
Richard Kelly (cricketer)
Richard Alexander Kelly, born 19 February 1984 in Trinidad, is a West Indian cricketer. He plays first-class and List A cricket for Trinidad and Tobago. He is known for his hard hitting and accurate swing bowling. He was named the best allrounder in the West Indies after his performances in the...
. Both completed their half-centuries, sharing a stand of 75 before Ganga smacked a full toss from Banks to Sylvester Joseph to be out for 65 - enough to be named Man of the Match. Trinidad and Tobago were eventually bowled out for 274 midway through the morning session on day four, and the Leewards were 26 for two just before lunch, but a stand of 105 between Austin Richards
Austin Richards
Austin Conroy Lenroy Richards in Antigua. He is a West Indies cricketer who played for the Leeward Islands. He earned his first international call up when he was named in the West Indian side for an ODI series in England in 2007...
and Sylvester Joseph
Sylvester Joseph
Sylvester Cleofoster Joseph is a West Indian cricketer who has played in five Tests and 13 ODIs, from 2000 to 2005. He captained the West Indies in one of those ODI games due to the more experienced players being unavailable courtesy of contract disputes...
ensured that the Leewards ended on 131 for three. (Scorecard from West Indies Cricket Board)
The games scheduled for the next weekend, from 9 to 12 December, were postponed due to rain and set back to February .
Trinidad and Tobago v Jamaica, 6 January–9 January
Trinidad and Tobago (12pts) beat Jamaica (0pts) by 282 runsTrinidad and Tobago batted first, and after spinner Gareth Breese
Gareth Breese
Gareth Rohan Breese is a West Indian cricketer who played one Test match in 2002, as the main spin bowler at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium against India. Breese scored five runs in two innings, and took two wickets, but conceded 135 runs in 31 overs and was the most expensive bowler...
took four wickets on the first day, the hosts were 135 for 5, but the hosts' captain Daren Ganga
Daren Ganga
Daren Ganga is a West Indian cricketer of East Indian descent. He is a right-handed top order batsman and part-time right-arm offbreak bowler. After debuting as a 19 year old he has found himself in and out of the West Indies team, playing regularly for and at times captaining the West Indies A...
hit 93 in 283 minutes before he was lbw
Leg before wicket
In the sport of cricket, leg before wicket is one of the ways in which a batsman can be dismissed. An umpire will rule a batsman out LBW under a series of circumstances which primarily include the ball striking the batsman's body when it would otherwise have continued on to hit the batsman's...
with the score on 181. Breese got four for 44 in 18 overs on the first day, but his 19 overs on the second yielded one more wicket for 52 runs, as Dinesh Ramdin and Richard Kelly
Richard Kelly (cricketer)
Richard Alexander Kelly, born 19 February 1984 in Trinidad, is a West Indian cricketer. He plays first-class and List A cricket for Trinidad and Tobago. He is known for his hard hitting and accurate swing bowling. He was named the best allrounder in the West Indies after his performances in the...
added 100 for the seventh wicket. Ramdin pressed on, his innings totalling 125 as he was left not out
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
, and Trinidad and Tobago had made 386. Jamaica made it to 82 for 1, but Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne James John Bravo is a West Indian cricketer. A right-handed pace bowler, Bravo is expected to play a significant role in attempts by the West Indies to return to international prominence in the sport....
and Dave Mohammed
Dave Mohammed
Dave Mohammed is a West Indian cricketer. He is a left-arm chinaman bowler, and bats left-handed.Having played only three first-class matches, he was called up to the squad for the third Test against South Africa in March 2001, but did not make his Test debut until January 2004, again against...
shared seven of the last nine wickets, which fell for 111 runs. Marlon Samuels
Marlon Samuels
Marlon Nathaniel Samuels is a West Indian cricketer. Samuels made his Test debut in Australia in 2000, and his One Day International debut against Sri Lanka in Nairobi during the ICC Knockout Trophy in the same year....
was the only batsman to pass 30 for Jamaica, ending with 63 before he was caught behind off Bravo. The hosts batted for 41 third-day overs, making 178 for 7 declared
Declaration and forfeiture
In the sport of cricket a declaration occurs when a captain declares his team's innings closed and a forfeiture is when a captain chooses to forfeit an innings. Declaration and forfeiture are covered in Law 14 of the Laws of cricket...
as Kelly top-scored with 43 not out
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
, and declared 371 ahead overnight. Trinidad and Tobago had a day to bowl Jamaica out; they spent three hours, after Rayad Emrit
Rayad Emrit
Rayad Ryan Emrit is a West Indian cricketer. He is an allrounder who is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast seamer. He was the pro at Westhoughton Cricket club for the 2006 season.He represents Trinidad in the West Indian domestic cricket and on January 12th was named in the 14-member...
took the first three wickets, all bowled, to end figures
Bowling analysis
In the sport of cricket, a bowling analysis usually refers to a notation summarising a bowler's performance in terms of overs bowled, how many of those overs are maidens , total runs conceded and number of wickets taken...
of 10–3–13–3 and Dave Mohammed
Dave Mohammed
Dave Mohammed is a West Indian cricketer. He is a left-arm chinaman bowler, and bats left-handed.Having played only three first-class matches, he was called up to the squad for the third Test against South Africa in March 2001, but did not make his Test debut until January 2004, again against...
's left arm spin yielded five for 41 to bowl Jamaica out for a total of 89. The title holders Jamaica thus fell eight points behind Trinidad and Tobago, who were the new leaders in the league (CricketArchive scorecard)
Windward Islands v Barbados, 6 January–9 January
Barbados (6pts) drew with Windward Islands (3pts)This was the fifth of six drawn matches thus far in the tournament, as rain and bad playing conditions curtailed play enough to prevent a result. Barbados batted first, and closed on 365 just before the close of play on day two, with Alcindo Holder
Alcindo Holder
Alcindo Holder in Bridgetown. He is a West Indies cricketer who played in the 2002 U-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand...
top-scoring with 84 in his second first-class match . Windwards captain Rawl Lewis
Rawl Lewis
Rawl Nicholas Lewis is a West Indian cricketer. Statistically, he is one of the most ineffective Test bowlers of recent times.Lewis is a right-handed batsman and bowls a legbreak googly...
took six for 105, but coming in at eight with the total 202 for 6, he only made 17 with the bat as the Windwards were bowled out early on the fourth day, with Barbados dropping "several chances" on the third . Barbados hit 109 in 23 overs before declaring, but after Ryan Austin
Ryan Austin
Ryan Anthony Austin, born 15 November 1981 in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago, is a West Indian cricketer.A lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler, Austin played 22 first-class matches for Barbados between the 2000-01 and 2006-07 seasons, and five for West Indies B in the...
and Ryan Nurse shared four wickets and the Windwards lost their first five for 52, Junior Murray
Junior Murray
Junior Randalph Murray is a West Indian cricketer.One of a handful of Grenadians to play Test cricket for the West Indies, Junior Murray was a wicketkeeper batsman...
and Darren Sammy
Darren Sammy
Darren Julius Garvey Sammy is a Saint Lucian cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies. He is a right-handed batsman and a fast-medium bowler. On making his One Day International debut against Bangladesh in 2004, Sammy became the first person from the island of St. Lucia...
batted out the last fifty minutes to secure the draw. (Cricinfo scorecard)
Barbados v Jamaica, 13 January–16 January
Barbados (12pts) beat Jamaica (0pts) by ten wicketsLast year's champions Jamaica suffered their second loss on their mini-tour of the Lesser Antilles, after Barbados fast bowler Fidel Edwards
Fidel Edwards
Fidel Henderson Edwards is a West Indian cricketer and is the half brother of Pedro Collins. A pace bowler, his slingshot action greatly resembles that of former fast bowling great Jeff Thomson. He bowls fast, can swing the ball and get reverse swing, but insists that he does not go for...
removing the first three batsmen to see Jamaica to seven for three after they were inserted by Barbados captain Ryan Hinds
Ryan Hinds
Ryan O'Neal Hinds is a West Indian cricketer. He is a left-hand batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler.Hinds made his debut for Barbados during the 1998 Commonwealth Games, aged just 17...
. Barbados bowled Jamaica out for 129 and took a 290-run lead on first innings after four half-centuries, with a top score of 94 from Dwayne Smith
Dwayne Smith
Dwayne Romel Smith is a cricketer who has represented the West Indies. An all-rounder, he is known as an aggressive and powerful right-handed batsman, bowls medium pace, and is also an athletic fielder. Smith has played for Barbados since the start of his career but has also played three seasons...
, and though Jamaica replied with 319 in the second innings, Edwards dug out another four wickets and the openers reached the target of 30 after 22 deliveries. The win put Barbados back on top of the table, but with one game more than Trinidad and Tobago in second place. (West Indies Cricket Board scorecard)
Leeward Islands v Guyana, 13 January–16 January
Guyana (6pts) drew with Leeward Islands (3pts)Guyana batted to a total of 547 for 8 declared at Saint Martin
Saint Martin
Saint Martin is an island in the northeast Caribbean, approximately east of Puerto Rico. The 87 km2 island is divided roughly 60/40 between France and the Kingdom of the Netherlands ; however, the Dutch side has the larger population. It is one of the smallest sea islands divided between...
, with Krishna Arjune and Travis Dowlin
Travis Dowlin
Travis Montague Dowlin is a cricketer who has represented Guyana, West Indies A and the West Indies in Tests, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals...
hitting centuries, and though they gave up batting shortly before the end of the second day Guyana could not force a win. Narsingh Deonarine
Narsingh Deonarine
Narsingh Deonarine is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese ethnicity.Deonarine is a left-handed batsman who bowls a right-arm off break. He made his debut for Guyana at the age of 17, and after captaining the West Indies under 19 team in 2002, he made headlines after hitting a century against...
took five for 94 in the second innings, but the Leewards still batted into the morning session on day four to make 349. Guyana did not enforce the follow on, and after the Leewards got two wickets thanks to Adam Sanford
Adam Sanford
Adam Sanford is a West Indian cricketer who currently plays first class cricket for the Leeward Islands, despite being born in Dominica, which is a member of the Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control...
, Deonarine and Shiv Chanderpaul hit half-centuries to secure the draw. (CricketArchive scorecard)
Trinidad and Tobago v Guyana, 20 January–23 January
Trinidad and Tobago (6pts) drew with Guyana (3pts)Guyana made 346 after being put in to bat at Guaracara Park, with West Indies player Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese origin and a member of the West Indies cricket team....
top-scoring with 122, but Trinidad and Tobago responded with a 159-run third wicket stand between Brian Lara
Brian Lara
Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time...
and Daren Ganga
Daren Ganga
Daren Ganga is a West Indian cricketer of East Indian descent. He is a right-handed top order batsman and part-time right-arm offbreak bowler. After debuting as a 19 year old he has found himself in and out of the West Indies team, playing regularly for and at times captaining the West Indies A...
. Esuan Crandon
Esuan Crandon
Esuan Asqui Crandon is a West Indian first class cricketer for Guyana. A right arm fast bowler, Crandon debuted in 2000/01 and has career best innings figures of 7/125. He is known for his skiddy seamers and being economical in the one day form...
took three wickets, of Ganga, Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne James John Bravo is a West Indian cricketer. A right-handed pace bowler, Bravo is expected to play a significant role in attempts by the West Indies to return to international prominence in the sport....
and Sherwin Ganga
Sherwin Ganga
Sherwin Ganga is a cricketer who plays for Trinidad and Tobago. An offspin bowling allrounder, Ganga debuted in 2003/04 and is the brother of Daren Ganga.-External links:*...
, and Trinidad and Tobago were 215 for 5, needing a further 132 to gain a first innings lead. Lara continued, however, and after 270 minutes he brought up his fifth hundred at this ground. He continued to make 153, which left Trinidad and Tobago close at 332 for 8 when he was caught by Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Shivnarine "Shiv" Chanderpaul is a cricketer, and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. He is the first Indo-Caribbean in the West Indies team to play 100 Tests for the West Indies and has captained them in 14 Tests and 16 One Day Internationals...
off the bowling of Crandon; Rayad Emrit
Rayad Emrit
Rayad Ryan Emrit is a West Indian cricketer. He is an allrounder who is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast seamer. He was the pro at Westhoughton Cricket club for the 2006 season.He represents Trinidad in the West Indian domestic cricket and on January 12th was named in the 14-member...
took them into the lead with a half-century, and the hosts closed on 398. The last day saw some rain, and Guyana eventually closed on 159 for 3; Trinidad and Tobago captain Daren Ganga said afterwards that "We always knew that this game was a first innings affair and we achieved the result we wanted." . Trinidad now stood level with Barbados in the standings. (CricketArchive scorecard)
Windward Islands v Leeward Islands, 20 January–23 January
Match abandoned; Windward Islands (4pts), Leeward Islands (4pts)The scheduled match at Mindoo Philip Park
Mindoo Philip Park
Mindoo Philip Park is a cricket stadium located in Castries, Saint Lucia. It is a home venue for the Windward Islands cricket team. However, first class cricket has not been played since 2001 due to the construction of Beausejour Stadium....
was abandoned after rain left the pitch and outfield under water . (CricketArchive scorecard)
Jamaica v Guyana, 27 January–30 January
Guyana (12pts) beat Jamaica (0pts) by 51 runsScores of 75 from both Sewnarine Chattergoon
Sewnarine Chattergoon
Sewnarine Chattergoon is a Guyanese cricketer of Indian descent who made his début for the West Indies against Zimbabwe on their 2006 tour.- Biography :...
and Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Shivnarine "Shiv" Chanderpaul is a cricketer, and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. He is the first Indo-Caribbean in the West Indies team to play 100 Tests for the West Indies and has captained them in 14 Tests and 16 One Day Internationals...
took Guyana to 260 for 5 at Chedwin Park, Jamaica, as the hosts used eight bowlers in the second innings but still only got four wickets on the first day. Six on the second took Guyana out for 314, but Reon King
Reon King
Reon Dane King has played 19 Tests and 50 One Day Internationals for the West Indies.An athletic paceman from Guyana with a slinky run sometimes compared to Michael Holding's, King bowls through that run rather than setting himself at the crease, but was still considered to be West Indies' fastest...
took four of Guyana's six on the second day, and Jamaica fell to 48 for 6. Wavell Hinds
Wavell Hinds
Wavell Wayne Hinds is a West Indian cricketer at Test and One Day International level.-Career:An aggressive left-handed batsman and useful right-arm medium pace bowler, Hinds made his Test debut against Zimbabwe in 2000...
and Gareth Breese
Gareth Breese
Gareth Rohan Breese is a West Indian cricketer who played one Test match in 2002, as the main spin bowler at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium against India. Breese scored five runs in two innings, and took two wickets, but conceded 135 runs in 31 overs and was the most expensive bowler...
added two short of that figure for the seventh wicket, and Jamaica eventually totalled 144, 20 short of the follow on target, which was not enforced. Guyana closed the third day on 114 for 6, and the Jamaica Observer claimed Jamaica needed an extraordinary effort to make it through . On the final day, Guyana were bowled out for 163, setting Jamaica 334 to win in 69 overs. Marlon Samuels
Marlon Samuels
Marlon Nathaniel Samuels is a West Indian cricketer. Samuels made his Test debut in Australia in 2000, and his One Day International debut against Sri Lanka in Nairobi during the ICC Knockout Trophy in the same year....
spent 99 balls for his 81, as Jamaica attempted to score at the required five an over, but four wickets from Narsingh Deonarine
Narsingh Deonarine
Narsingh Deonarine is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese ethnicity.Deonarine is a left-handed batsman who bowls a right-arm off break. He made his debut for Guyana at the age of 17, and after captaining the West Indies under 19 team in 2002, he made headlines after hitting a century against...
helped bowl Jamaica out for 282, Reon King
Reon King
Reon Dane King has played 19 Tests and 50 One Day Internationals for the West Indies.An athletic paceman from Guyana with a slinky run sometimes compared to Michael Holding's, King bowls through that run rather than setting himself at the crease, but was still considered to be West Indies' fastest...
taking the last wicket by bowling
Bowled
Bowled is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket. This method of dismissal is covered by Law 30 of the Laws of cricket.A batsman is out bowled if his wicket is put down by a ball delivered by the bowler...
Daren Powell
Daren Powell
Daren Brent Lyle Powell is a West Indian cricketer who plays first-class cricket for Jamaica. A right-arm fast medium bowler, he has played Test matches and One Day Internationals for the West Indian cricket team. Despite starting his cricketing career as a number 3 batsman, Powell is a genuine...
for 57. Jamaica, champions of both the league stage and the cup stage last season, were thus eliminated with 12 points from five games. (CricketArchive scorecard)
Leeward Islands v Barbados, 27 January–30 January
Barbados (12pts) beat Leeward Islands (0pts) by 173 runsBarbados took a twelve-point lead on the Carib Beer Series table with a round to play after twin centuries from captain Ryan Hinds
Ryan Hinds
Ryan O'Neal Hinds is a West Indian cricketer. He is a left-hand batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler.Hinds made his debut for Barbados during the 1998 Commonwealth Games, aged just 17...
, who also took four wickets to become Man of the Match. Hinds had opted to bat first after winning the toss, and after Leewards bowler Adam Sanford
Adam Sanford
Adam Sanford is a West Indian cricketer who currently plays first class cricket for the Leeward Islands, despite being born in Dominica, which is a member of the Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control...
took the first four wickets at St Thomas
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Saint Thomas is an island in the Caribbean Sea and with the islands of Saint John, Saint Croix, and Water Island a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands , an unincorporated territory of the United States. Located on the island is the territorial capital and port of...
, Hinds built partnerships with Alcindo Holder
Alcindo Holder
Alcindo Holder in Bridgetown. He is a West Indies cricketer who played in the 2002 U-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand...
(65 for the fifth wicket) and Ian Bradshaw
Ian Bradshaw
Ian David Russell Bradshaw is a Barbadian cricketer who played for West Indies as a left-arm medium-fast bowler and a left-handed batsman. He captained the West Indies U-19 team, but his senior debut came two months before his 30th birthday, when he was selected to play in the last three One Day...
(141 for the seventh, the highest seventh-wicket partnership in this season's tournament. Barbados ended on 360, and after a 104-run fourth-wicket partnership between Austin Richards
Austin Richards
Austin Conroy Lenroy Richards in Antigua. He is a West Indies cricketer who played for the Leeward Islands. He earned his first international call up when he was named in the West Indian side for an ODI series in England in 2007...
and Sylvester Joseph
Sylvester Joseph
Sylvester Cleofoster Joseph is a West Indian cricketer who has played in five Tests and 13 ODIs, from 2000 to 2005. He captained the West Indies in one of those ODI games due to the more experienced players being unavailable courtesy of contract disputes...
, the Leewards lost seven wickets to Ian Bradshaw
Ian Bradshaw
Ian David Russell Bradshaw is a Barbadian cricketer who played for West Indies as a left-arm medium-fast bowler and a left-handed batsman. He captained the West Indies U-19 team, but his senior debut came two months before his 30th birthday, when he was selected to play in the last three One Day...
and Ryan Austin
Ryan Austin
Ryan Anthony Austin, born 15 November 1981 in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago, is a West Indian cricketer.A lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler, Austin played 22 first-class matches for Barbados between the 2000-01 and 2006-07 seasons, and five for West Indies B in the...
. Leading by 102, Barbados built onwards, with Dwayne Smith
Dwayne Smith
Dwayne Romel Smith is a cricketer who has represented the West Indies. An all-rounder, he is known as an aggressive and powerful right-handed batsman, bowls medium pace, and is also an athletic fielder. Smith has played for Barbados since the start of his career but has also played three seasons...
retiring hurt on 20 but returning to make 48 and Ryan Hinds
Ryan Hinds
Ryan O'Neal Hinds is a West Indian cricketer. He is a left-hand batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler.Hinds made his debut for Barbados during the 1998 Commonwealth Games, aged just 17...
once again top-scoring with 150. The Leewards were set 409 to win in well over a day, and despite the second half-century in as many matches from Steve Liburd
Steve Liburd
Steve Stuart Wayne Liburd, born 26 February 1985 in Basseterre, St Kitts, is a West Indian cricketer who played in the 2004 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh. He plays first-class and List A cricket for the Leeward Islands....
, Barbados bowled them out for 236 to win the match. With one game left, against Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados would secure the Carib Beer Cup title by avoiding defeat. (CricketArchive scorecard)
Trinidad and Tobago v Windward Islands, 27 January–30 January
Windward Islands (12pts) beat Trinidad and Tobago (0pts) by 86 runsThe Windward Islands won their first game of the season, thwarting Trinidad's hopes of keeping up with Barbados in the league table, with Deighton Butler
Deighton Butler
Deighton Calvin Butler is a West Indies cricket player who played five One-day International matches and one Twenty20 international in 2005 and 2006....
named Man of the Match after three wickets in the second innings. The Windwards batted first, with Hyron Shallow
Hyron Shallow
Hyron Courtney Rohan Shallow is a West Indies cricketer who has played first-class and List A cricket for the Windward Islands. He also represents Tetsworth as an overseas professional in the Oxfordshire Cricket Association. He is a right-handed batsman and an occasional right-arm off-break...
scoring 63 in a first innings worth 218; however, Trinidad and Tobago were reported by the Trinidad Express to have dropped eight catches . Trinidad were 36 for 4 in reply after three wickets from Rawl Lewis
Rawl Lewis
Rawl Nicholas Lewis is a West Indian cricketer. Statistically, he is one of the most ineffective Test bowlers of recent times.Lewis is a right-handed batsman and bowls a legbreak googly...
, but a 52-run seventh-wicket stand between Denesh Ramdin
Denesh Ramdin
Denesh Ramdin is a West Indian cricketer of Indian descent. He is a right-handed batsman who generally occupies the position of wicketkeeper.He is seen by selectors and fans as a replacement in terms of playing style for Jeff Dujon...
and Richard Kelly
Richard Kelly (cricketer)
Richard Alexander Kelly, born 19 February 1984 in Trinidad, is a West Indian cricketer. He plays first-class and List A cricket for Trinidad and Tobago. He is known for his hard hitting and accurate swing bowling. He was named the best allrounder in the West Indies after his performances in the...
helped them post 162. More dropped catches – the Trinidad Express counted five – helped the Windwards add 77 by the close of day three, and a further 41 on day four before they were bowled out. Despite the dropped catches, seven of the Windwards batsmen were dismissed caught, with the remaining three stumped by Ramdin. Set 175 to win, only captain Daren Ganga
Daren Ganga
Daren Ganga is a West Indian cricketer of East Indian descent. He is a right-handed top order batsman and part-time right-arm offbreak bowler. After debuting as a 19 year old he has found himself in and out of the West Indies team, playing regularly for and at times captaining the West Indies A...
passed 20 for Trinidad and Tobago, and they had fallen from 19 for 1 to 37 for 7 before Rayad Emrit
Rayad Emrit
Rayad Ryan Emrit is a West Indian cricketer. He is an allrounder who is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast seamer. He was the pro at Westhoughton Cricket club for the 2006 season.He represents Trinidad in the West Indian domestic cricket and on January 12th was named in the 14-member...
and Dave Mohammed
Dave Mohammed
Dave Mohammed is a West Indian cricketer. He is a left-arm chinaman bowler, and bats left-handed.Having played only three first-class matches, he was called up to the squad for the third Test against South Africa in March 2001, but did not make his Test debut until January 2004, again against...
helped Ganga build two partnerships past 20. It was not enough, however; Mohammed was left not out on 13 and Dennis George
Dennis George
Dennis Martin George, born 3 November 1983 in St Patricks, Grenada, is a West Indies cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for the Windward Islands.-References:...
could take the final wicket as the Windwards won by 86 runs and qualified for the semi-final stages. (CricketArchive scorecard)
Barbados v Trinidad and Tobago, 2 February–5 February
Trinidad and Tobago (12pts) beat Barbados (0pts) by 264 runsTrinidad and Tobago were coming off a loss in the Windward Islands three days earlier, and needed a win on both first innings and overall to wrest the Cup title from Barbados, who had a 12-point gap at the top of the table. Trinidad were put in to bat after the hosting captain won the toss, and immediately lost Imran Khan
Imran Khan (Trinidad and Tobago cricketer)
Imran Khan in Port of Spain. He is a West Indian cricketer who plays for Trinidad and Tobago in first-class matches.-External links:*...
to Fidel Edwards
Fidel Edwards
Fidel Henderson Edwards is a West Indian cricketer and is the half brother of Pedro Collins. A pace bowler, his slingshot action greatly resembles that of former fast bowling great Jeff Thomson. He bowls fast, can swing the ball and get reverse swing, but insists that he does not go for...
, with the opening partnership worth seven runs. However, half-centuries from Lendl Simmons
Lendl Simmons
Lendl Mark Platter Simmons is a West Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman, an occasional right-arm medium pace bowler and a part-time wicket-keeper....
, Brian Lara
Brian Lara
Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time...
and Denesh Ramdin
Denesh Ramdin
Denesh Ramdin is a West Indian cricketer of Indian descent. He is a right-handed batsman who generally occupies the position of wicketkeeper.He is seen by selectors and fans as a replacement in terms of playing style for Jeff Dujon...
took Trinidad and Tobago to 172 for 3, and 28 runs from Rayad Emrit
Rayad Emrit
Rayad Ryan Emrit is a West Indian cricketer. He is an allrounder who is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast seamer. He was the pro at Westhoughton Cricket club for the 2006 season.He represents Trinidad in the West Indian domestic cricket and on January 12th was named in the 14-member...
helped them past 200. Edwards took three wickets, but was also the most expensive bowler, costing 87 in 17 overs. Barbados were then called in to bat for the last 45 minutes of the first day, losing four wickets for fifteen runs by stumps, with Mervyn Dillon
Mervyn Dillon
Mervyn Dillon in Mission Village, Toco, Trinidad and Tobago, is a West Indian cricketer. He has played 38 in Tests and taken 131 wickets. He has also played 108 One Day Internationals from 1997-2004. At one stage, after the bowling greats Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose retired from...
taking a wicket in his first over and ending the day with figures of 5–2–6–2 . Floyd Reifer
Floyd Reifer
Floyd Lamonte Reifer is a Barbadian cricketer. He is a left-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler....
and Ryan Austin
Ryan Austin
Ryan Anthony Austin, born 15 November 1981 in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago, is a West Indian cricketer.A lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler, Austin played 22 first-class matches for Barbados between the 2000-01 and 2006-07 seasons, and five for West Indies B in the...
then added 86 for the fifth wicket, but five Trinidad bowlers then got wickets to round Barbados up for 167. Trinidad and Tobago then made 145 for 1 before the close of day two, continued onwards to 287 for 2 before Daren Ganga
Daren Ganga
Daren Ganga is a West Indian cricketer of East Indian descent. He is a right-handed top order batsman and part-time right-arm offbreak bowler. After debuting as a 19 year old he has found himself in and out of the West Indies team, playing regularly for and at times captaining the West Indies A...
and Brian Lara went off for lunch. Ganga never returned, having been hit on the forearm by a ball from Edwards, and Barbados took the last seven wickets for 32 as Trinidad and Tobago were all out for 319. Chasing what would have been a record first class target in the West Indies, with 412, no Barbadian batsman managed to pass 35, as Dillon and Dave Mohammed
Dave Mohammed
Dave Mohammed is a West Indian cricketer. He is a left-arm chinaman bowler, and bats left-handed.Having played only three first-class matches, he was called up to the squad for the third Test against South Africa in March 2001, but did not make his Test debut until January 2004, again against...
shared three wickets each on the third day and Dillon added two more on the fourth morning to bowl Barbados out for 147 and win the Carib Beer Cup title for Trinidad and Tobago. Brian Lara described it as "literally taking the Cup off their shelf" and said the win gave him "an amazing feeling" . It was Barbados' worst loss by runs since the tournament began in 1966 . (CricketArchive scorecard)
Windward Islands v Guyana, 2 February–5 February
Guyana (6pts) drew with Windward Islands (3pts)After choosing to bat, the Windward Islands were bowled out for 189 on the first day at Grenada, with spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo
Mahendra Nagamootoo
Mahendra Veeren Nagamootoo is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese ethnicity.Nagamootoo is the nephew of both Rohan Kanhai and Alvin Kallicharan; two of the best ever West Indian batsmen of Indian descent. Nagamootoo has a brother Vishal, who plays cricket for Guyana....
taking five for 48 off his 28 overs. Guyana lost one wicket on the first day, and were 147 for 7 in reply, but Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese origin and a member of the West Indies cricket team....
made a century and shared a 96-run eighth-wicket stand with Reon Griffith. Guyana totalled 276 to secure the first innings lead. Rain then interrupted play on the third day for nearly two hours, and Devon Smith
Devon Smith
Devon Sheldon Smith is a cricketer who represents the West Indies. His primary role within the team is as an opening or top order left-handed batsman, he has bowled right arm off breaks in his career but rarely at international level. In the West Indian domestic competitions he plays for the...
made 63 to take the Windwards to 148 for 2, and play on the fourth day was delayed until past lunch due to a waterlogged outfield. Hyron Shallow
Hyron Shallow
Hyron Courtney Rohan Shallow is a West Indies cricketer who has played first-class and List A cricket for the Windward Islands. He also represents Tetsworth as an overseas professional in the Oxfordshire Cricket Association. He is a right-handed batsman and an occasional right-arm off-break...
joined Smith in the list of half-centurions as the Windwards ended on 283 for 5, Nagamootoo once again bowling the most and taking the most wickets (two for 71). (CricketArchive scorecard)
Semi-final: Trinidad and Tobago v Windward Islands, 7 April–10 April
Trinidad and Tobago beat Windward Islands by 391 runs and qualified for the finalTrinidad and Tobago got revenge for their loss in the league stage, though they lost their first five wickets for 42 after opting to bat at Guaracara Park. Deighton Butler
Deighton Butler
Deighton Calvin Butler is a West Indies cricket player who played five One-day International matches and one Twenty20 international in 2005 and 2006....
and Jean Paul
Jean Paul (cricketer)
Jean Cedric Paul is a West Indian cricketer for Dominica, Windward Islands and the West Indies' A-squad. Pauls first-class career, which continued through the 2004/05 - 2006/07 seasons, consists of 6 first-class matches, one A list and one Twenty20...
took two wickets each in the morning session, but failed to take any more, and Jason Mohammed
Jason Mohammed
Jason Nazimuddin Mohammed, born 23 September 1986 in Trinidad, is a West Indian cricketer who plays first-class and List A cricket for Trinidad and Tobago.-References:...
put on 124 with Richard Kelly
Richard Kelly (cricketer)
Richard Alexander Kelly, born 19 February 1984 in Trinidad, is a West Indian cricketer. He plays first-class and List A cricket for Trinidad and Tobago. He is known for his hard hitting and accurate swing bowling. He was named the best allrounder in the West Indies after his performances in the...
for the sixth wicket. Four wickets then fell for five runs, but the last-wicket stand of 84 between Mohammed and Amit Jaggernauth
Amit Jaggernauth
Amit Sheldon Jaggernauth is a West Indian cricketer who plays for Trinidad and Tobago. He is primarily an off spin bowler. He mainly plays first-class cricket, having made only two List A cricket appearances for Trinidad and Tobago to date...
took Trinidad and Tobago past 250. Jaggernauth then took four wickets, as no Windwards batsman passed 30, and with spinner Dave Mohammed
Dave Mohammed
Dave Mohammed is a West Indian cricketer. He is a left-arm chinaman bowler, and bats left-handed.Having played only three first-class matches, he was called up to the squad for the third Test against South Africa in March 2001, but did not make his Test debut until January 2004, again against...
also grabbing three Trinidad and Tobago earned a lead of 124. Daren Ganga
Daren Ganga
Daren Ganga is a West Indian cricketer of East Indian descent. He is a right-handed top order batsman and part-time right-arm offbreak bowler. After debuting as a 19 year old he has found himself in and out of the West Indies team, playing regularly for and at times captaining the West Indies A...
's 161 then helped Trinidad and Tobago to a total of 416, and Dave Mohammed rounded off with seven for 48, his best first class figures. (West Indies Cricket Board scorecard)
Semi-final: Barbados v Guyana, 7 April–10 April
Match drawn; Barbados qualified for the final on first innings resultKrishna Arjune and Sewnarine Chattergoon
Sewnarine Chattergoon
Sewnarine Chattergoon is a Guyanese cricketer of Indian descent who made his début for the West Indies against Zimbabwe on their 2006 tour.- Biography :...
put on 106 for Guyana's first wicket after they were inserted by Barbados' captain Ryan Hinds
Ryan Hinds
Ryan O'Neal Hinds is a West Indian cricketer. He is a left-hand batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler.Hinds made his debut for Barbados during the 1998 Commonwealth Games, aged just 17...
, but this was more than all the other nine partnerships combined, as Dwayne Smith
Dwayne Smith
Dwayne Romel Smith is a cricketer who has represented the West Indies. An all-rounder, he is known as an aggressive and powerful right-handed batsman, bowls medium pace, and is also an athletic fielder. Smith has played for Barbados since the start of his career but has also played three seasons...
's seamers yielded three for 17 and five bowlers got wickets. In reply, Barbados were 101 for 6 after three wickets from spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo
Mahendra Nagamootoo
Mahendra Veeren Nagamootoo is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese ethnicity.Nagamootoo is the nephew of both Rohan Kanhai and Alvin Kallicharan; two of the best ever West Indian batsmen of Indian descent. Nagamootoo has a brother Vishal, who plays cricket for Guyana....
, but half-centuries from Ian Bradshaw
Ian Bradshaw
Ian David Russell Bradshaw is a Barbadian cricketer who played for West Indies as a left-arm medium-fast bowler and a left-handed batsman. He captained the West Indies U-19 team, but his senior debut came two months before his 30th birthday, when he was selected to play in the last three One Day...
(81) and captain Hinds (52) helped Barbados get a first innings lead. Guyana replied with 316 for 9 declared, with both Chattergoon and Neil McGarrell
Neil McGarrell
Neil Christopher McGarrell is a West Indian cricketer, more specifically a slow left arm bowler, who played four Tests in 2001, taking 17 wickets. He also played 17 One Day Internationals for the West Indies, but played his last international in the 2001–02 against Sri Lanka at Kandy...
scoring 82, but they needed to bowl out Barbados to win the match and proceed to the final. Floyd Reifer
Floyd Reifer
Floyd Lamonte Reifer is a Barbadian cricketer. He is a left-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler....
hit 101 for Barbados to help them earn a draw on the final day, though Guyana did peg them back from 172 for 2 to 261 for 7 after wickets from Nagamootoo and McGarrell. It was not enough, and Barbados thus had the opportunity to get revenge for the crucial league defeat to Trinidad and Tobago. (West Indies Cricket Board scorecard)
Final: Trinidad and Tobago v Barbados, 15 April–19 April
Trinidad and Tobago won by 125 runs and won the Carib Beer ChallengeBrian Lara
Brian Lara
Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time...
had returned to the side for the final game, which was played at Guaracara Park, Pointe-à-Pierre
Pointe-à-Pierre
Pointe-à-Pierre is a town in Trinidad and Tobago. It lies north of San Fernando and south of Claxton Bay. It is most famous as the site of the country's largest oil refinery which is run by Petrotrin, the state-owned oil company....
. Daren Ganga
Daren Ganga
Daren Ganga is a West Indian cricketer of East Indian descent. He is a right-handed top order batsman and part-time right-arm offbreak bowler. After debuting as a 19 year old he has found himself in and out of the West Indies team, playing regularly for and at times captaining the West Indies A...
, T&T's captain, won the toss and chose to bat, and Trinidad/Tobago lost eight wickets on the first day. According to Trinidad Guardian correspondent Naz Yacoob, "almost all the batsmen were out to soft dismissals", and they were described as being in "a spot of bother" at the end of the day, with the total on 223 for 8. Pedro Collins
Pedro Collins
Pedro Tyrone Collins is a West Indian cricketer.He is the half brother of Fidel Edwards. He is one of the very few left-handed seam bowlers who have had a chance to represent the West Indies cricket team...
took three wickets, including Lara lbw
Leg before wicket
In the sport of cricket, leg before wicket is one of the ways in which a batsman can be dismissed. An umpire will rule a batsman out LBW under a series of circumstances which primarily include the ball striking the batsman's body when it would otherwise have continued on to hit the batsman's...
for 2, and Ryan Hinds
Ryan Hinds
Ryan O'Neal Hinds is a West Indian cricketer. He is a left-hand batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler.Hinds made his debut for Barbados during the 1998 Commonwealth Games, aged just 17...
and Ian Bradshaw
Ian Bradshaw
Ian David Russell Bradshaw is a Barbadian cricketer who played for West Indies as a left-arm medium-fast bowler and a left-handed batsman. He captained the West Indies U-19 team, but his senior debut came two months before his 30th birthday, when he was selected to play in the last three One Day...
picked up a couple each. Reyad Emrit and Dave Mohammed
Dave Mohammed
Dave Mohammed is a West Indian cricketer. He is a left-arm chinaman bowler, and bats left-handed.Having played only three first-class matches, he was called up to the squad for the third Test against South Africa in March 2001, but did not make his Test debut until January 2004, again against...
then added 102 to the overnight ninth-wicket stand of 20, and though Corey Collymore
Corey Collymore
Corey Dalanelo Collymore is a Barbadian cricketer whose speciality is seam bowling. He has represented the West Indies team in both Tests and ODIs cricket. In a side that so often chopped and changed he became one of their most experienced bowlers...
and Pedro Collins
Pedro Collins
Pedro Tyrone Collins is a West Indian cricketer.He is the half brother of Fidel Edwards. He is one of the very few left-handed seam bowlers who have had a chance to represent the West Indies cricket team...
managed to dismiss the two for 112 (Emrit) and 50 (Mohammed), the final Trinidad/Tobago total stood at 340. Barbados replied with 130 for 5 to close out the second day, with Emrit taking two wickets; four of the top five batsmen made double figures, but captain Hinds' score of 25 was the highest. That changed on the third day, however, as former West Indies U–19
West Indian U-19 cricket team
The West Indian Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 test matches since 1974. Future international players to have represented the team include Brian Lara, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Courtney Walsh....
player Kirk Edwards, on debut for Barbados , converted his overnight total of 18 to a top score of 64 before substitute fielder Sherwin Ganga
Sherwin Ganga
Sherwin Ganga is a cricketer who plays for Trinidad and Tobago. An offspin bowling allrounder, Ganga debuted in 2003/04 and is the brother of Daren Ganga.-External links:*...
held a catch off Dave Mohammed's bowling. Thanks partly to Edwards' efforts, the last five Barbados partnerships added 165, however, 60 more than the top five, as Patrick Browne
Patrick Browne (cricketer)
Patrick Anderson Browne is a Barbadian cricketer who has represented the West Indies at One Day International cricket....
(No. 7), Ian Bradshaw
Ian Bradshaw
Ian David Russell Bradshaw is a Barbadian cricketer who played for West Indies as a left-arm medium-fast bowler and a left-handed batsman. He captained the West Indies U-19 team, but his senior debut came two months before his 30th birthday, when he was selected to play in the last three One Day...
(No. 8) and Ryan Austin
Ryan Austin
Ryan Anthony Austin, born 15 November 1981 in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago, is a West Indian cricketer.A lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler, Austin played 22 first-class matches for Barbados between the 2000-01 and 2006-07 seasons, and five for West Indies B in the...
(No. 9) all passed 25, and Barbados closed their innings trailing by 70. During their third day outing, Trinidad and Tobago lost five wickets for 99 runs, including two run out
Run out
Run out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. It is governed by Law 38 of the Laws of cricket.-The rules:A batsman is out Run out if at any time while the ball is in play no part of his bat or person is grounded behind the popping crease and his wicket is fairly put down by the opposing...
s, but Richard Kelly
Richard Kelly (cricketer)
Richard Alexander Kelly, born 19 February 1984 in Trinidad, is a West Indian cricketer. He plays first-class and List A cricket for Trinidad and Tobago. He is known for his hard hitting and accurate swing bowling. He was named the best allrounder in the West Indies after his performances in the...
shared a 77-run stand with Reyad Emrit across the third and fourth day to boost their lead, and eventually made 93, the second highest score of the match and the highest first class score of his career thus far . Trinidad/Tobago totalled 262 in their second innings, setting Barbados 333 to win in a day and a half, and the openers Dale Richards
Dale Richards
Dale Maurice Richards is a West Indian international cricketer who plays first class cricket for Barbados.A right-handed batsman, Richards debuted in 1999/00...
and Wayne Blackman cut 86 off that target. However, Barbados lost four wickets for 13 runs to Kelly and Amit Jaggernauth
Amit Jaggernauth
Amit Sheldon Jaggernauth is a West Indian cricketer who plays for Trinidad and Tobago. He is primarily an off spin bowler. He mainly plays first-class cricket, having made only two List A cricket appearances for Trinidad and Tobago to date...
, and closed out the day on 110 for 4. On the final day, Trinidad/Tobago's spinners ensured that there would be no repeat of the lower order outscoring the top; Mohammed took four and Jaggernauth two, and after the 40-run sixth-wicket stand between Hinds and Browne, the last four wickets fell for 41 runs to secure the double title for Trinidad and Tobago. Emrit's efforts of 140 runs and three wickets was enough to give him Man of the Match honours. (CricketArchive scorecard)
West Indies in New Zealand
February and March consisted of nine matches against New Zealand for the West Indies team – they played one Twenty20 match, five One Day Internationals, and three Tests. The tour gave poor results for the West Indies, who won one solitary match, and that was the fifth of the One Day Internationals when they were already 0–4 down in the series. They also drew one of the Tests to avoid the whitewash, and lost the Twenty20 match on a bowl out. It was not quite as poor as the tour in 1999–2000, when New Zealand won the ODIs 5–0 and the Tests 2–0, but it nevertheless meant that West Indies fell further adrift in the international rankings.The U-19 team
West Indian U-19 cricket team
The West Indian Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 test matches since 1974. Future international players to have represented the team include Brian Lara, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Courtney Walsh....
went to Sri Lanka in February, playing in the U-19 World Cup
2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup
The 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was played in Sri Lanka from February 5 to February 19, 2006.The final was played between Pakistan and India in Colombo, which Pakistan won by 38 runs, enabling them to become the first back-to-back champions of the tournament.- Participating Nations :Sixteen...
. After defeating South Africa
South African U-19 cricket team
The South African Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 test matches since 1995. International players to have represented the team include Wayne Parnell, Neil McKenzie, AB de Villiers, Mark Boucher, Makhaya Ntini and Craig Kieswetter, who now plays for England.The Under-19...
and the United States
USA U-19 cricket team
The USA Under-19 cricket team represents the nation of the USA in Under-19 cricket at international level.-Squad:The Under-19 team for the United States which played in the 2011 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was:*Hemant Punoo *Dominic Audain...
, West Indies fell in both play-off matches, and shared seventh place with Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean U-19 cricket team
The Zimbabwe Under-19 cricket team represents the nation of Zimbabwe in Under-19 cricket at international level.-Squad:The Under-19 team for Zimbabwe , which played in 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, is as follows:*Sean Williams [Captain]...
.
Twenty20 and ODIs
In the Twenty20 match, West Indies had totalled 126 for 7, and New Zealand had only made 110 for 8 in their first 19 overs, with an over still to go. However, James Franklin hit the first ball of the over for six, and Shane BondShane Bond
Shane Edward Bond was a New Zealand cricketer, described as "New Zealand's best fast bowler since Sir Richard Hadlee". He has represented New Zealand in Test, ODI and Twenty20 International cricket as well as playing for Canterbury in New Zealand domestic cricket and Warwickshire in English...
hit a four to tie the scores. Bond then broke the stumps twice in the bowl out, which New Zealand won 3–0.
Two days later, New Zealand totalled 288 for 9 in the first ODI, which was enough to secure victory; Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese origin and a member of the West Indies cricket team....
top-scored with 56 but took 83 balls, more than below the required run rate, and West Indies were bowled out for 207. 76 from Wavell Hinds
Wavell Hinds
Wavell Wayne Hinds is a West Indian cricketer at Test and One Day International level.-Career:An aggressive left-handed batsman and useful right-arm medium pace bowler, Hinds made his Test debut against Zimbabwe in 2000...
was the highlight of the second match for the West Indies, but the total of 200 for 9 was overcome by New Zealand in 42 overs, though they were 13 for 4 after two wickets each from Fidel Edwards
Fidel Edwards
Fidel Henderson Edwards is a West Indian cricketer and is the half brother of Pedro Collins. A pace bowler, his slingshot action greatly resembles that of former fast bowling great Jeff Thomson. He bowls fast, can swing the ball and get reverse swing, but insists that he does not go for...
and Ian Bradshaw
Ian Bradshaw
Ian David Russell Bradshaw is a Barbadian cricketer who played for West Indies as a left-arm medium-fast bowler and a left-handed batsman. He captained the West Indies U-19 team, but his senior debut came two months before his 30th birthday, when he was selected to play in the last three One Day...
. In the third match, Nathan Astle
Nathan Astle
Nathan John Astle is a former New Zealand cricketer. He was an attacking batsman who liked to play batting shots such as the cover drive and the pull shot. He also scored the world's fastest Test double century in terms of balls faced. This remarkable innings of 222 was scored in just 168 balls...
hit a century, and though Sarwan hit his second half-century on tour West Indies were bowled out for 255, with Jeetan Patel
Jeetan Patel
Jeetan Shashi Patel is a New Zealand cricketer of Indian descent. Patel is a right arm off spin bowler. He plays domestic cricket for the Wellington Firebirds and has represented the New Zealand Black Caps in One Day Internationals, Twenty20 matches, and Test cricket.Patel was earmarked as a...
taking three wickets. The win secured the series for New Zealand, but they weren't done; 102 from Lou Vincent
Lou Vincent
Lou Vincent is a professional New Zealand cricketer. He has represented New Zealand in Test match, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket as well as playing for Auckland in New Zealand domestic cricket and Worcestershire and Lancashire in English domestic cricket.-Early and...
helped them make a total of 324 for 6 in 50 overs, and though Runako Morton
Runako Morton
Runako Shakur Morton is a West Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed offbreak bowler.A lively, often unpredictable character, Morton was expelled from the West Indian cricketing Academy in July 2001 for bad behaviour but continued to play for the Leeward Islands in the...
scored a century, he took 155 balls to make 110. West Indies closed on 233 for 8, well short of the required total. However, Dwayne Smith
Dwayne Smith
Dwayne Romel Smith is a cricketer who has represented the West Indies. An all-rounder, he is known as an aggressive and powerful right-handed batsman, bowls medium pace, and is also an athletic fielder. Smith has played for Barbados since the start of his career but has also played three seasons...
helped turn the final match West Indies' way; he took five for 45 at Eden Park
Eden Park
Eden Park is the biggest stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. It is used primarily for rugby union in winter and cricket in summer . The ground also occasionally hostts rugby league matches. To accommodate all three sports, the cricket pitch is removable...
as New Zealand were bowled out for 233, and though West Indies made six runs from their first six overs (and still lost the wicket of Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle
Christopher Henry "Chris" Gayle is a Jamaican cricketer who currently plays international cricket for the West Indies. He captained the West Indies' side from 2007 to 2010. He plays domestic cricket for Jamaica, and has also represented Worcestershire, the Western Warriors and the Kolkata Knight...
) they made it to the target with three wickets and two balls to spare. However, writer Vaneisa Baksh claimed "the win did nothing for anyone, not even for New Zealand."
- Twenty20 International: New Zealand beat West Indies 3–0 after bowl out
- First One-Day International: New Zealand beat West Indies by 81 runs
- Second One-Day International: New Zealand beat West Indies by three wickets
- Third One-Day International: New Zealand beat West Indies by 21 runs
- Fourth One-Day International: New Zealand beat West Indies by 91 runs
- Fifth One-Day International: West Indies beat New Zealand by three wickets; New Zealand won the series 4–1
Test Matches
West Indies lost the first two Tests, but in the final Test at NapierNapier, New Zealand
Napier is a New Zealand city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island. The population of Napier is about About 18 kilometres south of Napier is the inland city of Hastings. These two neighboring cities are often called "The Twin Cities" or "The Bay Cities"...
only 78.1 of the scheduled 450 overs were bowled, and West Indies drew to avoid recording the longest streak of Test defeats by any team apart from Bangladesh
Bangladeshi cricket team
The Bangladesh national cricket team is a national cricket team representing Bangladesh. The team is administered by the Bangladesh Cricket Board . Bangladesh is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status...
and Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean cricket team
The Zimbabwean cricket team is a national cricket team representing Zimbabwe. It is administrated by Zimbabwe Cricket...
. However, after three days of the first Test, Cricinfo reported that West Indies went in "with more than just a sniff of their first overseas win against opponents other than Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in six years." New Zealand had taken a lead of 18 on first innings after an unbeaten 103 and two for 23 from Scott Styris
Scott Styris
Scott Bernardo Styris is an Australian-born New Zealand cricketer. An allrounder, Styris is an aggressive right-handed middle order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler....
, while Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne James John Bravo is a West Indian cricketer. A right-handed pace bowler, Bravo is expected to play a significant role in attempts by the West Indies to return to international prominence in the sport....
had built partnerships of 89 (with Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese origin and a member of the West Indies cricket team....
) and 58 (with Dwayne Smith
Dwayne Smith
Dwayne Romel Smith is a cricketer who has represented the West Indies. An all-rounder, he is known as an aggressive and powerful right-handed batsman, bowls medium pace, and is also an athletic fielder. Smith has played for Barbados since the start of his career but has also played three seasons...
) to take West Indies back after being at 90 for 5. New Zealand were then 146 for 7 in reply, Bradshaw and Edwards taking out the top order, but 74 from Brendon McCullum
Brendon McCullum
Brendon Barrie McCullum is a New Zealand international cricketer, who plays for the Otago Volts at provincial level. He is a wicket-keeper, as well as an aggressive batsman who opens in One-day Internationals and is known for his fast scoring rate...
helped New Zealand set a target of 291 in what was described as a "see-saw match". In reply, West Indies were 148 for no loss, but Nathan Astle
Nathan Astle
Nathan John Astle is a former New Zealand cricketer. He was an attacking batsman who liked to play batting shots such as the cover drive and the pull shot. He also scored the world's fastest Test double century in terms of balls faced. This remarkable innings of 222 was scored in just 168 balls...
broke the opening stand and Shane Bond
Shane Bond
Shane Edward Bond was a New Zealand cricketer, described as "New Zealand's best fast bowler since Sir Richard Hadlee". He has represented New Zealand in Test, ODI and Twenty20 International cricket as well as playing for Canterbury in New Zealand domestic cricket and Warwickshire in English...
picked up four wickets as the team fell to 263 and a 27-run defeat. Brian Lara
Brian Lara
Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time...
was bowled
Bowled
Bowled is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket. This method of dismissal is covered by Law 30 of the Laws of cricket.A batsman is out bowled if his wicket is put down by a ball delivered by the bowler...
by Bond for a golden duck
Duck (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a duck refers to a batsman's dismissal for a score of zero.-Origin of the term:The term is a shortening of the term "duck's egg", the latter being used long before Test cricket began...
.
The next match was also won by New Zealand, whose first innings total of 372 was the highest all series; West Indies' two totals of 192 and 218 were the two lowest in completed innings. Despite lacking Shane Bond
Shane Bond
Shane Edward Bond was a New Zealand cricketer, described as "New Zealand's best fast bowler since Sir Richard Hadlee". He has represented New Zealand in Test, ODI and Twenty20 International cricket as well as playing for Canterbury in New Zealand domestic cricket and Warwickshire in English...
, New Zealand's bowlers got the twenty wickets required, with James Franklin taking seven including a first-innings five-for and Kyle Mills
Kyle Mills
Kyle David Mills is a New Zealand cricketer. Kyle is right-arm pace bowler who can also score quick runs in the later stages of one day innings; in October 2009 he reached his peak position of 1st on the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Bowling Rankings.Having been injured in Australia in February 2007,...
six. With New Zealand helped by half-centuries from Peter Fulton
Peter Fulton
Peter Gordon Fulton nicknamed Two metre Peter, is a New Zealand cricketer who has recently broken into the New Zealand One Day side....
, Stephen Fleming
Stephen Fleming
Stephen Paul Fleming ONZM is a New Zealand cricketer, and the former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team, known as the Black Caps, in Test and one-day cricket...
and Nathan Astle then defied Fidel Edwards
Fidel Edwards
Fidel Henderson Edwards is a West Indian cricketer and is the half brother of Pedro Collins. A pace bowler, his slingshot action greatly resembles that of former fast bowling great Jeff Thomson. He bowls fast, can swing the ball and get reverse swing, but insists that he does not go for...
, who got five for 65, and New Zealand made it to a series-clinching ten-wicket win after 23 not out from Hamish Marshall
Hamish Marshall
Hamish John Hamilton Marshall is a New Zealand cricketer. He is the identical twin brother of James Marshall. Hamish and James became the second pair of twins to play Test cricket, and are the first identical pair.Marshall, a middle-order batsman, made his Test debut against South Africa in...
. In the third Test, West Indies made it to 256 for 4 in the 78.1 overs possible on the first two days, and the other three were rained off as the match ended in a draw.
- First Test: New Zealand beat West Indies by 27 runs
- Second Test: New Zealand beat West Indies by ten wickets
- Third Test: New Zealand drew with West Indies and won the series 2–0