West Indies struck another blow to Zimbabwe’s hopes of winning the series when the pacey Jerome Taylor brought superb bowling to bear on them. In the end the Windies won by six wickets with 22 overs to spare. Read more about it here.

Despite a brilliant knock of 127 by Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the West Indies still came up 31 runs short in their first one day international with Zimbabwe. Chasing 275 for victory, they only could muster 243/8. The second match will be played on Sunday. Click here for more details.

Chris Gayle, who led Jamaica to an impressive win of the regional KFC cricket tournament, is slated to head up the West Indies tour of Zimbabwe. Gayle, who led the side in the ODI tournament in England earlier this year, is to captain the squad as Ramnaresh Sarwan is out with injuries. Get more details here.

Jamaica are the 2007 winners of the Caribbean KFC Cup for Regional Limited Overs Cricket. They defeat the defending champions Trinidad and Tobago by 28 runs to win. In a match that is historically the first day/night final of a regional Tournament, Jamaica amassed 230 all out in their time at bat. Trinidad chased but was unable to make more than 202 before being bowled out. Jerome Taylor was named man of the match.

As of November 5, the West Indies Cricket Board will be sporting a new head. Dr. Donald Peters, former president of the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago, is the new appointed Chief Executive Officer of the WICB.

“I am excited to be selected as CEO and look forward to working with the organization to provide the support and administration necessary to make our team move once again to the top of international cricket”. said Peters.

The West Indies Cricket board broke months of speculation by appointing John Dyson as their new cricket coach. Dyson, an Australian national, has seen some 30 test with his countrymen under his belt. His previous appointment saw him in charge of Sri Lanka. Seeing them to 5 wins and 6 draws in 16 tests and 21 victories from 29 one day internationals.

As the KFC Cup marches on, Trinidad registered a decisive win over the Winwards winning by seven wickets. Powered by an aggressive knock from Lendl Simmons who ripped apart the Winward attack by slamming nine fours and two sixes, the Trinis sped to victory in just 20 overs. Get the details of the match here.

Jamaica made an impressive start to their KFC Limited Overs campaign with a six wicket win over the Leewards. The Leewards won the toss and went in to bat but soon found themselves all out for 167. Jamaica then took the reigns and strolled home at 169 for four in 39.5 overs led by Shawn Findlay, 41 and Brenton Parchment, 40.

And they’re off! Defending champions of the Winward Islands Cricket Tournament, Grenada, recorded their first win of the 2007 edition with a resounding win over Dominica. The result came just two days into the scheduled three day match at Sion Hill playing field. Dominica was asked to bat first and were bundled out for 88. On their first innings Grenada fared no better with a stand that lasted for only 84 runs. Dominica, however, was unable to capitalize, going for only 73 runs. The Grenadians ended on 78 for 3 to secure victory with a day and a session to spare.

Fast bowler Corey Colleymore has been chosen to lead the Bajans in to the upcoming KFC Cup. Conde Riley made the announcement at  recent press conference. Colleymore seemed elated. He was quoted as saying:

“To captain your nation or your  country is always an honour and I will try to do it to the best of my ability”.

Collymore has represented the West Indies in 30 Tests and 84 one day internationals. Check out his bio here.
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