Cricket
Brathwaite mulls multiple BBL offers
A Big Bash League bidding war has broken out over West Indies’ World Twenty20 hero Carlos Brathwaite.
Cricket
A Big Bash League bidding war has broken out over West Indies’ World Twenty20 hero Carlos Brathwaite.
Cricket
World Twenty20 winner Dwayne Bravo has accused the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) of being “the most unprofessional board in the world”.
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Ben Stokes’ death-over heroics had been crucial to England’s successful World Twenty20 campaign but it took just four deliveries against Carlos Brathwaite in the final overnight to shatter the paceman’s hard-earned reputation.
Marlon Samuels smashed West Indies to an incredible World Twenty20 final win over England then teed off at Shane Warne with even more vigour.
Late replacement Lendl Simmons led a charmed life to blast 82 not out and carry West Indies to a nail-biting seven-wicket win in the last over against India in the second semi-final of the World Twenty20 overnight.
It was by no means the best delivery he has ever bowled but thanks to a smart snatch from Joe Burns, Stephen O’Keefe feels he belongs at Test level.
