Cricket West Indies (CWI) has unveiled its 16-member squad for the upcoming three-match T20 International series against Afghanistan, to be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates from 19 January.

Captain Roston Chase hopes that a bonding session over an early Christmas dinner will give the West Indies the festive spirit to beat New Zealand in the must-win third and final Test starting Thursday at Mount Maunganui

New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel is in line to play his first Test in over a year after he was named in a 14-man squad for the third Test against West Indies, while wicketkeeper Tom Blundell returned from a hamstring tear.

New Zealand dismissed West Indies for 205 and reached 24 without loss in reply on the opening day of the second test on Wednesday, but their already ravaged bowling stocks were further depleted by a freak injury at Basin Reserve.

Injury-hit New Zealand will give a debut to wicketkeeper Mitch Hay in the second Test against the West Indies in Wellington after Tom Blundell was ruled out on Tuesday.

A five-wicket haul by Jacob Duffy gave New Zealand a 64-run first-innings lead over the West Indies with the tourists all out for 167 in the first Test on Wednesday.

New Zealand reached 231-9 at stumps on a rain-shortened day one of the first Test against the West Indies Tuesday after Justin Greaves triggered a middle-order collapse with the wicket of Kane Williamson.

Matt Henry took 4-43 and Mark Chapman crafted 64 as New Zealand coasted to a four-wicket win over the West Indies in the third one-day international on Saturday for a series sweep.

Bangladesh skipper Litton Das on Friday blamed the heavy dew for his team’s defeat in the third and final match of the three-match T20I series against the West Indies in Chattogram.

Bangladesh's Test players are set to begin preparations for the upcoming two-match series against Ireland on November 8 in Sylhet, confirmed Bangladesh Cricket Board's cricket operations in-charge, Shahriar Nafees.

Regular skipper Litton Das has returned to lead Bangladesh as the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday announced a 15-member squad for the opening two T20 Internationals against West Indies.

Bangladesh captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz opted to bat first in the second ODI against the west Indies in Mirpur on Tuesday.

India head coach Gautam Gambhir heaped praise on Shubman Gill's leadership following their 2-0 Test series sweep against West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday.

The West Indies did not lose a wicket after tea to be 173-2 in their second innings at the end of day three of the second Test Sunday after following on, but they still need 97 runs to make India bat again.

Spinner Ravindra Jadeja claimed four wickets as India thrashed West Indies by an innings and 140 runs inside three days of the first Test in Ahmedabad on Saturday.

Dhruv Jurel and Ravindra Jadeja hit attacking centuries to put India in total control with a lead of 286 against the West Indies in the first Test on Friday.

Opener KL Rahul hit an unbeaten century and together with skipper Shubman Gill steered a dominant India into a 56-run lead over the West Indies on day two of the first Test on Friday.

Shubman Gill's India will be heavy favourites when they play a home two-Test series starting Thursday against a West Indies side struggling with injuries and a pale shadow of the team that once dominated cricket.

India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate said pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is unlikely to be rested for the remainder of the Asia Cup despite a two-match home Test series against the West Indies starting early next month.

Former West Indies captain Chris Gayle has launched a scathing critique of South Africa’s stand-in skipper Wiaan Mulder for opting not to chase Brian Lara’s iconic 400 not out in Test cricket, after declaring, with Mulder himself unbeaten on 367 against Zimbabwe earlier this week.