Shai Hope’s fluent 75 and a strong bowling performance helped West Indies defeat Italy by 42 runs in the T20 World Cup. Italy were bowled out for 123 while chasing 166, as the Windies topped Group C
Shai Hope’s unbeaten 61 and Jason Holder’s four-wicket haul helped West Indies defeat Nepal by nine wickets in the T20 World Cup. The convincing win made them the first team to qualify for the Super Eights stage
New Zealand led West Indies by 96 runs after Day 2 of the first test in Christchurch. Shai Hope and Tagenarine Chanderpaul hit half-centuries, but Jacob Duffy’s five-wicket haul and Matt Henry’s three wickets kept New Zealand ahead
The victory also gave West Indies 30 valuable points and moved them up to sixth position in the International Cricket Council's Super League table after six matches played in their ongoing qualification run for the 2023 World Cup in India.
Hope, a veteran of 34 tests, has had a poor recent run in test cricket. He's averaged 19.48 since December 2017 and just 14.45 since February 2019, lowering his career test average to 26.27.
