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ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board on Wednesday announced a 13-member West Indies A-Team squad for the first four-day “Test” against Sri Lanka A-Team from Wednesday, June 5 to Saturday, June 8 at Warner Park in St. Kitts.

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ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board on Wednesday announced the match officials for the A-Team series between West Indies and Sri Lanka.

The two sides will play a pair of four-day “Tests” and Twenty20 matches, as well as three One-day matches between Wednesday, June 5 and Thursday, June 27.

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Wanderers may not be playing in the Barbados Cricket Association’s Elite Division, but that hasn’t stopped the club from adopting an elite approach to development.

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One of the finest all-round players in modern cricket Sir Garfield Sobers will be visiting the Isle of Man to speak at a black tie dinner in June.

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West Indies skipper Darren Sammy is a big hit in this edition of the IPL — not just for his cricketing skills but for being a real character on the field.

His now-famous celebration in moments of triumph — with the child pacifier in the mouth — is one of the lasting memories of IPL 2013.

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When Dwayne Smith was scoring runs at will, one almost got the feeling that a target of 193 set by Chennai Super Kings would be chased down in less than twenty overs. The ball was dispatched to all parts of the ground, some sixes were towering, some flat on the boundary ropes while some of them was left for the crowd to do the catching.

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Chennai Super Kings 192 for 1 (Huseey 86*, Raina 82*) beat Mumbai Indians 144 (Smith 68, Bravo 3-9, Jadeja 3-31) by 48 runs
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The IPL faced new crises – including a hearing for alleged spot-fixers about 10km from the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium and a hearing asking for a ban on the event itself – but on the field the same old story of Chennai Super Kings’ domination of big IPL matches continued as they made it to their fifth final out of the six IPLs played.

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A British newspaper journalist, James Fuller, has written a biography of former West Indies captain Brian Lara, one of the greatest cricketers of all time.

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Darren Sammy was the toast of the Hyderabadis — not just for hitting two sixes under pressure to ensure Sunrisers’ win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the last IPL game in Hyderabad — but also for the way he has endeared himself to the crowds with his now-famous celebrations by popping a child-pacifier in his mouth.

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Devon Smith is hoping to make the most of what he calls a “golden opportunity” during the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2013. The left-handed opener was away from the international stage for three years, but has been recalled following heavy scoring in the recently-concluded WICB Regional 4 Day and Regional Super 50 tournaments.

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