Jermaine Blackwood

Jason Holder, West Indies' captain, has challenged his players to "look themselves in the mirror" and find a way to fight back into the series after crushing defeat at Edgbaston

A historic Test match was dealt a humiliating conclusion under the Edgbaston floodlights, as West Indies crumbled to one of the most spineless defeats in their long and once-proud history

Rookie seam-bowler Charlie Hartley celebrated his Kent recall with career-best figures of 4 for 80 as the county's second-string bowling attack made West Indies toil for runs

The West Indians were given a thorough examination by a patchwork Essex attack on the opening day of the tourists' two-month tour of England and Ireland

Nikita Miller took his 26th five-wicket haul and nine wickets in the match as Jamaica completed a win inside three days against Trinidad & Tobago in the WICB Regional Four-Day Tournament to move up to second

Jamaica decimated defending champions Trinidad & Tobago in the first semi-final of the 2016-17 Regional Super50 Competition, piling up 434 to set up a 292-run win

Trinidad & Tobago began their Regional 4 Day competition campaign on a good note with a comfortable win over Windward Islands

Four young batsmen in West Indies' lower middle order showed fight, application and skill - and perhaps provided a beacon of hope for the future

Roston Chase became the first West Indian in 50 years to combine a five-for with a century in Test cricket to help secure an improbable draw for his team

Jermaine Blackwood has said the match could have changed complexion had he not been dismissed in the last over before lunch

The conches blared briefly during a thrilling counter-attack against pace and spin alike to give India something to think about. But almost inevitably, the challenge was short-lived

Jason Holder has kept his cards close to his chest when asked about West Indies' line-up for the second Test against India, saying he would decide after taking a look at the pitch on Saturday morning

Kraigg Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood scored half-centuries in stiflingly hot conditions as the West Indians moved to 8 for 303 on the first day of their tour game against a Victoria XI in Geelong

West Indies batsman Jermaine Blackwood has said it's not his strokeplay he seeks to sharpen in Sri Lanka, it is his instinct to survive

Rangana Herath picked up his fifth 10-wicket match haul in Tests as Sri Lanka wrapped up victory by an innings and six runs inside the second session of day four

Dropping Shivnarine Chanderpaul before the series provided opportunities for younger players, but the West Indies' lack of batting depth was ruthlessly exposed in his absence

The game in the Caribbean remains in a fragile state, but the likes of Jermaine Blackwood and Jason Holder suggest that rebuilding is possible

West Indies turned what looked likely to be a nail-biting chase into a canter over the line as the evening shadows enveloped Kensington Oval to secure a hugely notable shared series

On the same day that Bangladesh saved their run-fest Test against Pakistan, the other international taking place followed a very different path as 18 wickets tumbled on the second day in Barbados - the most ever to fall in a day at the famous venue