Marlon Samuels' century and Darren Sammy's unbeaten half-century helped West Indies claw back into the second Test match against England here on Friday.
In less than a week, the India A team will leave for the West Indies but at least half of the members of the squad are woefully short of proper match practice as they embark on a tour that will be an indicator of senior team's bench strength in the coming season.

Delhi left out their leading wicket-taker, Morne Morkel, for Andre Russell, who had played just three matches all season. The omission of Irfan Pathan was even more puzzling.
Rohit Bhaskar reports.

Former India skipper Kris Srikkanth, Madan Lal, Chetan Chauhan and Salim Durani, among others, were awarded with cheques before the start of the Indian Premier League's Qualifier 2 between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Daredevils today.
Mounting losses due to agitation may make disbursement of wage arrears by June deadline difficult.
A Kenyan player is being investigated over suspicion of fixing a 2011 World Cup game against Pakistan in Hambantota, according to the chief of Kenya Cricket Board.

Wounded Delhi Daredevils would be eager to draw inspiration from their own performances in the league stages for a spot in the final of the ongoing Indian Premier League when they take on a rejuvenated Chennai Super Kings in the second qualifying match on Friday.
Mumbai Indians have been penalised for a slow over rate during their Indian Premier League eliminator against Chennai Super Kings at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.

Kevin Pietersen was fined an "undisclosed sum" by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) following a Twitter attack on former England batsman Nick Knight.

Mumbai Indians skipper Harbhajan Singh has admitted that it was Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's whirlwind 20-ball 51-run knock that proved to be the turning point of the IPL eliminator.
Former India wicketkeeper Kiran More has applied for amnesty from the BCCI. More, who had joined the now-defunct Indian Cricket League (ICL) back in 2007 was banned for joining the unsactioned league.

Two days after a dharna led by Kirti Azad demanding that the cricket Board show accountability in the wake of the controversies in the IPL, the member of the 1983 World Cup winning squad finds himself alone.
Khurram Habib reports.
Sri Lanka Cricket says former national coach Geoff Marsh has sent a letter of demand over his dismissal five months ago.