Features

Batting strength down the order will be West Indies' trump card, but they will be coming into the tournament cold. By Andrew McGlashan

Fans will enjoy reliving Lara's triumphs, and researchers will find this is a useful first draft of the biography of one of cricket's greatest enigmas

David Moore was a fairly unknown when he took on the role of West Indies coach, but after an eye-opening tour of England he has big hopes for the future if he gets the job full time

Will Luke talks to the West Indian fast bowler, Daren Powell

Darren Sammy on being St Lucia's first sportstar

Old Trafford has been the most draw-friendly venue in England, with 47% of the Tests here ending in stalemates

Monty Panesar became the first spinner to take six wickets in a first-innings of an opposition's batting at Lord's since Bishan Singh Bedi took 6 for 226 in 1974

Matt Prior became only the third wicketkeeper to score a hundred on debut, and the fifth batsman to do so at Lord's

Though West Indies hold a 52-38 overall advantage in Tests, England have won ten of the last 12

With a cacophonous sell-out crowd and the green hills of central Barbados behind him, Brian Lara batted for the last time in an international today. Or so he tells us

Nobody made the game look better and few ever played it better than Brian Lara

Brian Lara will play his last international match against England on Saturday. Cricinfo looks at the highlights of an illustrious career

Saturday could be the last time we will watch Brian Lara in an international match. West Indian cricket is unlikely to miss him

Our correspondent travels to the Chanderpaul home in Unity and meets Kemraj, Shiv's father and Brandon, Shiv's ten-year old son

Maynard typified an era when a tour of the West Indies was the ultimate examination of body and soul

Dileep Premachandran on the highlights of West Indies' World Cup opening win

Cricinfo looks at the stat highlights ahead of the curtain-raiser between West Indies and Pakistan in Kingston, Jamaica

The slow bowlers who could star in the tournament

West Indies have been superb when batting second in ODIs in the last six months, but their track record when batting first is less than impressive

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