News about Jason Holder

After testing positive to Covid on the eve of Friday's clash, Australian T20 captain Mitch Marsh will have to shout instructions to his colleagues in the opening T20 against the West Indies in Hobart. After being disappointed 3-0 in three ODIs, teammate Matthew Wade took his place at a media call on Thursday and announced that the Australians were 'expecting him to play.' With the T20 tournament being held in the Caribbean and USA in June and July, former captain and firearms all-rounder Jason Holder, as well as global T20 star Andre Russell, have all joined Windies for the three-game series, narrowing their 2024 focus to being at the forefront of their powers for a home World Cup.

After his heroic effort to lead the Windies' Test victory over Australia, Shamar Joseph, a West Indies pace sensation, has reportedly stated that he wishes to play in the popular T20 tournament.

Timing is everything. Phil Salt would have been up for millionaire if the Indian Premier League auction was held in Dubai on Wednesday morning. On Tuesday, the unsold responded to his snub by scoring England's highest Twenty20 scores on an evening of carnage in the Caribbean. Salt also became the first England batsman to reach back-to-back hundreds in the format after a tumultuous 109 on Saturday that maintained hopes for a comeback series victory for Jos Buttler's side, smashing 119 from 57 balls.

On Tuesday, England's five-match T20 international series against the West Indies begins in Barbados. On Sunday, Jos Buttler's men will be looking to bounce back from their first one-day international series loss to the West Indies in 16 years, after the hosts secured a four-wicket victory in a rain-affected Barbados decider. Later this week, the teams will return to Grenada for games two and three.

RICHARD GIBSON: After losing in Harare yesterday to the Netherlands, two-time champions West Indies face the ignominy of not qualifying for this year's World Cup. The Dutch tied the group match for the fourth time in one-day international history, but Logan van Beek smashed 30 off the super over to leave the Windies reeling. Holder was the one on the receiving end of the incredible assault, the most runs ever recorded in a one-over eliminator, and Van Beek took two wickets in defense of the score.

In its second innings, the West Indies were facing a daunting target of 391 and collapsed under the strain, losing for just 35.1 overs as South Africa defeated them before tea on the fourth day at the Wanderers. Simon Harmer, an off-spinner, was 3-45 and left-arm spinner Maharaj 2-4, but Maharaj didn't have a chance to improve on those impressive bowling figures after injuring his left leg while attempting to set off on a celebratory run when his second wicket was announced on television.

Dan Lawrence regrets wasting his time in scoring his maiden Test century, but there was no way to tell him he was going to be a member of the new England. Lawrence converted a sluggish first day of the second Test against the West Indies in Barbados last year, where he smashed 13 fours and a six in his hard-hitting 91. But with his first Test century in sight and having struck Jason Holder for two fours in a row in the last over a day, he refused to take a third and then gave it away.

Despite being asleep when he struck the record, Marnus Labuschagne said his first century of the summer carried more weight because it came in front of his newborn daughter. On Wednesday, the Australian batter brought up his ton as Australia took over the first Test against the West Indies in Perth, ending Day 1 on 2-293. As Rebekah and daughter Hallie, who was born just over two months ago, watched on from the stands as he and Steve Smith announced Australia in a commanding position at Optus Stadium.

Two teams have been in touch with the 26-year-old, although interest has also been shown in Will Jacks of Surrey, who made his Twenty20 international debut last month, and another big-hitting opener in Will Smeed, Somerset. Thompson has been signed up by the Mumbai Indians-owned side for the new Emirates Twenty20 competition in the new year, after finishing as the joint top wicket taker and hitting five sixes in a seven-ball match against Lancashire in last summer. He was also Yorkshire's most prolific bowler in County Championship cricket, but the stricken Division Two club is likely to be without him for the first two months of next season as a result of his rise in short-form cricket.