<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<channel> 
<title>England tour of West Indies, 2008/09 news from Cricinfo</title>
<ttl>2</ttl>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com</link>
<description>Visit Cricinfo.com for up-to-the-minute cricket news, breaking cricket news, live cricket commentary, ball-by-ball commentary, cricket video, cricket audio and features.</description>
<copyright>(c)Cricinfo</copyright>
<language>en-gb</language>
<image>
<title>England tour of West Indies, 2008/09 news from Cricinfo</title>
<url>http://www.cricinfo.com/logos/rss/ci.gif</url>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/</link>
</image>
<item>
<title>Strauss delighted with England&#39;s effort</title>
<description>England bounced back admirably after trailing 1-2 in the contest and captain Andrew Strauss said he was &quot;delighted&quot; with how his team &quot;handled the pressure&quot;</description>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/398186.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
<guid>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/398186.html</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:03:49 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Flintoff hat-trick seals the series</title>
<description>Andrew Flintoff returned the stunning figures of 5 for 19 in five overs, and capped his efforts with the first hat-trick of his international career, as England ended a dismal winter on an improbable high with their first-ever ODI series win in the Caribb</description>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/398140.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
<guid>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/398140.html</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:02:44 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>After the strike, back to the striking</title>
<description>Would they play they play or wouldn&#39;t they? Until the eve of the fifth and final ODI in St Lucia, no-one could say for sure</description>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397878.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
<guid>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397878.html</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:16:58 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>West Indies lift strike threat</title>
<description>West Indies players have opted against industrial action and will play in the fifth one-day international against England</description>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397874.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
<guid>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397874.html</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:41:35 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Richards concerned about Windies&#39; focus</title>
<description>Sir Vivian Richards fears that the unresolved dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board and the Players&#39; Association could work in England&#39;s favour as they seek an improbable victory in the ODI series that culminates in St Lucia on Friday</description>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397800.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
<guid>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397800.html</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:45:23 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Warring sides set to meet again</title>
<description>The ongoing dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board  and the Players&#39; Association could be settled on Thursday as the two sides again sit down</description>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397752.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
<guid>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397752.html</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:24:08 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Pietersen won&#39;t go on long tour without wife</title>
<description>Kevin Pietersen has said that he will not go on another long England tour without his wife, singer Jessica Taylor</description>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397554.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
<guid>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397554.html</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:01:14 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>WIPA unhappy with board proposal</title>
<description>The West Indies Players Association has dismissed a proposed settlement from the West Indies Cricket Board as a &#39;position paper&#39;, meaning that a further round of negotiations will be necessary before the threat of strike action in the fifth and final ODI </description>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397492.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
<guid>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397492.html</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:49:21 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Flintoff and Pietersen cleared to play</title>
<description>Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff will join the England squad is St Lucia for the series-deciding final ODI against West Indies after being passed fit following scans on their injuries in Barbados</description>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397446.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
<guid>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397446.html</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>West Indies strike concerns ease</title>
<description>Concerns of a West Indies player strike have eased, with local officials confident the fifth one-day international in St Lucia will proceed on Thursday. Bryan Calixte, president of the St Lucia National Cricket Association, believes there is a &quot;90 %&quot; chan</description>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397408.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
<guid>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397408.html</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:43:42 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Strauss plays down Pietersen comments</title>
<description>England remain optimistic that both Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen will recover from their respective injuries in time for Friday&#39;s ODI series decider against West Indies</description>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397359.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
<guid>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397359.html</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:31:16 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Spectacular Strauss seals victory</title>
<description>England&#39;s captain, Andrew Strauss, seized on an unexpected opportunity to haul his side level in their ODI series against West Indies, as he defied his unglamorous reputation to crack 79 from just 61 balls in a rain-readjusted run-chase in Barbados</description>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397256.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
<guid>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397256.html</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:40:39 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Gayle forces England onto back foot</title>
<description>England are ending their Caribbean tour as they began it, beset by off-field rifts and dripping with unadulterated humiliation</description>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397237.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
<guid>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397237.html</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:28:29 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Gayle positive about series win</title>
<description>West Indies captain Chris Gayle is confident that they can close out the one-day series against England in the fourth and penultimate match at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Sunday</description>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397226.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
<guid>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397226.html</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:45:22 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Gayle criticises Pietersen for Chanderpaul comments</title>
<description>Chris Gayle, the West Indies captain, has hit out at Kevin Pietersen for making critical comments about Shivnarine Chanderpaul</description>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397218.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
<guid>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397218.html</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:35:33 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>West Indies threaten boycott of fifth ODI</title>
<description>The possibility of a boycott of the fifth and final ODI between West Indies and England in St Lucia looms large with the West Indies captain Chris Gayle indicating that his team may not take the field on Friday if outstanding issues with the West Indies C</description>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397177.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
<guid>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397177.html</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:34:30 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Loss was humiliating and embarrassing - Strauss</title>
<description>Andrew Strauss, the England captain, has said his team&#39;s defeat in the third ODI against West Indies in Barbados was &quot;pretty humiliating and fundamentally pretty embarrassing&quot;</description>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397133.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
<guid>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397133.html</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:15:51 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Gayle scorches inept England</title>
<description>Chris Gayle put West Indies&#39; off-field worries to one side and instead heaped ever more crippling levels of opprobrium onto the shoulders of England&#39;s listless cricketers</description>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397031.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
<guid>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/397031.html</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:00:44 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Flintoff set to return for England</title>
<description>Andrew Flintoff is set to return for the third ODI between England and West Indies in Barbados, after recovering from the hip injury that forced him to miss the final two Tests of last month&#39;s 1-0 series defeat</description>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/396638.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
<guid>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/396638.html</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:21:22 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Dale Richards and Rampaul in ODI squad</title>
<description>Uncapped Barbados batsman Dale Richards and Trinidad fast bowler Ravi Rampaul have been included in the West Indies squad for the third and fourth one-day internationals against England</description>
<link>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/396561.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
<guid>http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/396561.html</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:23:35 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
