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Previews and our own originals for West Indies v Bangladesh (2nd Test, Sylhet) and India v New Zealand (1st ODI, Auckland). This is not the match feed.Newest from the network: Gill — Hardik's niggles again, India's balance on hold v New Zealand → https://youtu.be/JsQtxwp8z0MWest Indies, USA and Canada cricket, all day: Hope's two tons, Paul's five-for, Sammy on the pay cut, Jangoo's records — the features behind the headlines, from press-conference tape and our reporting. BIFF Cricket LIVE is a 24/7 wheel of BIFF Cricket's own features and shows.At Stumps LIVE at 7 pm ET every evening: the newest At Stumps episode or feature airs first here.Every hour: the newest feature at :00 · nation shows · interviews · a BIFF song or promo at :50. The on-screen clock is US Eastern; the "updated" stamp is when the hour's block was set.Originals only — no match footage, no third-party broadcasts.Press-conference excerpts: BCCI · CWI · ICC · MLC, edited into our reports. Synthetic narration, credited.biffcricket.com · @biffcricket

Sammy's West Indies cannot lose the series in Bangladesh, Gill's India wait on Hardik, Coley is back with the West Indies women, and Bishop's first Test wicket was the centurion. The day's newest from BIFF Cricket, in one edition.0:00 Cold open: Daren Sammy0:28 At Stumps LIVE0:40 1994: already matched1:34 Two-nil, or not losing?1:57 Auckland. South Africa 2027 in mind3:11 New Zealand, or a rehearsal for 2027?3:27 Third spell. Interim again3:57 Interim: a bridge, or the plan?4:10 Debut cap: earned on turn. The next pitch is green4:57 On grass: Bishop, or Roach?In this edition:· Sammy's 1994 Goal Is ALREADY WON — Sylhet Decides If WI Beat It — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBkTXugaPoQ· Gill: Hardik's NIGGLES Again — India's Balance on Hold v New Zealand — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsQtxwp8z0M· Coley TAKES OVER West Indies Women — His Third Spell — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_o8Xa4EsSo· Over Roach: Bishop's First Test Wicket Was the CENTURION — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAXd-SbAVUMPress-conference excerpts and interview tape are edited into our reports, credited on screen. Narrated by an AI voice.Tape: Daren Sammy (CWI), edited into this report.Images: Cricket West Indies (CWI Media)Images: BCCI (press conference video, supplied with the media advisory 'First ODI: Shubman Gill Pre-match PC links')Images: Cricket West Indies (CWI Media) — posted on @windiescricket (Threads/Instagram), 2026-11-02; original photographer unrecordedImages: Cricket West Indies (windiescricket.com media; the `width-800` filenames are the site's renditions) — original photographer unrecordedNarration is AI-generated; reporting and editing by BIFF Cricket.

Only Deepti Sharma Was YOUNGER: Vaishnavi's First Five-For. The day's newest from BIFF Cricket, in one edition.0:00 Cold open: Vaishnavi Sharma0:14 Five-for. Dropped twice0:25 Vaishnavi Sharma: 5 for 39, her third ODI2:22 Campbell 54: 'a pretty even game'3:50 Four years out5:57 Warrican read the plan: 2 for 337:29 WI 134 for 4, trail by 1387:43 Frederick, Maryland: a 10,000-seat ground7:59 Richards v Gower: CHOGM match, 1 NovemberIn this edition:· Only Deepti Sharma Was YOUNGER: Vaishnavi's First Five-For — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zig0Ff0M7k· Dropped on 5, Dropped on 22, Out for 54: Campbell's DAY TWO — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgNULpXr2hQ· 'I Did NOT Chase It' — Bhuvneshwar on His India Comeback — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0BVsMhPGHg· "I Could See the Aggression Coming" — Warrican's DAY ONE — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8yb_UIxOHcPress-conference excerpts and interview tape are edited into our reports, credited on screen. Narrated by an AI voice.Tape: Vaishnavi Sharma (BCCI), edited into this report.Images: Cricket West Indies (CWI Media)Images: Photo by Alex Davidson-ICC/ICC via Getty ImagesImages: Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP via Getty ImagesImages: Photo by Matthew Lewis-ICC/ICC via Getty ImagesNarration is AI-generated; reporting and editing by BIFF Cricket.

Only Deepti Sharma Was YOUNGER: Vaishnavi's First Five-For. The day's newest from BIFF Cricket, in one edition.0:00 Cold open: Vaishnavi Sharma0:14 Five-for. Dropped twice0:25 Vaishnavi Sharma: 5 for 39, her third ODI2:22 Campbell 54: 'a pretty even game'3:50 Four years out5:57 Warrican read the plan: 2 for 337:29 WI 134 for 4, trail by 1387:43 Frederick, Maryland: a 10,000-seat ground7:59 Richards v Gower: CHOGM match, 1 NovemberIn this edition:· Only Deepti Sharma Was YOUNGER: Vaishnavi's First Five-For — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zig0Ff0M7k· Dropped on 5, Dropped on 22, Out for 54: Campbell's DAY TWO — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgNULpXr2hQ· 'I Did NOT Chase It' — Bhuvneshwar on His India Comeback — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0BVsMhPGHg· "I Could See the Aggression Coming" — Warrican's DAY ONE — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8yb_UIxOHcPress-conference excerpts and interview tape are edited into our reports, credited on screen. Narrated by an AI voice.Tape: Vaishnavi Sharma (BCCI), edited into this report.Images: Cricket West Indies (CWI Media)Images: Photo by Alex Davidson-ICC/ICC via Getty ImagesImages: Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP via Getty ImagesImages: Photo by Darren Staples / AFP via Getty ImagesNarration is AI-generated; reporting and editing by BIFF Cricket.

Floyd Reifer, the West Indies batting coach, grades his own Chennai camp ten out of ten — in a Test cycle where the West Indies have won two of twelve.At Stumps from BIFF Cricket — the weekly Americas cricket newscast from an ICC-accredited newsroom: the West Indies, the USA and Canada, through the Americas' lens.0:00 Cold open0:10 The rundown0:45 Reifer, 10/102:56 USA Tickets3:56 Canada League5:50 Brathwaite7:35 USA U198:25 Carter9:33 That is At StumpsIn this episode:• Reifer's ten out of ten: the batting coach on the two-week Test camp at the Super Kings Academy in Chennai, in his own words — against two wins in twelve Tests in the 2025–27 World Test Championship cycle. Kevin Wickham, who trained at the same academy in December 2024, has his first Test call-up after three centuries in a row. Two Tests in Bangladesh, scheduled for 28 October and 5 November.• The USA is fourth for World Cup tickets: the ICC says fans have applied for 15,083,752 tickets from 142 countries, and the USA is fourth on the list — but has not qualified. The USA won the Cricket World Cup League 2 title and is into the Qualifier.• Why is Canada's league in St Vincent? Brampton's mayor welcomed it "to our city this summer"; the 2026 edition was moved to Arnos Vale by a Cricket West Indies release, which says CWI takes a role in governance and a franchise investment.• Eboni Brathwaite, 17, picked to replace Deandra Dottin, broke Dottin's record: fifty off twenty balls, the fastest by a West Indies woman in T20 internationals, in Harare on 5 October.• Chetna Pagydyala: thirty-one senior T20 internationals for the USA, an ODI hundred on debut, and captain at the Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. USA v England on 21 January 2027, West Indies v India the next day.• Bob Carter's one per cent: Cricket West Indies' batting consultant on a tour of six territories — what the release measures, and what it does not.The features this episode is built from:Floyd Reifer — ten out of ten: https://youtu.be/OYvZ9c0NdCAKevin Wickham — three centuries and a first Test call: https://youtu.be/g0VmFLbiXsAUSA fourth for World Cup ticket demand: https://youtu.be/_prGdww3fQkCanada's league in St Vincent: https://youtu.be/Wojucqc3rT4Eboni Brathwaite breaks Dottin's record: https://youtu.be/c5IocJUuWlEChetna Pagydyala, USA Under-19 captain: https://youtu.be/jucihkIrIcYBob Carter's one per cent: https://youtu.be/6D10lCTEFUQSources: Cricket West Indies releases and interviews · ICC releases (World Cup ticket ballot, Qualifier, Under-19 schedule) · City of Brampton release, 14 May 2026 · Cricket Canada and Cricket West Indies release, 25 September 2026 · ESPN and ESPNcricinfo (West Indies Test record, Brathwaite innings, Pagydyala) · Wikipedia, 2027 Cricket World Cup qualificationInterviews: Cricket West Indies (Floyd Reifer, Eboni Brathwaite)Images: Cricket West Indies (CWI Media) · Cricket CanadaNarration: Powered by AI · Reporting & editing: BIFF Editorial

A player who already represents the United States — and a rulebook that may keep him out of a home Olympics.
At Stumps from BIFF Cricket Network — Americas cricket through the Americas' lens, from an ICC-accredited newsroom: USA cricket, Major League Cricket, the Caribbean and Canada.
Also in this episode: a Toronto franchise shortlisted in January 2025 and still not announced. And a final the league says drew a record crowd.
CHAPTERS0:00 Cold open0:13 In this episode0:38 US Olympic Citizenship Problem2:08 Coach Carter to the Caribbean2:49 Toronto MLC Franchise Unannounced3:51 Overseas Women Flock WCPL4:30 Kolan and NCAA5:51 ChatGPT Bats for India Cricket6:50 Record Crowd for MLC Final7:52 That is At Stumps
SOURCES· US Olympic citizenship — Corey Anderson, Major League Cricket press conference · ICC eligibility regulations, art. 2.1 · Olympic Charter, Rule 41· Coach Carter — Cricket West Indies release, 9 Sep 2026· Toronto — ESPNcricinfo, 20 Jan 2025 · BIFF interview with Johnny Grave, chief executive, Major League Cricket· WCPL — CPL release, 28 Aug 2026 · final, 17 Sep 2026· Kolan and NCAA — BIFF interview with Anika Kolan, captain, USA Women· BCCI partners — BCCI media advisory, Sep 2026· Record crowd — Major League Cricket release, 21 Jul 2026 · BIFF interviews at Grand Prairie
CREDITSImages: Major League Cricket · Cricket West Indies (supplied with the release of 9 Sep 2026) · CPL T20 Ltd · licensed editorialNarration: Powered by AI · Reporting & editing: BIFF Editorial
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Rain in Bengaluru ended the decider with the West Indies two wins up on the world champions — and a series drawn two-all. Keemo Paul took five, then withdrew; Shamar Springer got the Test call.At Stumps from BIFF Cricket — the weekly Americas cricket newscast from an ICC-accredited newsroom: the West Indies, the USA, Canada and the cricket played across the States, through the Americas' lens.In this episode:• Rain takes the decider: the fifth T20I in Bengaluru was cut to nine overs a side and abandoned with India 118 for 5 — series drawn 2-2 after Shai Hope's two hundreds (Ranchi and Hyderabad) and Keemo Paul's 5 for 41. In September the board cut international retainer fees by 25 per cent; Cricket West Indies' chief executive told Wisden a series in India "brings West Indies cricket no revenue". Daren Sammy, after the washout: because, and in spite.• Springer's Test call: Paul withdrew from the Bangladesh tour for personal and family reasons; Shamar Springer, 28, a Barbadian all-rounder with 1,043 first-class runs and 58 wickets, replaces him. Tests at Mirpur from 28 October and Sylhet from 5 November.• The USA fell to Namibia at Grand Prairie: 277 for 7 (Jayasuriya 76, Jahangir 73 not out) was chased with nine balls left. And on 12 October Mumbai Indians made Tara Norris the first player ever traded in the Women's Premier League.• Claxton's clean sweep: cricket was Jahzara Claxton's third sport. At 20 she opened the batting, took seven wickets in three matches and was Player of the Series as the West Indies women swept Zimbabwe 3-0 without Hayley Matthews.• Canada's third coach of 2026: Tejinderpal Singh, two-time Ranji Trophy winner, named head coach on 7 October — after Ingleton Liburd and Monty Desai, a 0-from-4 T20 World Cup and the ICC's suspension of funding and membership. Then two wins in Oman, and the Global T20 moves to St Vincent.• Tromp's 103 in a $100,000 final: Matthew Tromp's hundred from 56 balls won the Atlanta Open T20 for the Prime Gladiators by 24 runs over an Atlanta Fire side with Unmukt Chand and Shakib Al Hasan — a week after Shubham Ranjane was the USA's Player of the Match.0:00 Cold open0:10 The rundown0:43 Rain Takes the Decider3:14 Springer's Test Call4:06 USA Fall to Namibia · Norris Traded5:30 Claxton's Clean Sweep6:08 Canada's Third Coach of 20267:19 Tromp's 103 in a $100K Final8:46 That is At StumpsThe features this episode is built from:Daren Sammy — India wins because, West Indies play in spite: https://youtu.be/O71u-KbhatwDaren Sammy — retainers cut, then two wins over the world champions: https://youtu.be/7F799fOkVFwWhy Mumbai Indians traded for Tara Norris: https://youtu.be/qFSzQXt4TikJahzara Claxton — her third sport, and Player of the Series: https://youtu.be/ahfmPbIl53kWho was the West Indies' player of the tour of India — Shai Hope, Keemo Paul, or Roston Chase? Tell us in the comments.Sources: Outlook India and The SportsTak (5th T20I, Bengaluru) · Wisden, 15 October 2026 (Chris Dehring) · CWI stakeholder address, 24 September 2026 · The News Mill (Springer named) · The Namibian, 15 October 2026 (USA v Namibia) · IANS (the Norris trade) · ESPN and the ICC (West Indies women in Zimbabwe) · Cricket Canada (T.P. Singh, 7 October 2026) · ESPN, 20 August 2026 (Monty Desai, the ICC suspension) · Ekantipur and Khel Now (Canada in Oman) · Atlanta Open T20 livestream frames (the final, 18 October 2026)Press conferences and interviews: Cricket West Indies (Daren Sammy, Keemo Paul, Shamar Springer, Jahzara Claxton) · USA Cricket (Tara Norris)Images: Cricket West Indies (CWI Media) · Atlanta Open T20 · Cricket Canada · BCCI · Julien Silva / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 · VillaFan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0Narration: Powered by AI · Reporting & editing: BIFF Editorial#Cricket #WestIndies #USACricket

Shubham Ranjane took 4 for 39 as the USA beat the United Arab Emirates for the second time in six days, at Grand Prairie on 11 October 2026.At Stumps from BIFF Cricket — Americas cricket through the Americas' lens: the USA, the West Indies, Canada and the cricket played across the States.In this episode:• The USA beat the UAE twice in six days in World Cup League Two: Milind Kumar's 116 from 84 balls chased 330 on 5 October, then Ranjane's 4 for 39 and Shehan Jayasuriya's 83 won it again on 11 October.• Shamar Springer made 35 not out from 11 balls in Indore and had a hand in four Indian wickets. The West Indies still lost by 14 runs.• Nicholas Pooran, Player of the Tournament at the Canada Super 60, made 67 from 23 as the Toronto Sixers won the final off the last ball.• The Atlanta Open T20: Stallions X won the 2025 final with two USA internationals in their side, and the organisers put $100,000 on the 2026 title.0:00 Cold open0:10 The rundown0:40 Ranjane and the UAE, Twice1:42 Springer, 35 Off 112:16 Pooran's 67 Wins the Final3:03 A $100,000 Final in Georgia4:10 That is At StumpsAbhishek Sharma on the Indore match, in full: https://youtu.be/7Isby7tfbOsWho was the USA's player of the week — Ranjane, Jayasuriya or Milind Kumar? Tell us in the comments.Sources: ICC Men's CWC League 2 scorecards (5 and 11 October 2026) · ESPN Canada Super 60 results · atlantaopent20.com (the organisers' own prize figures) · Atlanta Open T20 2025 final livestream.Press conferences: BCCI (Abhishek Sharma) · Cricket West Indies (Shamar Springer)Images: Cricket West Indies (CWI Media) · BCCI · Canada Super 60 · Atlanta Open T20 · BIFF CricketNarration: Powered by AI · Reporting & editing: BIFF Editorial

India's head coach, Gambhir after Ranchi: "We could not defend 250." Shai Hope made 102 not out from 45 balls as the West Indies chased it down.At Stumps from BIFF Cricket — Americas cricket through the Americas' lens: the West Indies, the USA, Canada and Minor League Cricket.In this episode:• Shai Hope, 102* off 45 — the West Indies' highest successful T20I chase, 252/4 in Ranchi on 9 October 2026, and Roston Chase's 3 for 24 inside it.• Unmukt Chand made a hundred and his side won four of five — and Lone Star Athletics are not in Minor League Cricket's playoffs.• Akeal Hosein's 100th T20I, and the number one ranking he says he wants back.• Daren Sammy and a record from 2002: the last West Indies series win in India.0:00 Cold open0:09 The rundown0:33 Hope, 102 Off 451:47 Four of Five, and Out2:26 Hosein Wants No.1 Back3:17 A Record From 20024:12 That is At StumpsEvery story in full on the channel:Hope and the Ranchi chase — https://youtu.be/RY9KmSQsDxARoston Chase, 3 for 24 — https://youtu.be/LgjJ9wq_ua4Unmukt Chand and the MiLC playoffs — https://youtu.be/Pxmtgeu9x2IAkeal Hosein's 100th — https://youtu.be/C35PuD7Ns3sDaren Sammy and 2002 — https://youtu.be/FcpB8nx5IuwShould a side that wins four of five ever miss the playoffs? Tell us in the comments.Press conferences: BCCI (Gautam Gambhir) · Cricket West Indies (Shai Hope, Roston Chase, Akeal Hosein, Daren Sammy)Images: Cricket West Indies (CWI Media) · Minor League Cricket · BCCINarration: Powered by AI · Reporting & editing: BIFF Editorial#Cricket #WestIndies #INDvWI

Canada's national cricket board has been suspended by the ICC since 1 June — yet the Canada Super 60 franchise league is under way at BC Place in Vancouver through Sunday 4 October. So who is running cricket in Canada?At Stumps from BIFF Cricket — the Americas cricket newscast, from an ICC-accredited newsroom. Canada, the USA and the Caribbean, through the Americas' lens.IN THIS EPISODE· Cricket Canada suspended by the ICC — a British Columbia court ordered a vote on its leadership in March (held in May), the ICC's Normalisation Committee is monitoring the reinstatement conditions, and the Canada Super 60 (Season 2, Vancouver) goes ahead without the national federation.· Minor League Cricket 2026 (MiLC) — the league stage is done: 26 teams, four regions, the points tables and the leaders. Abhinav Sikharam has the most runs (221), Mittansh Nithiyanandam the highest score (114), Adnit Jhamb the most wickets (11), and Fabian Allen the best average on the league's own list.· West Indies Women v Zimbabwe Women, ODI series in Harare — Hayley Matthews made 182, West Indies were bowled out for 139, then Matthews made 118 and Shemaine Campbelle 96 to win the series 2-1.· Unmukt Chand — two titles in 2026 (Major League Cricket with the LA Knight Riders, and a Minor League hundred for Lone Star Athletics) and still no cap from either country.CHAPTERS0:00 Cold open0:14 The headlines0:49 Super 60 in Vancouver1:38 Who Leads Minor League2:55 West Indies Women in Zimbabwe3:39 Two Titles, No Cap4:22 That is At StumpsSOURCES· Super 60 — super60.com, Season 2 schedule, 29 Sep – 4 Oct 2026 · Yardbarker, 29 Sep 2026 · ICC statements on Cricket Canada's suspension, as reported by Global News and Yahoo News Canada· Minor League Cricket — minorleaguecricket.com points tables and statistics, read 30 Sep 2026· West Indies Women — ESPN match reports, 1st–3rd ODI, Harare, 24, 27 and 30 Sep 2026 · Cricket West Indies· Unmukt Chand — Minor League Cricket statistics, 30 Sep 2026 · Major League Cricket final, 18 Jul 2026CREDITSImages: Minor League Cricket · Cricket West Indies (CWI Media handouts) · licensed editorialNarration: Powered by AI · Reporting & editing: BIFF EditorialFollow BIFF Cricket for more → https://biffcricket.comBIFF Cricket Wrap (newsletter) → https://biffcricket.com/morningshot#Cricket #CricketCanada #MinorLeagueCricket