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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.

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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 open

0:10 The rundown

0:43 Rain Takes the Decider

3:14 Springer's Test Call

4:06 USA Fall to Namibia · Norris Traded

5:30 Claxton's Clean Sweep

6:08 Canada's Third Coach of 2026

7:19 Tromp's 103 in a $100K Final

8:46 That is At Stumps

The features this episode is built from:

Daren Sammy — India wins because, West Indies play in spite: https://youtu.be/O71u-Kbhatw

Daren Sammy — retainers cut, then two wins over the world champions: https://youtu.be/7F799fOkVFw

Why Mumbai Indians traded for Tara Norris: https://youtu.be/qFSzQXt4Tik

Jahzara Claxton — her third sport, and Player of the Series: https://youtu.be/ahfmPbIl53k

Who 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 3.0

Narration: 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 open

0:10 The rundown

0:40 Ranjane and the UAE, Twice

1:42 Springer, 35 Off 11

2:16 Pooran's 67 Wins the Final

3:03 A $100,000 Final in Georgia

4:10 That is At Stumps

Abhishek Sharma on the Indore match, in full: https://youtu.be/7Isby7tfbOs

Who 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 Cricket

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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 open

0:09 The rundown

0:33 Hope, 102 Off 45

1:47 Four of Five, and Out

2:26 Hosein Wants No.1 Back

3:17 A Record From 2002

4:12 That is At Stumps

Every story in full on the channel:

Hope and the Ranchi chase — https://youtu.be/RY9KmSQsDxA

Roston Chase, 3 for 24 — https://youtu.be/LgjJ9wq_ua4

Unmukt Chand and the MiLC playoffs — https://youtu.be/Pxmtgeu9x2I

Akeal Hosein's 100th — https://youtu.be/C35PuD7Ns3s

Daren Sammy and 2002 — https://youtu.be/FcpB8nx5Iuw

Should 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 · BCCI

Narration: 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.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Cold open

0:14 The headlines

0:49 Super 60 in Vancouver

1:38 Who Leads Minor League

2:55 West Indies Women in Zimbabwe

3:39 Two Titles, No Cap

4:22 That is At Stumps

SOURCES

· 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 2026

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Images: Minor League Cricket · Cricket West Indies (CWI Media handouts) · licensed editorial

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Daren Sammy is still the only man to captain a side to two men's T20 World Cups: West Indies, 2012 and 2016. Now head coach, he measures his rebuild in his own words: West Indies missed automatic qualification for the 2027 World Cup by six points, from 19 or 20 behind. The World Cup qualifiers are in February; the World Cup is in South Africa in October 2027.

Tape: Cricket West Indies pre-series interview, 24 Sep 2026. Document: CWI Stakeholder Address, Chris Dehring, 24 Sep 2026. Sources: ICC, ESPNcricinfo, Wisden, Cricket West Indies.

Images: Cricket West Indies (CWI Media).

Narration is AI-generated; reporting and editing by BIFF Cricket.

Desmond Haynes in 1978, Amir Jangoo in December 2024: 104 not out from 83 balls against Bangladesh. Forty-six years apart. The left-handed keeper-batter from St James, Trinidad came to India off a Caribbean Premier League title with the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons — in his own words.

Tape: Cricket West Indies interview, 25 Sep 2026. Sources: Daily FT, ESPNcricinfo, Tribune India, Cricket West Indies.

Images: Cricket West Indies (CWI Media) · CPLT20 (Caribbean Premier League).

Narration is AI-generated; reporting and editing by BIFF Cricket.

Nineteen: Shai Hope's one-day international hundreds for West Indies, level with Brian Lara. Only Chris Gayle, with 25, has more. The fastest West Indian to 5,000 ODI runs (level with Viv Richards), captain in both white-ball formats, and in India for a three-match series — in his own words.

Tape: BCCI press conference, Thiruvananthapuram, 26 Sep 2026 (supplied by Cricket West Indies). Sources: howstat, WION, Cricket West Indies, ICC, ANI, ESPNcricinfo.

Images: Cricket West Indies · BCCI (press conference) · Licensed editorial (BIFF Media LLC).

Narration is AI-generated; reporting and editing by BIFF Cricket.

Hayley Matthews made 182 against Zimbabwe in Harare on 24 September — the highest score by a West Indies batter in women's ODIs, passing Stafanie Taylor's 171 from 2013. The same day, Cricket West Indies suspended the women's T20 Blaze for 2026. Three days later West Indies were bowled out for 139 and Zimbabwe levelled the series. The third ODI, on 30 September, decides the first bilateral series these sides have ever played.

Tape: Cricket West Indies interview with Aaliyah Alleyne. Sources: ICC, ESPNcricinfo, CricTracker, Cricket West Indies, Jamaica Observer.

Images: Cricket West Indies (CWI Media handout).

Narration is AI-generated; reporting and editing by BIFF Cricket.