Jangoo: West Indies ‘don’t deserve’ to be in World Cup qualifiers

By New Zealand Blog News Service Jul 21, 2026

ICYMI: A one-wicket defeat in Barbados was West Indies’ third loss in a row and a “difficult pill to swallow”, as Amir Jangoo put it
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