Sports

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – An undefeated century from Alviro Petersen helped South Africa reach 252 for three after they had skittled embattled New Zealand for 45 on a spectacular opening day of the first test yesterday.

The National T20 team is ready to take on its regional counterparts when the West Indies Cricket Board Caribbean T20 tournament bowls off on Sunday in Trinidad.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka will use the example of their remarkable turnaround on their last tour of South Africa to try and rescue a face-saving third test victory against Australia, captain Mahela Jayawardene said  yesterday.

SYDNEY, Australia,  CMC – Sydney Thunder head coach Shane Duff has thrown his support behind embattled West Indies star Chris Gayle, following the opener’s latest failure.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies rescaled the pinnacle of world cricket for the first time in eight years while sprint superstar Usain Bolt laid claim to legend status by once again attaining the dizzying heights of global stardom, to headline a remarkable year in Caribbean sport in 2012.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels remains unperturbed by the criticism of his bowling action, Melbourne Renegades coach Simon Helmot has said.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Pacers Kevon Cooper and Ravi Rampaul have both passed fitness tests and are back in training with defending champions Trinidad and Tobago, for the Caribbean T20 tournament which begins this weekend.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – All-rounder Jacques Kallis became the fourth player and first South African to score 13,000 test runs on an eventful opening day of the first test against New Zealand yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Jamaica’s captain Tamar Lambert has identified defending champions Trinidad and Tobago as his country’s main threat in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament starting in Port of Spain on Sunday.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – All-rounder Jacques Kallis became the fourth player and first South African to score 13,000 test runs on an eventful opening day of the first test against New Zealand today.

Confidence was as visibly exuberant as the new colourful kit when the national squad for the Caribbean T20 was formally outfitted with warm up and match gear after completing effectively their final training session of the year before regrouping on January 2 2013.

Riddim Squad Football Club edged the Guyana Defence Force Football Club by two goals to one while Sunburst Camptown overcame a spirited Northern Rangers Football Club 3-0 to reach today’s final of the Georgetown Football Association/Banks Beer knockout Cup competition.

Nineteen year-old junior national player Dominic Vincente has been given, in his opinion, the opportunity of a lifetime to attend the Impact Basketball Academy in Florida, USA for the next four months.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – New Zealand have done absolutely nothing to suggest they can upset South Africa in the first test of the two-match series beginning at Newlands  tomorrow – and that may be their greatest weapon.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC- Australia bowler Glenn McGrath will be inducted this week into the International Cricket Council Hall of Fame, the ICC announced  yesterday.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC-A veteran player and an engineering student have emerged as Trinidad and Tobago’s top male and female chess players of 2012.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s Richard Sterne fired a scintillating 10-under-par 62 in the Dubai Desert Classic first round yesterday to overshadow a fine start to the season by world number eight Lee Westwood.

NAPIER, New Zealand,  CMC – Central Districts have quashed reports West Indies batting star Chris Gayle will be brought in for the final two games of the domestic Twenty20 Championship.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Olympic gold medallist Keshorn Walcott was the big winner at the Spirit of Sport Awards, picking up four awards including Trinidad and Tobago’s Male Athlete of the Year.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC-Discarded West Indies cricketer, Jason Mohammed, says he has been working overtime in an effort to repeat the performance that earned him man of the series in the 2011 Regional Super50 tournament.