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FAN FRENZY! Fans celebrate with the West Indies and St Lucia flags.
FAN FRENZY! Fans celebrate with the West Indies and St Lucia flags.

‘Polly’ Power sinks Aussies

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – Big-hitting batsman Kieron Pollard smashed a high octane century as West Indies beat Australia by 42 runs in the fourth One-Day International to take a crucial 2-1 lead in the five-match series here yesterday.

Kirk Edwards
Kirk Edwards

Edwards misses century but B/dos in control

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC – Barbados captain Kirk Edwards fell agonizingly short of his fifth first class century as his side got the better of the exchanges on the opening day of their final round Regional Four-Day match against Windward Islands here yesterday.

J/ca strikes back after batting slump

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jamaica hit back to reduce Combined Campuses and Colleges to 46 for three after being dismissed for 200 in their first innings on the opening day of their seventh and final round regional first-class match at the 3Ws Oval here yesterday.

T/dad grab early points against Leewards

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago made a huge stride towards the semi-finals of the Regional Four-Day Championship, claiming first innings points over Leeward Islands on the opening day of their seventh round encounter at Warner Park here yesterday.

Mixup to defend domino title today

Promoter Lyall Gittens will today stage the third annual 27-team domino competition sponsored by Ansa McAl under the Stag Beer brand, at the Strikers Sports Club, Meadow Brook Drive from 14:00hrs.

Kevin Garnett

Celtics defensive switch helps halt Bucks’ run

(Reuters) – Boston halted the Milwaukee Bucks’ six-game winning streak on Thursday after a defensive change in the third quarter helped them to a 100-91 road win that tightened their grip on an Eastern Conference playoff spot.

Agressive opener Johnson Charles will be looking to make an impression on his home ground today. (flickr.com/windiescricket photo)

Windies, Aussies set for tie-breaker

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – With their five-match One-day International series tantalizingly locked at 1-1 following a pulsating tie in Tuesday’s third game, West Indies and Australia will clash again here today, chasing a victory that will hand either side a huge advantage ahead of Sunday’s finale.

Imran ‘Magic’ Khan

Guyanese trio win at invitational box-off in T&T

Potential London Olympian and joint Junior Sportsman of the Year, Imran ‘Magic’ Khan along with Stefan Gouveia and Eon Bancroft registered victories in their respective bouts at the invitational box-off competition currently underway in Trinidad and Tobago.

Social Sciences in big hitting win

University of Guyana Inter-Faculty Twenty20 defending Champions, Social Sciences batted their way to a positive start to the 2012 Inter-Faculty T20 tournament yesterday on the campus ground.

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