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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, CMC – Two-time Twenty20 World Cup-winning skipper, Darren Sammy, has been named head coach of Peshawar Zalmi in a surprise move, effectively ending his role as a player for the high profile Pakistan Super League franchise.

(CWI) The road to the ICC T20 World Cup continues today for the West Indies.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered a two-week quarantine for visitors from China and South Korea yesterday and delayed a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping originally planned for April in response to a widening coronavirus crisis.

TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Joshua DaSilva’s second half-century in as many games held up leaders Barbados Pride after the season’s leading scorer Kyle Mayers traded his bat for the ball to hurt Trinidad and Tobago Red Force.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Nkrumah Bonner’s third first class hundred underscored a dominant opening day for Jamaica Scorpions in their seventh round clash with Windward Islands Volcanoes.

(Field Level Media) If the Portland Trail Blazers are to overcome the 3 1/2-game gap between them and the Memphis Grizzlies, the team currently holding the Western Conference’s final playoff spot, games against struggling teams such as the Phoenix Suns will be a top priority.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket West Indies chief executive, Johnny Grave, has cautioned that the governing body needs to continue “living within its means” as it seeks to further consolidate its finances in the face of challenging global conditions.

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia dodged the Sydney rain to beat South Africa by five runs yesterday and set up a Women’s Twenty20 World Cup final against an Indian team, who earlier progressed to the final for the first time without a ball being bowled.

ASUNCION (Reuters) – A lawyer for former Brazil striker Ronaldinho Gaucho said his client will remain in Paraguay to help police with their enquiries into why he entered the country in possession of an adulterated Paraguayan passport.

(Reuters) – Michel Platini, the former head of European football’s governing body UEFA, has lost his appeal at the European Court of Human Rights against his four-year ban from soccer.

LONDON (Reuters) – Players in England’s Premier League will forgo the traditional pre-game handshake between opponents as a measure to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus, the league said yesterday.

ZURICH (Reuters) – FIFA is considering postponing the Asian World Cup qualifiers due to be played this month because of the coronavirus outbreak, the global soccer body said yesterday.

MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian cricket board is monitoring the development of the coronavirus outbreak in the country but says there is no current threat to its flagship Indian Premier League, with the franchise-based tournament scheduled to start later this month.

Tevin Imlach returns to the Guyana Jaguars squad, replacing the injured Chandrapaul Hemraj for tomorrow’s seventh round clash against Leeward Islands Hurricanes at Providence in the West Indies Championships.

The Guyana Cricket Board/Superbet senior female Inter-County tournament is expected to bowl off today.

Plans are on stream for the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) to stage a two-day meet dubbed the ‘Early Season Classic’ for juniors and seniors at the National Track and Field Centre from March 14.

The Lady Jaguars were dumped out the CONCACAF Women’s U20 Football competition losing to heavyweight Haiti by a 0-3 scoreline yesterday at the Estadio Panamericano, San Cristobal, Dominican Republic.

KANDY, Sri Lanka, CMC – Speedster Oshane Thomas conjured up a stunning maiden five-wicket haul while opener Lendl Simmons hit a measured unbeaten half-century, as West Indies celebrated captain Kieron Pollard’s 500th Twenty20 with a clinical 25-run victory over Sri Lanka here yesterday.

(Reuters) – Opener Janneman Malan struck a sparkling unbeaten century to guide South Africa to a six-wicket win over Australia in the second one-day international in Bloemfontein yesterday which sealed victory in the series.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Shemaine Campbelle has climbed eight places in the Twenty20 batting rankings, despite West Indies’ poor showing at the ongoing Women’s Twenty20 World Cup here.