As one recalls the West Indies impressive 2-2 series tie against the four-time World Cup champions and number one ranked one-day International team Australia, one has to quantify some basic realities.
The players on the national cricket team will sit out the final round of fixtures this weekend in the ongoing 2011/12 Regional four-day competition, hoping that results play out in their favour that would enable them to qualify for the semi-finals.
Guyana Beacons Masters and their Suriname counterparts played out to a 1-1 draw in an exhibition over 40 football match, at the Tucville Community Center Ground on Saturday evening.
From 1977/78 to 2009/10, the West Indies and Australia have been engaged in 20 one-day series in the respective teams’ backyards, that have either been bilateral, triangular or in some cases quadrangular.
Attorney General (AG) and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall has praised the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), crediting them as a sporting body whose standards should be replicated in all sporting disciplines throughout Guyana.
Guyana and West Indies Cricketer Devendra Bishoo won two awards during the fifth annual Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) awards and presentation ceremony, at the New Amsterdam State House, on Saturday evening.
One week after Ramsey Ali relinquished his position as President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) following a search at his home by members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), the other nine executives of the embattled board have now followed suit.
The Guyana cricket team will play its final two four-day games versus Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago in the ongoing 2011/12 regional first-class competition.
Guyana’s penultimate round clash of the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) four-day tournament against Barbados yesterday remained in doubt for two reasons.
The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has partnered with Hand-in-Hand Group of Companies to stage a 40-over Inter-Club tournament for teams in the West Berbice district.
Amid the cricket imbroglio here, the Guyana team is currently in fourth place on 24 points in the seven-team league of the 2011/12 regional first-class season and coach Esaun Crandon is full of praise for the leading batsmen and hoping that his side can improve.
Goals from striker Mynor Lopeez and midfielder Guillermon Ramirez propelled Guatemala to a 2-0 victory over a 10-man Guyana in the nation team’s first official International friendly for 2012, at the Providence Stadium last night.
The Golden Jaguars kick off their 2012 preparation for the upcoming 2014 World Cup qualifying third round matches that commence in June, with a key international friendly this evening against Central American side Guatemala at 20:00hrs at the Guyana National Stadium Providence.
After a somewhat predictable and easy 234-run opening round victory over the Leeward Islands – the Guyanese moved to the more stringent task of engaging the regional heavyweights.
A youthful Golden Jaguars unit will come up against a Tobago All Star team at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Tobago from 6pm today.
Basil Butcher was a constant in the West Indies middle-order as the team rose to No.1 in the world from 1963-1969.
The Clive Lloyd-headed Interim Management Committee (IMC) which was established by the government to oversee cricket in Guyana, commenced its first Public Consultation on cricket yesterday afternoon at the Carifesta Sports Complex.
Guyana will be looking to build on the momentum gained from their opening round victory over the Leeward Islands when they face off with the Windward Islands today in the second round of the 2011/12 West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) regional four-day competition at Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica.
The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has donated half a million dollars to veteran cricket journalist and international cricket commentator Sean Devers to assist him to undergo an operation overseas.
Recently re-elected President of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Roger Harper says the association simply plans to build on what they accomplished in 2011, for the new cricket calendar year.
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