Colin Benjamin

The Guyana Government yesterday stated that despite the protestations of the International Cricket Council (ICC) the Interim Management Committee (IMC) it set up late last year was going ahead with its work.

Attorney General (AG) and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall has slammed the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for intransigence and  turning a blind eye to the serious issues facing Guyana’s cricket administration.

The Golden Jaguars completed a successful 2011 by qualifying for the third round of the CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers for the first time in the nation’s history, since Guyana commenced participation in World Cup qualifiers for the 1978 World Cup in Argentina.

Cricket Operations Officer of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Robin Singh is claiming that the current impasse between the GCB and the government installed Interim Management Committee (IMC) has affected the preparation of the national side.

Thrust into the captaincy of the Guyana national cricket team which will compete in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) regional Four-day competition which bowls off Friday, 22-year-old Veerasammy Permaul understands that he will have to make adjustments quickly.

The opening day of the three-day practice game at the Guyana National Stadium Providence, scheduled by the Interim Management Com-mittee (IMC) ahead of the Regional four-day tournament which bowls off on Friday, was washed out without a ball being bowled, due to persistent rainfall throughout the day.

By Colin Benjamin in Barbados Jamaica defeated the Windward Islands by five-wickets in the first semi-final of the 2012 Caribbean Twenty20 tournament yesterday at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados and advanced to the final scheduled for today.

By Colin Benjamin in Barbados The Guyana cricket team affectionately known as the “Amazon Conquerors” will lock horns with competition minnows Canada in their third Group B match of the 2012 Caribbean Twenty20 competition at the  world famous Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados from 16:00hrs today.

Giftland Officemax became the first corporate entity this year to throw its support behind the Guyana National football team after signing a $4.25 million-dollar contract with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) as the team prepares for the third round of the  CONCACAF 2014 World Cup Qualifiers against Mexico, Costa Rica and El Salvador from June 8 – October 16.

The Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago cricket teams affectionately known by their respective supporters as the “Amazon Conquerors” and “Red Fury” in recent times, clash this evening at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua, in a crucial Group A match of the 2012 Caribbean Twenty20 competition, in which the winner will almost certainly have one foot in the semi-finals.

Trinidad and Tobago semi-professional football club Neal and Massy Caledonia AIA are the 2011/12 Kashif and Shanghai champions after they defeated Pele FC 2-0 in the final of the 22nd staging of the annual tournament On New Year’s Day at the Providence National Stadium.

The 22nd annual 2011/12 Kashif and Shanghai football tournament, the premier football competition in Guyana over the past two decades, which commenced this year on December 10h with 22 teams, vying for the prestigious prize of one pound of gold (4 million dollars) concludes tonight at the Providence National Stadium with just the final two teams – Pele and Neal and Massy Caledonia AIA of Trinidad and Tobago facing off.

Pele and Neal and Massy Caledonia AIA of Trinidad and Tobago secured identical 3-1 triumphs over Linden sides Amelia’s Ward and Milerock respectively in the semi-finals of the 22nd annual Kashif and Shanghai tournament at the Providence Stadium on Friday evening.

The drafting of legislation aimed at making the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) a legal entity will be among four main objectives of the Interim Management Committee.(IMC).

Secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Anand Sanasie said yesterday that the GCB was awaiting a  response from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) with respect to what steps to take next regarding the running of  cricket in Guyana.

Festive season action in the Georgetown Football Association Banks Beer Cup will kick off today with a quarter-final double-header at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground starting from 18:00hrs.

Caribbean United of Barbados and Milerock secured similar 2-0 victories over Winners Connection and Seawall FC respectively when action in 22nd annual Kashif and Shanghai tournament continued at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Ground on Friday evening.

Georgetown Football Club (GFC) and Santos FC were the victorious teams in the final two round-of-16 matches in the Banks Beer Knockout Cup at the Georgetown Football Club Ground on Wednesday evening.

With the elimination of the Trinidad Soca Warriors football team by Guyana’s Golden Jaguars from the 2014 World Cup Qualifying campaign still fresh in their minds, a Trinidad Club team is here to avenge that team’s elimination while hoping to strike gold to boot, a pound of gold that is.

Tournament favourites Pele and the Kashif and Shanghai tournament to a lesser extent, received a boost with Canadian-born Golden Jaguars representative Julien Edwards linking up with the Pele side for the remainder of the competition.