The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) President’s XI clinched a dramatic, last-ball, one-wicket victory over North Essequibo Warriors in the scheduled final Super Eight match of the 2011 Carib/Pepsi Twenty20 competition at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday.
Guyanese fans are still basking in the triumph of the Golden Jaguars over Trinidad and Tobago’s Soca Warriors at Providence Stadium last weekend.
Goals from English-based mid-fielder and defender Ricky Shakes and Leon Cort propelled the Golden Jaguars to a historic 2-1 victory over the Soca Warriors, in the penultimate Group B, 2014 World Cup Qualifier at the Providence Stadium last evening.
Anton Cornelius, Assistant Coach of Trinidad and Tobago’s football team affectionately known as the “Soca Warriors” worldwide says his team is going all out for a victory over the home side in the crucial World Cup qualifying match at the Providence Stadium tomorrow.
The national football team continued their preparations with an intense session at the Police Sports Club, Eve Leary yesterday for what is being seen as one of the most important games in Guyana’s football history.
The 36th edition of the premier West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) limited overs tournament, now branded the Clive Lloyd/Regional Super 50 Cup, concluded last week here in Guyana, with Chris Gayle’s Jamaican side, winning their eighth regional title, while simultaneously securing the prestigious domestic double for 2011.
Jamaica survived a spirited fight-back from Trinidad and Tobago to secure the 2011 Regional 50 title now heralded the Clive Lloyd Trophy, with a five-wicket victory, at the Providence Stadium, last evening.
Finally, after 11 days of action, the 36th West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) one-day tournament, which started in 1976, will see pre-tournament favourites Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica clash in today’s final, a day/night encounter at the Providence Stadium.
Jamaica held their nerve and grabbed victory after number eleven, Odean Browne smashed the penultimate delivery of the innings for four runs in a dramatic one-wicket semi-final triumph over Sagicor High Performance Centre (HPC) at the Providence Stadium last evening.
Currently ignored senior West Indies fast-bowler Jerome Taylor, suggested he has an 80 % chance of appearing in Jamaica’s semi-final encounter versus Sagicor High Performance Center (HPC) tomorrow, at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence Taylor, as most cricket fans may be aware, has not donned the West Indies colours since June 2010.
Another high-class spell of off-spin bowling from 23-year old mystery off-spinner Sunil Narine propelled ten-time Regional limited overs champions Trinidad and Tobago into the 2011 Regional Super50 semi-finals with a 37-run victory over Jamaica, under the Duckworth/Lewis method at Everest Cricket Club yesterday.
Savvy death overs bowling from Jason Holder, inspired the Sagicor High Performance Center (HPC) to a tense seven-run victory over the Windward Islands in the final round Group A match of the 2011 Regional Super50 tournament, at the Everest Cricket Club, yesterday.
Mesmerizing spells of slow bowling from talented young off-spinner Sunil Narine and veteran leg-spinner Samuel Badree, spun 10 times regional limited overs champions Trinidad and Tobago to a five-wicket victory over co-defending champions Leeward Islands, of the second Group B encounter, in the 2011 Regional Super 50 tournament yesterday, at Providence Stadium.
The opening Group A match of the 2011 West Indies Super50 Championship between joint defending champions Barbados and the Sagicor High Performance Center (HPC) team at the Everest Cricket Club ground was delicately poised yesterday before rain intervened and the game ended up being ruled a no contest.
Guyana Captain Assad Fudadin said yesterday that stylish former-West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan, who was ruled out of Guyana’s squad for the Regional Super50 tournament will be missed.
Former West Indies wicket-keeper/batsman Andre Fletcher and medium-pacer Lionel Baker helped the Windwards Islands defeat the Leeward Islands by 151 runs in their final practice game before the start of the Regional Super50 tournament at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) Ground yesterday.
Co-defending Regional limited overs champions the Leeward Islands, who tied with Barbados at Sabina Park in last year’s final, and the Windward Islands are expected to arrive in Guyana today for their acclimatization camp ahead of the Regional Super50 one-day tournament scheduled to bowl off from October 19 – 29.
The final day of the two matches on display, Carib Beer/Friends of Cricket Heroes Cup, two-day, first-division club cricket competition, ended in draws at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) Ground and Police Sports Club, Eve Leary, on Sunday.
Co-defending Regional limited overs champions the Leeward Islands (who tied with Barbados at Sabina Park in last year’s final) and the Windward Islands are expected to arrive in Guyana this weekend in order to have an early acclimatisation camp ahead of the Regional Super50 one-day tournament which is scheduled to bowl off in Guyana on October 18.
Malteenoes were eight runs ahead at the end of the opening day of the Carib Beer/Friends of Cricket Heroes Cup, two-day, first-division match against the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) Ground, yesterday.
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