It was an all-too-familiar batting collapse by the West Indies yesterday that served as a lingering reminder of the team’s penchant for squandering good positions and its susceptibility to quality spin bowling.
Over the next five days of the first Digicel Test match against Pakistan, West Indies captain Darren Sammy will undergo a series of tests at the Guyana National Stadium.
Two years away from all forms of cricket must have roused a beast out of hibernation in Marlon Samuels because certainly the double hundred he plundered yesterday against his West Indies counterparts was as savage as ever.
Misbah Ul-Haq rattled up his 33rd first-class ton for Pakistan on the first day of the two-day warm-up match against Guyana to leave Pakistan sitting pretty going into the final day at the Guyana Cricket Club (GCC) Ground, Bourda.
Corporate Communications Officer of the West Indies Cricket Board Imran Khan said yesterday that West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul will play in the two-day match for Guyana against Pakistan at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground as he was originally slated to.
GFF presidential hopeful Odinga Lumumba again bemoaned poor football standard in Guyana, while also outlining his vision for a complete turnaround for the sport if elected on May 27 to succeed current president Colin Klass.
National cricket coach Mark Harper is already relishing the prospect of having Shivnarine Chanderpaul in his team for the practice match against Pakistan tomorrow at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda.
Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi took a swipe at the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for its exclusion of the region’s most experienced players for the current Digicel ODI Home Series.
With questions constantly swirling around his head from all quarters regarding his relevance in the West Indies team, captain Darren Sammy said yesterday that he is one innings away from producing something special for the regional squad.
The West Indies and Pakistan quietly arrived in Guyana yesterday to a lukewarm reception for the fifth and final ODI of the Digicel Home Series tomorrow at the Guyana National Stadium.
The Universal DVD Berbice Titans added another accolade to its growing list with a comfortable 85-run win over the Carib Beer East Coast Jaguars in the Arrival Day T20 Championships yesterday at the Albion Community Centre ground.
Skipper of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) team to contest the annual Indian Arrival Cup T20 Cricket Championship Leon Johnson is confident of success despite having lost to the East Berbice Universal DVD Club Titans twice before.
Chief Instructor of the Guyana Karate College (GKC) Master Frank Woon- A-Tai is pleased that the institution’s membership has increased since his last visit to Guyana, and he also noted that the newly-formed Canada-based International Karate Daigaku (IDK) is thriving.
Colonel Bruce Lovell and Competitions Coordinator of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Lawrence Griffith have refuted reports that they are interested in contesting positions on behalf of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) at the upcoming elections on May 27.
In a sport dominated by men in Guyana, Dawn Mc Cammon-Barker has set out to prove that she can powerlift just the same, setting a standard that has never been achieved by any other woman in Guyana in the sport.
The Brainstreet Group joined the growing list of sponsors of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) with the launching of an Under-15 One-Day tournament that commences on Tuesday with five matches at various grounds in the city.
Sustained pressure from the Georgetown Football Association and Guyana Football Referee Council has resulted in the postponement of the GFF elections and Congress that were scheduled for today.
Apart from disappointment among some local cricket officials about the omission of experienced West Indies batsmen Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan from the one-day team, there is dismay that a cogent justification was not given by WICB selectors.