Royston Alkins

A five-wicket haul from 19-year-old Keemo Paul and an eye-catching half-century from Chandrapaul Hemraj wrestled control in Guyana’s favour at the end of the second day of their regional four-day clash against the Barbados Tridents at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

A seventh wicket century stand between all-rounders Kenroy Williams and Justin Greaves dug the Barbados Pride out of a tricky position against the Guyana Jaguars, and guided the visitors to 282 – 7 at the close of the opening day, yesterday, in fifth round action of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional Four Day tournament at the National Stadium at Providence.

“We are ready to play anyone!” Those are the kind of bold statement birthed out of confidence, knowing all fully well the capabilities of your charges.

The Trinidad and Tobago Queen’s Park Hockey Club exacted a measure of revenge for their 2016 defeat to Pepsi Hikers by winning their showdown yesterday defeating their arch rivals 8 – 3 in this year’s final of the Diamond Mineral Water indoor hockey festival when the curtain came down at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall last evening.

Defending champions Pepsi Hikers were once again in red-hot form, this time crucifying Saints 15 – 4 to waltz their way into today’s semifinals in this year’s edition of the Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival.

By Royston Alkins  Georgetown completed a resounding eight-wicket win over East Coast at the Enterprise Community Centre ground yesterday on the back of a mean spell of left-arm spin bowling from West Indies Under – 19 spinner Ashmead Nedd in third round action of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Jaguars 50 overs tournament.

Defending champions Pepsi Hikers remained on course to defend their Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey title after downing hapless the Mixed Nuts unit 16 – 0 to cruise to their third consecutive win last evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall when the third evening of the 2017 festival ended last night.

Athletes who exercise their heartstrings in the relatively unknown sporting discipline of volleyball where spikes, serves and blocks provide entertainment for its followers, in contrast to popularly supported cricket and to a lesser extent football, are beginning to deserve their due.

Young Achievers Volleyball club was once again the dominant force on the Demerara volleyball circuit after downing their counterparts from the Vanguard Volleyball club in straight sets in the final of the Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) Men’s ‘B’ division playoff played at the National Gymnasium, Sunday evening.

Twenty-year-old National Squash player Nyron Joseph yesterday for the third time in the career, captured the annual Ansa McAl Lucozade national open handicap squash tournament after defeating Jonathan Antczak two gruelling sets to one at the Georgetown Club Squash court.

The national cricket selectors have made one change to the surging Guyana Jaguars 13-man squad for their third round encounter against second place Leeward Islands Hurricanes which begins Thursday at Warner Park, St Kitts.

A sense of ruthless is brewing in the Guyana Jaguars setup as they head into their second-round clash of Cricket West Indies Profession league with both skipper Leon Johnson and coach Esuan Crandon speaking of a need to improve the side’s performance even after dominating the Jamaica Scorpions in the opening round of their title defence.

At just age 19, Keemo Paul is embracing the tag of being a genuine all-rounder and is shouldering the responsibility quite well.

West Indies ‘A’ side duo, batsman Vishaul Singh and seamer Keon Joseph have been added to the Guyana Jaguars 13-man squad for their clash against the Windward Island Volcanoes beginning on Thursday at the Darren Sammy National Stadium, in St Lucia.

Left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul yesterday grabbed his fifth 10-wicket haul to spin three-time defending champions, the Guyana Jaguars, to a 264-run victory over the Jamaica Scorpions to begin their Cricket West Indies 2017/2018 Regional four – day profession league on a winning note at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Half-centuries from Chandrapaul Hemraj and wicketkeeper-batsman Anthony Bramble led the Guyana Jaguars to 258 – 8 against the Jamaica Scorpions at stumps on the opening day of the first-round action in the Cricket West Indies (CWI), Professional four – day league at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

Three-time defending champions the Guyana Jaguars will fancy their chances against a relatively inexperienced Jamaican Scorpions side when the two franchises meet today in the opening round of Cricket West Indies Regional four – day tournament at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Guyanese opening batsman Trevon Griffith who will be turning out for the Jamaica Scorpions against Guyana in the opening round of the Cricket West Indies regional four – day tournament, says he’s not too worried about the lack of experience in the Jamaican side.

The national selectors yesterday announced the squad for the first round of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) regional four-day tournament which begins Thursday at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Guyana All-Star defeated the Caribbean All-Star by five wickets in ‘Cricket Cares’ hurricane relief match at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence last evening.