Joe Root hit his 13th centuryfeatured   BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – England’s Joe Root and Alastair Cook crafted superb centuries to lead the hosts to a commanding 348 for three on the opening day of their first day-night test against West Indies today.

BIRMINGHAM, England, CMC – Inexperienced West Indies will hope to silence their many detractors when they clash with a dominant England in the historic day/night opening Test at Edgbaston here today, in what is likely to be their sternest challenge in recent times.

World Youth silver medalist, Daniel Williams along with CARIFTA Games gold getter Chantoba Bright and South American Junior silver medallist Joanna Archer will spearhead Guyana’s 26-member Track and Field team during the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) in Suriname next weekend.

  The Guyana Amazon Warriors will play their first home game of the 2017 edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) against the Jamaican Tallawahs this evening at 6:00 pm at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

(Reuters) – Serena Williams aims to defend her Australian Open title next year, the American saying the rapid return to action would only give her around three months to prepare after giving birth to her first child.

Guyana got off to a fabulous start yesterday, by winning three matches when play began in the team events at NLA XXV Senior Caribbean Squash Championships in Kingstown, St.

Riders from this year’s ‘Teach Them Young’ cycling programme will be on show at the inner circuit of the National Park on Saturday when organizer and cycling coach, Hassan Mohamed and Banks DIH Limited under the Malta Supreme brand team up to host an 11-race youth cycle programme.

AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – Robin van Persie is in line for a recall to the Netherlands national team after an absence of almost two years.

BIRMINGHAM, England, CMC – West Indies captain Jason Holder is hoping his side’s relative experience with the pink ball pays dividends when they face England in the historic day/night Test starting her today.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Opening batsman Mark Stoneman has been selected to make his debut for England in their first day-night test match against the West Indies, starting at Edgbaston today.

LONDON, CMC – Legendary former seamer Sir Curtly Ambrose has held out little hope for embattled West Indies in the three-Test series against England starting here Thursday.

Althea Scipio, General Secretary of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), has officially tendered her resignation from the entity.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Real Madrid won the Spanish Super Cup for the 10th time with a 2-0 win over rivals Barcelona at a joyous Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday to complete a 5-1 aggregate victory that underlined their new status as Spain’s dominant force.

(Reuters) – Unseeded American teenager Frances Tiafoe upset red-hot Alexander Zverev 4-6 6-3 6-4 to reach the third round of the Cincinnati Open on Wednesday.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – A day after Sri Lanka’s test captain Dinesh Chandimal apologised for a 3-0 series whitewash against India, limited-overs captain Upul Tharanga has asked fans for patience ahead of their upcoming ODIs and Twenty20 matches.

(Reuters) – Mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor is happy about the switch to lighter gloves for his Aug.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Batsman Emmanuel Stewart returned from West Indies Under-19 duty to immediately stamp his authority, as he steered Windward Islands to a convincing seven-wicket victory over Jamaica in the opening round of the Regional Under-19 one-day championship here yesterday.

(ESPNCRICINFO) For the first 37 overs of the game, St Lucia Stars were ahead and cruising.

The Guyana Amazon Warriors yesterday visited the St. John’s Bosco Boys Orphanage at Ben Profitt Drive, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara.

LONDON, CMC – Head coach Stuart Law has praised the character of Test captain Jason Holder and says he could be an effective leader over the next decade in West Indies cricket.

LONDON,  CMC – Team manager, Joel Garner, has warned pundits to write off West Indies “at their own peril” as the Caribbean side gear up for the opening Test of the three-match series against England starting tomorrow.

Guyana’s winless record in the CONCACAF Boys U15 Championship continued, as they went down to Suriname by a 3-1 score-line yesterday at the IMG Academy Facility, Florida, United States of America.

(Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni is no longer an automatic choice in one-day internationals and the former India captain needs to keep performing to be involved in the 2019 World Cup, chief selector MSK Prasad has said.

Guyana concluded its participation in the Individual event of the XXV NLA Senior CASA in St.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Players will face a much more intense Regional Four-Day Championship when the first class tournament bowls off in October, as the 10 rounds of competition is set to be completed in just three months.