Cricket

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan and Sri Lanka will play a three Test series, five one-day  internationals and a T20 match in the United Arab Emirates from  Oct.

The administration of the Berbice Cricket Board was earlier this week given a shot in the arm when Food for the Poor (Guy) Inc.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Barbados defended their St Kitts Under-13 Festival in style, crushing the St Kitts Development XI by a whopping 198 runs in their final match here Monday.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Another spectacular bowling spell from Anisa Mohammed swept West Indies Women to an 89-run victory over Pakistan Women in the second One-day International  yesterday.

The Berbice Cricket Board for the remainder of this year would be involved in over 30 off-the-field activities  and would also be  hosting numerous cricket tournaments at all levels.

The 2011 Berbice Cricket Board/Scotia Bank Cricket Academy was launched on Monday at the Area “H” ground with President Keith Foster challenging the 65 cricketers present to take full advantage of the opportunities being offered to them.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The Indian Cricket Board  (BCCI) has thrown its weight behind a protest against sweeping  government reforms intended to make the country’s sports  federations more transparent.

Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets and Port Mourant Karibee Rice registered wins in the only two matches played in the opening of the 2011 Ramcharitar Construction Service First Division 50-Over Knock-out Cricket Competition in Berbice last Saturday.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Unbeaten Barbados were poised to formally clinch the St Kitts Under-13 Festival title yesterday after chalking up their fifth straight win in the sixth round of the tournament on Sunday.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka will bank on  its spinners in the first test match against Australia starting tomorrow in Galle, a pitch historically favouring turn, but the visitors’ debutant bowlers may cause trouble to the host  nation’s batsmen.

Beverage giants, Demerara Distillers Limited, under its international brand Pepsi, has renewed cricket sponsorship of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Pepsi Under-19 team for this year.

Keon Joseph’s five wicket haul led West Berbice to victory over Blairmont Community Centre last Sunday as the 2011 Tenelec Inc.

In a truly one-sided contest, Malteenoes hammered second division side Third-class by 241 runs, in the final first round match of the Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) Queensway Cup limited-overs cricket competition at the Everest ground yesterday.

Albion Community Centre yesterday defeated Leguan’s Young Warriors by eight wickets in the Kares Engineering/Bushy Park Sawmills 10/10 Tapeball tournament at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda.

BIRMINGHAM, England, CMC – Itinerant West Indies Twenty20 batsman Kieron Pollard failed twice for Somerset as Leicestershire clinched the Friends Life T20 Championship here yesterday.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Barbados eased even closer to a successful title defence at the St Kitts Under-13 Cricket Festival when they trounced hosts St Kitts by 102 runs Friday, to record their second straight win.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A High Court judge has given the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) six weeks to enter a defence to a motion filed by the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) regarding the issuing of no objection certificates  (NOC) to regional players.

(BBC) Will Jefferson hit a six in the one-over eliminator as Leicestershire beat Lancashire in a rain-hit semi-final.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Lendl Simmons made a small contribution, helping Carlton reach the Final of the Super Cup One-day competition with three-wicket victory over highly-favoured Empire in the semi-finals  yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – In a repeat of the official World Cup staged earlier this year in their homeland, India overturned Sri Lanka to win the Lawyers’ World Cup by 22 runs on Saturday here.