Cricket

LONDON, (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar at the peak of  his considerable powers can mark the 2,000th test at Lord’s  starting today with an unprecedented 100th international  century at the headquarters of world cricket when India face  England.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England left-arm spinner Monty  Panesar has been bowling at Sachin Tendulkar in the Lord’s nets  as the Indian master prepares for the first test starting at  world cricket’s headquarters today.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England captain Andrew Strauss  expressed reservations yesterday about the decision to  dispense with ball-tracking technology during the four-test  series against India starting at Lord’s today.

Jamaica crushed Trinidad and Tobago by 10 wickets in their opening match in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) under-19 three-day tourney held at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday.

LAUDERHILL, Florida, CMC – Bermuda notched up their second win but almost came unstuck in a rain-hit match before beating Suriname by eight runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method in an ICC Americas Region Division One Twenty20 Championship match here on Tuesday.

Guyana’s Under-19 cricketers closed the second day of their opening West Indies Cricket Board three-day match against the Leeward Islands with an outright victory in sight after a day in which they thoroughly dominated the visitors at the Providence National Stadium.

Guyana will be heading to the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championships from July 23-29 in the Bahamas after a 10 year absence from the event.

Enterprising partnerships along with half centuries from Anthony Alleyne and Shane Paris firmly placed Barbados in the driver’s seat over the Windward Islands going into the final day today of their first round WICB three-day tournament at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground.

A fine all-round effort from Donovan Nelson placed Jamaica in a strong position against Trinidad and Tobago after the conclusion of the second day of the three-day West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) under-19 tournament at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday.

Fans are in for a treat in mid-August when the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) hosts a four-nation T20 cricket series, involving regional teams.

Led by a 4-wicket haul by Essequibo all-rounder Anthony Adams and an unbeaten 72 by star batsman Chanderpaul Hemraj, Guyana closed the first day of their opening 2011 West Indies Cricket Board Under-19 tournament match with a first innings advantage of 44 runs over the Leeward Islands.

It was a day of changing fortunes  until Barbados gained the edge on the first day over the Windward Islands in the WICB three-day tournament

The Guyana cricketers who finished third in the regional under-15 tournament in Trinidad, which concluded last Friday,  performed satisfactorily, according to squad manager Elroy Stephney.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters – Apart from motorcycles,  Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s obsession is firearms and the India  captain would be thoroughly justified in believing he has enough  ammunition to foil any bid to topple his team from the top of  the test rankings.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Andrew Strauss delivers a  spirited defence of his preference for a four-man attack in his  latest book, asserting that research shows England win more  matches with an extra batsman than they do with a fifth bowler.

(Reuters) – England-India factbox before the first  of a four-test series starting at Lord’s in London on Thursday.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – Stuart Law needs to form a stable  relationship with the senior figures in Bangladesh cricket in  order to push the team up the world rankings, the new coach said  yesterday.

England’s selectors won’t be overly taxed in deciding on the squad for the first Test against India which will be announced today.

The Georgetown Cricket Association under-10 kiddies 5 day camp, sponsored by Guyoil and Tradewinds Tankers concluded yesterday at the St.Stanislaus

India’s bowlers continued to find it hard going yesterday at Taunton as Somerset amassed 425 for 3 before declaring shortly before their allotted 100-over first innings was completed.