Cricket

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Fast bowler Fidel Edwards grabbed a four-wicket haul in his first Test in two years as West Indies managed to subdue India’s batting juggernaut on the opening day of the first Test here yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Fidel Edwards erased many of the questions that his international career may have come to an abrupt end, following a career-threatening back injury.

Western Union continued their support of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) yesterday for the third consecutive year as they supplied five Berbician under-19 cricketers with $300,000 in cricketing gear at the company’s head office on Water Street.

Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), Hilbert Foster has resigned from the organization in protest over the state of Guyana’s cricket and the expulsion of a player from the county team.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – Kumar Sangakkara  scored his first international century in England as Sri Lanka  secured a draw when rain brought an early finish to the third  and final test yesterday.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – Stand-in captain  Kumar Sangakkara rued Sri Lanka’s bizarre batting collapse in  the first test after his team lost the three-match series 1-0 to  England.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Out-of-form England captain  Andrew Strauss will turn out for English county side Somerset  against India next month even though he is a Middlesex player.

As the one-time baseball legend and master of malapropisms Yogi Berra might have put it, it is like déjà vu all over again.

By Colin Benjamin On a day in which wickets fell so often it was if one was watching a highlights package of a 20 overs-a-side game, Demerara closed the second day of the 2011 Guyana and Trinidad Mutual (GTM) Under 19 Inter County three-day competition on 72 for 3 with a overall lead 160 runs, after they had bundled out Essequibo for miserly 96, at Providence National Stadium, yesterday.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen continued his return to form by hammering 85 but captain Andrew  Strauss failed again as England took a firm grip on the third  day of the third and final test against Sri Lanka yesterday.

Yesterday he was not the bane of a disenchanted Caribbean public but rather, the toast of the party, – the West Indies skipper that marshalled his troops to a rare victory over Pakistan with a five-wicket haul at the Guyana National Stadium.

A victory at last! That must have been the thoughts of the West Indies team and its supporters following the team’s 40-run triumph over Pakistan yesterday at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence to end a  two year drought.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Former Pakistan international  off-spinner Akram Raza was among seven people detained by police in Lahore for running an illegal betting ring.

By all counts it was an average game of cricket, and the tone for the ordinariness was set right at the start.

The short boundaries in Indore proved to be bad masters for Rajasthan Royals.

Thirteen wickets fell yesterday and the West Indies managed to regain control of the first Test match against Pakistan based on invaluable contributions from Devendra Bishoo, Ravi Rampaul and skipper Darren Sammy.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – UWI Cave Hill principal Sir Hilary Beckles has defended his comments characterizing Chris Gayle as a “don”, contending he was merely outlining a public perception that existed.

INDORE, India, (Reuters) – A blistering century stand  between Dinesh Karthik and Shaun Marsh guided Kings XI Punjab to  a six-wicket win over Kochi Tuskers Kerala and kept their Indian  Premier League playoff hopes alive yesterday.

West Indies newest test debutant Devendra Bishoo continued to impress with the ball delivering a sterling performance which he thought was good but also disappointing because his parents and manager were not present to witness.

Danny Mohanram stroked  a century to lead Max Masters to victory when the Stag Beer and El Dorado Rum nationwide softball tournament continued last Sunday at various venues.