Cricket

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – St Lucia installed themselves as frontrunners to take the Jean Pierre Under-16 Championship when they upset title favourites Barbados on day three of the tournament Monday.

St John’s, Antigua – Barbadian First Class batsman Kraigg Brathwaite will lead the West Indies Under 19 team on a tour to the United Arab Emirates to play against Australia Under 19s.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Battered Bermuda’s survival in the World Cricket League Division Two was hanging by a thread after they slumped to their third defeat in four matches with a crushing 87-run defeat at the hands of Namibia here yesterday.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Bangladesh coach Jamie Siddons  will not have his contract renewed when it expires at the end of June, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said yesterday.

By Treiston Joseph President Bharrat Jagdeo Sunday night congratulated the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) on a successful 10/10  softball tournament after bowling the first ball of the final to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GT&T, Yog Mahadeo at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence last Sunday evening.

After 19 years in office at the helm of Guyana’s cricket Chetram Singh is about to call it a day but his impending departure will take longer than anticipated due to critical oversight by the Friendly Societies.

West Indies middle order batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan stroked an unbeaten double century along with a century from Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) partner Vishal Singh to beat Transport Sports Club (TSC) by an innings in the last round of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) two-day Carib Beer/Heroes Cup first division competition over the weekend.

The Trinidad & Tobago national two-day championship league continued over the weekend with Kellon Carmichael and Deon Ferrier of Aranguez being among the wickets.

The East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) is to resume the Carib Twenty/20 and the Rockaway Auto Sales Major and Minor League within the next week and is

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Shane Watson struck a world  record 15 sixes in an unbeaten innings of 185 from only 96 balls  to take Australia to a crushing nine wicket victory over  Bangladesh in the second one-day international yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Sports Minister Olivia Grange has hailed the leadership of captain Tamar Lambert in Jamaica’s capture of their fourth straight Regional First Class Championship.

KOLKATA, (Reuters) – South Africa all-rounder  Jacques Kallis notched his second successive half-century to  power Kolkata Knight Riders to a nine-run victory over Deccan  Chargers in the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Former West Indies batsman Runako Morton put his legal troubles behind him to stroke an unbeaten half-century for Queens Park, helping them to a resounding 174-run win over Preysal in the fifth round of the Premier Division here Sunday.

The Universal Solutions Tigers of Berbice ousted defending champions, Trophy Stall from the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) 10/10 softball cricket competition in the quarter finals at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday.

Guyana became the fourth Caribbean country to benefit from Digicel Grassroots Cricket Programme that was launched at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) on Friday afternoon.

KOCHI/HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) – Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore recorded comfortable away victories to open their respective campaigns in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday.

DHAKA (Reuters) – Michael Clarke got his captaincy off to a terrific start by smashing a century and leading Australia to a 60-run win over Bangladesh in the first One-Day International in Dhaka yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jamaica crushed Combined Campuses and Colleges by eight wickets inside two days yesterday to clinch their fourth straight Regional First Class Championship.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Jason Anderson struck an unbeaten century as Bermuda got their World Cricket League Division Two campaign back on track with a comfortable 69-run win over Hong Kong here yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago have decided against pursuing any further legal action against the West Indies Cricket Board over last week’s contentious Regional First Class Championship semi-final versus Jamaica.