Cricket

MOHALI, India, Mar 12, CMC – Opener Devon Smith says scoring his maiden One-Day International century has given him added confidence for West Indies’ clash with England next Thursday in Chennai.

Regional cricketers Runako Morton and Tonito Willett were both charged for possession of marijuana on Friday night by Morvant police.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Andre Fletcher continued his rich vein of form for Windward Islands, after career-best bowling from Liam Sebastien against Barbados in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.

SPANISH TOWN, Jamaica, CMC – An attacking half-century from Kyle Corbin helped Combined Campuses and Colleges survive a slump and keep leaders Jamaica at bay on the shortened second day of their fifth round Regional First Class Championship match here yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago narrowly grabbed first innings points over Leeward Islands and tightened their grip on the match with two late strikes on the second day of their fifth round match of the Regional First Class Championship yesterday.

Leg-spinner Davendra Bishoo, currently with the West Indies team at the World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, was Saturday night named Cricketer of the Year at the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) fourth annual awards ceremony.

President of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Roger Harper has urged young cricketers to strive for higher heights.

By Tony Cozier At the ICC World Cup In DELHI The West  Indies’ choice of their third substitute player for the current World Cup is as bewildering as that of Cameron Cuffy for Carl Hooper at the 1996 version.

The penultimate day of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) Mashramani Meet produced five records and 41 personal best times at the Castellani Pool, Homestrectch Avenue on Saturday.

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – Yuvraj Singh produced a  stunning all-round show to become the first player to top up a  five-wicket haul with a half century in the World Cup as India  pulled off a nervy victory over Ireland yesterday.

CHENNAI, (Reuters) – England’s much-maligned bowlers  conjured up a lion-hearted effort to pull off a remarkable  six-run victory against South Africa as their wildly fluctuating  World Cup adventure took another dramatic turn yesterday.

CHANDIGARH, India, CMC – Ottis Gibson has debunked comments from International Cricket Council Chief Executive Officer Haroon Lorgat that seemed to downplay last Friday’s stoning of the West Indies team bus, following their World Cup match against Bangladesh in Dhaka.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Pakistan are flying in the World  Cup after three straight wins but they still have problems right  from the top which New Zealand will aim to exploit when the two  meet in their Group A match in Kandy tomorrow.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh, CMC – All proof that West Indies had descended below Bangladesh in the One-day International Rankings was strongly rebuffed yesterday, when they emphatically demolished the World Cup co-hosts by nine wickets.

By Tony Cozier At the ICC World Cup In DHAKA There was an utter ruthlessness about the West Indies humiliation of feeble Bangladesh here yesterday rarely witnessed in their recent times of decline.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – West Indies’ bus was struck by  stones thrown by Bangladesh fans after the co-hosts were heavily  beaten in the Cricket World Cup Group B match yesterday.

Injured West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago all rounder Dwayne Bravo will undergo surgery to his damaged knee in Australia next week.

The batting display yesterday at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda, again underscored what coach Mark Harper and captain Assad Fudadin have been saying all along.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh, CMC – Darren Sammy hailed Chris Gayle’s stern pep-talk before taking the field for putting West Indies in the right frame of mind ahead of their pivotal World Cup Group-B match against Bangladesh yesterday.

AHMEDABAD, India, CMC – Martin Guptill and Brendon McCullum formalised a 10-wicket victory for New Zealand over Zimbabwe with an unbroken hundred with opening stand in the World Cup yesterday.