CENTURION, South Africa, (Reuters) – Yusuf Pathan’s blistering century proved in vain for India as South Africa won the fifth and decisive one-day international by 33 runs yesterday to take the series 3-2.
An act unprecedented in the history of sports will take place today with the staging of two elections by the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB).
The Leeward Islands left their best performance for last as they humbled a determined Canada outfit by 19 runs in their final group B match at the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship at Kensington Oval last night.
A great amount of energy is being expended by the warring factions of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) to secure electoral advantages in the run-up to its elections.
By Marlon Munroe National cricket coach Ravindranauth Seeram has laid the blame squarely at the feet of the batsmen for the exit of the Amazon Conquerors cricket team from the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament after the preliminary round.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A Devon Smith half-century, backed up by disciplined bowling, propelled the Windward Islands to a 17-run win over Jamaica and into the semi-finals of the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship on Thursday night.
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, (Reuters) – South Africa levelled the one-day series at 2-2 by beating India by 48 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method after bad weather ruined the fourth match yesterday.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Out of-favour batsman Lendl Simmons says he is upbeat about his future in West Indies cricket following a productive meeting with chief selector Clyde Butts on Thursday.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – World Cup reject Shaun Marsh’s second one-day international century and a fine all round performance from Doug Bollinger helped Australia to a 46-run victory over England in their second one-day international in Hobart yesterday.
President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh has reported that the annual returns requested by the Registrar of Friendly Societies are currently with accounting firm Barcellos, Narine and Company.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – English County Somerset captalised on a limp display from Combined Campuses and Colleges to carve out a 42-run win and remain in contention for the semi-finals of the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship yesterday.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies teenaged batting star Stafanie Taylor has jumped to number two in the latest ICC Women’s batting rankings, following her prolific scoring against India in the recent One-Day International series.
Former West Indies players Roger Harper and Reon King are the names being bandied around to replace current coach of the national senior cricket team Rabindranauth Seeram.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Chief West Indies selector Clyde Butts says Trinidadian batsman Lendl Simmons still has a role to play in the regional side, though the flashy right-hander has been repeatedly overlooked by selectors for the last year.
BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – John Buchanan, who coached Australia to the last two of their three successive World Cup wins, has backed Ricky Ponting to lead them back into the final again in 2011 despite their recent Ashes humiliation.
BANGALORE, India, CMC – Former West Indies captain Brian Lara believes that the senior players in the Caribbean side will have to play crucial roles if the team is to do well at the World Cup starting next month in Asia.
ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard was perhaps due a failure and finally got one but his South Australia Redbacks survived this to score a 10-run win over Queensland in the Twenty20 Big Bash yesterday.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Ramnaresh Sarwan has been recalled to the West Indies team for the 2011 World Cup, starting on February 19 in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.
The West Indies selectors are happy with the fitness of Guyanese strokemaker Ramnaresh Sarwan and that is why they have included him in the West Indies World Cup squad announced yesterday.
By Marlon Munroe Outgoing president of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh hopes that the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) executive resolves its issues before elections on Saturday.
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