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Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

Hamilton hunts down Verstappen to win in Hungary

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton hunted down Max Verstappen to win the Hungarian Grand Prix for a record-extending seventh time yesterday and surge 62 points clear in the championship standings.

West Indies batsman Rovman Powell … struck his second T20 International half-century.
West Indies batsman Rovman Powell … struck his second T20 International half-century.

Rain, slow batting condemn Windies to T20 series defeat

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida,  CMC – Luckless West Indies conceded their three-match series to India here yesterday after thunderstorms stalled an already stuttering run chase, leaving them with a 22-run defeat under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method.

A counter-attack by Nicholas Pooran was not
enough to save the West Indies. (CWI photo)

Windies thwarted by batting in opening defeat

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, CMC – World champions West Indies were left to rue another dismal batting effort as they slipped to a four-wicket defeat to India in the opening Twenty20 International of the three-match series here yesterday.

Abhimanyu Easwaran (left) and Anmolpreet Singh during their 100-run stand.

Easwaran, Anmolpreet hand Windies A series defeat

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Abhimanyu Easwaran and Anmolpreet Singh carved out unbeaten half-centuries as India A marched to a dominant seven-wicket victory over West Indies A here yesterday, to capture the second four-day “Test” and take a winning 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

Off-spinner Sham Persaud (right) bowling to Safraz Sheriffudeen while Ronald Jaisingh is at the non-striker’s end.

Everest Masters pipped by West Dem Mavericks

An unbroken 46-run partnership for the ninth wicket between Mark Gittens and Sham Persaud gave West Demerara Mavericks a great come from behind victory by two wickets over Everest Masters on Emancipation Day in Georgetown.

The newly appointed IMC of the Blairmont Community Centre Cricket Club.

Blairmont cricket club installs IMC

An interim management committee (IMC) has been installed to manage the Blairmont Community Centre Cricket Club (BCCCC) until the next Annual General Meeting in January next year.

Anthony Bramble

No magic formula for turnaround: Brathwaite

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida,  CMC – Reigning world champions West Indies will seek to arrest a worrying trend when they clash with powerhouses India in the opening Twenty20 International of a three-match series here today.

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