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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-  Three former West Indies wicketkeepers, Jackie Hendricks, Deryck Murray and Jeff Dujon, have questioned the decision by selectors not to include Denesh Ramdin for the upcoming Test series against India.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Australia paceman Mitchell Starc can take 300 test wickets and join the ranks of the nation’s great seamers if he can stay fit for long enough, coach Darren Lehmann said.

(Reuters) – England should have gambled on seamer James Anderson’s fitness and included him in the squad for the first test against Pakistan at Lord’s, paceman Stuart Broad has said.

(Reuters) – Banned Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir would not have the chance to return to the sport on Thursday after serving a five-year ban for spot-fixing if former England batsman Kevin Pietersen had his way.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Uncapped fast bowler Miguel Cummins has another shot at making his Test debut after he was called up as replacement for Jerome Taylor in the 13-member squad for the upcoming first Test match against India.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC- Fast bowler Jerome Taylor has been added to the St.

Many musclemen have competed for the coveted Mr. Guyana title over the years.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Barbadian batsman Roston Chase has been called up to Test duty but selectors have confirmed the axing of wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin and have also overlooked left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican.

Annai Secondary successfully retained their Region #9 title overcoming hosts St.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Rain once again took the headlines, forcing the abandonment of the entire round of the Regional Women’s Championship here yesterday, without a ball being bowled.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Sprint king Usain Bolt was named to the Jamaican Olympic team in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m races despite an injury that kept him from qualifying at trials, the Jamaican Olympic Association said yesterday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The local organizing committee for the upcoming Rio Olympics is running a deficit of between 400 million and 500 million reais ($121 million to $151 million), a source with direct knowledge of the committee’s finances told Reuters yesterday.

Five reigning Olympic gold medallists and five current world champions feature on the US team for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

(Reuters) – World champions Shawn Barber and Derek Drouin and heptathlon favourite Brianne Theisen-Eaton headline a 65-member Canadian athletics team for the RioOlympics announced yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Discarded West Indies wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin has been penalized by the West Indies Cricket Board for his Twitter rant last week announcing his sacking from the Test squad.

(Reuters) – San Antonio Spurs stalwart Tim Duncan, a model of consistency during an illustrious career during which he won five NBA championships and established himself as the game’s greatest power forward, is calling it a career.

(Reuters) – A jockstrap worn by boxer Joe Frazier when he defeated Muhammad Ali for the combined heavyweight title hit the auction block on Monday, along with the gloves Ali wore in that 1971 bout dubbed the “Fight of the Century.”

(Reuters) – Maria Sharapova will miss next month’s Rio Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) yesterday decided to defer its decision on the Russian multiple grand slam champion’s appeal against a two-year doping ban until September.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Canadian Milos Raonic declared that he would stop at nothing to win a major title after admitting his straight sets loss to Andy Murray in Sunday’s Wimbledon final would sting.

(Reuters) – Thousands of fans greeted Euro 2016 champions Portugal as they landed in Lisbon yesterday, chanting the name of goal hero Eder, whose extra-time screamer sealed the 1-0 victory over France.