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Malinga steps down as Lanka captain for World T20

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s World Twenty20 title defence suffered a jolt on the day the tournament gets underway with Lasith Malinga’s slow recovery from a knee injury forcing the fast bowler to hand over captaincy to Angelo Mathews.

Contracts dispute in the past, says upbeat Sammy

KOLKATA, India, CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy said yesterday the contracts impasse with the West Indies Cricket Board was a thing of the past and stressed the squad was now fully focused on winning the Twenty20 World Cup.

West Indies T20 captain Darren Sammy makes a point during his press conference in Kolkata  yesterday.

Sammy banking on replacement players

KOLKATA, India, CMC-West Indies captain Darren Sammy is banking on replacement players to step-up when the regional side begin their campaign in the World T20 tournament next Tuesday.

IN HAPPIER TIMES: Kieran Powell celebrates scoring his second hundred of a Test against Bangladesh back in 2012.

Powell set for PCL after breaking exile

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Enigmatic opener Kieran Powell appeared poised to make a dramatic return to first class cricket next weekend, two years after mysteriously bowing out of the regional spotlight.

Lasith Malinga

Malinga steps down as Lanka captain for World T20

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s World Twenty20 title defence suffered a jolt on the day the tournament gets underway with Lasith Malinga’s slow recovery from a knee injury forcing the fast bowler to hand over captaincy to Angelo Mathews.

Night of upsets as Pele, GFC lose

It was a night of upset wins as the Guyana Defence Force and Buxton United defeated Pele and Georgetown Football Club respectively when the League Finale section of the GFF Stag Beer Elite League continued on Sunday.

Windies ranked second ahead of T20 World Cup

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies will enter the Twenty20 World Cup in India second in the ICC rankings, with the hosts installed as the top-ranked side heading into the March 8 to April 3 global event.

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