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(Reuters) – Australia’s fast bowling stocks got some welcome news on Tuesday after James Pattinson suggested he could be fit in time for matches later in the Ashes series against England.

PUNE, India, CMC- Former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd has blamed a heavy diet of T20 cricket for the regional side’s humiliating defeat to India in the just concluded two-match test series.

MUMBAI, India, CMC- Former West Indies Captain Brian Lara has questioned the decision by selectors to ignore Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine for the Test leg of West Indies’ tour of India.

PUNE, India , CMC-West Indies cricket selectors seem to be coming under increasing pressure to review the role of test captain Darren Sammy following the team’s humiliating innings defeat to India in the recently concluded two-match test series.

MUMBAI, India, CMC-Former West Indies Captain Brian Lara has questioned the decision by selectors to ignore Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine for the Test leg of West Indies’ tour of India.

PUNE, India, CMC- Former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd has blamed a heavy diet of T20 cricket for the regional side’s humiliating defeat to India in the just concluded two-match test series.

Ransford Goodluck retained his title on a hard fought final day of competition at the National Rifle Shooting championships sponsored by Crown Mining, Queensway and Industrial Safety Supplies Inc.

Gibran Hussain on Sunday defeated Rono Joseph 3-0 to win the men’s singles category of the second annual Souvenir Ramdehol-sponsored Berbice Open table tennis championships at the Port Mourant Training School, Corentyne.

Minister of Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony has pledged his ministry’s support for the continuity of the ‘Ride For Life’ five-stage cycle road race.

The Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) yesterday bought hundreds of tickets for the 11th day of this year’s Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) football tournament paving the way for school children to be admitted free to witness the semifinal matches.

Port Mourant Training Centre (PMTC 1) maintained their unbeaten record this year when they won the Shamshadbagan Chattergoon Memorial volleyball competition Sunday at the Guysuco Apprentice Centre, Port Mourant, Corentyne.

Former national junior chess champion Anthony Drayton was the winner of the Guyana Chess Federation/Caribbean Containers Incorporated (CCI) senior championship qualification tournament which ended on Sunday at the Carifesta Sports Complex.

An all-round performance from Everest Cricket Club (ECC) skipper Troy Gonsalves set up a comfortable 88-run win yesterday against the touring Ontario Cricket Association (OCA)team at the Everest Cricket Club ground.

BUCHAREST, (Reuters) – Romania must attempt the ‘extraordinary’ if they are to overturn a 3-1 deficit against Greece in the second leg of their World Cup playoff in Bucharest today and end a 16-year absence from the tournament finals.

The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) has identified November 21-23 for the staging of trials to select the Demerara team to contest the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior Inter-County tournament.

ZAGREB,  (Reuters) – Croatia will have to overcome a sudden loss of form if they are to build on their impressive record of qualifying for major tournaments when they face Iceland in the return leg of their World Cup playoff today.

Seawall FC trounced Uitvlugt Warriors 4-0 when the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Stag Beer senior league continued at the Den Amstel community ground on Sunday.

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Portugal are 1-0 up after the first leg of the World Cup playoff against Sweden but with the return match being held at a stadium dubbed the ‘Zlatan Arena’ the job is by no means done.

MUMBAI, India, CMC-West Indies yesterday announced a 15 man squad to play a series of three Tests in New Zealand next month with no changes following their two humiliating defeats to India this month.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ruggers continued their sublime form on Sunday by winning the Flavor’s Fish shop Creole Food and Bar round robin Sevens tournament at the National Park.