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ST. JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC- Ottis Gibson has signed a new three year contract as Head Coach of the West Indies cricket team, the WICB announced late  yesterday.

MUMBAI, India,  CMC – West Indies Women narrowly squeezed into the Super Six, second round of the ICC Women’s World Cup here  yesterday after their unpredictable batting failed again in a six-wicket loss to defending champions England.

Guyana’s Jonathan Foo was in sparkling form striking an unbeaten 151 to lead F&E Diamond to an upset victory over First Citizens Clarke Road in their third round National League 50 overs clash at Kennedy Park in Diamond Village, Trinidad on Saturday.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC- Ottis Gibson has signed a new three year contract as Head Coach of the West Indies cricket team, the WICB announced late today.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Hashim Amla occupies the top spot in both the test and one-day rankings but would not call himself the best batsman even in the South African dressing room.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Singapore, which European investigators say is the source for hundreds of soccer matches being fixed in a global betting scam, promised today to aid the probe but some in the game said many of the revelations were nothing new.

(WICB) GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Esuan Crandon said he was looking for a continued positive performance from his side in this year’s Regional 4-Day and Super50 Tournaments.

Defending champions, Guyana Defence Force (GDF) along with the Guyana Police Force (GPF) with military precision, marched into the quarter-finals of the NAMILCO Football Classic after eliminating their respective opponents on Sunday at the Fruta Conquerors ground.

President of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), Keith Foster says that the Berbice Cricket Board’s (BCB) involvement in any activities sanctioned by the new executive of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) will be dependent on its executives.

MELBOURNE, Australia,  CMC – All-rounder Shane Watson has been recalled for the next two One-Day Internationals of the five-match series against West Indies.

Kwesi Jones’s dream of fighting his nemesis Barbadian Shawn Cox could become a reality on the February 24 Night of Champions II card.

The newly established University of Guyana (UG) Track and Field Club (UGTFC)has already began its inaugural campaign in the 2013 calendar season scheduled by the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG).

Theresa London and Akisha Arokium returned from participating in the Trinidad National Open Boxing Championship last weekend more experienced despite losing their bouts.

On a day highlighted by a goal scoring windfall powerhouse South Ruimveldt Secondary, powered by a Keith Caines hat trick, crushed a game Bishops’ High 8-3 in the latest action of the Milo U20 School Football tourney on Sunday.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Dale Steyn’s career-best bowling figures of 11 wickets for 60 runs propelled South Africa to a comprehensive 211-run victory over Pakistan on day four of the first test at the Wanderers yesterday.

(Reuters) – The Boston Celtics withstood a furious comeback from the Los Angeles Clippers for a 106-104 win on Sunday to record their fourth consecutive victory since losing starting point guard Rajon Rondo to injury.

The President, executives and members of the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) have are congratulating Christopher Barnwell on his selection to represent the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2013 Indian Premier League.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – Veteran left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul has remained unmoved at number three in the latest International Cricket Council Test player rankings released yesterday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – Selected positions from the latest International Cricket Council Test player rankings released  yesterday: BATTING: 1 Hashim Amla SA 895 2 Michael Clarke (AUS) 887 3 Shiv Chanderpaul (WI) 879 4 AB de Villiers (SA) 844 5 Kumar Sangakkara (SL) 842 6 Alastair Cook (ENG) 836 7 Jacques Kallis (SA) 794 8 Ross Taylor (NZ) 769 9 Kevin Pietersen  (ENG) 759 10 Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) 733 17 Marlon Samuels (WI) 668 18 Darren Bravo (WI) 661   BOWLING: 1 Dale Steyn (SA) 908 2 Vernon Philander (SA) 857 3 Rangana Herath (SL) 809 4 Peter Siddle (AUS) 800 5 Saeed Ajmal (PAK) 789 6 James Anderson  (ENG) 759 7 Graeme Swann (ENG) 755 8 Pragyan Ojha (IND) 739 9 Morne Morkel (SA) 722 10 Ben Hilfenhaus (AUS) 721 11 Kemar Roach (WI) 698

So the World T20 champions West Indies in their drive for five on the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings, embarked on a truncated campaign of five One Day Internationals and one T20 Down Under with some degree of optimism and a measure of confidence, according to skipper Darren Sammy, knowing what they have to do to defeat the Aussies and boosted by some team members with recent experience in the host country’s Big Bash tournament, such as Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, and Kemar Roach.