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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies Cricket Board director Baldath Mahabir says more needs to be done to develop the region’s fast bowling stocks.

ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC – Upbeat West Indies captain Chris Gayle has hailed the regional side’s performance after they forced Australia to battle hard on the final day before earning a draw in the second Test here yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Discarded Test opener Brenton Parchment compensated for his first innings failure and Danza Hyatt sustained his impressive form, as they both hammered unbeaten half-centuries in the Jamaica Cricket Association’s third and final four-day trial match which ended in a draw Monday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australian officials want FIFA to allow the country’s domestic football codes to continue running their competitions during the World Cup if their bid to host the tournament in 2018 or 2022 is successful.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Mohammad Yousuf has been retained as Pakistan captain for the test and one-day international series in Australia starting this month.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies will head to Perth for the final Test against Australia without a replacement for the injured paceman Jerome Taylor.

PHILADELPHIA, (Reuters) – Allen Iverson received a  warm ‘welcome home’ from Philadelphia fans on Monday, but his  return could not prevent the 76ers from losing 93-83 to the  Denver Nuggets.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s cricket authorities  have proposed a fund-raising one-day series in England next year against a world XI selected by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after failing to attract teams to play in Pakistan because of security fears.

LONDON, (Reuters) – English umpire Mark Benson has  said he withdrew from officiating in the second Australia v West Indies test due to ill-health, not because of frustration over  the referral system.

EAST LONDON, South Africa, (Reuters) – Pace bowler Jimmy Anderson will miss England’s two-day warm-up against a SA  Provincial XI on Wednesday with his niggling knee injury causing  concern ahead of next week’s first test against South Africa.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Cricket-crazy India woke up to  banner headlines and a multitude of special television  programmes on Monday celebrating their team’s ascent to the top  of the test rankings for the first time.

Adelaide, Australia: Chris Gayle batted for the entire fourth day to set up what is sure to be an enthralling final day at the Adelaide Oval, with all three outcomes very possible and an outright result to the Second Test still highly probable.

By Orin Davidson West Indies has given short shrift to spin bowling over the years, but Sulieman Benn proved it is the way to go for this Test and the remainder of the series Down Under.

By Marlon Munroe Just a week after their appointments were made public, Cricket Development Officer (CDO) Reon King and his deputy High Performance Analyst (HPA) Robin Singh of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) have set their programme in train.

Bakery giants Bakewell yesterday handed over 2,500 tickets to the Ministry of Education for distribution to schools in Georgetown to attend the 20th Annual Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament.

From  its staging of the National Closed Chess championships, the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) is now moving to stage a championships for schools.

Ian Gouveia produced a remarkable performance to win last weekend’s GT&T sponsored Three-ball Scramble Golf tournament played at the Lusignan Golf Course.

The Guyana Defence Force will have to wait awhile to have a second crack at the nation’s number one football club Alpha United.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy, recently released from jail after serving most of a  15-month sentence for taking bribes to provide tips on games, said in an interview aired on Sunday that he had received death  threats from organized crime.

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, (Reuters) – The Cleveland  Cavaliers used a 29-0 first-half run to crush the Milwaukee Bucks 101-86 for their 12th win in 14 games on Sunday.