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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former West Indies wicketkeeper, Courtney Browne, escaped with a broken leg following a fatal vehicular collision which claimed the life of another man here yesterday. 

Giannis Antetokounmpo totaled 22 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his third triple-double of the season, and the Milwaukee Bucks never trailed to match the best 30-game start in team history with a 123-102 victory over the host New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.

LAHORE, (Reuters) – Pakistan erected a run mountain and then hollowed out Sri Lanka’s top and middle order to inch closer to an emotional series victory on the penultimate day of the second and final test yesterday.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Reserve batsman Tom Blundell has been confirmed to replace the out-of-form Jeet Raval at the top of New Zealand’s batting order for the Boxing Day test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Skipper Virat Kohli’s masterly 85 set up India’s successful chase as the hosts pipped West Indies by four wickets in the third and final one-dayer to complete a 2-1 series win today.

CUTTACK, India, MC – West Indies face India in today’s decisive third One-Day International knowing victory will see them end a near two-decade wait for a series victory on the subcontinent.

When the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) holds its Annual General Meeting today at its office, Charlotte Street, New Amsterdam, Roy Jafarally will challenge incumbent Hilbert Foster for the leadership of the board.

KOLKATA, India, CMC – Former India batsman Gautam Gambhir has criticised Kings XI Punjab’s million-dollar acquisition of West Indies speedster Sheldon Cottrell, labelling the move as a “desperation” buy.

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh, CMC – Andre Fletcher struck a maiden Twenty20 hundred while Johnson Charles narrowly missed out on a second, as the two exiled West Indies stars propelled Sylhet Thunder to a crushing 80-run victory over Khulna Tigers in the Bangladesh Premier League here yesterday.

A new champion will be crowned in the second annual KFC Goodwill Series as Lodge Secondary dethroned Shiva Boys of Trinidad and Tobago to set up a championship match with Annai Secondary today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

The Golden Grove Community Centre Ground will come alive this evening when the knockout round of the inaugural 592 Beer Inter-Village Football Championship commences with a doubleheader.

Elite League teams Fruta Conquerors and Buxton United stormed into the quarterfinal round following lopsided wins on Friday in the GFF Super 16 championships at the Beterverwagting [BV] ground.

Guyana Floodlight Under-15s (GFL) opened their campaign in the third Youth United States Open with a six-wicket win over Woodland Cricket Club yesterday in Florida, United States of America.

Goal is Money, Mighty Rulers, Future Stars and Goal Raiders secured convincing wins when the inaugural Christmas Futsal Fiesta commenced on Friday night at the Bartica Community Center hard-court.

Tim Hardaway Jr. made seven 3-pointers and scored 27 points to lift the visiting Dallas Mavericks past the Philadelphia 76ers, 117-98, on Friday.

LAHORE, (Reuters) – Pakistan openers Abid Ali and Shan Masood smashed hundreds and forged a 278-run stand to flatten Sri Lanka in the second and final test in Karachi yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – The illness that swept through the England camp has eased with bowlers Jofra Archer, Stuart Broad and Jack Leach returning to training as Ollie Pope struck a century in the three-day warm-up fixture against South Africa A in Benoni yesterday.

CUTTACK, India,  CMC – West Indies face India in Sunday’s decisive third One-Day International knowing victory will see them end a near two-decade wait for a series victory on the subcontinent.

On Wednesday evening the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) held its awards ceremony where Romario Shepherd was named the male Cricketer-of-the-Year as well as the Most Improved Player.