Daily Archive: Monday, February 7, 2022

Articles published on Monday, February 7, 2022

India captain Rohit Sharma marked his returned to the side with a half century.

India hammer Windies in opening ODI

AHMEDABAD, India, CMC – A timid West Indies suffered a six-wicket battering at the hands of India in the opening One-Day International, as their batting woes from the Caribbean followed them onto the subcontinent yesterday.

Eagles defeat Strikers 3-1

Eagles defeated Castrol Strikers by a 3-1 score line when the Demerara Volleyball Federation (DVF) Senior League competition continued Friday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown.

Lenox Shuman

Shuman applauds infrastructure investment in budget

Throwing his support behind this year’s budget, opposition member and Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) Lenox Shuman on Friday said that the planned infrastructural investments in the hinterland will empower the indigenous people.  “It is a very critical and important start to giving those communities close to that roadway access to the marketplace… I’m happy to know that, that critical links in this country are being looked at, it may not be everything that we want, it may not be all that we want but they’re critical…” Shuman, who also holds the post of  Deputy Speaker, said while applauding the government’s infrastructural plans for the hinterland.

Left-hander Kycia Knight … top-scored with 48.

Windies miss out on series win ahead of World Cup

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa,  CMC – West Indies Women’s bid for a series success ahead of next month’s ICC 50-over World Cup fell flat here yesterday, as they crashed to a six-wicket defeat to South Africa Women in the decisive fourth One-Day International.

Replacement of Dr Jadoopat

Following an Alliance For Change press release condemning the replacement of the Co-ordinator of the Guyana-Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GY-EITI), Dr Rudy Jadoopat, the government on Saturday issued a defence of the decision while confirming that his successor will be Dr Prem Misir.