Royston Alkins

The gesture by the West Indies cricket team to wear a Black Lives Matter emblem on the collars of their shirts during the upcoming Test series against England represents a largely significant move not only for the movement itself but also for the Caribbean side which would have experienced the wrath of racial outbursts in the past. 

A lot has been said of West Indies’ pace attack for the upcoming three-match Test series against England beginning July 8 at the Rose Bowl, Southampton.   The attack consisting of Kemar Roach, Alzarri Joseph, Chemar Holder, Jason Holder, and Shannon Gabriel has been tremendously lauded and even compared to great West Indian attacks of yesteryear.

Former Australia Women’s Cricket Team Captain Belinda Clark is calling for more investment into women’s cricket.

ESPN columnist Sidharth Monga in an article: titled “Eight domestic giants who never played for their country,” described Barbadian Franklyn Stephenson as – one of the eight who never went on and as being a fearsome proposition with his height, swing and pace. 

When Guyanese Cherry-Ann Fraser returned to Guyana from the 2020 ICC women’s T20 World Cup in Australia earlier this year, she told Stabroek Sports that the experience was an invaluable one.

Seam bowling/batting all-rounders have mostly enjoyed playing in English conditions. There is always something on offer for those who can swing the ball or those who embrace the holding job while the front-line seamers are taking a breather. 

A lot of negative takes have surrounded the  West Indies’ team’s batting ahead of its three-match test series against England next month.

There’s a lot at stake for West Indian batting duo Kraigg Braithwaite and Shai Hope during the Caribbean side’s upcoming test tour of England.

Only two teams have managed to produce test series triumphs over England at home during the past decade; Graeme Smith’s South Africa in 2012 and a Sri Lankan unit led by Angelo Mathews two years on. 

President of the Central Essequibo Cricket Committee, Aotto Christiani, is putting the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) on notice with regards to the selection of Anthony Adams and Kemol Savory for the upcoming regional first-class cricket season. 

The odds of West Indies pulling off a series win against England at home when the two sides clash in the highly anticipated three-match test series beginning July 8 at the Ageas Bowl are pretty slim. 

The upcoming test series between West Indies and England is set to be an interesting battle for a number of reasons.

The job of being a cricket selector is by no means an easy one.

Sports fanatics in Guyana should tip their hats to the hockey executives at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) for the admirable work they have been doing to develop junior female hockey at the club level. 

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) is collaborating with the sport’s world governing body FINA to ensure local swimmers are given virtual coaching resources during the current lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jonathan Van Lange is the undisputed poster boy of junior table tennis in Guyana.

National junior table tennis champ Thuraia Thomas has made a bold pronouncement, making it known that she is aiming to tussle with Guyana’s number-one female player Chelsea Edghill down the road. 

Guyanese trio Keemo Paul, Shimron Hetmyer and Veerasammy Permaul have been named in a provisional Windies 30-man training squad to prepare for the upcoming three-match test tour of England, tentatively set for July. 

There is great anticipation that international cricket will resume soon and with it some unusual changes. 

National hockey skipper, Robert France, is one of Guyana’s finest journeymen and his contributions to the sport are worthy of recognition.   The 34-year-old France has an interesting hockey story; his doesn’t mirror the typical plot of being around hockey during his teens.   In fact, France, who grew up in Campbellville, Georgetown, was well beyond his adolescent years when hockey became a central peg in his life.