Cricket

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) closed the first day of their Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Noble House Seafoods two day second division match against Vikings in a strong position.

Following are today’s fixtures in the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association’s Blackwell sponsored competition.

LONDON, England, CMC – Dwayne Smith says he relishes continuing at the top of the order, after opening for the first time in an international match in West Indies’ 10-wicket loss to England here Friday.

LONDON, England,  CMC – West Indies will hope to salvage something from their short Twenty20 campaign here when they face England in the last encounter of the two-match series today.

CHENNAI, India,  CMC – Big-hitting West Indies batsman Kieron Pollard played a minor role as his Mumbai Indians scored a thrilling three-wicket win over fellow Trinidadian Dwayne Bravo’s Chennai Super Kings in the Champions League Twenty20 here yesterday.

There was the good and the bad during the week for West Indies cricket desperate to show that its present, and future, is not as bleak as it seems.

Sport Minister Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday chaired the first meeting of cricket’s top brass with the aim of setting up an Interim Management Committee for the game and in a statement the ministry said that the deliberations were “quite productive”.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – A tame batting effort saw West Indies Women plunge to their first defeat in their four-match One-Day International against Pakistan Women, going down by three wickets at Arnos Vale here yesterday.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Off spinner Nathan Lyon  dazzled on his international debut by capturing five wickets as  Australia bowled out Sri Lanka for a paltry 105 runs in their  first innings of the opening test yesterday.

The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club as part of its cricket development programme on Sunday would be hosting a one-day 20/20 tournament at the Port Mourant Cricket Ground.

The Bakewell Softball Tournament organized by the Guyana Softball League continued last Sunday with matches in the open and over-40 categories at various grounds.

The Berbice Cricket Board in order to  expose younger players to a higher level of cricket has organized a series of 40-overs cricket matches between the Berbice Under-21 team and their counterparts from Georgetown and the East Coast.

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) to goveren cricket in Guyana for the next few month will be formed today after a meeting is held at the office of Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, Dr Frank Anthony.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – England piled more  misery on India with a thrilling six-wicket victory in a one-off  Twenty20 match at Old Trafford yesterday.

LONDON, England,  CMC – West Indies speedster Kemar Roach made crucial strikes as Worcestershire put Division One leaders Lancashire on the back foot on the opening day of their County Championship game here yesterday.

Legendary West Indies captain Clive Lloyd is optimistic that a bright future awaits Guyana’s cricket following yesterday’s meeting with President Bharrat Jagdeo, Dr.

LONDON, England, CMC – Rookie West Indies stroke-maker Darren Bravo hit a run-a-ball 62 for Nottinghamshire but failed to prevent them from a two-run loss to Lancashire in the Clydesdale Bank 40 on Monday.

The Demerara Cricket Club yesterday partnered with the Commonwealth Games Canada through their Director Dr.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan and Sri Lanka will play a three Test series, five one-day  internationals and a T20 match in the United Arab Emirates from  Oct.

The administration of the Berbice Cricket Board was earlier this week given a shot in the arm when Food for the Poor (Guy) Inc.