Cricket

Captain Shakib Al-Hasan and Mahmudullah starred with bat and ball as Bangladesh finished their tour of Zimbabwe with a 93-run win in the final One Day International in Bulawayo yesterday.

BIRMINGHAM, England, CMC – Veteran West Indies left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul completed a wretched County Championship debut for Warwickshire, falling for a “duck” as his side plunged to a 209-run loss to Hampshire inside three days on Saturday.

A solid all round performance by Guyana Under-19 player Clinton Pestano inspired defending champions Lower Corentyne to successfully defend their Diamond Fire & General Insurance Under-19 Inter-zone title at the Port Mourant Cricket Ground recently.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/Scotia Bank Cricket Academy will commence its 3rd annual cricket academy on  August 29 at the Area ‘H’ Ground.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen  shared a record partnership of 350 yesterday as England  ruthlessly dissected an inadequate India attack on the second  day of the fourth and final test at the Oval.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – As India cries out for a pace  bowler to add some much-needed bite to its depleted attack, one  man in the frame to become a future new ball spearhead believes  speed alone cannot guarantee success.

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – Former Pakistan captain Shoaib  Malik has been cleared of wrongdoing in an integrity  investigation and can be considered for international selection  again, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said yesterday.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has extended heartfelt congratulations to the Berbice Universal DVD Titans on being crowned champions of the inaugural Hits & Jams Jam Zone 20/20 Tournament.

The Queensway-sponsored 2011 Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Open 50 overs Knockout Cricket competition was launched yesterday during a small ceremony at Value Maxx office on Regent Road and Oronoque Street, Bourda.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Jamaica Under-19 coach Robert Samuels wants more limited overs cricket played in the country, if the side is to improve from their dismal showing in the WICB Regional Under-19 One-Day Championship in Guyana last week.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England have already set new  goals after reaching the coveted number one spot in the world  rankings at the expense of India who face an unenviable task in  the fourth test starting today.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Estranged West Indies opener Chris Gayle will meet with West Indies Cricket Board chief executive Ernest Hilaire next Tuesday, to hash out lingering issues that have kept the Jamaican out of the regional side.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies will do battle in Group B of the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier 2011 as they compete among 10 teams for four spots at the 2013 Cricket World Cup.

TAUNTON, England, CMC – Young West Indies stroke-maker Darren Bravo failed but Nottinghamshire still did enough to beat Somerset by three wickets with a ball to spare in the Clydesdale Bank 40 Championship here yesterday.

HAMBANTOTA, (Reuters) – A brilliant 13th one-day  international century from opener Upul Tharanga took Sri Lanka  to a 78-run win over Australia in the third one-day  international at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Fifteen-year-old Barbadian Shaquana Quintyne has been named in a 14-member West Indies women’s squad to face Pakistan on the upcoming tour of the Caribbean.

In Greek mythology the Titans, were a race of powerful Gods and in the famous Tintanomachy “War of the Gods,” The elder Gods were overthrown by a group of younger Gods known as Olympians.

Sport Minister Dr. Frank Anthony labelled the De Sinco Trading Limited hard court cricket facility a step in the right direction for cricket development when it was commissioned at the Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) ground, Woolford Avenue, last evening.

BIRMINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – Warwickshire  County Cricket Club, which hosted the England-India test that  ended on Saturday with the home side crowned the world’s best,  has incurred a 29 million pound debt to retain its international  status but has no regrets about the “risk”.

The boys from the Land of Flying Fish made it five wins out of five  en route to dethroning 2010 winners Trinidad and Tobago as the regional limited overs champions with a commanding nine-wicket win at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) Ground, yesterday.