Cricket

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s typically defiant 23rd Test hundred, and two crucial wickets for Ravi Rampaul helped West Indies escape with a draw in the third and final Test against India yesterday.

President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday opined that the existing problems within the Guyana Cricket Board have in some way contributed to the inefficient manner in which the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has been managing regional cricket.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – West Indies were already facing the prospect of fighting to save the third Test after India took control on the third day with a strong batting performance at Windsor Park yesterday.

The Berbice Cricket Board at a well attended press conference and presentation ceremony on Thursday described the first half of 2011 as highly successful and progressive.

The Georgetown women completed a hat-trick of victories with a commanding 254-run victory in the 4th and final round of the 2011 Female Inter-Association 50-overs cricket tournament at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary, yesterday.

The Berbice Cricket Board and the Rose Hall Town, Youth & Sports Club on Thursday made financial contributions to the Guyana Cricket Umpires Council.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Melbourne Renegades named  Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi as one of their two overseas  recruits for Australia’s revamped domestic Twenty20 league yesterday.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Illness to Ravi Rampaul almost undermined West Indies, but typically rainy weather was again kind to them, and offered a temporary reprieve in the third and final Test against India yesterday.

The Georgetown and East Bank women recorded victories during contrasting circumstances by 154 runs and 3 wickets respectively in the 3rd round matches of the ongoing 2011 Female Inter-Association 50-overs cricket tournament yesterday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh  will shrug off his indifferent form and will be a crucial bowler  for India during their tour of England, vice-captain Gautam  Gambhir said yesterday.

By Colin Benjamin Recently they were rival star players in the just- concluded traditional Berbice vs Demerara showdown in the Guyana and Trinidad Mutual (GTM) under-19 competition.

(CMC) Roseau, Dominica – West Indies batting ace Shivnarine Chanderpaul has expressed delight at reaching the milestone of 133 Test matches – making him the most capped Test player in the history of West Indies cricket.

Georgetown recorded a 37-run victory over East Coast in the 2nd round of the 2011 Female Inter-Association 50-overs Cricket Tournament at Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) Ground yesterday.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – West Indies were offered a temporary reprieve in the third and final Test against India yesterday, after persistent rain wrecked Windsor Park’s inauguration.

For Chetram Singh, president of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Sunday cannot come soon enough for him to hand over power to the new president if elections are held,  he said yesterday.

Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) president Chetram Singh, on behalf of the executives and cricketing public, has extended  congratulations to prolific Guyana and West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul on his surpassing the record for the most Test appearances by a West Indies player.

Rain washed out the 2nd and final day of Guyana’s opening game of the regional under-15 cricket series at the Wilson Road Recreation Ground in Penal, South Trinidad.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – West Indies will hope to level their series with India in the third and final Test starting here today, and make Windsor Park’s historic first Test a memorable one.

Guyanese off-spinner Shivon Sankar was in excellent form on Tuesday as he grabbed figures of six wickets for seven runs against the Leeward Islands on the opening day of the second round of the regional under-15 cricket series at the Wilson Road Recreation Ground in Penal, South Trinidad.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – A small cabal of Pakistan’s  cricketers had interfered in the team’s management, leaked  confidential information and contributed to a divisive culture,  the team’s long-term manager has said.