Cricket

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Regional governing body for cricket, the WICB, has accused players’ union head Dinanath Ramnarine of threatening behaviour during a stormy meeting in Jamaica last week, and is seeking an apology over the incident.

By Colin BenjaminDemerara scored a tense  four wicket victory over Cellink Berbice yesterday to be crowned 2011 champions of the Guyana  and Trinidad Mutual three day Inter County tournament.

The forms are in, the grouping stage has begun and all that remains is for the teams to play for the glory.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Darren Sammy started to sound like a stuck record following West Indies’ 63-run defeat in the first Test against India yesterday at Sabina Park.

By Treiston Joseph President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), KA Juman Yassin last Monday expressed his views on the current state of West Indies cricket along with his thoughts on the power struggles within the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) at a GOA press conference.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Captain Darren Sammy has held out hope of West Indies winning the first Test against India today but says building partnerships will be crucial if this is to happen.

By Colin Benjamin Demerara closed yesterday’s penultimate day of the final round in the 2011 Guyana and Trinidad Mutual (GTM) Under-19 Inter-County three-day competition at Police Sports Club Ground on 12 for 1, needing just 38 more runs to dethrone Cellink Berbice as Inter County three-day champions.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies produced a valiant effort on Wednesday but were left facing a Herculean task to win the opening Test after Rahul Dravid’s 32nd Test century put India in control at Sabina Park.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Ottis Gibson said it’s time for critics to leave Darren Sammy alone.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – West Indies were fighting to stay alive in the first Test against India after their brittle batting was again exposed on the second day at Sabina Park yesterday.

By Colin Benjamin Led by a mesmeric spell of leg-spin bowling by national and West Indies Under 19 spinner Amir Khan, Demerara closed yesterday’s opening day at 58 for 3, after bowling Cellink Berbice out for a paltry 141 in the final round of the 2011 Guyana and Trinidad Mutual (GTM) Under 19 Inter County three-day competition at Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary, yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Ottis Gibson reckoned that West Indies still have a chance to win the opening Test against India, after his side suffered another batting meltdown, and conceded a first innings lead of 73.

Asks Colin Benjamin What does Darren Sammy’s continued presence as captain and the absence of opening batsman Chris Gayle along with a few other senior players mean for the West Indies team?

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Regional players union, WIPA, have given West Indies Cricket Board chief executive Ernest Hilaire a seven-day ultimatum to apologise to their head Dinanath Ramnarine for remarks made at a stormy meeting in Jamaica last week.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Fast bowler Fidel Edwards grabbed a four-wicket haul in his first Test in two years as West Indies managed to subdue India’s batting juggernaut on the opening day of the first Test here yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Fidel Edwards erased many of the questions that his international career may have come to an abrupt end, following a career-threatening back injury.

Western Union continued their support of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) yesterday for the third consecutive year as they supplied five Berbician under-19 cricketers with $300,000 in cricketing gear at the company’s head office on Water Street.

Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), Hilbert Foster has resigned from the organization in protest over the state of Guyana’s cricket and the expulsion of a player from the county team.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – Kumar Sangakkara  scored his first international century in England as Sri Lanka  secured a draw when rain brought an early finish to the third  and final test yesterday.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – Stand-in captain  Kumar Sangakkara rued Sri Lanka’s bizarre batting collapse in  the first test after his team lost the three-match series 1-0 to  England.