Cricket

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – West Indies vice-captain Brendan Nash says he is anxious to rejoin the fray after four months out of international spotlight.

Two years away from all forms of cricket must have roused a beast out of hibernation in Marlon Samuels because certainly the double hundred he plundered yesterday against his West Indies counterparts was as savage as ever.

A Guyana XI yesterday drew its two-day First Class match against Pakistan at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground, Bourda yesterday.

JAIPUR, India, (Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni and  his top order colleagues fired in unison as Chennai Super Kings  thumped Rajasthan Royals by 63 runs to jump to second place in  the Indian Premier League yesterday.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana,  CMC – West Indies selectors have announced a 13-man squad for the first Test against Pakistan starting here Thursday.

NEW DELHI, India, CMC – A shoulder injury seems poised to rule dashing opener Virender Sehwag out of next month’s tour of the Caribbean.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor says he opted for the Indian Premier League in order to erase the uncertainty surrounding his future.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board has  demanded one-day captain Shahid Afridi explain comments he made in the media about differences with team management.

Corporate Communications Officer of the West Indies Cricket Board Imran Khan said yesterday that West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul will play in the two-day match for Guyana against Pakistan at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground as he was originally slated to.

The  most implausible aspect of the latest in the age-old, never-ending, self-defeating conflicts between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and its most prominent players is that Shivnarine Chanderpaul is at the forefront.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Ambati Rayudu and Rohit Sharma  shone with the bat as Mumbai Indians booked a semi-final berth  in the Indian Premier League yesterday with a 32-run victory  over Delhi Daredevils who are now out of contention.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Seve Ballesteros, one of golf’s  most charismatic players who was renowned for his fist-pumping  energy and magical shot-making, died yesterday at the age of  54 after a long battle with brain cancer.

The final stages of the Stag Beer and El Dorado Rum nationwide male and female softball tournament will climax this month end at the  Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground, Bourda.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Dwayne Bravo struck a long-hop from Shahid Afridi high over mid-wicket for six before rain interrupted to soothe West Indies’ ailing pride, with a one-run victory over Pakistan under the Duckworth-Lewis Method in the fourth One-day International yesterday.

By Treiston Joseph National cricket coach Mark Harper said yesterday he was disappointed with the lack of preparations for Guyana’s match against the touring Pakistan cricketers this weekend.

KARACHI, (Reuters) –  Former Pakistan  captain Imran Khan has called  on the Interntional Cricket Council (ICC) to intensify efforts  to stamp out corruption in the sport.

Parmanand Ramdhan’s all-round play steered Blairmont Community Centre into the semi-finals of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/Ricks & Sari Agro Industries Under-13 competition at the Cumberland ground recently.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar and Ambati Rayudu  both hit 51 to set up a 23-run victory for table-topping Mumbai  Indians over second from bottom Kings XI Punjab in the Indian  Premier League (IPL) yesterday.

Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne has hit back at Sachin Tendulkar and the Mumbai Indians following their criticism of the Sawai Man Singh stadium pitch.

Rose Hall Town Farfan and Mendes cricket team scored a seven-wicket triumph over Albion to claim their second successive under-15 title  of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/TENELEC INC inter-club limited overs competition at the Albion Sports Club ground last Thursday.