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BEST OF BERBICE! Winners of the awards along with cricket officials of the Berbice Cricket Board. (Orlando Charles photo)
BEST OF BERBICE! Winners of the awards along with cricket officials of the Berbice Cricket Board. (Orlando Charles photo)

Bishoo is B/ce Cricketer of the Year

Leg-spinner Davendra Bishoo, currently with the West Indies team at the World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, was Saturday night named Cricketer of the Year at the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) fourth annual awards ceremony.

Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne Bravo

Opportune opening!

By Tony Cozier At the ICC World Cup In DELHI The West  Indies’ choice of their third substitute player for the current World Cup is as bewildering as that of Cameron Cuffy for Carl Hooper at the 1996 version.

Records fall Saturday at GASA c/ships

The penultimate day of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) Mashramani Meet produced five records and 41 personal best times at the Castellani Pool, Homestrectch Avenue on Saturday.

JP Duminy is bolwed all ends up by James Anderson.

England back on track after South Africa drama

CHENNAI, (Reuters) – England’s much-maligned bowlers  conjured up a lion-hearted effort to pull off a remarkable  six-run victory against South Africa as their wildly fluctuating  World Cup adventure took another dramatic turn yesterday.

WI coach Gibson slams Lorgat for pebbles comment

CHANDIGARH, India, CMC – Ottis Gibson has debunked comments from International Cricket Council Chief Executive Officer Haroon Lorgat that seemed to downplay last Friday’s stoning of the West Indies team bus, following their World Cup match against Bangladesh in Dhaka.

Pakistan flying but still problems at the top

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Pakistan are flying in the World  Cup after three straight wins but they still have problems right  from the top which New Zealand will aim to exploit when the two  meet in their Group A match in Kandy tomorrow.

Man of the match Kemar Roach exults after getting the prized wicket of Mohammed Ashraful (not in picture)

POINT PROVEN!

MIRPUR, Bangladesh, CMC – All proof that West Indies had descended below Bangladesh in the One-day International Rankings was strongly rebuffed yesterday, when they emphatically demolished the World Cup co-hosts by nine wickets.

West Indies skipper Darren Sammy’s contribution with ball and tactics contributed to the win.  

Utter ruthlessness

By Tony Cozier At the ICC World Cup In DHAKA There was an utter ruthlessness about the West Indies humiliation of feeble Bangladesh here yesterday rarely witnessed in their recent times of decline.

Gayle pep-talk lifted us says Sammy

MIRPUR, Bangladesh, CMC – Darren Sammy hailed Chris Gayle’s stern pep-talk before taking the field for putting West Indies in the right frame of mind ahead of their pivotal World Cup Group-B match against Bangladesh yesterday.

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