Cricket

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka prevailed in a rain-hit thriller to clinch the second and final Twenty20 international against Australia and seal the series 2-0 today.

CANBERRA, Australia,  CMC – West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson said today the Caribbean side needed to make the most of Tuesday’s warm-up clash with the Prime Minister’s XI, as they prepare to face Australia in a five-match one-day series starting later in the week.

(WICB) Canberra, Australia – West Indies will get a feel of the conditions in Australia when they play their opening tour match against the Australia Prime Minister’s XI on Tuesday at the picturesque Munaka Oval.

CANBERRA, Australia,  CMC – Exciting West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell is champing at the bit to face Australia, and says he is backing himself to execute against the former World champions.

(Reuters) – David Warner’s unbeaten 90 went in vain as Sri Lanka beat Australia by five wickets in the first Twenty20 International today to go 1-0 up in the two-match series.

SYDNEY, Australia,, CMC-Australian selectors have recalled middle order batsman Aaron Finch for the first two games of the five match One Day International series against West Indies.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC-Recently appointed Chief Executive Officer of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Michael Muirhead has declared an end to the once turbulent relationship between WICB and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA).

(BBC) India took an unassailable 3-1 lead today in the one-day series against England following a five-wicket win in Mohali.

HOBART, (Reuters) – Phil Hughes returned to form with a century before Xavier Doherty and Moises Henriques took three wickets each to lead Australia to a series-levelling 32-run win over Sri Lanka in the final one-day cricket international today.

(WICB) Gros Islet, St Lucia – Two legends of West Indies cricket have hailed Windward Islands captain Darren Sammy for the gesture of withdrawing an appeal at the end of last Friday night’s Caribbean T20 match against Guyana.

GROS-ISLET, St. Lucia,  CMC-President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dr.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Association (TTCA) is seeking the assistance of the government to retain the services of its Indian Premier League (IPL) players for the 2013 Champions league T20.

SYDNEY, Australia,  CMC-West Indies middle order batsman Marlon Samuels has accused Australian legend Shane Warne of going “overboard” in a “desperate” attempt to unsettle him during an ugly confrontation in the Big Bash League.

MELBOURNE, Australia,  CMC-West Indies middle order batsman Marlon Samuels has escaped punishment for his role in an ugly clash with Shane Warne, captain of the Melbourne Stars during a match of the Australian Big Bash League.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – Captain Denesh Ramdin has attributed team work as the main reason behind Trinidad and Tobago’s historic milestone after they blew away Guyana to win the Caribbean T20 title for a third consecutive year.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – Mighty Trinidad and Tobago reduced the Caribbean Twenty20 final to a no-contest as they crushed out-of-sorts Guyana in a authoritative performance to march to their third consecutive title here Sunday night.

(WICB) Gros Islet, St Lucia – It is not often someone can top Chris Gayle’s awesome power in the Twenty20 format, but Chris Barnwell proved he had the formula as he played the lead role in the Christopher Show on Saturday night.

LEICESTER, England,  CMC – Leicestershire are unnerved by Ramnaresh Sarwan’s selection to West Indies for the upcoming tour of Australia, and plans to speak to the right-hander about his availability during the upcoming English county season.

PERTH, Australia,  CMC – West Indies speedster Kemar Roach saved his best for last, producing a superb spell to help propel Brisbane Heat to the capture of the Australian Big Bash title here today.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – Guyana held off Windward Islands to win a nerve-jangling encounter off the last ball and force their way into Saturday’s playoff final of the Caribbean Twenty20.