Cricket

Another low scoring match of the Pepsi/Carib T20 tournament saw defending champions Cellink Berbice emerge the winners over Essequibo by eight wickets at the Guyana National Stadium yesterday evening.

Otis Gibson and Courtney Browne have spent as much time over the past month in Sri Lanka experiencing the effects of global warming on what should be the end of the annual monsoon season as on what their principal mission was meant to be.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Alastair Cook continued to dominate Australia’s bowlers with an unbeaten 136 to help drive England to a first-innings lead of 72 with eight wickets in hand after second day of the second Ashes test yesterday.

KANDY, Sri Lanka, Dec 4 (Reuters) – The persistent rain which has dogged the third and final test continued to thwart Sri Lanka’s attempts to bowl West Indies out in their first innings yesterday as the match drifted towards a tame draw.

VADODARA, India, (Reuters) – Stand-in captain Gautam Gambhir hit a second consecutive unbeaten century to lead India to a nine-wicket win and series victory against New Zealand with two one-day internationals to spare yesterday.

MIAMI BEACH, Florida, CMC – Neil McGarrell looks set to breathe life into his international career, after he was identified as a strong candidate to play for the United States national team that will travel to Hong Kong for the ICC World Cricket League Division 3 in January.

FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique,  CMC – Luton Shelton led a first-half blitz with a brace that helped Jamaica thump Antigua & Barbuda 3-1, and start their defence of the Digicel Caribbean Cup in style on a wet and windy Saturday night.

Due to a lack of proper development programmes at so called big clubs in Trinidad and Tobago, the country will continue to be the biggest importer of cricketers in the Caribbean and Guyana will continue to be one of the major suppliers.

BRISBANE, (Reuters) – Openers Andrew Strauss and   Alastair Cook both posted centuries yesterday to wipe out   England’s first innings deficit and bring the tourists right   back into the first Ashes test against Australia.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Darren Sammy has urged his West Indies side to remain focussed on the task at hand, following the drawn second Test against Sri Lanka.

GUWAHATI, India, (Reuters) – Virat Kohli’s brisk  century set up a 40-run win for India over New Zealand in the  first one-day international of a five-match series yesterday.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Kirk Edwards is the only complete newcomer named in a 15-member squad for the limited-overs leg of West Indies’ tour of Sri Lanka next month.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – The family of Pakistan  wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider have told police they have received threatening calls after the player said he would expose  people involved in corruption in Pakistan cricket.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – All-rounder Shakib al Hasan has  been retained as Bangladesh captain for next month’s one-day  international series against Zimbabwe, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said yesterday.

ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Centuries by AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis put South Africa back on track after Pakistan’s pace bowlers had ripped through their opening batsmen on the first day of the second test yesterday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Chris Gayle’s monumental second Test triple-hundred has landed him a top-10 place in the World Test batting rankings, surprisingly, for the first time.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Gus Logie will become the new Jamaica coach on December 1.

NAGPUR, India, (Reuters) – New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori’s decision to bat first misfired yesterday when the Indian bowlers ripped through the top order to wrest control in the deciding third test match.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, CMC – Torrential rains wrecked the third day of the opening Test between Sri Lanka and West Indies, allowing just 30.5 overs and ruining the makings of an intriguing contest here yesterday.

-Coach Wayne Dover Despite losing to Trinidad and Tobago’s Soca Warriors in the second stage in the twin island republic recently Guyana’s Golden Jaguars hopes  are  still alive  of  winning the coveted 2010 Digicel Caribbean Football Cup.