By Michaelangelo Jacobus After spinners Anthony Adams (4/15) and Junior Sinclair (4/26) condemned Kevlon Anderson and his men to 97 all-out in just about two sessions on Tuesday, openers Raymond Perez and Matthew Nandu stroked brilliant half-centuries yesterday to put Kemol Savory’s XI firmly in charge with a 214-run first innings lead.
LONDON, CMC – West Indies captain, Hayley Matthews, has been voted the International Cricket Council’s Women’s Twenty20 Player-of-the-Year.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Alexander Zverev served up a huge shock at the Australian Open yesterday by stunning second seed Carlos Alcaraz to make the semi-finals after third seed Daniil Medvedev fought hard to avoid an upset at the hands of Hubert Hurkacz.
(Reuters) The West Indies won the toss last night in the second Test against Australia and opted to bat.
(Reuters) – Brisbane Heat speedster Spencer Johnson helped to lift his side to a second Big Bash League title yesterday, rising to the occasion and claiming a career-best 4-26 against Sydney Sixers who were defeated by 54 runs in the season decider.
HYDERABAD, India, (Reuters) – India have not lost a test series at home since 2012-13 but captain Rohit Sharma does not want him team mates to start believing they are unbeatable in their own conditions.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies white-ball seamer Dominic Drakes produced a top spell but it was not enough, as Sherfane Rutherford steered Desert Vipers to a six-wicket win over Gulf Giants in the ILT20 here yesterday.
HYDERABAD, India, (Reuters) – Spinner Shoaib Bashir has been ruled out of England’s opening test against India following a visa delay, now resolved, an episode that has marred the buildup to the five-match series between the sides beginning in Hyderabad today.
POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, CMC – Jewel Andrew extended his purple patch with a polished unbeaten half-century as West Indies registered their first points of the ICC Under-19 World Cup with a comfortable five-wicket victory over Scotland here yesterday.
By Michaelangelo Jacobus The off spin duo of Junior Sinclair and Anthony Adams tore through the batting line-up of Kevlon Anderson’s XI to put Kemol Savory’s XI in the ascendancy on a shortened day one of the second Guyana Harpy Eagles trial match at the Meten-Meer-Zorg Community Ground on the West Coast of Demerara yesterday.
As Guyanese pugilists prepare to participate in several Olympic qualifiers ahead of the 2024 Paris Games in July, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) is taking steps to aid in their preparation.
(Field Level media) CJ McCollum scored 33 points and the hot-shooting New Orleans Pelicans posted a franchise-record point total in a 153-124 victory over the visiting Utah Jazz last night.
(Reuters) – Following is a factbox on the five-match test series between India and England beginning in Hyderabad on Thursday: FIXTURES First test: Jan.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India have not lost a test series at home in more than a decade but that formidable record will be under threat when Rohit Sharma’s side take on England in a five-match series beginning in Hyderabad tomorrow.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, CMC – Captain Kieron Pollard perished for a first-ball ‘duck’ as MI Cape Town lost their fourth game of the SA20 campaign, with a 36-run defeat to Durban Super Giants.
(Field Level Media) Nikola Jokic had 31 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, Jamal Murray also scored 31 points and the Denver Nuggets spoiled Pascal Siakam’s home debut with the Indiana Pacers with a 114-109 win last night in Indianapolis.
(Field Level Media) Jalen Brunson scored 30 points, Julius Randle also finished with 30 and converted a go-ahead dunk with one minute left as the New York Knicks rallied down the stretch for a 108-103 victory over the struggling Brooklyn Nets last night in New York.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic and Coco Gauff were both made to toil for semi-final places on a blazing Tuesday at the Australian Open but organisers were spared a ridiculously late finish as Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner roared through the night session.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Captain Nicholas Pooran produced another stunning cameo as he guided MI Emirates to a dominant nine-wicket win over Andre Russell’s Abu Dhabi Knight Riders in the ILT20 here yesterday.
(Reuters) – Cleveland Cavaliers forward Tristan Thompson has been suspended without pay for 25 games for violating the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) anti-drug program, the league said on Tuesday.
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