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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies one-day captain Shai Hope has been predictably named to lead a star-studded Barbados Pride unit for their Super50 Cup campaign starting later this month in Trinidad and Tobago.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Aiden Markram smashed a 49-ball hundred, the fastest ever the men’s 50-overs World Cup, as South Africa’s rampaging top order helped them thrash Sri Lanka by 102 runs in their tournament opener yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Azim Bassarath has also raised doubt over the claim by Barbados Cricket Association president, Conde Riley, that Kensington Oval has been already awarded next year’s Twenty20 World Cup final by the International Cricket Council.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Aiden Markram smashed a 49-ball hundred, the fastest in the history of 50-overs World Cup cricket, as South Africa racked up a tournament record total of 428-5 against a listless Sri Lanka today.

As their teams clash today for the 2023 Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Super50 trophy at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground, Bourda, Demerara and Berbice skippers Tevin Imlach and Veerasammy Permaul both expressed confidence at a media interaction yesterday.

A five-round Swiss system chess tournament began yesterday at the School of the Nations, the Guyana Chess Federation has reported.

Several members of the victorious Amazon Warriors cricket team recently received gold and silver pendants from the New Doctors Clinic.

The 10th edition of the Courts Pee Wee Football Championship will resume today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) has shortlisted 30 players from the Georgetown area to play two trial matches tomorrow at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Technical Director Bryan Joseph has confirmed that the 2023 edition of the Thunderbolt Flour Power Under-17 Academy Football Championship will commence today at the National Training Centre, Providence, with a doubleheader.

Potaro Strikers and Beacons will contest this evening’s final in the ‘Rats’ Memorial Football Championship, following semi-final wins on Thursday evening at the Bartica Community Center ground.

CHENNAI, (Reuters) – Australia’s Steve Smith believes team mate Marnus Labuschagne has regained his 50-overs batting rhythm just in time for the World Cup and expects the 29-year-old to nail down his place in the top-four.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka spinner Maheesh Theekshana has not recovered from a hamstring tear and will miss their World Cup opener against South Africa today, coach Chris Silverwood said on the eve of the contest in New Delhi.

(Reuters) – Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel hit identical half-centuries in an otherwise underwhelming batting effort in their World Cup opener against the Netherlands yesterday, before the bowlers sealed a routine 81-run win for the 1992 champions.

Coming off a season in which he missed 27 games due to injuries, including one to his right foot, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James won’t play in the team’s preseason opener today against the host Golden State Warriors.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A “superteam” showdown fans were clamoring for tips off tomorrow as the defending champion Las Vegas Aces play a New York Liberty team hungry for a maiden major title in the WNBA Finals.

CHENNAI, (Reuters) – India’s Shubman Gill has got dengue fever but coach Rahul Dravid said the in-form opener has not yet been ruled out of their World Cup opener against Australia tomorrow.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Unbeaten Bermuda remained on course for a place in next year’s Twenty20 World Cup in the Caribbean but face a potentially tricky hurdle in today’s final round of matches in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Americas Final.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – A 14-man West Indies Academy squad will enter a High Performance Camp on Monday, to begin preparation for the Regional Super50 Cup which bowls off in Trinidad and Tobago later this month.

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – West Indies Women captain Hayley Matthews says she exceeded her own expectations, following her sublime form which saw her plunder 310 runs in the Twenty20 International series which wrapped up here Thursday.