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A huge ton from national first-class batsman Akshaya Persaud handed Spartans Cricket Club a 209-run win over NYC 11 Stars in the New York National Cricket League Rockaway Premier Division tournament on Saturday.

(CMC) – Incumbent West Indies Test captain Kraigg Brathwaite said his side was eager to return to action after a four-month lay-off.

(Reuters) – Australia’s Nathan Lyon will miss the remainder of the Ashes series against England due to a calf tear suffered while fielding during the second test at Lord’s, Cricket Australia said yesterday.

(CMC) – West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews said her side hoped to transfer its form against Ireland Women from the preceding One-day International series into the Twenty20 Internationals, the first of which will be played today in St Lucia.

Attoya Harvey took her talents to Trinidad and emerged the female overall winner for the CARICOM 10K road race on Sunday.

Female golfers in Guyana never took a back seat in the 1970’s, 1980’s and 1990’s winning many local and international titles and that trend is becoming more evident as now over 65% of new players in the country are female. 

The Guyanese Mixed Martials Arts (MMA) quartet of Anevia Frank, Ijaz Cave, Shenese Bobb and Carl Ramsay secured respective gold medals in clinical fashion on Saturday evening in the Ruff Tuff Regional League Invitational in Trinidad and Tobago.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Unbeaten half-centuries from compatriots Stafanie Taylor and Chinelle Henry topped an undefeated 95 from Ireland Women opener Gaby Kelly and enabled West Indies Women to formalise a six-wicket win in the third One-day International on Saturday in St Lucia.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England captain Ben Stokes’ swashbuckling 155 was in vain as Australia won the second Ashes test at Lord’s by 43 runs on an extraordinary final day yesterday to take a 2-0 lead in the series.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Australia captain Pat Cummins and his England counterpart Ben Stokes appeared keen to move on swiftly yesterday from a stumping incident in the second Ashes test that led to long and loud booing from the Lord’s faithful.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Chinelle Henry has come in for praise from captain Hayley Matthews following her second straight fifty which sealed West Indies Women’s 2-0 series win over Ireland Women here Saturday.

Guyana’s track and field contingent recently arrived in El Salvador on a quest to climb the podium steps at the 24th edition of the Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Games.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – Seasoned all-rounder Jason Holder says West Indies’ failure to qualify for this year’s 50-over World Cup in India was one the “lowest points” of his international career, and said a collaborative effort between players and administrators was now required to spark a turnaround in the Caribbean side’s fortunes.

LONDON, CMC – Sunil Narine blasted a scintillating unbeaten half-century but then proved largely ineffectively with the ball as Surrey suffered a three-wicket defeat to Essex off the last ball in the T20 Blast here yesterday.

(Reuters) – Pathum Nissanka scored an unbeaten 101 as Sri Lanka booked their place at the 50-over Cricket World Cup in India with a comprehensive nine wicket victory over hosts Zimbabwe in their qualifier in Bulawayo yesterday.

In what will certainly have an impact on the eventual outcome of the KFC Elite League, Santos handed Western Tigers their first loss in the competition, prevailing by a 5-1 score-line on Saturday evening at the National Training Centre, Leonora.

Wismar All-Stars, California Square, and Albouystown recorded hard-fought wins when the annual GT Beer ‘Keep Ya Five Alive’ Futsal Championship commenced  Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

All nine teams competing teams in the Bartica Football Association 2023 senior men’s football league are expected to be on parade today as part of the official opening to the season.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England captain Ben Stokes’ swashbuckling 155 was in vain as Australia won the second Ashes test at Lord’s by 43 runs on an extraordinary final day today  to take a 2-0 lead in the series.

 (Reuters) – Pathum Nissanka scored an unbeaten 101 as Sri Lanka booked their place at the 50-over Cricket World Cup in India with a comprehensive nine wicket victory over hosts Zimbabwe in their qualifier in Bulawayo on Sunday.