NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Following the Pakistan cricket team has often been a veritable health hazard for their supporters, pledging allegiance to a supremely talented but highly fractious bunch that would veer from the sublime to the ridiculous in the blink of an eye.
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad — Kieron Pollard is eagerly looking forward to this weekend.
President and CEO of the West Indies Players Association (WIPA), Dinanath Ramnarine is calling on the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to not recognise the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and bring good governance to cricket in the Caribbean.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni would readily step aside as India captain if there was a suitable replacement available, the under-fire skipper said on Tuesday.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Rookie batsman Gavin Williams will lead a 13-man Leeward Islands side for their first match of the Regional Four-Day Championship against Guyana starting Friday.
Cricket Operations Officer of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Robin Singh is claiming that the current impasse between the GCB and the government installed Interim Management Committee (IMC) has affected the preparation of the national side.
Thrust into the captaincy of the Guyana national cricket team which will compete in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) regional Four-day competition which bowls off Friday, 22-year-old Veerasammy Permaul understands that he will have to make adjustments quickly.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia all rounder Shane Watson is hoping to be fully fit in the next few weeks and would prefer to remain a top order batsman for his country.
MIAMI, – LeBron James scored 35 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Miami Heat beat the Chicago Bulls 97-93 in a thrilling duel between the top two teams in the Eastern Conference on Sunday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods’s joint third-place finish at the Abu Dhabi Championship showed the former world number one was getting closer to regaining his imperious form of old.
LONDON, (Reuters) – When the year began common logic suggested Novak Djokovic would struggle to emulate his extraordinary 2011 but after retaining his Australian Open title in astonishing fashion on Sunday the question is can anyone stop him setting the bar even higher.
By Emmerson Campbell National welterweight champion Iwan ‘Pure Gold’ Azore says he plans to regroup and return to the ring to fight at the junior welterweight level, after suffering a ninth-round knockout by Simeon ‘Candy Man’ Hardy in their WBC CABOFE welterweight title bout on Friday.
The National Sports Commission (NSC) is up and running and awaiting the passing of the budget before continuing the plans it has set for 2012.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies batsman Kirk Edwards has been crowned Barbados’ Sports Personality for 2011.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia have dropped struggling top order batsman Shaun Marsh and rested wicketkeeper Brad Haddin for the first three matches of the one-day Tri-series against India and Sri Lanka, which starts next week.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Off-spinner Jamie Merchant is the only new face in an experienced Jamaica 13-man squad for their opening match of the Regional Four-Day Championship starting here on Friday.
St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board’s Event Management Internship Programme has commenced with the first intake of two interns.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – An official Guyana team – sanctioned by the Guyana Cricket Board – will play in the Regional Four-Day tournament starting on Friday, but they will spend plenty of time on the road.
A Guyana national cricket team minus its two most experienced players in Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan was expected to depart Guyana at 5.30am for Dominica where they will play the first two rounds of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional four day competition which bowls off Friday.
By Emmerson Campbell Theodore Henry, player/coach of the national rugby Sevens team which is preparing to participate in the Las Vegas Invitational Sevens tournament in the United States of America early next month, says the team is working on correcting one of its weakness which was its offence.
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