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PERTH,  (Reuters) – David Warner surprised even himself with his scoring rate as he smashed the quickest ever century by a test opener in a match against India  yesterday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua,  CMC – An unbroken, opening stand between Dwayne Smith and captain Kirk Edwards raced Barbados to an emphatic 10-wicket victory over the Netherlands in a low-scoring affair in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament on Thursday.

John Percival’s brilliant all-round performance spearheaded Courtland All Stars to a 74-run victory over Chesney in the continuation of the 2011 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over cricket competition in Berbice on Thursday at the Chesney ground.

The Normal Singh Memorial Turf Club in collaboration with the Winner’s Circle Pools Hall and Bar will run off a horse race meet on January 29 at No.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – An unbroken, opening stand between Dwayne Smith and captain Kirk Edwards raced Barbados to an emphatic 10-wicket victory over the Netherlands in a low-scoring affair in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament last night.

PERTH, (Reuters) – India were 73-4 at lunch today with its top four batsmen back in the pavilion.

The Guyana Government issued a statement yesterday refuting claims that it has reached any consensus with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) as it relates to the roles of the Interim Management Committee and the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) as  reported by Stabroek Sport yesterday.

Clive Lloyd says that the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is “messing with the wrong person” after that organisation, through its General Secretary Anand Sanasie, wrote Sport Minister Dr.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A computerised scoring  system designed for the boxing competition at the London 2012  Olympics will be scrapped after the Games as the sport’s  governing body seeks to encourage fighters to win with style.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Jamaica followed up a steady half-century from Nkrumah Bonner with purposeful bowling to sweep to a 50-run victory over Sussex in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament last evening.

The Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago cricket teams affectionately known by their respective supporters as the “Amazon Conquerors” and “Red Fury” in recent times, clash this evening at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua, in a crucial Group A match of the 2012 Caribbean Twenty20 competition, in which the winner will almost certainly have one foot in the semi-finals.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – A High Court judge yesterday ordered the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation to have its former special advisor Austin “Jack” Warner present all “relevant documents” regarding all the finances of the country’s participation in the 2006 World Cup.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Chris Paul and the Los  Angeles Clippers survived their biggest test of the season with  a 95-89 overtime victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday,  proving the home team can stand toe-to-toe with the best of the  NBA.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Breath-taking batting, led by a brutal, unbeaten 56 from Kieron Pollard, restored the gloss on reigning champions Trinidad & Tobago, firing them to an emphatic, 167-run victory over Leeward Islands in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament on Wednesday night.

PERTH, (Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni has hinted he  will quit test cricket if he decides to lead India in their  World Cup defence in Australia and New Zealand in 2015.

Representatives of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the Guyana government, yesterday reached a consensus concerning the roles to be played by the Interim Management Committee (IMC) and the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) in the administration of cricket locally.

By Emmerson Campbell President of the Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) and the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), Peter Abdool recently attended the historic 49th Annual Convention of the World Boxing Council (WBC) in Las Vegas, USA where it was disclosed that the WBC will launch a tournament to mark its 50th anniversary.

South American junior bronze medalist Stephan James is feeling confident going into the 2012 season as he plans to represent Guyana at every international junior competition there is this year.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Chris Gayle was dismissed cheaply in controversial fashion, as Sydney Thunder slumped to their fourth straight defeat in the Big Bash League Twenty20, when Perth Scorchers crushed them by nine wickets on Tuesday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua,  CMC – Johnson Charles hit a flambuoyant, unbeaten 61 to lead Windward Islands to their second victory in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament with a nine-wicket victory in a low-scoring affair against Canada yesterday.