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With questions constantly swirling around his head from all quarters regarding his relevance in the West Indies team, captain Darren Sammy said yesterday that he is one innings away from producing something special for the regional squad.

Says Donald Duff To use a popular phrase “Give Jack he jacket,” it seems, at the very least, that the West Indies cricket Board (WICB) is right on one count which is, that the standard of cricket played in the region is low.

An all-round performance from the talented David Latchaya led defending champions, Lower Corentyne to a comfortable 96 runs victory over New Amsterdam/Canje in the finals of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/ National Communica-tions Network (NCN) Under-15 Inter-zone Tournament at the Cumberland Ground, Canje.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Badly letdown by the batting, West Indies recalled Ramnaresh Sarwan as the only change to their squad for the fourth One-day International against Pakistan tomorrow at Kensington Oval here.

Secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Anand Sanasie is upset that the West Indies Cricket Board selectors have gone back on what he says was an earlier decision to allow West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chnaderpaul to play in today’s One Day International.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Cricket South Africa (CSA)  will abide by a high court order to reinstate former president  Mtutuzeli Nyoka, the governing body said.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana,  CMC – Today’s fifth and final one-dayer will have a special significance for leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo as he will showcase his skills in front of his mother for the first time.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Manny Pacquiao has been  installed as an odds-on favourite for his WBO welterweight title  defence against Shane Mosley but the Filipino has taken great  pains not to underestimate his American challenger.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – The Miami Heat piled the pressure on a bruised and battered Boston by taking a 2-0 lead in their NBA playoff series with a 102-91 victory on Tuesday.

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – Leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has lamented his exclusion from the Pakistan 15-man squad for the Test series against West Indies starting later this month.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Los Angeles Clippers forward  Blake Griffin, whose soaring dunks became staples of nightly  highlight shows, was named NBA Rookie of the Year yesterday  as the first unanimous choice in 21 years.

A fourteen man squad was announced last weekend by the Junior Selection Committee headed by Leslie Solomon of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) for the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter-county Under-15 Tournament to represent Cellink Berbice in the competition.

The 2010/2011 Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Super League competition will wrap up tonight with the final between defending champions Alpha United and Guyana Defence Force (GDF) at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground.

The West Indies and Pakistan quietly arrived in Guyana yesterday to a lukewarm reception for the fifth and final ODI of the Digicel Home Series tomorrow at the Guyana National Stadium.

When the Caribbean individual full-bore shooting championship fires off in Antigua/Barbuda all eyes will be on Guyana’s leading marksman Ransford Goodluck who will be going after  an unprecedented  11th regional shooting title.

LONDON, (Reuters) – English cricket officials have  secured the continuing presence of national coach Andy Flower  after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced yesterday they had agreed a new contract with the Zimbabwean.

By Treiston Joseph Alika Morgan and Lionel D’Andrade ran away with the monetary prizes and individual trophies when  winning their separate categories of the 30th edition of the Telesur 10K road race sponsored by TeleG Phone Company in Paramaribo, Suriname last Sunday.

Doha, Qatar – Injury has forced 800m World record holder David Rudisha to withdraw from Friday’s opening leg of the 2011 Samsung Diamond League meeting in Doha, Qatar.

LAHORE, Pakistan, CMC – Pakistan’s selectors have recalled the experienced duo of Younis Khan and Umar Gul in a 15-man squad named to face West Indies in two Tests in the Caribbean later this month.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Dallas Mavericks overcame  a 16-point deficit and an aggressive Kobe Bryant to steal Game  One of their second round playoff series with a last-second  96-94 triumph on Monday.