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Rashada Williams hits down the ground during her top score of 30 for West
Indies on Sunday. (Photo courtesy ICC Media)

Windies Women in thrilling three-run win

PAARL, South Africa, CMC – West Indies once again survived a dramatic final over before pulling off a three-run victory over Pakistan to keep alive their slender hopes of a semi-final place in the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup here yesterday.

Trayon Bobb (centre/black) slotting the ball under the body of the advancing
Tiger Bay goalkeeper during their semi-final encounter

Bent Street, Back Circle set up finals showdown

Back Circle and Bent Street will contest the Rocks Auto Trans and Spares Parts ‘Legendary Cup’ Futsal Championship match, following convincing semi-final wins at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue on Saturday evening.

Ravindra Jadeja

India hammer Australia again

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India hammered Australia inside three days for the second time in a fortnight to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy yesterday and are on the verge of qualifying for the World Test Championship (WTC) final in June.

Stuart Broad

England Broad-side New Zealand

(Reuters) – England’s “Bazball” revolution continued apace yesterday when the tourists wrapped up a thumping 267-run victory over New Zealand in the first test with the best part of two days to spare at Bay Oval.

The Georgetown Cricket Association Under-15 side

GCA trample West Dem in DCB U15

The Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) U15 cricket team extended its dominance in Demerara by beating West Demerara by 10 wickets in the Demerara Cricket Board U-15 Inter-Association 50-over tournament yesterday.

 In the picture Ali, left and Ford are involved in an exhibition for the thousands of fans that flocked to see the legendary Ali during his brief visit here.

A BLAST FROM THE PAST

With the Guyana Boxing Association Patrick Ford Memorial boxing tournament set for this evening at the National Gymnasium, Stabroek Sports, as a mark of respect for the late Ford and also as an incentive for the young boxers who will be in action this evening, reproduces a photograph with Ford in action against `The Greatest’ the late Muhammad Ali, a former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world who visited Guyana in 1979.

Broad magic puts England on brink of first test victory

(Reuters) – England’s Stuart Broad blitzed New Zealand’s top order in a dazzling spell under the Bay Oval lights to leave the hosts reeling on 63 for five after the third day of the first test yesterday, 331 runs shy of their unlikely victory target.

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