BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Jamaica’s bowlers failed to match the success of their batsmen, and Leeward Islands, led by Shane Jeffers, made a strong start against them in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.
Guyana battled to a respectable position against Barbados at the end of day one of the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) Regional Four-Day competition at the Providence National Stadium yesterday.
By Tony Cozier
At the ICC World Cup
In DELHIFor an hour and half on Thursday afternoon, the young left-hander rapidly developing into the next in the long line of great West Indian batsmen lit up the overcast Feroz Shah Kotla stadium here with an array of strokes uncannily reminiscent of his immediate predecessor and, as it happens, blood relation.
CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – England Lions, choosing to bat, reached 260 for four in their first innings at the close on the opening day of their fourth round match in the WICB Regional first-class championship against Combined Campuses & Colleges yesterday at the Three Ws Oval.
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Sherwin Ganga and Denesh Ramdin scored resolute half-centuries to lead a Trinidad & Tobago fight-back against Windward Islands in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Marlon Samuels enhanced his chances of a recall to the West Indies side for future assignments, when he collected his third hundred for Jamaica in the WICB Regional first-class championship against Leeward Islands yesterday.
MIRPUR, Bangladesh, CMC – Shafiul Islam grabbed four wickets for 21 runs from eight overs to take Bangladesh to a 27-run victory over Ireland in the World Cup yesterday.
BANGALORE, (Reuters) – Hosts India will aim to bring the spotlight back on to the field as they look to extend their winning start to the World Cup by beating England tomorrow.
NAGPUR, India, (Reuters) – Ruthless Australia compounded the miseries of rivals New Zealand by notching up a seven-wicket victory in their World Cup match yesterday.
Registrar of the Friendly Societies Kareem Jabar said that he will commence his review of the report on the operations of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) on Monday.
The Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facility in collaboration with the Lions Club of Corriverton will stage a grand one-day horse race meet on March 6.
St. Aloysius Primary School emerged winners of the one-day Inter-Primary School football competition which recently concluded at the Scott’s Church Ground, Princess Elizabeth Road, New Amsterdam.
In observance of tomorrow’s Mashramani celebrations in New Amsterdam, Berbice the Flying Ace Cycling Club of New Amsterdam will roll off a 45-mile cycle road race.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Warring cricket officials, the shortage of public tickets for India’s high-profile matches and violent clashes between fans and baton-wielding police took the spotlight away from the players at the World Cup yesterday.
Barbadian captain Ryan Hinds is hoping that good weather prevails for the next four days since his team is looking to gain maximum points over the Guyanese in their fourth round clash at the Guyana National Stadium from today.
Neil Gordon put on a terrific all-round performance which earned him the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the finals award in the United Insurance Ltd Mashramani Inter-School Basketball Competition which wrapped up at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
The Western Union-branded Hikers Hockey Club Junior Programme will host its first annual indoor junior tournament at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue this weekend as part of its fund-raising drive.
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Leeward Islands are looking to overturn poor form and recent history against Jamaica to breathe life into their season in the fourth round of matches in the WICB Regional first-class championship, starting today at Warner Park.