MOHALI, India, CMC – With a quarter-final berth in sight, resurgent West Indies will be anxious to quell any resistance from giant-killers Ireland when they clash in their Group B, World Cup clash here today.
KANDY, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka crushed Zimbabwe by 139 runs to breeze into the quarter-finals but Tillakaratne Dilshan, architect of the victory, narrowly missed a rare milestone in the World Cup Group A match yesterday.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Cricket World Cup organisers said yesterday that no changes had been made to security arrangements after the Indian government’s warning of a possible militant attack on the showpiece event.
By Tony Cozier At the ICC World Cup In CHANDIGARH
They wore the maroon of the West Indies as team mates in nine One-Day Internationals in Sharjah and Australia in the mid-1990s but Ottis Gibson and Phil Simmons were in different colours and in different roles at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in the Mohali district of this northern Indian city today (overnight south Caribbean time).
The Athletics Association of Guyana will up the tempo at the National Youth and Junior Championships tomorrow and Sunday with the addition of senior invitational events at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary starting from 10:30 hrs.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India can underline their credentials as World Cup favourites with victory over South Africa in Group B tomorrow — and convince their own fans who are becoming increasingly jittery about their prospects.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Former Australia captains Allan Border, Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh will join a review panel charged with finding ways to make the national team more competitive following their humbling Ashes defeat to bitter rivals England.
MEMPHIS, (Reuters) – Carmelo Anthony redeemed himself for a needless foul by sinking the winning basket with under a second to play as the New York Knicks grabbed a 110-108 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday.
(Reuters) – Cricket World Cup Group A standings on Thursday.
P W L T Nr NET PR PTS
Sri Lanka* 5 3 1 0 1 2.705 7
New Zealand 4 3 1 0 0 1.848 6
Pakistan 4 3 1 0 0 0.760 6
Australia 3 2 0 0 1 1.813 5
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Zimbabwe 4 1 3 0 0 -0.690 2
Canada 4 1 3 0 0 -2.083 2
Kenya 4 0 4 0 0 -3.403 0
* Denotes qualified for the quarter-finals
(top four qualify for the quarter-finals)
Next fixtures:
March 13 – Canada v New Zealand, Mumbai
Australia v Kenya, Bangalore
March 14 – Pakistan v Zimbabwe, Kandy
March 16 – Australia v Canada, Bangalore
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The 2011 rugby season will kick off this Sunday at the National Park Rugby Ground when the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) stages its traditional Banks DIH Sevens Tournament commencing with an opening ceremony at 10:30 hrs.
The GT&T 10/10 Softball Cricket competition continued last weekend at various venues around the country with two brilliant performances in the Georgetown and West Coast Demerara zones.
A packed day of schools’ basketball is scheduled for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall today as eight tournament games and free throw shootout competitions get the ball rolling on the inaugural YBG Challenge Series from 13:00 hours.
ZURICH, (Reuters) – FIFA is investigating six match officials over possible match-fixing in two friendly internationals in Turkey that produced a total of seven penalties last month.
By Tony Cozier At the ICC World Cup In CHANDIGARH
THE West Indies have gone into their three previous World Cup matches with Kemar Roach as their solitary fast bowler.
By Treiston Joseph
Trinidad-based Guyanese and former 400 metres Schools National Champion Phillip Drayton will be looking to make good his debut at the Southern Games trials in Trinidad and Tobago on the March 13 at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella from 10:00 hrs.
The initial approach of the England Lions team will be to exploit the Guyanese batting weaknesses and put them under pressure, according to their head coach Mick Newell.
DELHI, India, CMC – World Cup favourites India survived a brief scare before rolling over minnows Netherlands by five wickets to remain unbeaten and on top of Group B yesterday.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – Miami’s recent cold streak continued on Tuesday as a 105-96 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers sent the Heat to their season-worst fifth loss in a row.
KOLKATA, (Reuters) – JP Duminy agonisingly missed out on his first World Cup hundred by a run but his sparkling effort propelled South Africa into the quarter-finals with a crushing 131-run win over Ireland yesterday.