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(Cricinfo) The ICC has decided to set up a public ballot system for ticket sales for the semi-finals and final of the 2011 World Cup.

LONDON, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Striker Javier Hernandez’s well-taken double on a rare Premier League start helped leaders Manchester United move four points clear with a 4-0 romp at Wigan Athletic yesterday.

Four more companies have come out in support of the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) in its efforts to send a team

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago were put on their heels, when Andre Fletcher and Tyrone Theophile gave Windward Islands a confident start in their hunt for first innings points in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.

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.

ST. JOHN’S Antigua, CMC – West Indies are likely to activate their third World Cup reserve to replace injured vice-captain Dwayne Bravo.

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.