Point proven! This bunch of ‘A’ team cricketers were fiercely determined to defeat the T&T Senior team and win the T&T Cricket Board (TTCB) T20 Festival and they went a long way to achieving the latter, by defeating the T&T Senior team by two wickets on Wednesday night at Guaracara Park in Pointe-a-Pierre.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Usman Khawaja will have some very big boots to fill when he makes his debut for Australia in the fifth Ashes test next week but the 24-year-old is more concerned about making the most of his call up to the national side.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Ricky Ponting’s hopes of staying on as captain to lead Australia to a pride-salvaging victory in the fifth and final Ashes test have been dashed due to complications with his broken finger.
Regional T20 champions put their disappointing loss to the Trinidad and Tobago ‘A’ team behind them as they recovered to beat the T&T Academy by 83 runs in their second match of the TTCB T20 Festival at Guaracara Park in Pointe-a-Pierre yesterday.
Alpha United’s goalkeeper Ronson Williams put forth the best display of goalkeeping witnessed thus far in this year’s Kashif and Shanghai tournament to propel his team into the final last night at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.
(Sydney Morning Herald) West Indies blaster Chris Gayle claims he has paid little attention to Australia’s Ashes demise, saying his busy party lifestyle prevented him from watching the series.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia will take a long, hard look at their cricketing future after England’s Ashes triumph yesterday and just may find it was one of their perceived strengths that let them down over the last six weeks.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo believes the regional side’s best chance of winning a World Cup will be at the Asian showpiece starting next February.
Work has commenced on “Phase One” of the construction of Guyana’s first ever synthetic track at Leonora, West Coast Demerara.
Coach of the Flying Ace Cycle Club of Berbice Randolph Roberts is aiming to further develop the sport in the new year.
MIAMI (Reuters) – Miami’s Dwyane Wade scored 40 points to help the Heat beat the New York Knicks 106-98 on Tuesday and record their 15th win in 16 games.
President of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Keith Foster was on Monday re-elected for a second term at the BCB’s annual general meeting.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former West Indies captain Jimmy Adams says the Caribbean side will struggle to make an impact on next year’s Cricket World Cup but has acknowledged they could spring a few surprises.
Several clubs in Berbice have benefitted from a donation of a quantity of cricket equipment distributed by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) and Cellink recently at the BCB office, New Amsterdam, Berbice.
DURBAN, South Africa, (Reuters) – India staged a great comeback from their innings defeat at Centurion to beat South Africa by 87 runs on the fourth day of the second test at Kingsmead yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Mike Gatting urged England to be merciless in their pursuit of long-term success after he passed on a 24-year-old honour to Andrew Strauss yesterday.
DURBAN, South Africa, (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council should take responsibility for implementing the umpire review system itself and remove the right of test teams to opt out, South Africa captain Graeme Smith said yesterday.
Regional T20 champions Guyana were brought down to earth last night as a group of determined cricketers who had a point to prove defeated them by eight wickets in the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) T20 Cricket Festival at Guaracara Park in Pointe-a-Pierre.
An undefeated 75 from Man-of-the-Match Darren Bravo helped Trinidad and Tobago to an emphatic 78-run win over the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) Academy Under-23 XI in the first match of the TTCB Twenty20 Festival at Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre yesterday.
Sabrina Princess won the feature event while Super Cat got the better of Wicked Intentions as the Kennard Memorial Turf Club staged its Boxing Day horse race meet on Sunday.
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