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COLOMBO (Reuters) – The absence of strike bowler Lasith Malinga has prompted Sri Lanka selectors to once again experiment with their bowling line-up for the second test against West Indies.

NAGPUR, India, (Reuters) – New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori’s decision to bat first misfired yesterday when the Indian bowlers ripped through the top order to wrest control in the deciding third test match.

Prime Minister and acting President of Guyana, Samuel Hinds officially declared the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) open yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, following an opening ceremony with a march-past of  athletes and officials from Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.

PERTH, Australia,  CMC – Western Australia are celebrating the return of Chris Gayle for the 2010-2011 Big Bash Twenty20 competition.

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands,  CMC – Nicolette Fernandes failed on Thursday in her bid to reach the quarter-finals of the Dutch Open.

Guyana, a country famous for producing cricketers like Rohan Kanhai, Lance Gibbs, Clive Lloyd and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, are not often beaten at home.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Kraigg Brathwaite came of age yesterday, when he gathered his maiden first-class hundred to put West Indies-A in an almost impregnable position in the opening four-day “Test” against Pakistan-A.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Opener Tharanga  Paranavitana missed out on a century as the first test between  Sri Lanka and West Indies was drawn yesterday after rain washed  out the final session on the fifth day.

Suriname’s female volleyball  team yesterday spiked their way to a  3-1 victory over Guyana in the first volleyball game of the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) last night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – David Cameron will host FIFA Vice President Jack Warner for lunch next Thursday in the Swiss city of Zurich.

A fine all round performance from Viendra Gooniah failed to save Skeldon Line Path Secondary School from defeat against Tagore Memorial Secondary School at the No.

National swimmer Niall Roberts on Thursday won the 18-years and over 200m freestyle event of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association National Championships currently ongoing at the Castellani Swimming Pool.

The current inclement weather could play a major role in the outcome of the R1 Vodka sponsored Guyana Open Golf championships which tee off this morning at Lusignan Golf course, East Coast Demerara.

Defending Guyana Open ladies champion Christine Sukhram and men’s contender Muntaz Haniff sharpened their game with victory in the European Union (EU) Medal Play Golf tournament played Wednesday at the Lusignan Golf Club.

Rain washed out the second day of play between Berbice and Essequibo yesterday at the Blairmont Community Centre ground and the second match between Demerara and the Rest Team was called off at Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground because of an inundated field.

The Guyanese duo of Randolph Jerome and Shawn `Bubbly’ Beveney both got on the scoresheets to help their respective teams claim victories in the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association FA Trophy round-of-16 encounter on Wednesday night.

The Albion Community Centre Cricket Club retained  its  Berbice Cricket Board/ Tenelec Inc.

Floyd Carmichael won four games and ended with a positive spread of 345 to win the Eid-ul-Adha Scrabble Competition staged by the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) on Wednesday at the Malteenoes Sports Club, Thomas Lands.

Kriskal Persaud and David Khan (1386), with four points each are in the lead at the end of round five  of the Neal and Massy/Seven Seas National Chess Championships on Wednesday at the Ocean Spray Hotel, Kitty.

Mo Shafi on behalf of the USA team for the Guyana Open Golf Tournament issued a warning to the rest of the field, especially the Guyanese contingent, that they will have a difficult task tomorrow and Sunday at the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC).