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Teenager Matthew Nandu made a dream debut yesterday scoring an unbeaten half century for the Guyana senior cricket team the Harpy Eagles to help them reach 205-5 at stumps on the first day of their four-day Cricket West Indies match against defending champions Barbados Pride at the Antigua Recreation ground. 

The Bahamas is set and ready to host the 50th edition of the CARIFTA Games in Nassau from April 8-10 and is inviting local and international media partners on-board to lend coverage. 

LeBron James moved closer to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s NBA scoring record and gained two spots on the all-time assists list Tuesday night, when the Los Angeles Lakers superstar posted his first triple-double of the season to spark a 129-123 overtime win over the host New York Knicks.

The registration period for the 2023 edition of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ East Bank/West Demerara championships ended Tuesday paving the way for the  qualifying tournament to take place Sunday at the Pouderoyen Tarmac from 9:00am.

The calendar has flipped to February and as customary the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) is set to host its Novices/ Juniors Championships.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Amir Jangoo, Tion Webster and Terrance Hinds bailed out Trinidad and Tobago Red Force with half-centuries on the second day of their opening round Regional First Class Championship match here yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Selectors have included the Under-19 World Cup trio of Zaida James, Trishan Holder and Djenaba Joseph in a 15-member squad announced yesterday to compete in this month’s ICC Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa.

AHMEDABAD, India, (Reuters) – Opener Shubman Gill blasted a blistering hundred as India routed New Zealand by 168 runs in the third T20 International to secure a 2-1 series victory yesterday.

KIMBERLEY, South Africa, Feb 1, CMC – Fast bowler Jofra Archer produced a career-best six-wicket haul in only his second One-Day International in 2-½ years following a long injury layoff, as England outplayed South Africa by 59 runs in the final ODI of the five-match series here Wednesday.

Former West Indies U-19 batsman and West Indies emerging player, Kevlon Anderson, will take up a stint in Trinidad and Tobago where he will play club cricket for Preysal.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies left-hander Shimron Hetmyer lashed a six off the final delivery of the contest as Gulf Giants edged Kieron Pollard’s MI Emirates by five wickets here yesterday, to notch their fifth win in six games in the International League T20.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – Former England batsman Gary Ballance has been picked in a 16-man Test squad to face West Indies in the two-Test series beginning Saturday in Bulawayo.

Former champions, Guyana Harpy Eagles will look to get this season’s West Indies four-day championships off on a winning note when they come up against defending champions, Barbados Pride from today.

Corporate giant Edward B. Beharry Limited has renewed its partnership with Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) for the 13th year.

SYLHET, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies ODI star Shai Hope sparkled with a sublime, unbeaten 91 but his Twenty20 International counterpart Johnson Charles eclipsed him with breathtaking unbeaten hundred, as Comilla Victorians produced a stellar run chase to beat Khulna Tigers by seven wickets here yesterday.

Mighty Ruler won the Men’s final while Bartica Queens won the Women’s title in the Jermaine Christian Birthday Street-ball tournament on Saturday evening at the Bartica Community Centre tarmac.

(ICC)This column is part of the build-up articles being provided for free editorial use giving credit to the International Cricket Council Our last match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup – the 2020 final at the MCG – was watched by 86,174 spectators!

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) officially released its 2022 Year in Review catalogue, which summarised the activities and events staged by the association during the period following the lifting of the Covid-19 restrictions.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Wicketkeeper Tevyn Walcott and former West Indies batsman Sunil Ambris both gathered uptempo half-centuries but a late collapse saw Windward Islands Volcanoes squander a great opportunity on the opening day of their first round Regional First Class match against Trinidad and Tobago Red Force.

LONDON, CMC – Captain Hayley Matthews has underscored the importance of consistency if West Indies Women are to make an impact at next month’s ICC Twenty20 World Cup, and said  that she believes the pitches will also be a decisive factor in results.