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Melbourne Renegades
captain Hayley Matthews
Melbourne Renegades captain Hayley Matthews

WI bungle run chase as losing streak continues

EAST LONDON, South Africa, CMC – Under-pressure West Indies Women saw their losing streak continue with a 44-run defeat to South Africa Women, in their opening game of the Twenty20 International Tri-Series here yesterday.

Iga Swiatek

Korda stuns Medvedev

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Stefanos Tsitsipas and Iga Swiatek dazzled in bright sunshine to make short work of their third-round opponents yesterday as some normalcy returned to the Australian Open after scheduling woes, wild weather, upsets and late finishes.

 West Indies fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell
celebrates
the wicket of Dhananjaya de Silva.

Cottrell upstages Russell to keep Knight Riders winless

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Andre Russell blasted a pulsating half-century but found himself upstaged by fellow Jamaican and West Indies teammate, Sheldon Cottrell, as winless Abu Dhabi Knight Riders plunged to their fourth defeat on the trot here yesterday.

West Indies all-rounders Jason Holder right and Kyle Mayers both failed as their team Durban Super Giants suffered an eighth wicket defeat yesterday in the South Africa t20 League.

Mayers, Holder muted in Super Giants loss

DURBAN, South Africa, CMC – West Indies all-rounders Jason Holder and Kyle Mayers lacked impact with both bat and ball, leaving Durban Super Giants with an eight-wicket defeat to Pretoria Capitals in the SA20 here yesterday.

West Indies were beaten by Ireland and subsequently knocked out of the qualifiers for the T20 World Cup in Australia last November.

Identify T20 World Cup squad now

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A high-level retreat involving a core training squad, the head coach and the top brass of Cricket West Indies is among 34 recommendations put forward by an independent three-member group in a report, aimed at helping West Indies “hit the reset button” in time for the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup.

Shunelle Sawh of West Indies is bowled by Anna Browning
during yesterday’s game. (Photo courtesy ICC Media)

WI turn focus to Super 6s after heavy defeat

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, CMC – West Indies Women suffered a 10-wicket thrashing at the hands of New Zealand Women here but still booked their place in the Super 6, second round of the ICC Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup here yesterday.

Gulf Giants’ West Indies batting star Shimron Hetmyer.

Hetmyer shines, Powell struggles as Giants remain unbeaten

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Shimron Hetmyer tasted form for the first time but his West Indies counterpart Rovman Powell perished for a three-ball ‘duck’ as Gulf Giants logged their third win in as many matches with a crushing 101-run victory over Dubai Capitals here yesterday.

Bissoondyal Singh

GCB praises $4.3B budget for sport sector

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is praising the government for its 4.3B budget allocation for the sports sector adding that the government’s funding of the historic National Cricket Academy underscores its commitment to the sector.

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