– O’Neil and Ward in crowd pleasing display By Marlon Munroe Holland’s Entertainment Promotions ‘New Year’s Beatings’ showcased live beatings during a night of devastating finishes last on Friday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Kyle Corbin and Floyd Reifer hit battling half centuries for Combined Campuses & Colleges here yesterday but Guyana secured a first innings lead of 32 on an absorbing day two of the four-day WICB regional first class match at 3Ws Oval.
Amidst a cluster of depressingly paltry totals in the regional first-class tournament, moaning from predictable quarters about the pink ball and the never-ending sniping between Dinanath Ramnarine and his latest counterpart on the WICB, events half a world away brought a little more welcome cheer to West Indies cricket these past few weeks.
…GDF scent victory against GNIC Transport Sports Cub (TSC) disposed of the University of Guyana (UG) in two days in the fifth round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) three-day first division tournament at the Eve Leary ground yesterday.
Declined nomination for presidency of GCA Dear Editor, In Stabroek Sport of January 29, 2010, under the caption ‘Harper elected president of GCA’ there was a gross inaccuracy in relation to the Georgetown Cricket Association elections held on Wednesday, January 27, 2010.
Former national junior chess champion Taffin Khan upset national champion Wendell Meusa to take sole possession of the lead after five rounds of the Trophy Stall sponsored tournament.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies are expected to unveil their new head coach next week, with a British newspaper tipping former West Indies fast bowler Ottis Gibson to fill the post.
FOURSQUARE, Barbados, CMC – Montcin Hodge carried his bat for a half-century to allow Leeward Islands to maintain a slight advantage after two days of their fourth round clash with Trinidad & Tobago in the WICB regional first class championship at Foursquare Oval yesterday.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Liam Sebastien blasted his second first-class hundred to put Windward Islands on the brink of a first innings lead over Barbados in the WICB regional first-class championship yesterday.
ATLANTA, (Reuters) – The surprising Atlanta Hawks completed their first season sweep of the Boston Celtics in 11 years, posting a 100-91 home victory in an Eastern Conference showdown on Friday.
CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Royston Crandon hit a typically robust 94 here Friday and his older brother, Esuan, contributed an unbeaten 48 as Guyana fought back from early wobbles to enjoy the better of day one of their WICB first class match against hosts Combined Campuses & Colleges at 3Ws Oval.
By Rawle Tony Ravens Basketball Club seems to be in a no-nonsense mood this year after they annihilated Bounty Colts 73 – 59 in their first match in the GABA Open League while Courts Pacesetters clipped Maccabees 57 – 45 in the lone third division match-up.
Yannic Cariah’s compelling all-round performance inspired the West Indies to victory by four wickets over Sri Lanka in a high-scoring third place playoff match in the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Christchurch, New Zealand yesterday.
President of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Bissoondyal Singh yesterday extended congratulations to the newly-elected president of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Roger Harper.
Number 71 Cricket Club and Kennard’s Memorial Cricket Club will contest the final of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/Demerara Bank second division tournament for teams in the Upper Corentyne area.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Three wickets – two to Shane Shillingford – in the final half-hour tightened Windward Islands’ grip against Barbados in the WICB regional first-class championship yesterday.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A fresh round of hostilities between the West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies Players Association appeared to be brewing after the WICB slammed the players union yesterday over controversial comments made earlier this week.
(BBC) Ryan Harris took his second consecutive five-wicket haul as Australia won the fourth one-day international in Perth by 135 runs yesterday to take a 4-0 series lead.
FORTSQUARE, Barbados, CMC – Veteran medium pacer Wilden Cornwall took a superb five-wicket haul as he led the Leeward Islands to a commanding position at the end of day one in their WICB regional first class, fourth round clash against Trinidad and Tobago at the Foursquare Oval yesterday.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Roger Federer provided a masterful demonstration of his incredible talent and insatiable desire to win by overwhelming Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2 6-3 6-2 yesterday and join Andy Murray in the final of the Australian Open.
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