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CHARLESTOWN, Nevis, CMC – Workmanlike half-centuries from Kevin Stoute and Jason Haynes helped Barbados across the threshold to first innings points over Combined Campuses & Colleges in the WICB Regional First-Class championship yesterday.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Half-centuries from Wavell Hinds, Donovan Pagon, Tamar Lambert and Carlton Baugh Jr batted Jamaica into a virtually impregnable position on the second day of their second round WICB Regional First Class game against Leewards  yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – England were on the verge  of a heavy defeat in the fourth and final test against South  Africa yesterday as the row over the umpire referral system  rumbled on.

(BBC) Australia took a gamble on day three of the final Test in Hobart as they bowled Pakistan out cheaply but chose not to enforce the follow-on in Hobart yesterday.

(ICC) Host New Zealand made short work of Canada to secure a commanding nine-wicket win, while England overwhelmed Hong Kong by the same margin in matches at the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2010 in New Zealand yesterday.

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – Chris Gayle sparked all too briefly as Western Australia Warriors crashed to a 37-run loss to Queensland Bulls, to miss out on a place in the preliminary final of the Twenty20 Big Bash yesterday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Lendl Simmons used the occasion of the inaugural day/night WICB regional four-day match to hit his eighth first-class hundred for Trinidad & Tobago to put them in control against Guyana.

PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand,  CMC – A critical batting collapse after huge half centuries from openers Kraigg Brathwaite and Trevon Griffith plunged West Indies Under-19s to a 40-run loss to the Pakistanis in their opening ICC Under-19 World Cup match yesterday.

By Marlon Munroe The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA)/National Sports Commission Mini-Cadet, Cadet and Junior Table Tennis Tournament was launched yesterday under the auspices of the Business School.

The Raymond Panday/ Cummings Electrical second division two-day final bowls into action today at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) between Transport Sport Club (TSC) and the Queenstown based team from 11:00 hours.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Jamaica grabbed the initiative with a strong bowling performance when they bundled the Leeward Islands out cheaply but lost it by the end of the opening day of their WICB Regional First Class game yesterday.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo played only a limited role as his Victoria Bushrangers reached the preliminary final of the Twenty20 Big Bash with a nine-wicket win over Tasmania yesterday.

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis, CMC – Nikolai Charles and Ryan Hinds shared seven wickets between them to give Barbados a slight advantage over Combined Campuses & Colleges in the WICB regional first-class championship yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Graeme Smith survived a  controversial umpire decision to score a century and lead South  Africa to 215 for two before thunderstorms washed out most of  the second day of the fourth and final test yesterday.

(BBC) Pakistan’s hopes of salvaging the final Test against Australia looked bleak as they ended day two on 94-4, trailing by 425 runs in the first innings.

– fights for Pan Asian boxing title tomorrow By Rawle Toney Guyana’s Leon ‘Hurry-up’ Moore will take on Indonesian Marangin Marbun tomorrow evening for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) Pan Asian Boxing Association (PABA) super bantamweight title, promoter Carwyn Holland disclosed yesterday.

By Marlon Munroe Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago clash in the historical day/night match of the WICB Regional four-day tournament at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium from 13:00 hours today.

By Rawle Toney It’s been eight months since Guyana’s heavyweight champion Mitchell ‘The Killer’ Rogers stepped into the ring and now the hard-hitting Berbician is counting down the days towards his clash with Anthony Agustin on January 29 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Albion, Rose Hall/Canje and D’Edward Cricket clubs are through to the semifinals of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) 2009 Leslie Amsterdam Memorial Under-17 tournament.

LUANDA, (Reuters) – A header from Rafik Halliche just  before halftime revived Algeria’s African Nations Cup hopes as  they beat Mali 1-0 in Group A yesterday.