Sports

Says Rawle Toney Tonight basketball fanatics will be in for a treat when the 2009 Next Level Entertainment (NLE) tournament continues at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with defending champions Courts Pacesetters facing Kashif and Shanghai Kings and Victory Valley Royals coming up against Bounty Colts.

DURBAN,  (Reuters) – Australia clinched a series win  over South Africa and remained top of the world rankings after  completing a crushing 175-run victory on the fifth and final day  of the second test  yesterday.

From Tony Cozier in Port-of-SpainThe end always justifies the means and, in spite of the always dangerous policy of choosing a team and applying tactics from the start with the sole intention of earning a draw, the West Indies just managed to achieve their goal in the decisive final Test yesterday.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Pele Football Club moved closer to  the final of the 14th Annual Digicel powered Mayor’s Cup competition when they crushed their opponents in the quarter-final matches at the Georgetown Football Club ground Sunday night.

Ransford Goodluck defied extremely windy conditions to win last Sunday’s second Record Shoot organized by the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) as the local shooters enhance their preparation for the West Indies Fullbore championships in two months time.

By Eion Jardine While Lionel Gibbs and Oxley Agard were making a name for themselves a little featherweight was going to the gyms to learn the trade.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies collected three late wickets to wobble England in their second innings, after Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Brendan Nash struck hundreds that helped limit the visitors’ first innings lead to just two runs in the fifth and final Test yesterday.

Jets and Sonics victorious on night two The race for the 2009 Next Level Entertainment (NLE) basketball tournament title involving the top clubs from Linden and Georgetown remains split after the second night of action at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Sunday night.

Middle order batsman Royston Crandon will rejoin his teammates in the Guyana team, when they face the Leeward Islands in their tenth round clash of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) regional four day competition at the Albion sports Complex this weekend.

Windwards beat Barbados by one wicket BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Windward Islands beat Barbados by one wicket just before tea on the final day of their ninth round West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Four-day match at the Kensington Oval yesterday.

By Tony Cozier At the Queen’s Park Oval THE final day of the Test series has effectively developed into the first one-day international.

– seepages on pitch, no play on final day Having lost five of their previous seven encounters, including four consecutive defeats, host Guyana had to settle for first innings points in their ninth round encounter against the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) as seepages on the pitch prevented any play on the final day.

DURBAN, South Africa, (Reuters) – Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers scored unbeaten half centuries to take South Africa to 244 for two at the close of the fourth day of the second test against Australia yesterday.

Coach of the Guyana national team Ravindranauth Seeram yesterday told Stabroek Sport that right arm leg spinner Devendra Bishoo’s services in the team will be sorely missed, especially in the upcoming game against the Leeward Islands this weekend.

Hazy conditions, 22 players, two umpires, one ball but no pitch to play on.

– Deonarine, Fudadin fall agonizingly short of career landmarks Bottom of the table Guyana were pressing for an outright win at the end of the third day’s play of their four-day regional West Indies Cricket Board-sponsored tournament match against the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) team at the National Stadium at Providence yesterday.

Eleven swimmers smashed eight national records at the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) Mashramani Swim Meet which ended yesterday at Castellani Pool on Homestretch Avenue.

By Tony Cozier at Queen’s Park Oval For Chris Gayle, the physical pain would have been trifling compared to the mental anguish.

The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) successfully hosted its coaches workshop on Saturday at the Thomas Lands YMCA building.

National striker Nigel ‘Powers’ Codrington featured in Charleston Battery’s 1-2 defeat to Toronto FC in the Carolina Challenge Cup at Blackbaud Stadium USA.