A stroke-filled century by opening batsman Malinda Warnapura on debut highlighted the first day’s play as the Digicel Home Series between the West Indies and Sri Lanka got underway at the National Stadium, Providence yesterday.
The selection committee of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has named a 13-man Under-15 `B’ team which will oppose the touring English Schoolboys Under-15 team on Monday.
The Guyana Darts Association (GDA) is gearing up to participate in the fourth Americas Cup championships and the 17th Caribbean Darts championships which will be held simultaneously in Trinidad and Tobago at the end of July.
The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) will run off its second trial match tomorrow (Saturday) in preparation for the North American and West Indies Rugby Association (NAWIRA) 2011 Fifteens Rugby World Cup qualifying series billed for the Cayman Islands.
– Jayawardene eyeing first test series win in C/bean The venue was the Essequibo Room of Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel and the occasion was the launch of the 2008 Digicel sponsored Home Series between the West Indies and Sri Lanka, and while the two captains Mahela Jayawardene and Chris Gayle were the main persons present it was Digicel’s head of sponsorship Kieran Foley, whose words had the most impact.
The Guyana Cricket Board in collaboration with the ‘Reds’ Perreira Sports Foundation (RPSF) will run off a spin bowling clinic for junior cricketers tomorrow at the Everest Cricket Club ground.
The Georgetown All-Stars basketball team defeated the Linden All-Stars 87-79 to win the first ever schools’ All-Star game in the Guyana Secondary Schools Basketball Association’s (GSSBA)post season at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – West Indies captain Chris Gayle thinks that he has the combination of players to do well against the visiting Sri Lankan team in the Digicel Test Series starting on Saturday at the Guyana National Stadium.
Guyanese and former West Indies leg-spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo continues to create havoc among T&T batsmen, as he grabbed nine wickets in the latest round of matches in the Eastern Credit Union cricket league.
Most of the country’s top grasstrack riders and sport quad (four-wheelers) will be on show on Sunday when Friends Inc.
East Coast Demerara District managed to successfully defend their title as overall champions on Sunday at the 2008 Linwest Games at the Eve Leary Sports Club ground.
The three-day match between the touring Sri Lanka cricketers and a Guyana Cricket Board President’s XI ended in a drew at the National Stadium, Providence yesterday.
“It’s going to be tough.” So said West Indies cricket captain Chris Gayle after his team arrived at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on Tuesday night.
Cummings Lodge Second-ary School rose to the challenge in the Georgetown conference final to defeat number-two seed Central High school 78-67 and be crowned Georgetown champions of the inaugural Guyana Secondary Schools Basketball Association’s (GSSBA) tournament.
Lugard Mohan of the Georgetown Masters proved that he was indeed a basketball master when he produced an effective 24-point performance to lead his team to a 100-84 victory against the Georgetown Pioneers in the Bryden’s Second Division Basketball League held at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Saturday evening.
Dear Editor, I still welcome Lt Oliver Hinckson’s offer to find a way to open communication between the gunmen and official society, and was to learn later that he had been charged sedition or some such absurdity.
Guyana’s Neil McGarrell had a fine all-round performance Saturday night as he led Trinidad Ceramic MerryBoys to the Carib Sunday League cricket crown in the twin-island republic.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The fun filled Digicel/Soctiabank Cricket Experience kicked off yesterday in Guyana at the Merriman’s Mall opposite the Bourda Cricket Ground.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Upon his arrival in the Caribbean, when asked about his team’s batting relying heavily on himself and senior team mate Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene agreed but said that his team includes “some exciting youngsters who have come through the system”.
City sides Western Tigers and the Guyana Defence Force, led by a double strike each from Edmonson Gomes and Jerome Richardson, easily disposed of West Demerara’s Pouderoyen and Uitvlugt by 3-1 margins respectively as the annual Mayor’s Cup football tournament kicked off on Sunday with a double header at the Tucville Playfield.
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