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Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Ricky Skerritt says his organization will undergo a thorough post mortem of the recent performance of the T20 World Cup team’s performance but stopped short of saying whether there will be any casualties from the fall out.

The Haslington Tarmac will provide the venue this morning at 7:00 am for the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ East Coast Demerara Qualifiers.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Arch-rivals India and Pakistan are set to renew cricket’s most adrenalin-fuelled rivalry in today’s T20 World Cup match in Melbourne but the threat of rain looms over the blockbuster featuring the former champions.

By Charwayne Walker in association with Brian Hackett and the Lusignan Golf Club Guyana and Suriname golfers shared the honours in the 1998 two-day LSG golf classic at the Lusignan course with Guyanese Vijay Deo and Basil Sookram showing top form among the men and Surinamese Lillian Hermelijn along with Guyanese Joan Fields winning convincingly in the women’s category.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Devon Conway scored a brilliant unbeaten 92 as New Zealand thrashed champions Australia by 89 runs in a rematch of last year’s final, opening the Super 12 stage with a bang at the Twenty20 World Cup today.

President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) of, K Juman-Yassin has put his guard up to the social media jabs thrown by amateur standout Keevin Allicock.

The Guyana Badminton Association’s National junior’s championship got underway at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with several entertaining bouts Thursday.

Defending champions Tiger Bay and former two-time winners Bent Street secured easy wins Thursday evening in the MVP Sports Futsal Championships at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Guyana Cricket Board announced yesterday its 14-man squad for the upcoming Cricket West Indies Regional Super50 tournament with several changes to the Guyana Harpy Eagles line up.

HOBART, Tasmania, CMC – West Indies were unceremoniously dumped from the Twenty20 World Cup here yesterday, a crushing nine-wicket defeat to Ireland signalling yet another low for the beleaguered Caribbean side.

Some 18 exciting matches featuring 24 teams will be played across the capital city in the Georgetown Cricket Association’s GTT Fibre T10 cricket festival this weekend.

 The Flying Stars Cycling Club will host a race meet tomorrow in honour of its former president, Randolph ‘Duckie’ Singh.

HOBART, Tasmania, CMC – West Indies head coach Phil Simmons was left struggling to explain his side’s shock exit from the Twenty20 World Cup, but pointed to inept batting performances as one of the reasons behind their poor showing.

Paul George registered 15 points and 10 rebounds and Kawhi Leonard had 14 points and seven rebounds in his return from major knee surgery to help the Los Angeles Clippers post a 103-97 victory over the host Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night.

(CMC) – Seasoned all-rounder Jason Holder said West Indies were facing a “big game” against Ireland in their bid to qualify for the Super 12 of the Twenty20 World Cup today.

In a lengthy post on his Facebook page which has gone viral, amateur boxing standout, Keevin Allicock, criticized the brass of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) and the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA).

Team Cruel and Mocha recorded contrasting victories when the MVP Futsal Championship commenced yesterday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, Georgetown.

With a firm eye on participating in the KFC Goodwill Series as an added incentive, the 3rd edition of the eight-team GuyOil Secondary School Football League is set for a pulsating conclusion, with only two rounds remaining and three teams squarely in contention for the prestigious prize.

(Reuters) – Hans Niemann, the teenage American grandmaster at the centre of an alleged cheating scandal, sued world champion Magnus Carlsen, online platform Chess.com

(Reuters) – WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will take on Derek Chisora for the third time in his career at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in December but the chances of him fighting Anthony Joshua appear to be fading.