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West Indies captain, Kraigg Brathwaite will look for consistent batting and disciplined bowling to break the stalemate following the drawn first test against England.

Beterverwagting (BV), Rosignol United and Haslington secured hard-fought elimination wins when the ‘Buxton Diamond’ Inter-Village/Block Floodlight Football Championship continued Sunday at the Buxton Community Centre ground.

West Indies Women all-rounder, Hayley Matthews, reckons it’s not the time to panic after her side suffered their second defeat of the ICC Women’s 50-over World Cup.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies resorted to old habits with another inept batting effort, laying the groundwork for their seven-wicket thrashing at the hands of unbeaten Australia in the ICC Women’s World Cup here yesterday.

KARACHI, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Babar Azam’s glorious unbeaten 102 kept Pakistan alive but Australia remained on course for victory in the second test in Karachi yesterday.

Karl-Anthony Towns scored a franchise-record 60 points and grabbed 17 rebounds and the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves pulled away in the second half for a 149-139 win over the stumbling San Antonio Spurs on Monday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – This year’s Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will feature a women’s tournament with three franchise teams competing for the first-ever Women’s CPL (WCPL) title, playing alongside the men’s tournament starting in August.

Assistant Coach of the Guyana Harpy Eagles Ryan Hercules through the Guyana Cricket Board’s Cricket Development Committee, made a donation of cricket coaching equipment to the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) at the Imam Bacchus Learning Resource Centre, Affiance, Essequibo Coast over the weekend.

Bushman Pawnshop and Money Lending Enterprise has become the first business entity to support the April 23 Rawle Toney 3X3 basketball classic in Linden.

The Berbice Jammers once again took home the best gym award while Tiquan Sampson fought his way to the best boxer trophy when the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) second Pepsi/Mike Parris U-16 tournament for 2022 was staged Saturday at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Gym.

Adrian Hetmyer smashed his second century of the Berbice Cricket Board/Tenelec under-15 tournament while Romario Ramdeholl scored his first to lead Rose Hall Canje Arborsmart (RHCA) to a massive 317-run win over Mount Saini Sunday.

Leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo and off-spinner Gudakesh Motie led Albion Community Centre Cricket Club to a seven wicket win over Blairmont Blazers Sunday in the inaugural Shameer Baksh Memorial Cup at the Albion Community Centre Ground, Berbice.

Jamaul John’s dominance in local cycling continued Sunday when he won the Open category of the 21st annual Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) Diamond Mineral Water 50-mile road race in Region Three.

(Reuters) – West Indies have been fined 40% of their match fee and docked two ICC World Test Championship (WTC) points for maintaining a slow over rate in their draw against England in the first test in Antigua, the sport’s governing body said yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Rookie West Indies seamer Jayden Seales believes the flat surface for the opening Test in Antigua last week proved a learning curve in his fledgling career.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The same 13-man squad that secured a draw in the opening Test against England in the three-match Apex Series will take to the field again for the second match at Kensington Oval here, Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Government has given Cricket West Indies permission to operate Kensington Oval at full capacity for the second Test against England starting here tomorrow.

KARACHI, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Australia declared their first innings on 556 for nine and then skittled out Pakistan for 148 to seize control of the second test in Karachi yesterday.

(Reuters) – Seven-time Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady abruptly said he would end his brief retirement on Sunday, announcing his return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a 23rd NFL season just six weeks after hanging up his cleats.

BENGALURU, India, (Reuters) – India extended their winning streak at home to 15 test series as they beat Sri Lanka by 238 runs in the second test to wrap up the day-night match in Bengaluru on day three and win the two-test series 2-0 yesterday.