DUNEDIN, New Zealand – Shemaine Campbelle struck a Player-of-the-Match half-century before fast bowler Shamilia Connell and veteran off-spinner Anisa Mohammed combined to ambush England, as West Indies snatched yet another dramatic victory at the ICC Women’s World Cup on Wednesday. Choosing to bat first at University Oval, the Caribbean side gathered 225 for six from […]
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Both Sir Vivian Richards and Lord Ian Botham have hailed the unveiling of the new Richards-Botham Trophy, ahead of Tuesday’s start of the three-Test series between West Indies and England. The Richards-Botham Trophy replaces the Wisden Trophy which served as the symbol of competition between the two teams for the last […]
NORTH SOUND, Antigua – West Indies lost a golden opportunity to take a firm foothold in the first Test after Jonny Bairstow struck an imperious unbeaten hundred to power England, on a compelling opening day at the Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Marquee seamer Kemar Roach snatched two wickets in an incisive opening spell […]
By Morissa Lindsay Jesse Haynes proudly carried on his family road tennis legacy when he defeated fierce rival Shaquille Remy 3-2 and emerged as the champion of the Joe Bitter Weed Road Tennis Tournament played last night at Belfield, Black Rock. The son of former road tennis queen Carlyn ‘The Model’ Haynes and his champion […]
A new training initiative of the Barbados Olympic Association for young boys is being hailed by Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment Charles Griffith as an exciting opportunity for them to possibly win at life. The programme, which is sponsored by the Commonwealth Sport Foundation, was opened to 25 boys between ages 13 to […]
SOURCE: The Sun UK – CRICKET legend Shane Warne has tragically died suddenly at the age of 52 after a “suspected heart attack”. Warne’s management released a brief statement in the early hours of Saturday (AEDT), that he passed away in Thailand of a suspected heart attack. “Shane was found unresponsive in his villa and […]
Longstanding football administrator Gregory Castagne has answered the call of his fellow clubs to serve on the Barbados Football Association (BFA) board and will contest the seat of Junior Vice-President. Several club representatives including Castagne of Pro-Shottas Club were present this morning at the BFA office in Wildey, St Michael where they handed in their […]
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Captain Shane Dowrich expects no shortage of motivation or intensity from the CWI President’s XI when they clash with England in a four-day fixture bowling off on Tuesday at Coolidge Cricket Ground. The out-of-favour Test gloveman leads a side which includes left-arm fast bowling all-rounder Raymon Reifer, seamer Sherman Lewis and […]
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – Captain Stafanie Taylor struck a half-century but a timid West Indies run chase saw them go down by 90 runs to Australia in their first official warm-up of the ICC Women’s 50-over World Cup. Asked to chase 260 at Lincoln Green on Sunday, West Indies limped to 169 for nine from […]
This Sunday, 27, February, right here on Barbados Today Facebook & YouTube, Barbadian and West Indies cricketer Jason Holder tells ALL. Join Nikul Uttamchandani for an exclusive sit-down with the man himself as he shares the ups and downs of his cricketing journey with the world.Tune in at 6 p.m. sharp! Read our ePaper. […]