KOLKATA, India, CMC – West Indies watched a late challenge fizzle out as they crashed to a heart-breaking 17-run defeat to India in the final Twenty20 International here yesterday, to leave the six-match white-ball tour of the subcontinent with nothing to show for their efforts. In pursuit of 185 at Eden Gardens in order to […]
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The Demerara Cricket Board’s (DCB) Inter-Association Under-15 cricket tournament bowls off tomorrow at various venues in Demerara. According to a release from the DCB, the tournament will be sponsored by Premier Insurance Inc., Guyana. The tournament will conclude March 1. “Some of the venues that will be used in this tournament are Everest in George-town, […]
The Lady Jaguars continued their perfect campaign in the Concacaf ‘W’ Championship Qualifiers, which also serves as the pathway for the 2023 FIFA World Cup, brushing aside hapless host Turks and Caicos 7-0 Saturday night at the TCIFA National Academy ground in Turks and Caicos. The Lady Jags were led by a hat trick from […]
Five overs into the final day’s play of the Georgetown Cricket Association GISE/Star Party Rental/Trophy Stall first-division two-day final, Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ensured they retained their championship for the third straight season by virtue of first innings points over nemesis Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC). Resuming on 90 for eight and still 500 runs behind […]
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Vice-captain Anisa Mohammed is set to play a record fifth ICC 50-over World Cup after being named in a 15-member squad today for next month’s tournament in New Zealand. The 33-year-old off-spinner is the squad’s longest serving player, having featured in 136 One-Day Internationals since making her debut nearly two […]
The first two completed rounds of the 2022 Caribbean Regional Four-Day Championships would have presented the Desmond Haynes led Selection Panel with much food for thought to chew on in terms of their choices for the West Indies 13-member squad to face England in the forthcoming three-Test series. The series gets underway with the first […]
Former west Indies U19 player Trevon `Bugsy’ Griffth etched his name in the history books yesterday by becoming the four player to score a triple century in local cricket. Playing for the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) division one finals yesterday, Griffith slammed an even 300 against a team from […]
A remarkable triple century from Trevon Griffith along with a big century from Christopher Barnwell placed Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) in a position to retain their title in the Georgetown Cricket Association/GISE/Star Party Rental/Trophy Stall first-division two-day final against Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC). GCC won the toss and inserted the hosts, DCC to take first […]
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain has been stripped of its Olympic silver medal in the men’s 4x100m relay in Tokyo last August after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld Chijindu Ujah’s anti-doping rule violation yesterday. Ujah has been provisionally suspended since Ostarine and S-23 — both substances prohibited by world anti-doping organisation WADA — […]
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Opener Rohit Sharma was named India’s test captain today, succeeding Virat Kohli as the team’s leader in all three formats ahead of the home series against Sri Lanka. Kohli, India’s most successful test captain, resigned from the role in a shock move last month after seven years in charge. “Rohit is […]