By Frederick Halley When the International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 World Cup bowls off in New Zealand next month, two players with Guyanese roots will be part of the Canadian squad vying for supremacy in the prestigious tournament. The two are 16-year-old Ashtan Deosammy and Kevin Singh. Both have been making names for themselves at […]
HAMILTON, New Zealand – West Indies suffered a 2-0 clean sweep here Tuesday after New Zealand needed just two sessions to wreck the remainder of the Caribbean side’s innings and inflict a punishing 240-run defeat in the second Test at Seddon Park. Resuming the penultimate day on 30 for two in pursuit of a world […]
JOHN’S, Antigua –Guyana Jaguars, Jamaica Scorpions and Trinidad and Tobago Red Force secured victories in the Caribbean’s Digicel Four-Day Championships last weekend. Jaguars with half-centuries from Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Test batsman Leon Johnson, who made 62 unbeaten and 61 respectively defeated Barbados Pride, after they successfully chased 178 on the final day of their fifth-round […]
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) selection panel announced a 15-member Under-19 team and three reserves to participate in an 11-day camp in St Kitts & Nevis. The camp which will run from December 10-20 is the last round of preparation before they depart the region on December 28. Windies Under 19 are […]
SYDNEY – West Indies batsman Chris Gayle won a defamation case against an Australian media company in the New South Wales Supreme Court on Monday over an alleged incident during the 2015 World Cup. Sponsored After less than two hours of deliberation, the jury found Fairfax media had failed to establish the truth of a […]
ST JOHN’S, Antigua– The Windies Women trounced Sri Lanka Women by 31 runs to sweep the three-match T20 International series here on Sunday. The victory was extra special, as Deandra Dottin struck her second T20 century, becoming the first woman to achieve such a feat. She scored 112 from 67 balls. Hayley Matthews hit 34, […]
JOHN’S, Antigua – The Selection Panel of Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced on Saturday a 13-member Windies Women’s squad, for the three ICC Women’s Championship One-day Internationals against Sri Lanka Women on October 11, 13 and 15 at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad. SQUAD: Stafanie Taylor (Captain), Anisa Mohammed (Vice Captain), Merissa Aguilleira, Reniece […]
TAROUBA, Trinidad – A 14-ball onslaught from hometown boy Kevon Cooper gave Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) the final push for an incredible, three-wicket, come-from-behind victory that spoiled St Kitts & Nevis Patriots’s dream of a maiden Caribbean Premier League title on Saturday. Cooper, later named Player of the Match, waylaid Sheldon Cottrell and Ben Hilfenhaus […]
LEEDS, England – West Indies stunned England by five wickets in the second Test here, to register their first Test victory in England in 17 years on Tuesday. Coming on the backs of a humiliating innings defeat inside three days last week at Edgbaston, West Indies tore up the form books as they chased down […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados won the Regional Under-15 tournament when they beat Trinidad and Tobago by 15 runs here on Friday. Needing just a point to clinch their fourth title, Barbados claimed full honours from the contest at North Stars in the rural northern parish of St Lucy, ending on 26.4 points. Leeward Islands, meanwhile, […]
