Cyclone cancels West Indies third ODI

Cricket with Dalchand Bissoon  The third One-Day International between the West Indies and India was cancelled due to a dangerous cyclone that battered the port city of Visakhapatnam last Sunday, where the one-day game was to be played. The host association was hopeful of staging the match if the weather improved, but the Indian Cricket Board […]

Benn replaces Narine on one-day squad

Cricket by Dalchand Bissoon Sulieman Benn, the 33-year-old left-arm leg spinner, has joined the West Indies squad for the upcoming five-match One-Day Internationals against India which started yesterday in Kochi, India. Benn replaces off spinner Sunil Narine who was banned from bowling in the finals of the Champions League T20 tournament and was subsequently withdrawn […]

Guyana books bring summer joys

Guyana books bring summer joys

By Oscar Wailoo “At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book – that string of confused, alien ciphers – shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader.” – Alberto Manguel, A History of Reading I wish […]