Year: 2011

Pakistan’s spinners completed the job they had begun on the fourth afternoon, slicing through the West Indian middle order and tail to secure a series- levelling victory by 196 runs in St Kitts. Once the morning dawned sunny and clear, it was only a matter of time before West Indies capitulated. They battled for 27.3 overs this morning and added 100 runs, but they were always fighting against the tide. It was over before lunch at Warner Park. With the luxury of lots of runs to defend, Misbah-ul-Haq placed several…

The GCC Second Division Hockey team steamrolled Old Fort 11-0 in a one-sided match on Monday when action in the John Fernandes Second Division Hockey League commenced at the GCC ground, Bourda. With Old Fort fielding a youthful side, the outcome was never in doubt, as pre-tournament favourites GCC opened their account just two minutes into the game through a Mortimer Stuart field goal. Stuart would complete his hat-trick before the end of the match to lead all scorers; while teammates Leonard George, Trevon Smith, Shaka Gill and Mark Sargeant…

Basseterre, St. Kitts – West Indies went under to Pakistan by 196 runs to lose the Second Digicel Test on the fifth and final morning at Warner Park. The Windies were asked to make 427 for victory, but were bowled out for 230 shortly before lunch on Tuesday. Captain Darren Sammy played some bold shots as he cracked six fours in 41 off 51 balls, while left-hander Ravi Rampaul hit two sixes and two fours in 20 off 22 balls; while Pakistan’s spinners Abdur Rehman and Saeed Ajmal shared the…

How did Chennai win this? How did Bangalore lose this? Chennai always seemed to be lagging behind, but surged like a tidal wave towards the end, with the odd run-filled over now and then, to storm into their third IPL final in four seasons. At the forefront was the feisty Suresh Raina, who pulled out the big shots through the latter half of the chase to set up an improbable win. The defeat makes Bangalore’s path to the final – and beyond – tougher. They will have to win the…

Twenty-two-year-old middle distance campaigner Dennis Horatio ran the race of his life to defeat one of the athletes who inspired him to take the sport seriously, national long distance champion Cleveland Forde. Horatio produced a sensation time — one minute, 55.9 seconds (1:55.9s) — to defeat Cleveland Thomas (1:56.20s) and defending Central American and Caribbean 5000m bronze medallist Cleveland Forde (1:56.06s), respectively. The race began with such blistering pace that a third of the starters dropped out during the final lap. The race had three different groups of athletes during…