By Ravendra Madholall The Scarborough Cricket Umpires Association (SCUA) celebrated its 20th anniversary with a dinner on Sunday at the Starlite restaurant and bar, where the gathering recognised the commitment and services of its founding members. President and founder of the association, Guyanese Albert Ramcharran congratulated the members and promised to maintain high standard behind the stumps. He noted that 20 years in service is a great manifestation of commitment by his fellow founding members which include Vish Jadunauth, Deo Samaroo, Bisham Singh, Pete Jadunauth, Fredlewa King and Sonny Bishundeo.…
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Victory delights Guyanese-born U.S. skipper Massiah
Guyanese-born U. S. skipper Steve Massiah said he was delighted with his team’s performance in beating old rivals Nepal by 94 runs in a high-scoring match on the opening day of the six-nation 50-overs ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Division 3 tournament on Sunday. U.S. piled up a massive 366-6, highlighted by a blistering 102-ball 162 from teenager Steven Taylor, and then dismissed Nepal for 272 with one ball remaining at Somerset Cricket Club, the smallest of three grounds being used. Taylor, who struck 12 sixes and 12 fours, and…
Read MoreSynthetic track to be operational by December
By Treiston Joseph – The Leonora synthetic track will be up and running by December according to officials of the Sport Ministry. The disclosure came from Steve Ninvalle, deputy permanent secretary within the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, when he visited the track Saturday. According to reports, Gy$870 million dollars has already been spent on the facility thus far. “…the government is satisfied with the progress of the work on the track and I think any patriotic Guyanese would realise that this is money well spent and the actual…
Read MoreBess confident of upstaging Cox
By Avenash Ramzan – Despite being out of the ring for the past 16 months, heavyweight Kurt Bess is confident of upstaging Barbados-based Guyanese, Shawn “The Sniper” Cox, when they clash in an eight-round heavyweight contest on the 28th edition of the Guyana Friday Night Fights ProAm boxing card on May 31. The card will be held at the Sophia Exhibition Centre for the first time, and the Bess/Cox showdown is a rematch of their December 2011 clash, which Cox won emphatically by knocking him out in the first round…
Read MoreSquash Association identifies national and developmental squads
The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) has shortlisted a national training squad comprising 21 junior players to prepare for the Caribbean Area Squash Association’s (CASA) Junior Caribbean Championships which will be held in Trinidad and Tobago from July 21-29. The squad includes reigning and two-time Caribbean champion Nyron Joseph, who won the Toucan Industries Easter Junior Skill Level tournament last month, and four-time Caribbean champion Victoria Arjoon, who plays squash at St George’s High School in the USA. Apart from those two players, the squad also includes former Caribbean champions Akeila…
Read MoreA moment in time…Rohan Kanhai and Lance Gibbs did us proud
Continued from last week The match opened on a scorching, hot day, and Hunte (6) was soon lbw to Hoare: 12 for one. Kanhai and Cammie Smith scored quickly until Smith (28) was caught and bowled by Benaud only to be followed by Sobers (1) being bowled by Benaud: 91 for three. Skipper Worrell and Kanhai scored at breakneck speed, adding 107 runs before Kanhai (117) was caught at slip off Benaud: 198 for four. It was a vintage innings, all power, daring and speedy reflexes, and it was thanks…
Read MoreChanderpaul passes 22,000 First Class runs
Shivnarine Chanderpaul completed a first half-century for Derbyshire on the opening day of their first home match of the new LV County Championship season against Nottinghamshire. The West Indies star was 63 not out from a total of 197-8 at tea but it had largely been a day of toil for the home side after losing the toss for the third game in a row and being sent in to bat in testing conditions. Stuart Broad, making a rare county appearance, took 4-51. Skipper Wayne Madsen went to the final…
Read MoreSmith leads Mumbai come-from-behind win
Harbhajan Singh went for 26 runs in a horror first over of the match, but he hit a six in the last over that broke the hearts of a packed Eden Gardens to top off Mumbai Indians’ comeback in the match on Wednesday. From 46 for 1 after three overs of the match, Mumbai clawed their way back through Mitchell Johnson, Lasith Malinga and Pragyan Ojha who went for 72 runs in their 12 overs and took six wickets, including just three runs in the special last over bowled by…
Read More‘SUPERHUMAN’ – former and current cricketers express their views on Chris Gayle’s record- breaking feats
By Avenash Ramzan – Several records tumbled in Bengaluru on Tuesday as Christopher Henry Gayle and the Royal Challengers Bangalore rewrote 20/20 record books with a compelling performance against the Pune Warriors India (PWI) in match 31 of the sixth Pepsi Indian Premier League (IPL). Gayle, the strongly-built West Indian, hammered the PWI bowlers to all parts of the stadium, scoring a pugnacious 175 not out from a mere 66 balls and a phenomenal strike rate of 265.15. It was T20’s highest individual score and the 17 sixes were the…
Read MoreKhalil siblings win respective squash titles
Top junior squash player Jason Ray Khalil dominated to win the final of the men’s Easter Senior squash tournament being sponsored by ANSA McAL at the Georgetown Club on Sunday. Khalil, who normally plays with a flashy sense of style, reverted to a more reserved style, displaying his shot creativity in the process to win the final in three straight sets against former two-time junior Caribbean champion Regan Pollard. While the first set was gruelling and lasted 12 minutes, Khalil prevailed with an 11/9 win before easily disposing of Pollard…
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