Category: Sports

UG upstage Plaisance to win 2013 Challenge Series

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By Treiston Joseph The University of Guyana (UG) held off Plaisance Academy 21-18 to win the 2013 Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Challenge Series on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. UG played well defensively, with a 2-3 zone defence that seemed impenetrable. Plaisance missed most of their shots in the paint, but UG’s defence was most impressive as they held prolific guard Nikkoloi Smith under double digits with a score of three points which was a first for the guard. Further, on the offensive end UG were more sys¬tematic,…

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Guyanese Daesrath in Canada’s team for ICC championship

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– Coach Logie expects good showing By Ravendra Madholall in Toronto – Guyanese all-rounder Damodar Daesrath has been named in Canada’s team for the upcoming International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket League Championships which will be taking place in Dubai from Monday. The coach of the team, former West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago crick¬eter Gus Logie, expressed confidence the unit will have a good showing in the competition which will be used primarily for their 2015 ICC World Cup 50-over qualification. Daesrath, a former Guyana senior captain, is the lone…

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Rudy Persaud and 2012 Executives return for another year

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Eastern American Cricket Association voted back in all five of the 2012 Rudy Persaud led Executives for the 2013 season. Four of the five executives were voted back in unanimously while the 5th executive gained the majority votes needed to retain his post. The votes were taken at the League’s 2013 Annual General Meeting which was held on Saturday, March 2nd at The Tic Tavern Restaurant & Bar in South Ozone Park, New York. The executives who were voted in unanimously were; President – Rudy Persaud, Vice-President – Courtney LeGalle,…

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Cloud of doubt hovers over DCB executive

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–WICB still to respond to request for names of DCB executive members By Rajiv Bisnauth A cloud of doubt continues to hover over the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) even after supposed legitimate elections on January 25 elections. The DCB, for the past three years, has been blanketed in one court case after the other, caused by a crippling power struggle that resulted in factions led by businessmen Bissoondyal Singh and Raj Singh. Eventually, a court ruling in the High Court prohibited both factions from acting on behalf of the entity…

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West Indies complete series sweep in style

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ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – Stylish left-hander Darren Bravo fashioned his second half-century of the tour as West Indies fought off lethargy to beat Zimbabwe by five wickets and sweep the three-match one-day series on Tuesday. Chasing an insufficient 212 for victory at the Grenada National Stadium, West Indies stuttered to 121 for four in the 32nd over before steadying themselves to reach their target with 22 balls to spare. Bravo took them home with an unbeaten 72, with in-form opener Kieran Powell striking 42 and captain Dwayne Bravo hitting 25.…

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Opportunity for WI to earn some rating points

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– Chanderpaul hopes team will make clean sweep of two-Test series against Zimbabwe Batting stalwart Shivnarine Chanderpaul says the West Indies should use the upcoming two-Test series against Zimbabwe to earn some rating points on the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings table. The Caribbean side will face the tourists in the first Test from March 12- 16 at the Kensington Oval in Barbados, with the final game set for March 20- 24 at Windsor Park in Dominica, and according to Chanderpaul, the Windies should look for nothing less than a…

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Windies Women victorious -win series 2-1

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DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka – West Indies women performed brilliantly in the field to secure a series win after clinching a 33-run victory over Sri Lanka in the third One Day International (ODI) in Dambulla on Tuesday. The in-form Shemaine Campbelle hit a top score of 37 to lead the effort after a series of batting collapses jeopardised the Windies’ run rate. Excellent bowling by Tremayne Smartt who had figures of 2 for 26 from her 10 overs and four run-outs, dealt a major blow to Sri Lanka’s chase. West Indies…

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Lloyd unveils blueprint for Windies future

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Guyana and West Indies legend Clive Lloyd intends to draw on all his strengths to ensure Caribbean cricket becomes the beacon of pride it once was, if he is elected president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) next month. In a three-page manifesto, Lloyd, 68, illustrated his thoughts on what he believes is a winning formula for West Indies cricket, administratively and on the field, to rise from the ashes after two decades of continuous decline, considering the overwhelming success for 15 straight years under his stewardship as captain…

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Gavaskar stresses primacy of Tests

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Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has called for balanced pitches to make sure Test cricket remains the prime format of the game. He said the shorter formats might be good for the globalisation of the game and might provide financial security to the players, but Test cricket remained the pinnacle. Gavaskar was speaking at the inaugural annual MAK Pataudi lecture in honour of former India captain, Nawab of Pataudi, also fondly known as Tiger, in Chennai. “T20 is the one that is helping to globalise the game,” Gavaskar said, “taking…

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Favourites Dhaka win second BPL title

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A mix of the unheralded, the young and a Twenty20 stalwart in Mosharraf Hossain, Anamul Haque and Alfonso Thomas helped Dhaka Gladiators to a second consecutive BPL title with a 43-run win over Chittagong Kings on Tuesday. When Enamul Haque jnr was run out by Darren Stevens in the 17th over, it ended a campaign in which they were favourites from start to finish. During the Kings’ chase of 173, Mosharraf took three crucial wickets in the middle to trigger a collapse, and for this he was the Man of…

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