Cricket stadium gets $7M boost

Cricket stadium gets $7M boost by Brad Savage The Canadian Premier League T20 has secured funding to the tune of $700 million via private donations for construction of a 35,000-seat covered stadium dedicated to international cricket. It’s the first purpose-built covered facility for cricket in the world and would boast a natural grass field. The […]

Germany faces Argentina for World Cup

Germany faces Argentina for World Cup

Germany faces Argentina for World Cup By Aldwyn McGill SAO PAULO, BRAZIL –  With Germany waiting in the wings for Argentina, winner of yesterday’s semi-final match with Netherlands, I certainly hope that the technical staff of the these two semi-finalists have plenty of footage of Germany dismantling Brazil so we can watch a competitive final […]

Brathwaite Hits Maiden Test Century

Brathwaite Hits Maiden Test Century

Brathwaite Hits Maiden Test Century By Dalchand Bissoon Kraigg Brathwaite, the 21-year-old Barbados opening batsman, scored his maiden Test century – 129 off 258 balls with 13 fours- on the second day of the Second Test Match between the West Indies and New Zealand being played at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. Brathwaite, […]

Regional Tournament Standings After Round 2

Regional Tournament Standings After Round 2

Cricket with Dalchand. At the end of the second round of the West Indies Regional 4-Day Tournament which ended last Monday, Jamaica lead the points standings- Jamaica 35 points, Leeward Islands 20, Windward Islands 20, Barbados 19, Trinidad & Tobago 16, Guyana 06 and the Combined Campuses & Colleges 04. The results of round two […]

Windies Prepare For T20 World Cup

Windies Prepare For T20 World Cup

Cricket with Dalchand. The West Indies, defending champions for the ICC World T20 Tournamment opened a three day tour match of the visiting England team last Sunday, in Barbados, which England won by 27 runs The second match was scheduled to be played on last Tuesday, in Barbados and the final game on March, 13th […]

Young Chanderpaul In Guyana Senior Squad

Young Chanderpaul In Guyana Senior Squad

Cricket with Dalchand. Guyana and West Indies middle order batsmen Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan who were the in-form batsmen in the recently concluded WICB Nagico Super50 tournament will not be available for Guyana”s second game against Barbados, in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Four-day tournament which starts this Friday, at the Guyana […]

Windward Islands Beat Barbados In Regional Tournament

Cricket with Dalchand. The Windward Islands defeated defending champions Barbados by nine wickets in the opening round of the Regional Four-Day Cricket Tournament which ended last Sunday, at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in St Lucia. Final scores- Barbados: 213 all out. Windward Islands in reply scored 252 for 9 wickets declared. Barbados in their second […]

WICB Regional Four-Day Tournament

Cricket with Dalchand. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Four-Day Tournament kicks off this Friday, February 28th. In the opening round, Windward Islands will play defending champions Barbados at the Beausejour Cricket Stadium in St Lucia. Jamaica will host Guyana at Sabina Park, Jamaica and on March 01-04, the Leeward Islands will play the […]

England Open Tour Of Caribbean

Cricket with Dalchand. England opened their tour of the Caribbean with a 50-over warm-up match against the University of the West Indies Chancellor”s XI last Tuesday, at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. The visitors after compiling 290 for 8 wickets restricted the Vice Chancellor”s XI to 261 for 7 wickets in their 50 […]

Gayle, Samuels Back In Windies Squad

Cricket with Dalchand. Chris Gayle and team mate Marlon Samuels have been included in the West Indies squad for the limited-overs matches against Ireland which started on February 19th in Kingston, Jamaica. Gayle missed t he New Zealand tour due to a hamstring injury he suffered on tour to India. Marlon Samuels and Darren Sammy […]