Australia 161 for 2 (Warner 89*, Marsh 53, Gayle 1-7) beat West Indies 157 for 7 (Pollard 44, Lewis 29, Hazlewood 4-39) by eight wickets As the sun set on the T20 empire of West Indies, a team full of T20 greats, one all-time great in the opposition, David Warner, played a memorable knock […]
Waldyr Pereira, also known as Didi ( 8 October 1928 – 12 May 2001), was Brazil’s great midfielder, forward as well. He was regarded as one of the best football players of all time. He played in three FIFA World Cups (1954, 1958, and 1962). Manuel Francisco dos Santos (28 October 1933 – 20 January […]
Russell helped West Indies defend 12 runs in the final over after Pooran’s late exploits pushed them to 142 West Indies 142 for 7 (Pooran 40, Chase 39, Shoriful 2-20) beat Bangladesh 139 for 5 (Liton 44, Mahmudullah 31*, Holder 1-22) by three runs Andre Russell’s telling final over sealed West Indies’ first win of […]
Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir, the trailblazing basketball player who set up an academy for girls and coached multiple sports at an Islamic school in London, Ont., has been denied permanent residency in Canada and will have to go back to the United States. “We’ve been here for two years, my son is Canadian, and we would love […]
First game Adil Rashid returned figures of 4-2 to set up a six-wicket victory for England after they dismissed defending champions West Indies for a paltry 55 at the Twenty20 World Cup last Saturday. West Indies rattled England’s top order before Jos Buttler (24) and skipper Eoin Morgan (7) took the team home in 8.2 […]
A report by Ravendra Madholall Versatile all-rounder Roopnarine Lalbehari captured several trophies at this year’s Canada Premier Softball Cricket League (CPSCL) presentation and award ceremony, which was held last Saturday at Kalypso Hut Restaurant and Lounge in Mississauga, Toronto. Lalbehari, who represented Albion Sports Club in Guyana, also took home the Most Valuable Player prize […]
Gayle took issue with Ambrose’s comments that Gayle shouldn’t be an “automatic choice” in West Indies’ XI for the T20 World Cup. Referring to himself as “the Universe Boss”, Chris Gayle said: “the Universe Boss, have no respect for Curtly Ambrose whatsoever.” Chris Gayle had stern words for Curtly Ambrose after the former West Indies […]
West Indies will continue to take a knee before their matches at the men’s T20 World Cup in the UAE in a stand against racism, their captain Kieron Pollard has said. West Indies’ players and support staff have kneeled and raised fists before the start of games since the murder of George Floyd in May […]
Missing some key players and facing a physical Jamaica side under fire for a poor start to the final round of World Cup qualifying, Canada emerged with a valuable away point after a scoreless draw last Sunday in Kingston, Jamaica. The Canadians (1-0-4) remain unbeaten in the Octagonal round-robin. But they will think back on […]
Whoever lifts the T20 World Cup trophy on November 14, 2021, in Dubai, will get a cash award of USD 1.6 million to go with it. This was confirmed as the ICC announced the list of prize money for the tournament – a total of USD 5.6 million overall – on Sunday. The losing finalist […]