By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2016
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Kolkata (AFP) – Carlos Brathwaite hit four consecutive sixes in a last-over thriller Sunday as the West Indies became the first team to win the World Twenty20 Championship twice. But the victory over England at Eden Gardens was marred when a long-running spat between players and the Caribbean board erupted into public. The West Indies […]
By News Source Guyana on April 3, 2016
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Marlon Samuels, the West Indies batsman and Player of the match during the ICC World T20 final against England, has been fined 30 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Code of Conduct during his side’s World Tweny20 final against England at Eden Gardens on Sunday […]
By News Source Guyana on April 3, 2016
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(ESPN) West Indies captain Darren Sammy‘s emotional speech at the presentation ceremony after his team won the World T20 final against England at Eden GardensI want to thank the almighty, because without him nothing is possible. We have a pastor in the team in Andre Fletcher, he keeps on praying. We are a praying team. […]
By News Source Guyana on April 3, 2016
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(BBC) Carlos Brathwaite hit the first four balls of the final over for six as West Indies stunned England to win the World Twenty20. West Indies, who were 11-3 in pursuit of England’s 155-9, needed 19 off the final over to win and did it in style. Marlon Samuels’ 85 not out kept them in […]
By News Source Guyana on April 3, 2016
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(BBC) West Indies claimed their first Women’s World Twenty20 with a pulsating eight-wicket win over Australia in Kolkata. Australia, seeking a fourth successive World T20 title, chose to bat and posted 148-5, with Elyse Villani making the first half century in a final. But 18-year-old Windies opener Hayley Matthews hit a stunning 66 off 45 […]
By News Source Guyana on April 3, 2016
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The 2016 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) campaign will break new ground on Thursday, 28 July when Guyana Amazon Warriors faces the Barbados Tridents in a night game (starting at 7pm) in Lauderhill Stadium, Fort Lauderdale. The ground-breaking Florida swing of the fourth edition of CPL, which last year welcomed more than 302,000 supporters through the turnstiles (representing […]
By News Source Guyana on March 31, 2016
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(BBC) West Indies will meet England in the final of the World Twenty20 on Sunday after stunning hosts India with a seven-wicket win in the semi-final. India looked in complete control after Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 89 took them to 192-2 and Chris Gayle fell for five. But Lendl Simmons, who was twice caught off no-balls […]
By News Source Guyana on March 31, 2016
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Australia will face the West Indies for the women’s World Twenty20 title after the queens of the Caribbean beat New Zealand by six runs in their Mumbai semi-final. The Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars are aiming for a fourth consecutive World T20 crown and will have watched with interest as the Britney Cooper smashed the highly-fancied […]
By News Source Guyana on March 30, 2016
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West Indies will clash with India on Thursday in the second semifinal of the ICC T20 World Cup that is currently being played in India. While both teams are considered favourites to win the entire tournament, the semi final clash is even greater since most of the top T20 West Indian players ply their trades […]
By News Source Guyana on March 29, 2016
Sports
The Guyana Basketball Officials Council (GBOC) has broken its silence on the abandoned finals of the Road to Mecca National Club Championship which was held on March 19 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The game ended prematurely when Linden’s Retrieve Raiders walked off the court in protest of a foul called by the officiating referees, […]