New Zealands rising star Jimmy Neesham will replace fellow Kiwi Corey Anderson as one of the International players for the Guyana Amazon Warriors.
Anderson was asked to withdraw from the tournament by Black Caps officials, after they expressed concern regarding injury issues.
All-rounder Neesham who played for Delhi Daredevils in this years IPL has already put in several impressive displays during the recent test series between New Zealand and West Indies which have caught the eye of the Guyana Amazon Warriors management. 0 commentsRead full article →
Andre Fletcher's second half-century in as many days paired with Sheldon Cottrell's incisive three-wicket burst, propelled West Indies to a 39-run victory over New Zealand and a share of the two-match Twenty20 series yesterday.
Sent in at Windsor Park, West Indies rallied to 165 for six off 20 overs, thanks mainly to Fletcher's top score of 62 off 49 deliveries and Lendl Simmons' 36.
In reply, New Zealand crashed from a healthy position of 82 for two in the 12th over to a disappointing 126 all out with five balls left, as Cottrell snatched three for 28 from 3.1 overs.
Kane Williamson top scored with 37 from 28 balls, while captain Brendon McCullum and Ross Taylor both hit 21.
West Indies cricket continues to amaze, and it continues to do so to those who are blinkered and refuse to see, or cannot see, the shortcomings of the regional game. The shortcomings of the regional game, the quick fix method to the problems, the selections of some of the teams, and the failure of the team to win were exposed once again in the defeat to New Zealand in the just-concluded series.
After losing the first Test at Sabina Park, the West Indies dropped a few players, recovered to win the second Test at Queen's Park Oval, and then, with everything set for an exciting finish at Kensington Oval, dropped a player who had done well on his Test debut and limped to a disappointing loss in a rain-shortened game.
New Zealand defeated the West Indies by 12 runs on the Duckworth Lewis (D/L) method to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match Twenty20 series in Dominica, yesterday. Rain reduced the match to an 18-overs a-side rubber at Windsor Park with the home team recovering a precarious position of ten for two wickets in the third over to post 132 for eight thanks to a 39-ball 52 from Andre Fletcher.
New Zealand were 117 for four off 15 overs when the umpires finally decided that rain and poor light had made conditions unfit to continue. The visitors were 12 runs ahead of the D/L equation at that stage after Brendon McCullum lashed 40 off 35 balls and Ross Taylor hit 28 off 20. Darren Sammy was the best bowler for the home team, grabbing three for 22 from three overs.
The inaugural edition of the ICC women's championship, which has been devised to provide context to women's bilateral series, is set to begin this August. The ICC outlined the structure of the multi-year competition which will also serve as a preliminary qualifying stage for the next women's World Cup 2017 to be held in England. During the women's championship, the top eight sides will face each other in three ODIs either at home or away and will accumulate points for every result. The four teams at the top of the table when the competition ends in 2016 will get direct entry to the 2017 World Cup, while the bottom four will get a second chance to make the World Cup through a qualifier system.
