Tue, Mar 24, '15
Somerset have made the most high-profile signing to date for this year's NatWest T20 Blast by agreeing a short-term deal with Chris Gayle between his IPL and CPL commitments. Gayle could play as many as six games in a three-week period in May and June.
One of the most feared batsman in the T20 format and scorer of the fastest hundred, Gayle will arrive at Somerset after his IPL stint with Royal Challengers Bangalore is over - possibly in time for Taunton's first night of the Blast, on May 22, if RCB do not make the knockout stages. His final appearance is scheduled to be at Cardiff on June 13.
Gayle has been battling a back injury, which has ruled him out of West Indies' Test series against England next month, but he seems to have little difficulty with T20 commitments. West Indies were eliminated at the quarter-final stage of the World Cup, giving Gayle a couple of weeks' rest before the IPL, which will be followed by his Somerset spell and then the Caribbean Premier League with the Jamaica Tallawahs.
Mon, Mar 23, '15
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) – Guyana Jaguars needed just about an hour to dispose of Windward Islands Volcanoes by an innings and ten runs, and put a definite shine on their capture of the inaugural WICB Professional Cricket League (PCL) here yesterday.Resuming the day on 113 for six and requiring 31 runs to avoid an innings defeat, Volcanoes lost their last four wickets for 21 runs, in the space of 67 balls at Windsor Park.
Opener Tyrone Theophile, unbeaten on 45 overnight, added just two runs before he was bowled by left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul for 47, in the morning’s third over with three runs added.
Leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo then ripped through the lower order to claim the last three wickets, to finish with four for 38 while Permaul ended with four for 30.
Already assured of the title prior to the start of their final round encounter, Jaguars ended with 148 points to be the clear winners of the competition.
Mon, Mar 23, '15
Rahkeem Cornwall slapped the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force bowlers to all parts of the National Cricket Centre yesterday to score his maiden first-class century and lead the Leeward Islands Hurricanes to a convincing five-wicket win in the final match of the Professional Cricket League Regional four-day tournament.
The 22-year-old Cornwall hit 11 fours and six sixes as he slammed an unbeaten 101 off just 84 balls to lead the Hurricanes to 245 for five having been set 241 for victory a day earlier. The visitors entered the final day two wickets down and lost two more in the first hour as Marlon Richards struck to get rid of overnight batsman Montcin Hodge (29) and Imran Khan sent back Jahmar Hamilton for his second “duck” of the match.
Akeal Hosein accounted for the Hurricanes’ skipper Devon Thomas (57) to put the Red Force on top but Cornwall flipped the script. He could have been back in the pavilion early had Shannon Gabriel held on to a difficult return catch but instead the attempted catch left the T&T pacer with an injured hand and T&T without one of their main bowlers.
Mon, Mar 23, '15
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Barbados Pride confirmed they have no interest in pushing for victory on the last day of the final-round WICB Professional Cricket League match against Jamaica Franchise by prolonging their second innings to the tea break at Sabina Park on Monday.
At the interval, Barbados, crept to 257-5 and held an overall lead of 339 runs.;
Their batsmen, like they showed towards the latter part of Sunday where they ended on 168-2, displayed little interest in attacking the bowling.
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