TRINIDAD AND Tobago Women cricketers regained the West Indies Cricket Board Super50 title without a ball being bowled in their final encounter against dethroned champs Barbados at the Everest Cricket Club Ground, Guyana yesterday. The umpires ruled that no play was possible because of the soggy outfield conditions. TT were ahead of Barbados in the overall round robin series and accordingly were declared champions using the rules and regulations that governs the Super50 competition.
The Jamaica Tallawahs pace bowlers led them closer to the top spot in the CPL table by wrapping up St Kitts and Nevis Patriots for 75 in 15.5 overs to secure a 108-run win in Kingston. The margin was second-highest for a victory in the CPL, and incidentally, the record for the highest margin belongs to Patriots' 119-run win against Tallawahs. Tallawahs' win on Saturday was their fourth in six matches, placing them a point behind Guyana Amazon Warriors. Patriots' chase of 184 didn't get the start they wanted as Andre Russell removed Lendl Simmons for a duck on the third ball of the first over, which conceded only one run. Steyn also stifled with an equally economical first over. Russell was clubbed for a four and six by Faf du Plessis in the third over, before having the batsman caught at cover point in the same over for 12. Evin Lewis and Jonathan Carter also got starts but fast bowler Kesrick Williams derailed the chase by taking three wickets - of Carter, Lewis and Brad Hodge - in four balls in the ninth over, to reduce Patriots to 53 for 5.
Mark down Thursday, July 28th as a very special day to be at Kensington Oval to celebrate the 80th birthday of the world’s greatest ever all-round cricketer, The Right Excellent Sir Garfield Sobers. There will be a Twenty20 match starting at 6:30 p.m., featuring former top international players. Just take a look at the advertisement in the local print media with catchy slogans such as “Sir Garry 80 not out, Cricket, Culture and Calypso”. The message is clear. Be there! As Barbados’ only living National Hero and for his wonderful cricketing exploits, Sir Garfield deserves the fullest support. The match is one of the events in the ‘Sir Garry: 80 not out Season of Celebration, July 3rd to 31st. In 93 Test matches, the former West Indies captain scored 8032 runs including 26 centuries and 30 half-centuries at an average of 57.78 and took 235 wickets at 34.03 runs apiece. He also held 109 catches. Describing him as “a cricketing genius”, Cricinfo notes that Sobers “excelled at all aspects of the game, and few would argue his claim as the finest all-round player in modern cricket”.
President XI’s three-day game against India finished in a draw here yesterday. Resuming from their overnight 26 for one, the hosts were 223 for six when time was called an hour before the scheduled close at Warner Park. The right-handed Blackwood scored 51, an innings that required 143 balls, a shade over three hours and included seven fours. The knock followed up his 36 in the first innings and was an encouraging sign, especially after his first-ball ‘duck’ in last week’s two-day game at the same venue. Montcin Hodge and Vishaul Singh both scored 39, while opener John Campbell chimed in with 31.
The Trinbago Knight Riders have found some of the form that saw them conquer the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) last season as they brushed aside the Barbados Tridents at the Kensington Oval on Saturday afternoon. A blistering fifty from New Zealander Colin Munro saw them chase down a stiff target of 173 with 16 balls to spare.
The Knight Riders reached 52-1 off their six over PowerPlay as they flew out of the blocks in pursuit of the sizable Tridents total. The one man to go inside the first six overs was William Perkins who made 23 when he pulled a ball from Wayne Parnell into the ever dependable hands of Pollard at mid-wicket.
