Sat, Oct 6, '18
You know something is terribly amiss when on the breakfast table the discussion is about rescheduling travel plans out of Rajkot and not the match (read mismatch) at hand. Only less than 24 hours ago, the Windies bowling coach Corey Collymore had claimed that the team will not surrender, but the amusing manners in which their batsmen threw the wickets away reflected nothing but just that. It took India a little over two sessions of play and a little more than two bowlers to walk away with 14 wickets as the hosts humiliated the Windies in a massive innings and 272-run thwarting, on Saturday (October 6).
Of course, it doesn't help when you are staring at a 555-run deficit with full three days remaining in the Test. So when Keemo Paul, the overnight batsman alongside Roston Chase, came out to bat on the third morning, his plans were clear. He didn't have a defence to survive against the trickery of the Indian spin troika and thus he went about playing as many shots he could, and loot whatever runs were there to be taken. He timed his slog sweeps sweetly, most of the times brutally, as Kuldeep Yadav was left scratching his head. However, Mohammed Shami running in from the other end, was in full control but without the luck he needed, as he swerved the ball in and away from the batsman to see edges rolling past gully for four or to whizz past the stumps. As many eight fours were struck in the first 30 minutes of play as Paul and Chase brought up their fifty-run stand. But just as Paul looked like getting to an entertaining fifty, skipper Virat Kohli brought in Umesh Yadav to bounce him out for 47.
Sat, Oct 6, '18 by DALTON MYERS
The Windies men's cricket team started the tour of India with the first Test on Wednesday of this week. It was natural then that this week while teaching the topic 'Nationalism and Sports' I tested students' knowledge about West Indies cricket - one of the most significant sports that has unified us as a region, and helped to perpetuate a sense of pride and nationalist feelings. They struggled to identify things about the current Windies team, like the name of the captain or players other than Jamaicans (since the class is comprised of 100 per cent Jamaicans). I then used the opportunity to introduce them to CLR James' Beyond a Boundary and the documentary Fire in Babylon.
While these students may not be a large sample size for research, their responses, and the responses of the 60-70 students I have taught each year for the past five years, make me wonder to what extent the love for cricket, especially West Indies cricket, is dying in the region. In fact, it is only through these documentaries most of my students understand the impact of cricket in "deconstructing the culture of sport". I won't start assigning blame, but I believe it has more to do with globalisation, and a shift in our ideologies.
read the full article at Jamaica Gleaner
Sat, Oct 6, '18
Jaguars vs Red Force
T&T Red force, with eight West Indies players in their side, showed they are a force to be reckoned with when they romped to their second win last night at the Queen’s Park Oval with a 35-run victory against Guyana Jaguars playing their first match in Regional Super50 for this year.
The 23-year old Nicholas Pooran again showed his class and followed-up his 89 on Wednesday with a fluent 75 from 80 balls with six fours and two sixes and along with Skipper Denish Ramdin, who reached the boundary twice in his 28 from 59 balls, added 60 for the fourth wicket after Evin Lewis (22) had shared in a 51-run opening stand with Lendl Simmons whose 41-ball 26 included three fours.
Kieron Pollard (21) and Dwayne Bravo (23) chipped in as the Red Force reached 242 all out. Romario Shepherd (3-56), Clinton Pestano (3-45) and Chris Barnwell (2-19) did the damage for the Jaguars who replied with 207 in 49 overs.
Trevon Griffith (38) and Leon Johnson (32) added 70 for the second wicket but nobody else reached 20 as Sunil Narine (3-28), Khary Perrier (2-30) and Imran Khan (2-30) did the damage with the ball.
read more at Kaieteur News
Volcanoes vs Canada
Volcanoes 339/9; Canada 264/10
Fri, Oct 5, '18
TAROUBA, Trinidad – Despite the WINDIES Women losing the match, Natasha McLean continued her excellent form with the bat, in the ongoing Sandals International Home Series versus South Africa, in front of hundreds of spectators at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy.
However, before a ball was bowled, the fans which came out to take in the imminent spectacle, shared a heart-warming moment with the teams.
Both teams wore pink ribbons to bring awareness to the serious, worldwide issue of breast cancer. They huddled up and took pictures, before entering the field of play to compete. This was a commendable gesture by both units, considering they have been engaged in an entertaining series of cricket for the past few weeks.
While the rivalry and competitive nature has been alive and well on the field of play, both the WINDIES and South Africa Women were able to put that aside and unite for such a worthy cause.
On the field of play, after scoring 38 and 42 in the first two matches, McLean was able to finally get past the half-century mark, batting through the innings again and scoring 57 (61 balls).
Taylor’s 26 (30 balls) and Deandra Dottin’s 28 (15 balls) provided support for McLean during the innings, while the South African Women managed to restrict the regional side to 135-3 in their allotted 20 Overs.
Thereafter, the South African batting unit proved too much to handle for the WINDIES Women. Openers, Laura Wolvaardt (55* from 57 balls) and Lizelle Lee (54 from 38 balls) put on an opening stand of 89 in 76 balls, which all but took the game out of the WINDIES Women’s hands and eventually steered South Africa to their first victory of the T20 segment of this series by 8 wickets, with 6 balls to spare.
With the series now 2-1 in favour of the WINDIES, South Africa can draw level in the final T20 International on Saturday, when both teams meet again at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy.
The WINDIES will be looking to wrap up the series, after convincing wins in the first two T20 internationals, with the third having been abandoned due to a soggy outfield.
Both teams are preparing for the first stand-alone ICC World Women’s T20 competition, which will take place in the West Indies from November 9 – 24.
Fri, Oct 5, '18
Half-centuries by openers Lizelle Lee and Laura Wolvaardt helped South Africa pull one back in the fourth women's T20I against West Indies on Thursday.
Their eight-wicket win leaves the series 2-1 in West Indies' favour, with one match to play.
Wolvaardt, the 19-year-old, was back in the side after having played the first T20I of the series, and ended up guiding the chase with 54 not out off 57 balls, as South Africa brought up victory in 18.4 overs. Lee had made 54 off 38, with the openers putting on 89 runs in 12 overs.
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