Mon, Aug 4, '14
Only a fool would argue that the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), a Twenty/20 cricket championship that features six regional franchise teams, is not good for the sport in the region.
The CPL, which started last year and resulted in victory for the Jamaica Tallawahs over the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the final, has more than whetted the appetite of the people in the Caribbean Community (Caricom) region and by extension, North America, a public that has long yearned for cricket at a high standard and quality, something that has been playing hide and seek with them for the last 15 years.
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Sun, Aug 3, '14
Miserly Taylor helps Tallawahs beat Tridents
Jerome Taylor's economical spell ensured the Barbados Tridents couldn't overhaul the Jamaica Tallawahs total of 147 for 9 in a 19-run win for the defending CPL champions in Kingston. Man-of-the-Match Taylor had figures of 3-0-3-2 entering the final over with 28 needed to win for the Tridents but only a single was scored off the first two balls to clinch a victory for the Tallawahs as Taylor ended with 2 for 11 from four overs.
Zouks win leaves Hawksbills in CPL cellar
The St Lucia Zouks outlasted the Antigua Hawksbills, and plenty of island rain, to bring their home fans a long awaited first win of the season in a five-wicket victory at Beausejour Stadium in Gros Islet on Sunday. The Zouks chased down a Duckworth-Lewis target of 106 with 15 balls to spare after the Hawksbills made 103 for 6 in a match reduced to 16 overs following a series of rain delays. The Hawksbills are now the only winless team remaining in the CPL.
Sun, Aug 3, '14
ST. JOHN’S Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board announced on Sunday that this year’s Regional Women’s Super50 Tournament opens this coming Thursday, August 7 in Dominica.
Eight teams – including last year’s double crown champions Jamaica – will take part in the Tournament which will be contested in two groups in the preliminary phase before advancing to the playoff stages.
Sun, Aug 3, '14 by TONY BECCA
The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) the T20 cricket spectacular that is threatening to change the game in the West Indies, is now on show at Sabina Park, and once again, like the inaugural tournament last year, the organisers, the sponsors, and all who are interested in the game are looking forward to another bumper crowd.
T20 cricket, all over the world, has been like a circus, with the people following it in numbers wherever it goes.
The sight of balls flying high towards the sky and sailing over the boundaries and into the stands, and of fielders running as fast as Usain Bolt, flying to one side or the other, diving to one side or the other, and making brilliant stops or taking miraculous catches are thrilling and exciting.
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Sun, Aug 3, '14 by TONY COZIER
IAN CHAPPELL once described coaches as vehicles that ferry cricket teams from hotel to ground and back; by the former Australia captain’s definition, the best coach would be a Japanese by the name of Toyota.
Times have changed. Somewhat behind all other sports, even cricket’s skeptics have come round to accepting the idea of a team coach. Now every school, minor club and first-class and Test squad has one.
Not only that. At the professional level, they have specialists to deal with bowling, batting and fielding; the Melbourne Stars in Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash even have a “chief hydration officer”.
There are coaches of every nationality scattered across the cricketing map for every format of the game.