Providence, Guyana - To say that the Guyana Amazon Warriors made light work of the Jamaica Tallawahs would be a grave understatement in itself.
The Tallawahs playing their first match of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League were blown away by a strong Amazon Warriors performance, who was brilliant with the bat, ball and in the field.
Ramnaresh Sarwan won the toss and asked his West Indies teammate, Chris Gayle, skippering the Jamaica Tallawahs to have first knock at the crease. Opening the batting with Pakistani batsman, Ahmed Shehzad, Gayle got off to a quite slow start, as he has in recent times.
St John’s, Antigua – The top women’s cricketers in the West Indies, including world number one Twenty20 bowler Shanel Daley, world top rated Stafanie Taylor, spinner Anisa Mohammed and West Indies captain Merissa Aguilleira will be in action for several weeks this month as they compete for the coveted annual regional titles.
The West Indies Cricket Board Women’s Regional Super50 Tournament will bowl off on Monday August 5th with four matches in Grenada.
West Indies offspinner Sunil Narine has strengthened his number one position in the ICC T20 Bowling Rankings following a decent showing in the two-match series against Pakistan over the weekend.
Narine widened the gap between himself and No. 2-ranked Saeed Ajmal of Pakistan after gaining 39 points for picking up four wickets.
Narine remains at the top on 817 ratings points while Ajmal has 745.
The top five is filled out by fellow spinners Ajantha Mendis of Sri Lanka (716), Pakistani Mohammed Hafeez (684) and Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan (668).
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Ashley Nurse bagged four for 14 as Barbados Tridents registered a 12 run win over Antigua Hawksbills to record their second straight win in the inaugural Caribbean Premier League at the Kensington Oval here Thursday night.
But it was man of the match Shakib Al-Hassan who dented the advance of the Hawksbills with figures of one for 16 off four overs that helped curtail the exploits of their top order.
Opener Johnson Charles with five fours and one six off 36 balls was their leading scorer. Shakib accounted for the experienced Ricky Ponting, caught at first slip by Ashley Nurse for one.
Gros Islet, St. Lucia – International Sports Holdings Limited (ISH) has confirmed the purchase of the St. Lucia Zouks franchise just a day before the inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T20 Tournament got underway.
The Singapore-based company is expanding into cricket and other sports franchise opportunities globally. Members of the management team were responsible for the recent acquisition of Glasgow Rangers and have extensive experience with global sports management, franchise operations and investment management.
“The formation of the LCPL T20 League heralds the arrival of an exciting cricketing format to the Caribbean through a dynamic commercial initiative,” said Fayyaz Alimohamed, CEO of the St. Lucia Zouks franchise. “We hope that this is the start of an expansion of cricket throughout the Americas and we are very pleased to be part of this inaugural Tournament.”
“We are absolutely thrilled that ISH has joined the Limacol Caribbean Premier League franchise family,” said Damien O’Donohoe, CEO of the CPL. “ISH and CPL share a vision of nurturing and growing the sport of cricket and bringing a joyous, celebratory form of cricket that is unique to the West Indies to a global audience.”
Ajmal Khan, Chairman of Verus International and Founder of the LCPL, commenting on the franchise acquisition said, “We are excited to have ISH own and build the St. Lucia Zouks franchise. ISH brings deep experience in the sports business, and we are excited to see them bring their expertise in globalising the fan base of the St. Lucia Zouks.”
