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The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has delivered outstanding exposure for partner tourist boards during the 2021 season with a total sponsorship value of US$316.1million. This figure was generated from a report by independent and world-leading research company, YouGov Sport.
The tournament took place in St Kitts & Nevis between 26 August and 15 September with all 33 matches taking place at Warner Park.
Eight women’s teams will compete in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) have announced.
Sri Lanka, Australia, Barbados, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, and South Africa will participate in a Twenty20 tournament, which should also provide an opportunity to give the women’s game greater attention around the world.
Sri Lanka were the last team to confirm their places following a victory in the ICC Commonwealth Games Qualifier 2022 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein and allrounder Jason Holder have achieved career-best rankings in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings after helping the West Indies to a series-deciding 17-run victory in the fifth Betway T20 International against England at Kensington Oval last Sunday.
In the latest weekly update to the men’s rankings, which considers performances in the last three matches of the series, Hosein moved up 15 places to 18th position after a haul of 4-30 that helped him finish with six wickets in three matches.
“It’s not something I pay close attention to. However, when I play or train, it’s always about aiming to become the best,” Hosein said while speaking with CWI Media.
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West Indies Women went into the 3rd One-Day International (ODI) against South Africa Women with the knowledge that a win would seal the series victory, having taken a 1-0 lead on Monday with just the two games remaining in the series. However, the home team won the toss and gave WINDIES what has proven to be a difficult task so far in the series: chasing under lights.
In batting first, South African opener, Tazmin Brits took a liking to Shamilia Connell early in the piece. This, as she took West Indies’ frontline seamer for four 4s in her second over. Connell, however, would have her revenge, nicking off the right-hander in the following over.
And Connell would claim a second, thanks to a fantastic catch by Deandra Dottin. That wicket of Anneke Bosch brough the pair of Laura Wolvaardt and Sune Luus together.
And with milestones for both—Luus (56) and Wolvaardt (117)—they would put on 141 runs for the third wicket; setting up the innings perfectly for Chloe Tryon to finish. And finish she did, dragging South Africa’s sights from a target of 280 to 300 with 43 runs from just 24 deliveries.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – More batters in the West Indies Women’s squad are pulling their weight and once they continue doing so in the third and final match of the One-Day International (ODI) series against South African Women on Thursday, the Caribbean side can emerge with a series win, opening batter Deandra Dottin suggested today.
She said the performances in the last match, in particular, demonstrated that the West Indies women had been maturing as a team.
“It’s good to see that there are different individuals that are actually playing a part in terms of scoring and chipping in with a couple of runs, and it’s not mainly pressure on one person. The girls are in a good space so I think that we just need to continue what we are doing,” she said.
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