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Mustafizur’s five-for leads thumping win

Sports Page -- On the tenth anniversary of their famous win over Australia in Cardiff, Bangladesh thumped a full-strength Indian team in front of a raucous Mirpur crowd. Nineteen year-old Mustafizur Rahman keeled over India's batsmen with…

Deonarine, Edwards and Hinds expected to fortify franchises

Bridgetown, Barbados -- International players Narsingh Deonarine, Kirk Edwards and Ryan Hinds headed the list of imported draft choices, when the Player Draft of the WICB Professional Cricket League took place today here. Deonarine,…

Second Division Final Four Match Ups set for this Weekend

Sports Page -- Cricket chief on Nevis, Denrick Liburd, revealed on Thursday night that after a meeting with his executive that same evening, it was decided that the final four rounds of matches in the local second division tournament, will…

Rakeesh Blizt jams Calypso

Sports Page -- The Big Rock team, led by a scintillating innings by Rakeesh, totally rocked the experienced Calypso team on Thursday night. After such a sever pounding from the left hander’s bat, the Calypso men never recovered and in…

Bronx Crisis edge out CG Massives in Thriller

Sports Page -- As the final quarter started, CG Massives were leading the Bronx Crisis team by six points and then at one point they went to an imposing nine points lead. This as the action continued in the NABA league at the Grell Hull…

Experienced six headline Player Draft

St. John’s, Antigua -- Half dozen players with Test match experience has been included in the list of 90 entered in the Player Draft of the West Indies Cricket Board Professional Cricket League. The Player Draft, which has been organised…

Statistics on games played in the NABA League on 16th June

Sports Page -- NABA Game 6 started 13.06.15 ended 16.06.15 because of rain Mark Brantley C G Massive 64 Nevlec High Voltage 51 First Quarter C G Massive 18 High Voltage 8... Second Quarter C G Massive 12 High Voltage 10 Third Quarter High…

Pink ball ‘ready’ for Test debut

Sports Page -- Brett Elliot, the Kookaburra managing director, has said that the pink ball is ready for Test cricket. In 2009, the MCC made a recommendation to experiment with pink balls and since then it has been used by the ECB and CA as…

Selection rules add interest to Draft

St. John’s, Antigua -- With new rules in place, there is extra-special interest to see how this will impact upon the selectors of the six franchises in the second Player Draft of the West Indies Cricket Board’s Professional Cricket League.…

Masters Cricketers get a little sunshine in their lives

Sports Page -- It was the wonderful climax to a hard fought victory. On the evening of Saturday 13th June, the Nevis Masters, cricketers, three peat champions of the Leeward Islands Masters cricket tournament, gathered at Sunshine’s bar and…

Two Players Suspended from the NABA League

Sports Page -- ‘Such behaviour will not be tolerated!’ Those were the words of the Nevis Amateur Basketball Association (NABA) chief, Wanda Parry. She was referring to an altercation between two players on Sunday 14th June, after the…

Old Skool defeat Central Stars and Students by one point

Sports Page -- You would think that the seasoned teachers would teach the youthful students a lesson but on Tuesday night, it was the other way around. Central Stars and Students (CSS), faced off with Old Skool in the NABA league at the…

Over the Top says Thanks

Sports Page -- Manager of the Over The Top track club, Kurvin Wallace took time out on Monday to say thanks to the various sponsors who made it possible for his track club to participate in a meet in Anguilla just over a week ago. Wallace…

Adrian Williams remains Champion of Javelin in the Federation

Sports Page -- The St.Kitts –Nevis Nationals athletic event was held at the Kim Collins stadium on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th June. There were some thrilling moments and the crowd certainly got their monies worth. In the men’s javelin…