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Brilliant Bairstow leads England to 3-2 series win

Sports Page -- Jonny Bairstow's England debut saw him win a rain-affected ODI in Cardiff in 2011 and on his return to the side here, in place of the injured Jos Buttler, he produced a similar act with his best innings since that day to get…

Thomas wants out of LICA Contract

St John's, Antigua -- Former West Indies wicketkeeper/batsman, Devon Thomas, has asked to be removed as one of 10 players contracted by the Leeward Islands Cricket Association (LICA) ahead of the WICB 2015 Professional Cricket League (PCL).…

SDA Jets crash out to Big Rock in decider

Sports Page -- It was a deciding encounter and both teams seemed determined to make a serious bid for a spot in the local second division Cricket finals. The action was at the ET Willet Park on the evening of Saturday 20th June. That is…

Rain forces postponement of Basketball matches

Sports Page -- Heavy rains served to put a damper on the local Basketball tournament, as two matches scheduled for Sunday 21st June, had to be postponed. The two matches to be played were NEVLEC High Voltage versus CG Rebels. The other…

Morgan, Root inspire England’s record chase

Sports Page -- England entered what for them was uncharted territory when they successfully chased a target of 350 against New Zealand in the fourth Royal London ODI at Trent Bridge. It was the fourth-highest chase ever and came in England,…

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.…