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Clarke given February 21 World Cup deadline

Sports Page -- Michael Clarke admits he has his "work cut out" to make the deadline set by the national selectors to prove him his fitness after hamstring surgery, and accepts that he will be a spectator for Australia's World Cup campaign…

Narine picked for World Cup

Sports Page -- Sunil Narine returns to international cricket next month after being named in the 15-man World Cup squad which includes five allrounders, three specialist batsmen, four fast bowlers, two spinners and a wicketkeeper. Jason…

Gayle leads West Indies in record chase

Sports Page -- The Wanderers is home to what it calls the greatest ODI of all time - the 438 game - and now it is also home to what could become known as the most thrilling T20: the 236 game. West Indies pulled off the highest successful…

Grand Drough Tournament Upcoming

Sports Page -- Acting President of the Nevis Drough Association, Keith Scarborough, has revealed that there will be a major local Drough tournament towards the end of this month. According to Scarborough, the competition will be held at…

No Bravo, Pollard for World Cup: Ramnarine

Sports Page -- Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard are not part of 15-man West Indies World Cup squad according to Dinanath Ramnarine, the former West Indies legspinner and former longtime president of West Indies Players Association.…

Jacobs-working on mental toughness for the players

Sports Page -- The Leewards Islands team is currently undergoing rigorous training exercises at Warner Park in St.Kitts. This as the team prepares for the NAGICO super 50 series from January 15th to 26th in Trinidad. According to Coach…

Venue changes in SKNFA Matches

Division I Matches in the Division I on Saturday 10th January will be played at the Gardens Playing Field, while the matches on Sunday 11th January will be at the Newtown Playing Field. National Bank Premier League: The first weekend of…

Kiddy Cricket Program to Launch Friday

Sports Page -- A release from Leeward Islands Territorial development officer, Junie Mitcham has indicated that the 2015 launch of the Kiddy Cricket program, will take place on Friday 16th January. The Scotia Bank Kiddy Cricket Program and…

Pooran misses Super50 after accident

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- The career of up-and-coming wicketkeeper-batsman Nicholas Pooran has been put on hold following injuries suffered in a motor car accident. Pooran underwent surgery yesterday after suffering a fractured left ankle…

Walton to captain CCC in NAGICO Super50

Bridgetown, Barbados -- Jamaican wicket-keeper/batsman Chadwick Walton will captain Combined Campuses & Colleges (CCC) in the 2015 WICB Nagico Super50 Championship in Trinidad & Tobago, January 15-26. There are seven Jamaicans in…

Jordan’s prince to seek FIFA presidency

Sports Page -- Can this prince topple the king of world football's governing body? Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein has stepped forward to challenge Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency at May's election. Blatter, 78, is seeking a fifth…

NZ complete turnaround with big win

Sports Page -- The way the fourth day had panned out - only one wicket - New Zealand would have known going through the Sri Lanka batting line-up was not going to be easy. The visitors had played out almost 11 hours in the second innings of…

Australia on top after making 572

Sports Page -- Everywhere you turned on the second day in Sydney there were stats, and Steven Smith was at the centre of most of them. But at the end of the day the only figure that really mattered was 501. That was the deficit India faced…