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Badree becomes World Number 1

Dhaka, Bangladesh - West Indies’ leg-spinner Samuel Badree has moved up a place to replace teammate Sunil Narine as the number-one ranked bowler in the latest Reliance ICC Player Ranking for T20I bowlers. The latest update was released on…

CPS takes 2014 Inter Primary Championship

Announcer Rudy Browne called it right.  ‘Last year we had a tie but this year it’s only jackets.’ He was speaking to the comprehensive win by the Charlestown Primary School in this year’s Gulf Insurance sponsored Inter Primary Schools…

Results of SKNFA matches played Tuesday 1st April, 2014

Premier Division At Warner Park Stadium Mantab 4       vs           SPD United 1 (Half Time 3 - 1) Scoring for Mantab Kenston Alford 23rd minute Kevin Taylor struck twice in the 27th & 44th minute Kirae Jarvis 67th minute Scoring…

Australia breeze to consolation win

If the destructive power brought to bear by Aaron Finch and David Warner allowed Australia to evade the ignominy of their worst-ever global tournament display, then it also underlined why the sometime favourites will fly home with an…

Windies Women go down to India heavily

Sylhet, Bangladesh -- West Indies Women forfeited the top position in Group B after suffering a crushing nine wicket defeat at the hands of India in the Women’s World T20 Tournament at Sylhet Stadium here on Tuesday. A powerful half…

Local League commences this weekend

President of the Nevis Amateur Basketball Association, Ms Wanda Parry has revealed that the annual Basketball league will commence this coming weekend. According to Ms Parry, the league will take place at the Grell Hull-Stevens Netball…

Youthful Nevis Team set for Tournament in Antigua

Nevis will be represented at the Jean Pierre under 16 youth tournament which will be held in Antigua from Sunday 6th to Saturday 12th. April. The team will depart Nevis on Friday 4th and return home on Sunday 13th April This was confirmed…

Lights, Camera-Action!

(Sports Page)— President of the Nevis Amateur Athletics Association, Lester Blackett has indicated that all systems are pretty much in place for the hosting of the 33rd annual Gulf Insurance Inter Primary school s championships. The meet…

Leewards Selectors name unchanged team

St. John’s, Antigua – The Leeward Islands selection panel have named an unchanged team ahead of the sixth round encounter against Guyana in the Regional 4 Day tournament. The Leeward Islands team will be looking to rebound following a 197…

Benn, Nurse spin Barbados to big victory

Kingston, Jamaica, CMC – Red hot Barbados marched to their second straight win of the Regional Four-Day Championship when they hammered Jamaica by 245 runs, on the final day of their fifth round contest here Monday. After declaring at…

T&T wrap up easy 10-wicket win over CCC

Port of Spain, Trinidad, (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago needed just 34 deliveries to complete an emphatic ten wicket win over Combined Campuses and Colleges here Monday evening. Resuming on the final day of their fifth round contest in the…

Herath spins New Zealand out of WT20 with 5 for 3

(Sports Page)— Rangana Herath sprung from Sri Lanka's dugout, watched his team-mates collapse, then crafted a Twenty20 spell of astounding quality to slam New Zealand into a wall, claiming five wickets for three runs as Sri Lanka defended…

Netherlands humiliate England

(Sports Page)— There is a great deal of competition for the lowest point in the history of English cricket. They have been defeated by Ireland and Netherlands, bowled out by a chicken farmer in Zimbabwe and whitewashed by India, West Indies…

Windies women progress to T-20 semis

(Sports Page)— The four semi-finalists for the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 have now been confirmed with a day remaining in the group stage matches, which are being played at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. Squads…