Clash of the 'Cinderellas'
ACTION IN the Cricket World Cup continues at Sabina Park today, an it is not the West Indies versus Pakistan as it was on opening day, it is still expected to be a good, close and exciting contest. On Tuesday, it was one of the best against one of the best...
Portmore, Tivoli advance to semis
PORTMORE UNITED and Tivoli Gardens yesterday advanced to the semi-finals of the Red Stripe Cham-pions Cup Knockout Competition in contrasting style. At the Catherine Hall stadium in Montego Bay, an Onandi Lowe hat-trick and a strike by Mario Swaby saw Portmore...
Ardenne, Old Harbour to battle for top honours
OLD HARBOUR High and Ardenne will contest next Thursday's All-Island final of the Inter-secondary Schools' Association Under-16 basketball competition after both teams recorded overtime semi-final victories at the National Stadium Courts ...
Melbourne to host Irish club Sunday
MELBOURNE CRICKET Club will be hosting the visiting Terenure Taverners Cricket Club of Ireland in a cricket match at the club, 17 Courtney Walsh Drive (formerly Derrymore Road), on Sunday at noon.The Melbourne Invitational XI will be captained by club...
Lankans look to dominate Bermuda
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP):SRI LANKA will be seeking an easy outing today in their opening match against rank outsider Bermuda, the smallest country ever to qualify for the Cricket World Cup. Captain Mahela Jayawardene has set his sights on reclaiming the World Cup...
A truly great show for the world
JAMAICANS GOT a real sense of satisfaction for putting on a fantastic opening ceremony for the ICC WI Cricket World Cup on Sunday at the Multi-purpose Stadium in Trelawny.It was a well-choreographed event, from the speeches at the start right through to the finish...
Athletes are only human
AFTER SECURING a historic 52-run victory against Pakistan in the first Cricket World Cup match held in the West Indies, the home team, in a symbolic gesture, sauntered to all four sections of the ground where they applauded fans.
Windies aim to keep the momentum going
THE WEST Indies have been working with basically this same unit for near two years now. Having got the start they wanted with a 54-run victory over Pakistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup's opening match at Sabina Park on Tuesday, team captain Brian Lara says...
India expect good fan support - Team preparing for clash with Bangladesh in Trinidad and Tobago
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): INDIA ARE hoping they find overwhelming fan support here as they begin their Group B Cricket World Cup (CWC) preliminary round campaign on the weekend. Trinidad and Tobago is an ethnically pluralistic country, with almost 40...
Kenya breeze by Canada
GROS ISLET, St. Lucia (AP): STEVE TIKOLO and Maurice Ouma scored half centuries to guide Kenya to a seven-wicket win over Canada yesterday in the opening Group C match of the World Cup. Ouma scored 58 and the Tikolo made an unbeaten 72, including seven fours and a six...
Defending champs off to flying start
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (AP): RICKY PONTING stroked 113 and Glenn McGrath took three wickets to help Australia to a 203-run win over Scotland yesterday in their World Cup Group A match. Ponting plundered 113 from 93 balls in his fourth World Cup century...
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