Surprise recall for Pollard
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC): Trinidadian batsman Kieron Pollard has been recalled to the West Indies one-day set-up, in a 16-man squad announced yesterday by selectors. The 20-year old Pollard played his only match for the Windies a year ago - during last year's Cricket World Cup...
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Well played, West Indies
After losing the first Test match by 121 runs on a placid pitch outside Georgetown, the West Indies went to Port of Spain, and on a pitch with a generous covering of grass, a pitch which many believed was tailor-made for left-arm swing bowler Chaminda Vaas and for the tricky off-spinner...
Grange hails West Indies
Sports minister Olivia Grange has expressed her delight at the West Indies cricket team's victory over Sri Lanka on Sunday to square the Test Series 1-1. Minister Grange said she hoped the victory represents a real turning point for the Windies and an end to the recent series...
Harbour View's Jureidini bemoans drawn games
CLYDE JUREIDINI, general manager of defending Cash Plus Premier League champions, Harbour View, yesterday said his team's hopes of retaining their title has been hurt by too many drawn games, similar to the 1-1 stalemate against leaders Portmore United on Sunday....
Important point for St Georges
"If you want to know how valuable a draw is, you have to lose a game," said Donovan Duckie, coach of St Georges following his team's 1-1 draw with home team Waterhouse in Cash Plus Premier League (CPPL) action at the Waterhouse House Mini Stadium on Sunday....
National players fined in Super League cricket
National players Carlton Baugh and Nikita Miller, both representing Melbourne Kangaroos, were fined a percentage of their match fees in last weekend's round of the Jamaica Super League. The two were playing at home - Courtney Walsh Drive - against Trelawny Buccaneers....
Battle begins today for Grace Shield Premier League title
St Catherine High will be gunning for revenge when they tackle defending champions Eltham High in the three-day final of the Grace Shield Premier League, starting today at Chedwin Park. Stanford Hudson, coach of St Catherine team, confirmed that his boys are confident...
Popular Pick-9 aiming for $9m
The mushrooming Pick-9 proved elusive for the seventh consecutive race day at Caymanas Park on Saturday and the carryover to this weekend's meet stands at a whopping $6.7 million.With heavy betting anticipated, a payout in excess of $9 million looks a real possibility....
HAM Stables holds stud party
Scores of racing enthusiasts turned up for the HAM Stables Stud Party on Sunday afternoon at the 500-acre stud farm, Port Henderson Road, and the experience was worthwhile. Among the revellers was the former prime minister of Jamaica, P.J. Patterson...
Olympic torch relay descends into chaos
PARIS (AP): The Olympic flame endured a city-wide gauntlet of protests in Paris yesterday, forcing organisers to retreat aboard a bus with the symbolic flame and, eventually, cut the relay short. With the widespread havoc they wreaked, the protests against China's policies...
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