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GUYANA CHRONICLE Thursday March 20, 2014
Cheddi Jagan Memorial three-leg cycle race concludes Sunday on Essequibo Coast THE Dr Cheddi Jagan Memorial three-leg cycle road race will conclude on Sunday on the Essequibo Coast after three Sundays of racing in honour of the late President of Guyana. The 50-mile race, which is being sponsored by El Dorado Trading and F. Jagmohan Hardware Supplies Construction Services, is expected to attract a record-breaking number of the country’s cyclists and will see competition in five categories. The event which is in its 10th year on the Essequi-
Paul DeNobrega,
bo Coast is open to seniors, juniors, veterans, mountain bikers and females. The juniors and seniors will wheel off from Supenaam at 09:00hrs for a 50-mile journey that will take them to Charity before returning to Anna Regina for the finish, while the mountain bikers, veterans and females will move off from Anna Regina after the juniors and seniors would have past through Anna Regina and travel to Charity before returning to the place of origin for the finish.
The top six finishers (seniors or juniors) will receive prizes as well as the top three juniors, top three veterans, top three mountain bikers and top three females. There is a special prize up for grabs for the first Over-60 cyclist to complete the Anna Regina to Charity and back course. Eight prime prizes will also be up for grabs during the course of the event. The defending champion of the Essequibo leg is Paul DeNobrega, who returned a
time of two hours 17 minutes 59 seconds last year. Raul Leal won the junior category last year, while Kennard Lovell was the winner of the veterans category, Julio Melville won the mountain bike category and Hazina Bharrat won the female category. When the first leg of this year’s race was staged in the West Demerara area on March 2, Michael Anthony won while the second leg which was staged in Berbice was won by Alanzo Greaves.
Meanwhile, cyclists participating in Sunday’s third leg are asked to note that transportation will leave the Ministry of Sport’s Middle Street office at 05:00hrs on Sunday morning and assembly time is 04:30 hrs. Cyclists are also asked to note that the transportation that is being provided by the National Sports Commission is for cyclists and officials only; no family members or cycling fans will be allowed on board the transportation, be it road or river.
Smith, Narine, Bravo star in Windies second win MIRPUR, Bangladesh (CMC) - Dwayne Bravo rocked the top order while Sunil Narine carved through the middle as defending World T20 champions West Indies humbled Sri Lanka by 33 runs in a warmup match at Sher-e Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur here yesterday. Narine grabbed four wickets to bury ambitions of recovery after Sri Lanka, Chasing 173, were reduced to 18 for two in the fourth over until Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara attempted to rescue them with a
54-run third-wicket stand that brought some stability to the scoring. Opener Kusal Perera was dismissed cheaply by Samuel Badree and Mahela Jayawardene was sent back for a firstball duck by Ravi Rampaul but Dilshan and Sangakkara repaired the damage to some extent before the beaten finalists in the 2012 tournament stumbled again. Bravo picked up three wickets including uprooting the stumps of opener Dilshan with a top score of 43 and Sangakkara.
WEST INDIES innings (20 overs maximum) D. Smith lbw b Prasanna 60 C. Gayle c N. Perera b Herath 12 A. Fletcher lbw b Herath 4 DJ Bravo c Jayawardene b Lakmal 43 L. Simmons c Chandimal b Mendis 10 D. Sammy not out 30 A. Russell not out 2 Extras: (b-4, lb-1, w-3, nb-3) 11 Total: (5 wickets; 20 overs) 172 Fall of wickets: 1-47, 2-55, 3-104, 4-129, 5-154. Bowling: Mathews 2-0-14-0, Kulasekara 4-0-38-0, Mendis 3 - 0 - 4 3 - 1 , H e r a t h 4 - 0 - 2 0 - 2 , Prasanna-3-0-14-1, Perera 0.4-014-0, Lakmal 2.2-0-16-1, Dilshan 1-0- 8-0. SRI LANKA innings (target: 173
runs from 20 overs) M. Perera c Charles b Badree 4 T. Dilshan b Bravo 43 D. Jayawardene c Narine b Rampaul 0 K. Sangakkara b Bravo 24 L. Chandimal c Smith b Narine 14 S. Prasanna b Russell 2 A. Mathews b Narine 18 N. Perera lbw b Narine 0 K. Kulasekara lbw b Narine 14 H Thirimanne not out 14 S Senanayake b Bravo 2 Extras: (lb-2, w-1, nb-1) 4 Total: (all out, 19.2 overs) 139 Fall of wickets 1-10, 2-18, 3-72, 4-73, 5-83, 6-107, 7-107, 8-109, 9-134. Bowling: Badree 4-0-30-1, Rampaul 2-0-1-1, Narine 4-0-24-4, DJ Bravo 3.2-0-29-3, Gayle 3-0-180, Russell-3-0-25-1.
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Dilshan scored 43 off 36 balls, with six fours, while Sangakkara added 24 runs off 19 balls, with three fours, as the two brought the match to a crucial stage before Narine wreaked further havoc as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 139. Bravo finished with figures of three for 29 while Narine topped the bowling with four for 24 including the scalps of Dinesh Chandimal (14) and
Angelo Mathews (18) off successive balls. However, he could not complete his hat-trick because of a no-ball. Earlier, Dwayne Smith gave the West Indies a flying start by powering his way to a top score of 60 after Sri Lanka had won the toss and elected to field first. Smith who cracked eight fours and two sixes compiled a quick-fire 47 with Chris Gayle
who was the first to go for 12 in the sixth over. West Indies were at one stage reduced to 55 for two as Andre Fletcher went for 8 but a third-wicket partnership between Smith and Bravo brought the Caribbean cricketers back on course. Bravo scored 43 runs off just 31 balls but the Windies
lost momentum when Lendl Simmons fell for ten. However, skipper Darren Sammy came to the crease and blasted 30 runs off 14 balls, including one four and two sixes, to take the score to 172 for five. On Tuesday, West Indies crushed England in their first official warm-up match of the World T20 tournament.
GDF face BV/Triumph, Shillingford returns to first class cricket this weekend Tigers tackle Milerock tomorrow at GFC
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) - Shane Shillingford will play in the Regional 4-Day Tournament this weekend, after undergoing remedial work on his bowling action. The 31-year-old off-spinner is set to appear for third-placed Windward Islands, when they face leaders Jamaica in their fourth round match, starting tomorrow at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica. Shillingford was suspended from bowling in international cricket by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after he was reported to the ICC for suspected illegal actions during the Test series in India last year. “Obviously, I am extremely happy that I will be playing this weekend,” said Shillingford who has played 14 Tests for West Indies, grabbing 65 wickets at 32.32 apiece. He has never appeared in a One-day or Twenty20 International for the regional side. “I have put in a lot of hard work over the past few months. It was a bit tough at first, but once the coaches told me what I had to do, I went straight to work. I just had to be really patient and I worked really hard.” Shillingford underwent remedial work in Barbados under the guidance of former Barbados and West Indies fast bowler Vasbert Drakes with input from West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson. “I am happy for the advice that I have received from the coaches, especially Vasbert, and I must also thank everyone for the support they have given me during this period,” he said. Shillingford also underwent a biomechanical bowling analysis conducted by a research team at the University of Western Australia on March 4 in Perth. “It’s great to have Shane playing first-class cricket again and I’m sure Windwards are delighted to have him back,” said WICB Director of Cricket Richard Pybus. “We look forward to getting the results of his re-test in Perth, so that he can re-start his international career.” He has played 66 R4D matches for the Windwards since his debut 13 years ago, capturing 289 wickets at 21.54 apiece. Shillingford requires 11 more wickets to become only the second bowler to take 300 in the history of the modern R4D, which dates back to 1966.
THIRD-placers Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will face BV/ Triumph from 18:00hrs and BK Western Tigers tackle Milerock from 20:00hrs tomorrow at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, when play in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Banks Beer National Premier League continues with a double-header. Currently in third position on the points table with 28 points from 12 matches, the soldiers will be seeking a win to advance in the standing, while BV/Triumph who are currently 12th in the points standing with 14 from 12 matches will also be seeking a victory for fear of dropping to the last four in the league and a possibility of being relegated. In the feature game, second-placers Western Tigers will be challenging an unpredictable Upper Demerara side in Milerock, who on any good day can upset the best of the local teams. A win for Western Tigers who are on 31 points will see them move to 34 points, five behind the unbeaten Alpha United who have 39 points from 13 straight wins. To date, the soldiers have won eight of their 12 matches. They lost one and drew three which went to a penalty shootout but they only won one of the three. They have so far scored 28 goals and conceded 12. BV/Triumph, on the other hand, have won four of their matches. They lost six and drew three, two of which they won in the resulting penalty shoot-out. They have so far scored 13 goals and conceded 26. Western Tigers have played 13 matches. They won 10, lost two and drew one which they lost in a penalty shoot-out. They have so far scored 26 goals and conceded 11. Milerock have won four of their 13 games. They lost seven and drew two, both of which they lost in penalty shoot-outs. They have so far scored 17 goals and conceded 18. Meanwhile, three double-headers are set for Sunday. One at the #5 ground, West Coast Berbice, one at Den Amstel ground, West Coast Demerara and the other at the Buxton Community Centre ground, East Coast Demerara.