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SUNDAY CHRONICLE, November 4, 2018
Taylor among captains thrilled with stand-alone tournament ST JOHN’S, Antigua, (CMC) – West Indies captain, Stafanie Taylor, was one of several captains on Saturday expressing their delight with the Caribbean’s hosting of the historic Women’s Twenty20 World Cup, which bowls off next Friday. In the past, the tournament has been played alongside the men’s showpiece but for the first time this year, it will be staged in the region as a stand-alone event from November 9-24. “I enjoy playing at home. The Caribbean is a great place for cricket and this will be an awesome tournament,” Taylor told members of the media at the Coolidge Cricket Ground. “As I said before, the culture, the passion, the history and the people will make this one of the great event in Caribbean sporting history.” She continued: “I think for any team, winning at home is a big deal. You always want to win with the support of your fans, your families, coming to see you. And I think for us it’s a great deal and to win – to regain the title here and not just that, but the first-ever stand-alone T20, that would be history. “We definitely would want to create history again. People here in the Caribbean are very passionate about cricket and I do believe that people will come out and support.” Taylor is ranked among the top players in the world
West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor smiles during a media conference at the Coolidge Cricket Ground.
in T20s and One-Day Internationals and is also rated as the best West Indies player of all time, as the leading run-maker in both formats. South Africa captain Dane van Niekirk said she was also excited about the upcoming campaign, especially coming on the heels of her side’s recent tour of the Caribbean. She led the Proteas women in three ODIs and five T20s at Kensington Oval in Barbados and the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad last September. “The crowds here are amazing. This is wonderful place for the game. We had some good times and played some great cricket in Barbados and Trinidad a few weeks ago and now we’re back and happy to visit these other venues as well,” she said ahead of the warm-up matches in Antigua. “It’s due and it’s well-deserved. Women’s cricket de-
CRICKET QUIZ CORNER (Sunday November 04, 2018) COMPLIMENTS OF THE TROPHY STALL-Bourda Market & The City Mall (Tel: 225-9230) & CUMMINGS ELECTRICAL COMPANY LTD-83 Garnett Street, Campbellville, Georgetown (Tel: 225-6158) Answers to yesterday’s quiz: (1)
Ravendra Jadeja-1975 runs
(2)
Jimmy Adams-2204 runs
Today’s Quiz: (1) What was the result of the recent WI/ India ODI series? (2) Who was declared Man of the Series in the recent WI/India ODI engagement?
serves the ‘alone’ time. The way the game has grown, it’s been so fast, you have to pinch yourself to see how quickly it’s grown. And the entertainment factor is there now – bigger hits, quicker bowlers, athletic players. It’s a lot more exciting.” Javeria Khan, who has taken over as the Pakistan captain, said a stand-alone event would allow the sport to fully thrive under an ex-
clusive spotlight. “It had to be done. Because when there are men’s matches, then the focus is kind of on the men’s matches,” the 30-year-old articulated. “But now, as a women’s tournament, [ICC] will give it full support, full priorities, full importance – like for the rules, the DRS system.” She added: “They are doing some really good work. In the past, women’s cricket was not given much importance, not much priorities, and this is why girls were not opting for cricket. “So because of ICC’s step [of having a stand-alone tournament] more girls will come forward. They have a future in women’s cricket.” The preliminaries of the tournament will be played in Guyana and St Lucia, with the semi-finals and final scheduled for Antigua.
Scott’s century leads Malteenoes to big win in NBS cricket
AN UNBEATEN century from Jerimiah Scott led home team Malteenoes Sports Club to a huge victory over the Diplomats Sports Club yesterday, in a reduced match of the New Building Society (NBS) 2nd Division (40-over) cricket competition. The 18-year-old went into attack mode in a game that started as a 22-overs fixture, before a small shower further reduced it to 20 overs. Scores in the game: Malteenoes 196-5 from 20 overs and Diplomats 75-9 declared in 16.3 overs. Malteenoes were in initial trouble after losing their openers Stephon Browne and Clarence Baird for ducks, but number three batsman Marcus Watkins took on the bowling. His 46 runs included two fours and five sixes. The pendulum again swung as medium pacer Andre Foster brought the Diplomats back to life with three wickets, including that of Watkins; but Scott, batting at number seven, answered with 110 unbeaten runs. He was extremely aggressive as he blasted seven fours and nine sixes in his stay at the crease. Scott and number six batsman T. Hicks tallied 134 runs for the sixth wicket, with the latter scoring just 13. After the onslaught, the Diplomats were then tasked with scoring at almost 10 runs per over. Opener Claudius Fraser hit a six in the first over, but a lack of partnerships untwined the batting. Mertima King, who hit Nichosie Barker on top of the Malteenoes clubhouse rooftop, led the visitors’ attack with 17 runs, but he became one of the victims of off-spinner Watkins, who, along with fellow spinner Wayne Bollers, quickly dismissed the visitors as the last five wickets fell for 14 runs. Watkins finished with 3-20 from 3.3 overs, while right arm-leg-spinner Bollers nabbed 2-1 from two overs, Ntini Permaul 2-20 from four overs and Barker 2-19 from four overs.
UDFA/GTT League Football
Unbeaten Net Rockers move to top after crushing Blueberry Hill 7-0
… Double-header on tonight
Denzil Pryce
NET Rockers took the lead in the Upper Demerara Football Association’s (UDFA)/GTT 2017-18 Senior Football League championship when they crushed a disunited Blueberry Hill United 7-0. Amelia’s Ward maintained their third position with a 3-1 whipping of Topp XX when the competition continued Friday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground. Tonight, their main rivals, Eagles United, will try to join them on 18 points with a win when they face winless Hi Stars in the second game of a double-header. The first game brings together Botofago and Silver Shattas from 19:00hrs. On a night when the Blueberry Hill barely made the field for their clash with the Rockers, it was soon apparent that they were ill-prepared for the encounter. From as early as the 4th minute, Rockers rocked the back of the net through the in-form Clarence Huggins and by the 16th minute it was 2-0 for the Rockers when Deshawn Joseph netted, as they went to half time ahead. Five minutes after play resumed, Denzil Pryce scored his first of two goals in the 50th minute for a 3-0 lead, before Joel Isaacs add-
Clarence Huggins
ed another (4-0) in the 56th minute, as the Blueberry Hill goalkeeper Kelon Neblett found it hard to stop the marauding Rockers side, The fifth goal for Rockers came through Deshawn Bobb-Semple in the 61st minute. Pryce returned for his second goal, scored in the 65th minute, before Leonard Wilson rounded things off for the night’s 7-0 win on Blueberry Hill in the 84th minute. In the other game Amelia’s Ward Panthers scored a 3-1 win against Topp XX, led by the first goal from the boot of Keshawn Dey in the 13th minute which was the half-time score 1-0. But Topp XX had some hopes of getting back into this game when they equalised through Abraham Bascom in the 65th minute. This score remained up to the end of regulation time but the lead went to the Panthers through Hosa Waddle in the 90th minute and moments after, in added time, the second goal for the Panthers came through a strike by Kennard Fraser as the match ended 3-1 for the Panthers. On Wednesday another double-header is planned for the MSC ground in this league championship.