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GUYANA CHRONICLE Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Man United crash out of League District 10 Schools Inter-House track events continue this week Cup to Derby on penalties By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Manchester United slumped out of the League Cup with a defeat on penalties to Championship side Derby County at Old Trafford, after the third-round tie ended 2-2 in normal time yesterday. With no extra time in this season’s competition, the contest went straight to spot kicks and Frank Lampard’s Derby won 8-7 with Phil Jones’s effort saved by visiting keeper Scott Carson. Derby had been moments away from winning 2-1 in normal time after United keeper Sergio Romero was sent off in the 67th minute but Marouane Fellaini got a stoppage-time equaliser. United’s rivals and League Cup holders Manchester City had no such trouble as they won 3-0 at Oxford United but top flight Burnley went down 2-1 at third-tier Burton Albion. Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United side had taken the lead against Derby in the third minute with a wellplaced shot from Juan Mata after Anthony Martial had burst down the left flank. Derby drew level though in spectacular fashion after 59 minutes with a brilliant bending free-kick from Harry Wilson, the young Welsh winger on loan from Liverpool. Eight minutes later, Romero was dismissed for handling outside the box and Derby grabbed what they thought was the winner when United’s substitute keeper Lee Grant parried a shot from Mason Mount and
Jack Marriott nodded in the loose ball. But in the fifth minute of added time, substitute Fellaini headed in a Diogo Dalot cross to force the shootout.
side’s Liam Boyce and Jamie Allen cancelled out a firsthalf strike from Burnley’s Kevin Long, and made sure Burton reached the fourth round for the first time.
Bromwich Albion. Bournemouth let a twogoal lead slip at home to Blackburn Rovers before Callum Wilson rescued a 3-2 win in stoppage time.
THE District 10 (Upper Demerara/Kwakwani) school sports will go into full swing this week with the various track events being staged in earnest, following the start which began last Thursday at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground. Today from 09.00hrs the Mackenzie High School (MHS) inter-house championship will take place at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground, while tomorrow the Bayrock ground will be the venue with St Aidan’s Primary School staging their inter-house competition. On Friday the Linden Foundation Secondary School will stage their inter-house sports at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground. Last Thursday the New Silvercity Secondary jump-started the sports for this season with their track events. A number of outstanding performances were recorded by individual athletes at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground. Those who performed outstandingly were in the Under-12 category - Timothy McPherson for the Boys and Rayana Stellingburg among the Girls as they won the 100, 200, 400 and 800 metres races. Also winning their 100, 200, 400 and 800 metres events to be most outstanding in the Under-14 category were for Boys Shemroy Bagot and for Girls, Tanacia Richards. In the Under-16 category the top performers were for Boys, Tevin Davis, who won the 200, 400 and 800 metres races as did Oshana Peters for the Girls. The Champion athlete in the Under-18 category was Adel Wallace who captured wins in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 metres races. (Joe Chapman)
Cricket chiefs vigilant over Twenty20 corruption risks Manchester United’s Phil Jones has a penalty saved by Derby County’s Scott Carson during the shootout. (Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers)
BURNLEY STUNNED Manchester City’s Gabriel Jesus was one of several big names in their lineup and scored after 36 minutes with a header before Riyad Mahrez and Phil Foden wrapped up proceedings late on. Burnley picked up their first league win of the season at the weekend but came crashing to earth at League One Burton. Goals from the home
They were joined by fellow third-tier side Blackpool who piled misery on second-tier Queens Park Rangers with a 2-0 win. Fulham’s Cyrus C h r i s t i e s c o re d w i t h a stunning long-range strike as they ran out 3-1 winners at Millwall, while Andros Townsend grabbed two goals for Crystal Palace as they triumphed 3-0 at former Premier League side West
Gareth Ainsworth’s Wycombe Wanderers almost fought back from 4-1 down following a Jordan Rhodes hat-trick for visitors Norwich City but despite their valiant efforts they lost 4-3. Middlesbrough won a shootout 4-3 at Preston North End after the game finished 2-2, while Leicester City beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 on penalties after a 0-0 Midlands derby draw.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) - Cricket’s governing body admitted the popularity of Twenty20 cricket has increased the risks of corruption in the game, but insisted extra vigilance was in place to monitor them. Ever since the Twenty20 was introduced in February 2005 the shortest version of the game has overtaken traditional five-day Tests and limited overs one-day internationals in popularity.
Cummins named in Pride Super50 squad BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Test pacer Miguel Cummins has been named in a Barbados Pride squad for next month’s Regional Super50. The 28-year-old has represented West Indies over the last year but was recently dropped for the Test tour of India which bowls off next week in Rajkot. Cummins has played 13 Tests and 11 One-Day Internationals since making his Windies debut four years ago. He is one of four players with West Indies experience in the 14-man squad, along with left-hander Jonathan Carter, off-spinner Ashley
Nurse and left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn also included. The squad will be led by West Indies A skipper Shamarh Brooks and includes uncapped 21-year-old batsman Leniko Boucher. Pride are missing the core of their first choice squad
with the likes of Jason Holder, Kraigg Brathwaite, Roston Chase, Shai Hope, Shane Dowrich and Kemar Roach all on tour with West Indies. Pride, last season’s losing finalists, will contest Group B of the preliminary phase and open their cam-
Test pacer Miguel Cummins
paign against Leeward Islands Hurricanes next week Thursday at Kensington Oval. Group B also features Jamaica Scorpions, Combined Campuses and Colleges and United States. The tournament runs from October 3 to 28 and will see Group A being hosted in Trinidad and Tobago. SQUAD – Shamarh Brooks (captain), Sulieman Benn, Leniko Boucher, Jonathan Carter, Miguel Cummins, Dominic Drakes, Justin Greaves, Keon Harding, Marquino Mindley, Shayne Moseley, Ashley Nurse, Shamar Springer, Kevin Stoute, Tevyn Walcott.
ICC chief executive Dave Richardson
Besides the six editions of the World Twenty20, most of the member countries have their own Twenty20 leagues with the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL), which began in 2008, the most high-profile version. The IPL was hit by a spot-fixing scandal in 2013 which resulted in two-year bans on two of its franchise teams. The Pakistan Super League and Bangladesh League were also rocked by fixing scandals which ended in bans on several players. The bottom line is that the The International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson said his body was ready to do extra work. “I am sure that a lot of bookmakers like Twenty20
cricket but I don’t think it’s correct to say that increasing the number of Twenty20 matches will increase the risk,” said Richardson at a media briefing. Twenty20 matches have increased the number of fans, have attracted new fans and with more people following the game there is a bigger risk that there could be efforts to corrupt those matches. “So there is an indirect relationship between the Twenty20 matches and the increased risk. Our priority is to increase the fans so if we have to work harder, we are ready for that.” Alex Marshall, the general manager of ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), admitted bookmakers target the Twenty20 and other leagues like the T10, a league with ten-overa-side matches which started last year. “My point was not that the Tweny20 attracts corrupters but the explosion of the Twenty20 events, including some private events and some are designed for the whole purpose of corruption, presented a new opportunity to the corrupts,” said Marshall, a former London police officer. “They (bookmakers) do think it’s a new format and they might be able to affect a small part of it for a yield from corrupt illegal bookmaking.” Marshall said the ACU’s objective is to make Twenty20 leagues transparent. “The expansion is bringing more countries, more players, more fans and it’s a brilliant development so we have to make them resistant to corrupt people and that responsibility also sits with the people who organise such events to make sure that all the right anti-corruption measures are in place.”