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GUYANA CHRONICLE Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Jeffrey wins 6th Guyana to be represented by U-23 and Elite cycling teams at Pan-Am Road Races annual Baker Memorial
THE Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) has selected a three-member Under-23 team, as well as a four-member Elite team to contest the Pan-American Road Cycling Championships, scheduled for May 4-7 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. According to reports, the two teams were selected based on their performances during the 2017 cycling season that started in January. Spearheading the Elite team is Team Coco’s Jamal John who has been in tremendous form from the start of the 2017 season with two recent outstanding victories from three starts and placing among the top six finishers in another four races. Also included in the Elite team are: John’s team-
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Jamal John
mate Hamza Eastman and veteran Junior Niles along with Team Evolution’s Paul DeNobrega. The Elite team will be in action on May 7 in a 170km
event, while the Under-23 selectees which comprise Team United’s Raphael Leung and Andrew Hicks and Kaieteur ’s Dwayne Gibbs Jr. will compete in a
140km event on May 6. The Pan-American championships will also see Individual Time Trial action but the Guyanese will not be a part of that.
Pakistan’s Younis Khan to retire after West Indies tour
PAKISTAN’S most prolific Test batsman, Younis Khan, will quit international cricket after the three-Test series in the West Indies starting later this month, the 39-yearold said on Saturday. Younis’ announcement comes after captain Misbah-ul-Haq said on Thursday that the Caribbean tour will be his last.
“People are calling me and asking me not to make any announcement to leave but now is the time,” the former captain said in Karachi. “No player always remains fit, the motivation never remains the same, so this is the time when Younis should leave the field after the upcoming series in West Indies.”
Younis has played 115 Tests and is Pakistan’s most successful run-scorer in Test cricket. He heads into the West Indies tour needing 23 runs to become his country’s first batsman to score 10 000 Test runs. “I always tried to be a good ambassador and serve my country to take it one step forward,” Younis added.
“I hope I will be supported so I can complete 10 000 runs before I retire.” In 2009, Younis hit his best Test score of 313 against Sri Lanka, which is the third-highest from a Pakistan batsman in the longest format. Later that year, he led his country to a World T20 win at Lord’s where they defeated Sri Lanka to lift the trophy. Younis played 265 one day internationals and bagged 7 249 runs before he retired in 2015. He also played 25 Twenty20 matches for his country. The batsman was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers-of-the-Year alongside Misbah earlier this week, after bagging a double-century during Pakistan’s 2-2 drawn Test series in England last year.
Raynauth `Obeahman’ Jeffrey AFTER a short stint on the United States cycling circuit, Raynauth `Obeahman’ Jeffrey stamped his authority on the local circuit, winning the feature event of the Linden Bauxite Flyers Cycle Club’s/Baker Memorial Cycle Classic that was staged in Linden on Sunday. Competing in the feature 80-mile road race, Jeffrey covered the distance in a time of two hours 25 minutes 31 seconds. This was Jeffrey’s second victory in the six-year-old event. Team Alanis’ Alonzo Ambrose finished second while Jeffrey’s fellow Team Coco’s member, the in-form Jamal John had to settle for third. The other top three places were filled by Team United’s Andrew Hicks, Team Coco’s Hamza Eastman and Team Evolution’s Paul De-
Nobrega respectively. Team United’s Briton John won the junior category ahead of Jason Cameron and Adealie Hodge in that order. Hazina Barrett was the first female to cross the finish line. Abigale Jeffrey was second and last year’s winner Byonka Barker placed third. Veteran cyclist Junior Niles (Team Coco’s) continued his dominance of the veterans’ Under-50 category by returning a time of two hours 37 minutes 46 seconds to finish ahead of Leer Nunes and Warren McKay respectively. In the Over-50 veterans category, Andrew Spencer was first to cross the finish line. Second was Garfield Lorimer. The presentation of prizes to the respective winners was done by members of the Baker family of Linden.
E a r l i e r t h i s y e a r, Younis became the first batsman ever to score centuries in all 11 coun-
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