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GUYANA CHRONICLE Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Windies to host India for 5 ODIs in June
MUMBAI, India (CMC) – Embattled West Indies will seek to enhance their qualification fortunes for the 2019 Cricket World Cup when they clash with powerhouse India in a fivematch series starting in the Caribbean next month. The tour will run from June 23 to July 6, with the lone Twenty20 International scheduled for July 9, the Indian Cricket Board confirmed yesterday. West Indies are currently ranked ninth in the International Cricket Council’s one-day rankings and are in danger of missing out on automatic qualification for
the World Cup. Hosts England and the other top seven sides in the rankings will book the automatic berths at the showpiece with the remaining teams having to enter a qualifier to determine the two last slots. West Indies have done themselves no favours this year, whitewashed 3-0 by England last March and beaten 2-1 by Pakistan last month. The Caribbean side will open the tour against India with two ODIs at Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain on June 23 and 25 before heading to the Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium for the third and fourth match-
es on June 30 and July 2. Sabina Park in Kingston will host the final ODI on July 6 and the only T20I three days later. India, ranked number three in the world, are currently preparing for the Champions Trophy in England which runs from June 1 to 18. West Indies will be missing from the tournament for the first time since its inception after they were ranked outside the top eight in the world at the cut-off date for qualification. Since 1979, West Indies and India have played 116 ODIs, West Indies have
won 60; India 53; one tied game and two no-results. In IT20s since 2009; both have played seven matches with West Indies winning 4; India 2 and one ending with no result. The teams last met in August 2016 in Fort Lauderdale, where the 2nd of two Twenty20 matches was abandoned due to rain. SCHEDULE Friday, June 23, 1st ODI - Queen’s Park Oval Sunday, June 25, 2nd ODI - Queen’s Park Oval Friday, June 30, 3rd ODI - Sir Vivian Richards Stadium Sunday, July 2, 4th
West Indies are currently ranked ninth in ICC ‘s ODI rankings
ODI - Sir Vivian Richards Stadium Thursday, July 6, 5th
ODI - Sabina Park Sunday, July 9, T20I Sabina Park
GKC founder passes on Pepsi Hikers take 2017 … Remembered as hardworking and dedicated
THE Guyana Karate College is mourning the loss of one of its founding members and instructors, Sensei Lavern Jones. Jones, who passed away on May 12 was one of the
founding members of the GKC and Board of Trustee member since its inception in 2005. She was also an instructor at GKC and specialised in teaching the children’s
7th Dan Sensei Lavern Jones CRICKET QUIZ CORNER (WEDNESDAY MAY 17, 2017) 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) Haniff Mohammed-337 & Lawrence Rowe-302 (2) Sanju Samson-102 (DD vs RPS, April 11) Today’s Quiz: (1) Who is the first WI to be dismissed for 99 in a Test? (2) Who is the first captain to lift the IPL winner’s trophy? ANSWERS IN TOMORROW’S ISSUE
class. According to Senior Instructor Sensei Jeffrey Wong, Jones’ passing will surely have an effect on the college as her guidance to the youngsters was essential to their success in both regional and international tournaments. “We will greatly miss her when it comes to training and even in everyday life. She was a wonderful person and a great influence on the youths of the GKC and I know her passing will be taken hard by those with whom she shared a special bond,” said Sensei Wong. Meanwhile head of the GKC and International Karate Diagaku (IKD) Sensei Frank Woon-A-Tai, in a statement said, “She suffered a stroke when I was in Guyana last February. I visited her in hospital and she was later discharged.” “She was a dedicated karate instructor and began her training in the early 1970s under Shihan Keith DaCosta, 7th Dan. Sensei Lavern was one of my most loyal and trusted students and I will miss her terribly.” “(My wife) Maureen and I, as well as IKD, send her daughter and loved ones our most sincere condolences. She is now at peace with the Lord.” Funeral arrangements will be announced soon.
Farfan & Mendes League
The Pepsi Hikers team are the champions of the Farfan and Mendes men’s first division League.
THE curtain came down on the Guyana Hockey Board’s premier outdoor men’s competition, the Farfan and Mendes first division League, on Saturday afternoon at the St Stanislaus College ground. The Pepsi Hikers put an exclamation mark on their league victory with a 14-0 thrashing of the youthful Saints Hockey Club side, to put them 3 points clear of second-placed Bounty GCC. After being frustrated by Saints in their first encounter which Hikers won 1-0, Hikers seemed bent on making a statement the second time around. Saints kept things respectable up to halftime
where they were trailing 0-4. However their lack of substitutes and absence of their best player, Hilton Chester, left them lacking the quality to remain competitive against the country’s top side. The Hikers, meanwhile, strengthened by the inclusion of tournament MVP Jamarj Assanah, Aroydy Branford and Jerazeno Bell punctuated the second half with an avalanche of goals. Shane Samuels led the way with 4 goals, followed by doubles from Tivesarid Garnett, Robert France, Assanah, Branford and Bell. The Pepsi Hikers played unbeaten throughout the
two rounds of competition, scored 27 goals and only conceded 5. GCC’s Kevin Spencer was the top scorer for the tournament with 9 goals while Hikers midfielder Jamarj Assanah received the coveted Most Valuable Player Award. During the presentation ceremony GHB secretary Tricia Fiedtkou thanked Farfan and Mendes for the company’s commitment to the sport over the past 30 years. The company’s representative James Mentore indicated his company’s enthusiasm for being associated with the sport for many years and pledged their intention to stay involved for years to come.