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Kaieteur News
Tuesday April 15, 2014
Rain helps Barbados to title as Guyana, T&T play to a draw By Sean Devers Guyana’s final game in the Regional fourday cricket competition against Trinidad & Tobago ended in a draw as rain had the final say yesterday at Providence with the Guyanese, set 225 to win, on 80-3, still 145 short of their target. When play began on the final day 65 minutes late due to overnight and early morning showers, Guyana resumed on 17-1 after losing Trevon Griffith (13) just before the close on the penultimate day. They slipped to 43-3 before Man-of-theMatch Devendra Bishoo (25*) and Skipper Leon Johnson (30*) revived the position with their unfinished 37-run partnership after rain had stopped play, 22 minutes after Lunch with the score on 70-3. After a lengthy delay play resumed at 16:52 hrs and Guyana added 10 runs in 2.4 overs before the Captains agreed to call off the match at 17:00hrs. SCORES: T&T (294 & 212), GUY (282 & 80-3) The draw ensured defending champions Barbados retained the President’s Trophy in the League tournament with 82 points since T&T had to beat Guyana to move to 89 points if they wanted to lift their sixth Regional title and first in eight years. Their defeat in Barbados and their showing here took some of the gloss off of the four wins at home and raised questions about the mental toughness of T&T on the road. It also provided Guyana, who remained at bottom of the points, with a draw to climax what has been one the worst seasons for the South Americas. The second shower came just after the interval and robbed Guyana of a great
opportunity to post their only win of the competition, especially since the 26-year-old Johnson, their most complete batsman, was at the crease and night watchman Bishoo looked to have fully regained his confidence. Earlier, Tagnarine Chanderpaul (7) got a ball from Linden-born Marlon Richards that jagged back into the left-hander and trapped him lbw to leave the score on 33-2 in overcast conditions. A handful of spectators then watched in bemusement as 17-year-old debutant Shemron Hetymer threw his wicket away for the second time in the game to give Richards (2-21) his second wicket and leave Guyana on 43-3. The left-handed West Indies under-19 player got off the mark with a disdainful pull as Richards pounded one in on the unresponsive track before an irresponsible drive to Emrit at deep mid-off caused his demise in the same over, as he needlessly tried to clear the fielder instead of playing the ball along the ground. Johnson, who followed up a classy 110 in the last match in Antigua with an accomplished 78 in the first innings, joined the technically correct Bishoo to take the score to 64-3 by Lunch and Guyana holding the advantage with victory 161 runs away and two sessions left in the match. Guyana Captain Johnson said he was disappointed that the rain spoiled the contest with his team with a good chance of achieving victory for pride and the local fans. T&T Coach Kelvin Williams said the adverse weather was a huge disappointment for his team since at the start of the day the touring side was looking to force an outright win to get ahead of Barbados on the points table. The Trinis ended the round-robin stage
The ground staff had a busy day at Providence yesterday. of the competition with 80 points while Guyana got eight points from the game to move to 28. Williams felt his batsmen missed out on what turned out to be crucial batting points in the first innings here which would have taken them to one more that the Bajans. “Our plan was to try and get five batting points in the first innings and bat once in the match. We missed an extra batting point here by six runs and missed out on few more during the course of the tournament. So yes, I am disappointed,” Williams added. Jamaica will clash with home team Barbados, while T&T will host the Windward Islands from Saturday in the semi-final with the winners advancing to the final from April 25-28 where they will play for Headley/Weeks trophy.
Taylor over the moon after WT20 pick Jamaica Gleaner Kingston, Jamaica - West Indies Women’s Stafanie Taylor is elated at her inclusion in the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 team of the tournament, and is looking forward to representing the outfit during an exhibition match next month. The tournament team, which also includes hardhitting West Indies player Deandra Dottin, is scheduled to play a game against a MCC Women’s XI on May 19 at the famous Lord’s cricket ground in London, England. “When I got the email that I was a part of the team of the tournament, I was excited,” Taylor said. “It’s an honour and privilege, as I wouldn’t rate my performance during the tournament as my best. However, it always feels good to be recognised, and I look forward to doing well in the MCC match.” The ICC Women’s World Twenty20 team was selected on the basis of performances in the tournament only, according to the ICC. The world governing body also said that “statistics were used”, but were not the “sole basis” for selections. The team is made up of two players from Women’s
Stafanie Taylor (wiplayers.com)
Twenty20 champions Australia, and four from runners-up England. Bangladesh, India and New Zealand also gained a selection each. Chairman of an independent jury, which selected the team, and member of the ICC Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees, David Boon, in commenting, said
this year’s tournament again demonstrated the “incredible depth” of talent across women’s cricket. “Selecting one team of 11 players was a tough task, as we saw standout performances from many players,” Boon added. The independent jury also included Marais Erasmus of the ICC Elite Panel of
Umpires, former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram, exEngland captain Nasser Hussain, former West Indies fast bowler Ian Bishop, and Utpal Shuvro, one of Bangladesh’s senior-most cricket correspondents. The MCC Women’s XI match will be one of two organised by the MCC to commemorate it’s bicentennial celebrations. The other will be a men’s showdown between an MCC XI and a Rest of the World team on July 5th at the same venue. The Rest of the World team will be captained by Shane Warne, and include the likes of Kevin Pietersen, Brett Lee and Muttiah Muralitharan. ICC World Twenty20 2014 Women’s team of the tournament: Suzie Bates (New Zealand); Charlotte Edwards (captain, England); Meg Lanning (Australia); Sarah Taylor (England wicketkeeper); Stafanie Taylor (West Indies); Deandra Dottin (West Indies); Ellyse Perry (Australia); Natalie Sciver (England); Salma Khatun (Bangladesh); Poonam Yadav (India); Anya Shrubsole (England). 12th player: Shabnim Ismail (South Africa).
Indian national arrested... From page 32 India and the UAE, allegedly talking on his phone to bookies in those countries. Dutta is the first Indian to be arrested specifically under the charge of aiding betting in Bangladesh, after another Indian called Durga Prasad was thrown out of the stadium during last year’s BPL and admitted later that he is a Hyderabad-based bookie. This third arrest, within the space of three weeks, marks a significant catch for Bangladesh police. A regular visitor to Bangladesh for the last three years, Dutta has been spotted in the stadium during matches since the 2011 World Cup. He was also seen in Bangladesh’s tours to Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka during the same period. He has been in Bangladesh since the Sri Lanka series in January, as well as the Asia Cup and World T20 since the first round. During the second edition of the BPL, he was quizzed by the BCB’s security chief but was let off due to lack of evidence. The police state that they have proof of Dutta’s contact with suspected bookies in India after they tapped his phone after his first release on March 21. The BCB declined
to comment on the matter when the news broke, related to the arrest of a bookie who had been first apprehended by detectives inside the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on March 21. The BCB said that since the World T20 was an ICC event, it fell under the ACSU’s jurisdiction to shed light on the matter. Dutta’s latest arrest comes less than a week after he was granted bail by a Dhaka court on April 7, after being arrested on April 6 in Dhaka although some other newspaper reports claim that he was arrested on April 3 in Benapole (a town 240km southwest of Dhaka on the Bangladesh-India border) while trying to cross over to India. After being quizzed by detectives on March 21 during the World T20 match between India and Pakistan, he was released. Upon being arrested a second time earlier this month, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), a lawenforcing agency in the country which had filed a case against him under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act, tried to get a 7-day remand but the court rejected the appeal and granted him bail.