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Kaieteur News
Tuesday December 18, 2018
Hope, Cottrell career-bests flatten Tigers SYLHET, Bangladesh, CMC – Shai Hope struck the third-fastest half-century in Twenty20 Internationals to extend an extraordinary run of form, as West Indies romped to an emphatic eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the opening game of the three-match series here yesterday. Chasing a meagre 130 after left-arm speedster Sheldon Cottrell’s career-best fourwicket haul had left the hosts’ innings in ruins at 129 all out off 19 overs, the Windies sped to their target in the 11th over, with the right-handed Hope top-scoring with an explosive 55 from 23 deliveries. Coming off unbeaten oneday centuries in his last two outings over the past week, Hope once again looked in fine touch, stroking three fours and half-dozen sixes in a scintillating innings. The 25-year-old required just 16 balls to reach his maiden T20 half-century. Only India’s Yuvraj Singh (12 balls) and New Zealander Colin Munro (14) have gone faster. Keemo Paul, afforded a promotion in the order, slammed an unbeaten 28 from 14 balls while left-hander Nicholas Pooran finished on 23 not out off 17 deliveries. The victory was only the Caribbean side’s second on tour, following their 2-0 whitewash in the Test series and 21 defeat in the one-day series. Bangladesh had earlier struggled after choosing to bat and only captain Shakibal-Hasan, with 61 off 43 balls, showed any enterprise. West Indies quicks utilised the short ball with telling effect, and this accounted for both openers cheaply with only 19 on the board in the third over. Tamim Iqbal top-edged a
DSSC end creditable 7th of 24... From page 33 points. Sharks Swim Club of St. Lucia ended 13th with 66 points, while University of the West Indies placed 17th with 37 points. With regards to the individual rankings in the 8 and Under Women, Dorado’s Jasmin Allen ended 4th with 25.50 points; 11-12 Men Raekwon Noel ended 3rd with 58 points; Ethan Gonsalves 7th on 32 points; Elliott Gonsalves 11th (13 points), Vladimir Woodroffe 13th (11 points). In the 13-14 Women, Donna Carter ended 11th with 20 points.
A couple of late hits from Keemo Paul and Nicholas Pooran ensured WI won the game with 55 balls to spare ©AFP pull at Man-of-the-Match Cottrell (4-28) and was taken at mid-off by captain Carlos Brathwaite for five in the second over while Liton Das fell in identical fashion to speedster Oshane Thomas for six. Soumya Sarkar holed out to deep mid-wicket off another short ball from Cottrell for five in the fourth over and when Mushfiqur Rahim (5) was brilliantly run out at the non-striker’s end by Rovman Powell’s direct hit from midwicket, Bangladesh were tottering on 48 for four in the sixth over. Shakib shepherded the innings well, a combination of straight hits and delightful off-side drives accounting for his eight fours and two sixes. He put on 25 for the fifth wicket with Mahmudullah (12) and a further 30 for the sixth wicket with Ariful Haque (17). Once Ariful picked out
Pooran at deep square off leftarm spinner Fabian Allen in the 16th over, the Bangladesh innings declined as the last five wickets fell for 26 runs off 21 deliveries. Shakib was eighth out, skying a short ball to be caught and bowled by Cottrell running around to a shortish square leg. Paul helped to engineer the late slide, finishing with two for 23 from four overs of medium pace. The result was never really in doubt once Hope and Evin Lewis (18) put on a pulsating 51 off 20 balls for the opening stand. Hope served notice of intentions from as early as the second over when he struck dangerous off-spinner Mehidy Hasan for three sixes in four balls – the first a slogsweep over mid-wicket, the second a pull over square leg and the third another pull
over the mid-wicket ropes – as the over leaked 23 runs. Hope cleared the ropes at extra cover in the next over with left-arm seamer Abu Hider and reached his maiden T20 half-century in the sixth over when he smashed Mehidy over long on for his second six of the over which cost 18 runs. Lewis had holed out in the deep in the fourth over off speedster Mohammad Saifuddin but Hope dominated a 47-run second wicket stand off 26 balls with Pooran before finally departing in the eighth over, caught on the ropes at extra cover off offspinner Mahmudullah. Hope’s demise came at no expense to the run rate as Paul lashed a four and three lovely straight sixes to see West Indies home easily. The second match is scheduled for Thursday in Dhaka.
BCB amends Rules to extend Board’s life to two years Elections for positions on the Executives of the Berbice Cricket Board would now be held every two years instead of the current one year. Board Members voted 17 to 12 to amend the Rules of the Berbice Cricket Board. President Hilbert Foster along with members of his Executives successfully piloted the Motions. The first Motion passed was for the life of the Executives to be from the 1st January to end on the 31st December the following year, while the second Motion was to allow elections to be held every two years instead of every year.
Voting in favour of the Motions were Upper Corentyne Cricket Association, Kildonan Cricket Club, Port Mourant Cricket Club, one delegate from Albion Community Centre, Rose Hall Canje Cricket Club, Mt Sinai Cricket Club, Guymine Sports Club and Mental Hospital, while the West Berbice Cricket Association, Berbice River Cricket Association, one delegate from Albion Community Centre, Blairmont Community Centre and Chesney Cricket Club went against. The Berbice Cricket Board had earlier in the month passed two other Motions to include the Rose Hall Town
Youth & Sports Club and the Young Warriors Cricket Club to its Membership by a 25 to 0 vote, while 22 to 8 votes were obtained for vacancies on the Berbice Cricket Board Executives to be filled at Special General Meetings. Five Clubs, Rose Hall Canje Cricket Club, Mental Hospital Cricket Club, Guymine Sports Club, Kildonan Cricket Club and Mt. Sinai Cricket Club had requested a Special General Meeting of the Berbice Cricket Board. The Berbice Cricket Board was mandated to hold the Special Meeting within 21 days of receiving the request. The Motions for accepting the two new
members and vacancies on the Executives were passed on the 2nd December, 2018, while the other two were deferred to another date on the request of the West Berbice Cricket Association. With elections to be held on a two years basis, the Berbice Cricket Board would now hold an Ordinary General Meeting between the election years. Berbice Cricket Board President Hilbert Foster updated the delegation on the massive development taking place in the county. The Berbice Cricket Board in 2018 hosted a record breaking thirty tournaments at the Under-13, Under-15, Under-17,
Under-19, Under-21, Female, Primary School and Secondary School, Double Wicket, Internal Zone, Second Division and First Division levels. The Foster led administration also hosted dozens of developmental programmes, while at the same time raising over $10M in cash and kind via an aggressive marketing drive. The Berbice Cricket Board President urged the delegates to cooperate with each other as the main objective is to assist youths to fulfill their dreams as the duty of a Cricket Administrator is to create pathways for the next generation of players.