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Sunday July 23, 2017
Kaieteur News
Sir Garfield Sobers International Schools’ cricket
Keevin Allicock to fight in Dicks’ unbeaten 69 spurs Commonwealth Youth Oakville to 7th place Games final today Ramsammy takes 3-26 but School of the Nation lose
Mark Ramsammy
Dwayne Dick
Lodge School of Barbados and Ch Ch Foundation School will clash today at the Kensington Oval in an all Barbados final of the 31st annual Sir Garfield Sobers International 40-over Schools cricket tournament after winning their semifinals on Friday. Another entertaining unbeaten 69 from Guyana’s 16-year-old Dwayne Dick who featured in an unfinished century fifth wicket stand with the in-
form 17-year-old Jamaican Bryan Browne who made 65 not out to spearheaded Oakville Cricket Academy of Canada to a 38-run win over London Schools Cricket Association of England at the Bank Hall ground. The win gave the Canadian school the seventh position in the rain affected tournament as they reached 199-4 in 36 overs with Matthew Nandu (18) and Neil Johnson (18) contributing at the top of the
order as George Garrett had 3-27 for London Schools who fell for 161 in 29.5 overs. Bhajay Purewal top scored with 25 as Shemar Davis (5-45) bagged, his second five-wicket haul and Dick returned with his offspin to take 2-25 to see his team to victory. At the James Bryan ground, T&T’s Fatima College beat School of the Nations of Guyana by five wickets after the Guyanese school was dismissed for 87 in 27.5 overs despite Vishal Persaud’s 31 not out and Mark Ramsammy’s 14. Devin Downie 4-19, Antonio Lochan 3-16 and Andel Nicholas 2-16, did the damage with the ball for Fatima who reached 88-5 in 27 overs. Jeremiah Cruickshank made 28 not out and Andel Nicholas 19 as Ramsammy, Nation’s most consistent player in the tournament, captured 3-26. School of the Nations finished in the 22nd place, while St Joseph’s High, the other Guyanese school in the tournament, did not qualify for Friday’s play-offs.
G u y a n a ’s K e e v i n Allicock made a further march up the medal round of the Commonwealth Youth G a m e s B o x i n g Championship currently being staged in the Bahamas and will battle in the gold medal match today. The Albouystown lad had stormed to a commanding 4-1 victory in the Flyweight (52kg) division over British fighter Kian Bittles on Friday. Yesterday Allicock was simply dominant as he marched to a 5-0 victory over a Canadian fighter Jordan Mathieu. Known for his aggression and skill, Allicock outfought his opponent to make a clean sweep on the Judges cards to battle in the gold medal contest set for today at 1:00pm. The least he can come away with from these games is a silver medal, but no doubt having scented gold, his opponent, M.A. James, a 16 year old, from England will be in for a torrid time. James also showed his
Keevin Allicock
ability, winning 5-0, beating Taylor Hamilton of Scotland in his bout. Meanwhile, Guyanese middle distance athlete Claudrice McKoy finished 13th of the 13 competitors in the 3000m event. Onassha Rodgers qualified for the final of the 200m race
yesterday. In the swimming competition, Kenita Mahaica finished 6th in heat 2 of the 50m Freestyle event and Daniel Scott finished 8th of 8 competitors in the Boys 50m Freestyle heat 2, both failing to advance to the medal rounds.
Digicel Senior Nat Squash C/Ships
Confident India will Exciting Men’s semis offer hosts England highlight Friday’s action stern test in final (Reuters) - England start as favourites to lift their fourth Women’s World Cup title at Lord’s today, but face an Indian side high on confidence after knocking out defending champions Australia in the semifinals. Indian middle order batsman Harmanpreet Kaur took centre stage with an unbeaten 171 and was backed by a disciplined performance by her bowlers as India pulled off a 36-run upset win over six-time world champions Australia. England, captained by Heather Knight, edged out South Africa by two wickets in the other semi-final, and hold the head-to-head advantage over India in the 50-over format at World Cups, with six wins to the visitors’ four. But the Indian squad’s ability to grind out results under pressure will not have
gone unnoticed, least of all by the English, who were beaten by India by 35 runs in their first match of the tournament. Since that defeat the hosts have won seven matches in a row to reach the final. Knight and opening batsman Tammy Beaumont have been consistent at the top of the order, scoring 750 runs in the tournament so far, while the reliable Natalie Sciver at number four is the only player to have recorded two centuries. India, skippered by Mithali Raj, are chasing their first World Cup title and are known for their strong batting lineup, but it is their spin bowling trio that has wreaked the most havoc during the tournament. O ff - s p i n n e r D e e p t i Sharma has been the key to their success in the middle
overs, picking up 12 wickets on her World Cup debut. Sharma has been backed by leg-spinner Poonam Yadav and left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht, who decimated Pakistan with a five-wicket haul earlier in the tournament. Raj and veteran fast bowler Jhulan Goswami are the only two members from the last Indian side that reached a World Cup final — when they lost to Australia in 2005. “It seems like it’s going back to 2005, and I am just too happy that the girls have given us an opportunity to be a part of World Cup finals again,” Raj said after the semi-final victory. “They have performed well throughout the tournament in the run-up to the finals. Playing the hosts is going to be a challenge but, having said that, this unit is up for it.”
The 2017 Digicel Senior National Squash Championships continued on Friday night at the Georgetown Club with semi final action in the Men’s and Women’s Open, Men’s classic plate matches, second round Men’s and Women’s plate matches and round robin matches in the Men’s Veterans categories. In the Men’s Open both semi finals provided high class squash play with one semi- final going the full distance of five games, while the other match lasted four games. In the first Men’s semi finals number 2 seed Richard Chin survived a five game scare against Nyron Joseph and eventually booked his place in the final. Chin easily won the first game and then won a close second game 14 - 12. Joseph, however, bounced back to win the third game 11 - 9 and the fourth game 11 - 8. Chin, however, used his
experience to decisively win the fifth game 11 - 3. In the second Men’s semi finals defending champion Alex Arjoon again renewed his rivalry with Kristian Jeffrey. It was a replay of last year’s final when Arjoon emerged victorious and Jeffery was hoping to turn the tables this time around. Jeffery won a long first game 14 - 12, but Arjoon fought back to win the second game 11 - 5. These two games seemed to take its toll on Jeffery as Arjoon then stepped up the pressure and won the third and fourth games fairly comfortably 11 - 5, 11 - 6. In the first Women’s semi finals number 1 seed Nicolette Fernandes showed her class as she defeated Caribbean U-19 champion Taylor Fernandes 11 - 8, 11 6, 11 - 0. In the second Women’s semi finals, defending champion Ashley Khalil showed that she is still a
force to be reckoned with when she withstood the challenge of Mary Fung-AFat to advance to her second consecutive final. Ashley had game ball in the first game at 10 - 8 but Fung-a-Fat held her nerve and eventually won the game 13 11. Khalil increased the pace of the game and won the second game 11 - 5 and then easily won the third game 11 - 1. Fung-a-Fat jumped out to a 6 - 1 lead in the fourth game but could not hold this lead as Khalil clawed her way back to six all and eventually closed out the match with a 11 - 8 game win. In the Men’s classic plate Jason Ray Khalil bounced back from his devastating loss the previous evening to Joseph to overcome Jean Claude Jeffrey in straight games 11 - 8, 11 - 9, 11 – 2, while Nicolette Fernandes showed an extremely talented Shomari Wiltshire (Continued on page 65)