Hope and Shepherd score fifties, Cariah stars with the ball as West Indies beat Scotland by 91 runs

SportsMax - Yannic Cariah claimed four wickets while captain, Shai Hope, and Romario Shepherd both hit fifties as the West Indies defeated Scotland by 91 runs yesterday in their first warm-up game before the ICC World Cup Qualifiers inZimbabwe.

The Scots won the toss andputtheWestIndiansin to bat at the Harare Sports Club.

Hope top scored with a 65-ball 57 while Shepherd provided some valuable lower-order hitting with a brisk 34-ball 53 as the Windiesposted264in48.4 overs.Hope's knock contained six fours while Shepherdhitfivefoursand threesixes.

Chris Sole took 4-50 from his 10 overs while Jack Jarvis and Chris Greaves each claimed threewicketsforScotland.

The West Indies then successfully defended the total, needing only 33.5 overstobowltheScotsout for173.

Cariah produced an excellent spell of bowling toclaim4-46innineovers while Roston Chase took 3-43from5.5overs.

Brandon McMullen and Matthew Cross were the chief scorers for Scotland with 38 and 35, respectively

The West Indies next warm-up match will take placeatthesamevenueon Thursday against the UAE.

Scores: West Indies 264 (48.4 overs) Hope 57, Shepherd 53, Carty 32, Chase 30; Sole 4-50, Jarvis 3-25, Greaves 3-49 beat Scotland 178 (33.5 overs) McMullen 38, Cross 35, Sole 25, Evans 24; Cariah 4-46, Chase 343 by 91 runs.

Shai Hope also scored a half-century.

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Jawalla makes impressive start - Semis on today, Finale tomorrow

MANCHESTER, England

(AP) — Kylian Mbappe has told ParisSaint-Germainhewillnottake up the option of a 12-month extension on his contract, which expiresattheendofnextseason.

The France superstar confirmed his decision in a letter to PSG, a person with knowledge of the correspondence told The Associated Press on Monday The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorizedtocommentpublicly

ThepersonalsosaidPSGwould not allow Mbappe to leave as a free agent, raising the possibility of an immediate bidding war by other clubs and potential transfer this summer.The French club, which is ownedbyQatarSportsInvestments, hasalreadyseenLionelMessileave for nothing in return, with the Argentine great making a stunning movetoMLSteamInterMiami.

There is also uncertainty about the future of another PSG star — BrazilinternationalNeymar

But the potential departure of the 24-year-old Mbappe would be the greatest loss to PSG, given that he is a national icon and widely considered one of the few players capable of taking over from Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as soccer's biggeststar Mbappe had until July 31 to trigger a one-year extension to his contract. He has been at the club since 2017 after signing from Monaco in a transfer worth a reported$190million.

In 2021, PSG turned down a bid of $190 million from Real Madrid fortheWorldCup-winningforward, who went on to sign his current contract.MbappehopedtohelpPSG winitsfirstChampionsLeaguetitle, but the team suffered another disappointment in European soccer's top competition, which Manchester City went on to win by beating Inter Milan 1-0 in the final onSaturday

The young striker is likely to be linked with a move to Madrid, particularly after Karim Benzema left the Spanish giant for Saudi ArabianteamAl-Ittihad.

Madrid has already agreed to a deal for England midfielder Jude Bellingham The potential acquisition of Mbappe would be a major statement of intent after it relinquished its Spanish league and ChampionsLeaguetitlesthisyear

PSG was planning a change of strategy after moves for the biggest stars failed to bring success in Europe.Thenewfocuswouldbeon young, French talent. Mbappe was expected to be at the heart of that shiftandithadbeenhopedhewould signalonger-termcontract.

Mbappe has won five French league titles with PSG and was a World Cup winner with France in 2018.

Mazaruni Under-18 Male FootballTournamentcommenced on Sunday and has seen three consecutive days of competition between the six teams at the EdwinUnitedSportsClub.

After the first two days, Jawalla was the only team with two consecutive victories while Waramadong (D C Fox Secondary), Kaikanand Kamarang were the other undefeated sides as Paruima and Kakoeachconcededaloss.

Yesterday - the third day, Paruima were billed to face Kaikan while Kako and Kamarang were fixed to battle in the second match of the doubleheader. The results of these matches will be published in tomorrow's issue.Tuesday's matches marked the end of the Groupstage,whichmeansthetop two teams from the two Groups will advance to the semi-final round.Thesemistakeplacetoday with the finale and third-place playofffixedforThursday,bothat thesamevenue.

On Sunday when the tournament sponsored by the Petra Organisation with support from Trophy Stall and MVP Sports began, Jawalla was able to secure a 1 - 0 result over

Kamarang while Kaikan and Waramadong played to a goalless draw In Jawalla's victory, Rickenson Jacobs' ninth-minute goal was all that separated the sidesattheregulationwhistle.

On Monday, Waramadong had a better day at the office as theyprevailed,2-1,overParuima while Jawalla let loose to dismantleKako,7-1.

The opening match on the second day saw Paruima draw first blood through Mansiz Chambersinthe13thminutethen gifted Waramadong with an own goalinthe50thminute.

The 2022 KFC Goodwill Champions, Waramadong, persevered and were rewarded with the lead when Carrinton Isaacsfoundthebackofthenetin the 67th minute - a lead that was notsquandered.

In the match that followed, Jawalla were led by doubles from Deon Williams (16' & 33') and Lebron Hunter (18' & 21') as a goal each came from Didan Hunter (40'), Bevon Jones (41') and Anthonio Isaacs (55') while Kako's consolation scorer was EurlRoland(57').

This tournament is organised by the Desrey Caesar-Fox Secondary