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Kaieteur News
Friday May 18, 2012
Carl Cort Ready for Gayle ton delivers crucial win for Bangalore Reggae Boyz Challenge Royal Challengers Bangalore needed to win at the Kotla, to draw level with Chennai Super Kings on 17 points, to move one ahead of Kings XI Punjab, and to pull further away from Rajasthan Royals, their closest competitors. Defeat against league leaders Delhi Daredevils, who had already secured a playoff spot, would have been debilitating to their campaign. So the time and place Chris Gayle chose to score his season’s first century - 128 off 62 balls with 13 sixes - was perfect. He and Virat Kohli took 204 runs, the second best Twenty20 partnership, off a Morne Morkel-less attack to lead Royal Challengers to the highest total of 2012, and ultimately a match-winning one. In the end, Royal Challengers were glad Gayle and Kohli gave them 215, because their profligate bowlers needed that many. Daredevils were without
Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle added 204 Virender Sehwag, who was unwell, but their batsmen were aggressive from the outset and sustained the attack for a considerable period. Several batsmen made small but explosive contributions but it was Ross Taylor, the one Daredevils wanted desperately to find form, who led the chase. His 55, scored at a strike-rate 211, kept the
home side abreast with the asking-rate. Taylor, however, was dismissed in the 17th over. Gayle had stayed for all 20, and that made the difference. Scores: Royal Challengers Bangalore 215 for 1 (Gayle 128*, Kohli 73*) beat Delhi Daredevils 194 for 9 (Taylor 55, Zaheer 3-38) by 21 runs.
Bakewell continues sponsorship for 13 years with RHTY&SC Yesterday marked thirteen years since Guyana’s leading bread Company, Bakewell, continued their sponsorship with the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) for the Second Division and under17 team. The relationship which began in 2000 has been highly successful with both entities developing into the best in Guyana, Public Relations Officer Hilbert Foster, stated. The Rose Hall Town Second Division Team since its formation has won five Second Division Berbice Titles and three U-17 Titles including the last Leslie Amsterdam Memorial Title. Foster informed the media that the Rose Hall Town Bakewell U-17 team is currently awaiting for the rain to stop to play Albion for the 2011 U-17 title. He also stated that the Bakewell Second Division Team has reached the quarterfinals of the 2011 New Building Society Tournament. Going into the great history of club, Foster revealed that the club has over the years produced six National senior, 66 for Berbice at all levels, 21 Junior National Cricketers, 5 National females, one each for the West Indies U-15 and U-19, One Day International and “A” team, three West Indies female
Montego Bay, Jamaica - Striker Carl Cort, the brother of defender Leon Cort who scored the historic winning goal versus Trinidad and Tobago on November 11th, 2011 now famously dubbed “11-11-11”, that propelled Guyana into current position in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, is hoping to make an impression when the Golden Jaguars tackle Jamaica in international friendly action this evening at the Montego Bay Sports Complex. The 34-year old Cort has played in the top level of English football from since his professional career began in 1996. His stints include spells at Newcastle United, Wimbledon FC, Norwich City, Wolverhampton Wanderers along with 14 caps for England Under-21 in 1997/98, where he played alongside current England and Liverpool FC captain Steven Gerrard. During his days as a Newcastle player in the 2002/03 season had the distinction of playing in the UEFA Champions League, where in one game he was an unused substitute at the Nou Camp versus a Barcelona team that included players such a Patrick Kluivert, Xavi Hernandez and Carlos Puyol in its ranks. However due to injuries the 6 Feet, 4 Inches tall front man, has not donned colours of the national side since Guyana’s final second round world cup qualifier versus Trinidad at Hasley Crawford Stadium, on November 15th, 2011. With his young brother already writing his name into the annals of Guyana’s football history as aforementioned, Cort is hoping the Jamaica clash, which will be his third national cap once he plays, can be the stage where his goal-scoring prowess, finally makes a mark for the Jaguars. “It feels good to be back amongst the national set-up after this lay-off. When I first came down and played those two games against Trinidad and Tobago late last year, I wasn’t 100% due to a hamstring injury I got during a game with my then club AFC Wimbledon. So in a way I sort of aggravated
it by playing and I have spent the last few months basically training and trying to get myself back to a fitness level that I’m satisfied with”, explained Cort. Cort further noted that he has been in talks with clubs from China and Thailand and North American Soccer League clubs, but has not made a commitment to any the offers to date. Along with China and Thailand, the newly booming Asian football league market in countries such as Qatar, United Arab Emirates and India has in recent times attracted notable world stars who are at the back end of their careers like Cort; such as Nicolas Anelka, Robert Pires, Robbie Fowler, Hernan Crespo and Raul Gonzalez to name a few. After the Jamaica friendly, the Jaguars face Panama in Panama City on May 20th, before going into camp ahead of their opening, third round, world cup qualifier versus CONCACAF powerhouses Mexico on June 8th at the Estadio Azteca. While articulating his eagerness to test him himself against Jamaica, he is already looking forward to facing the Rafael Marquez skippered “El Tricolor” unit, which is currently ranked 20th in the world according to the FIFA rankings. “The Jamaica game is a about as quality an opposition I could have hoped to test myself against on return I would say. I played a lot against Ricardo Fuller and Marlon King in English football so it would be great from that standpoint to renew some old acquaintances. It would have been great if the full strength Guyana team on show no doubt, but it opens a chance from some of the younger players to get a look it”, Cort reasoned. He concluded by saying:”It’s important that in the next few weeks that our preparation is good and everyone is in the right frame of mind. Playing Mexico at home will be a great occasion for me the entire squad – but it will also be a very difficult game against a top class team so we have to be ready for anything they throw at us.
Punjab thrash Chennai, stay in hunt for play-offs General Manager of Bakewell, Rajindranauth Ganga (right) hands over an envelope to Beverley Harper yesterday morning to signal their sponsorship renewal. cricketers, while Assad Fudadin is on the verge of becoming our first Test Player. The Public Relations Officer further commended Shemaine Campbelle for her superb performances in her cricket career, “Shemaine Campbelle is making all of us proud playing for the West Indies and is on the way to becoming one of the top players in the world.” He added that players such as Assad, Abel Fudadin, Delbert Hicks, Dominique Rikhi, Clinton Pestano, Renwick Batson, Shawn Pereira, Arif Chan, Campbelle and Erva Giddings are all
products of Bakewell sponsorship. Bakewell’s sponsorship to RHTY&SC also includes in RHTY&SC Annual Magazine and Awards Ceremony, our Christmas Charity Programme, Annual Cricket Academy among others. Last year, RHTY&SC received the International Olympic Committee Award for Sports, “We knew that without Bakewell it would have been impossible to become the best,” Foster stated. In closing, Foster stated that they were delighted that Bakewell renewed the (Continued on page 27)
Yahoo! Cricket – Dharamsala, (IANS): Kings XI Punjab severely dented the chances of Chennai Super Kings qualifying for the playoffs and kept themselves in the reckoning with a convincing six-wicket win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the picturesque HPCA Stadium on Thursday. Skipper Adam Gilchrist, making a comeback to the Kings XI set-up after a hamstring injury kept him out of nine matches, scored an unbeaten 64 of 46 balls to carry his team past the 121run target set by Chennai. Thus, Kings XI (16 points) moved into the fifth position behind Chennai (17). Punjab have to play tabletoppers Delhi Daredevils while Chennai have finished all their 16 games. Two wickets each by Praveen Kumar, Azhar Mahmood and Parvinder
Awana helped Kings XI restrict Super Kings to a paltry total of 120 for seven and gain two crucial points. Mandeep Singh (24) and Gilchrist gave their team a sprightly start, scoring 51 in six overs, before the Indian youngster got castled by Albie Morkel. In the absence of Shaun Marsh, Punjab’s batting line-up looked thin in star power. Nitin Saini (1) and David Hussey (9) put their team in a spot of bother by getting out in quick succession. Gilchrist, however, held his end up, hitting out aggressively. He exploded towards the end, scoring 22 runs of Yo Mahesh’s 15th over and that sealed the win for Punjab. Put in on a pitch with a greenish tinge, defending champions Chennai lost Murali Vijay (10) and Michael Hussey (7) without much on
the board. Suresh Raina, who is the only player yet to miss a match in the IPL, smacked Mahmood for two sixes. However, he fell caught behind in the same over while slashing at a wide ball. Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who promoted himself up the order, again played a lacklustre innings scoring six off 16 balls. West Indian Dwayne Bravo came to the rescue of Super Kings when his team was reeling at 46 for four in the 11th over. He played a watchful innings of 48 off 43 balls, stringing small partnerships with Ravindra Jadeja (13) and Morkel (14) as Chennai stuttered to a below par score. Scores: Kings XI Punjab 123 for 4 (Gilchrist 64*, Bravo 2-18) beat Chennai Super Kings 120 for 7 (Bravo 48, Awana 2-12, Praveen 218) by six wickets.