Wednesday October 10, 2012
Kaieteur News
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Explosive Softball action set for Sunday at DCC Osborne, Sampson hit centuries for Sans Souci Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) Ground is the venue chosen Feroz Amin T20 cricket - Wakenaam
Wayne Osborne and Oyono Sampson slammed centuries as Sans Souci recorded consecutive victories when play in Feroze Amin Twenty20 cricket competition continued last Sunday in Wakenaam. At Maria’s Pleasure, Sans Souci defeated the home team by 138 runs. Opener Wayne Osborne led the visitors who batted first to 226-3 in 20 overs with a robust 120 which included 10 fours and 7 sixes. He dominated a 130 run opening stand with Tulsieram Ramdeen who made 37 as Kennard Lewis picked up 225. In reply, the host lost wickets at regular intervals to be all out for 88 in 12 overs. Off spinner Keval Persaud bagged 4-12 and Gurnauth Khemraj 3-18. At Noitgedacht
Wayne Osborne (10:00hrs), the home team upset Good Success by 4 wickets. Wazir Khan 32 and Mustak Mohamed 23 were the only batsmen that showed fight as the visitors were bowled out for 111 in 19.2 overs after batting first.
Pacers Hassan Mohamed and Randolph Harry grabbed 3-25 and 2-28 respectively. Noitgedacht in reply suffered a few nervous moments before they eventually won the game in 12 overs ending on 112-6. Neil Ramalho led the batting with 52(6x6) as Nazeer Mohamed took 2-10. At the Wakenaam Community Center ground, Sans Souci hammered Zeelandia by 136 runs. Oyono Sampson was the star with the bat scoring an even century, decorated with 7 fours and 5 sixes, Wa y n e Osborne continued his fine form with 69 as Sans Souci rattled up 207- 4 off their allocation of overs, batting first. Ryan Adams took 3-25. Zeelandia in response folded for 71 in 15 overs, Navishaul Pooran scored 28;
Diving becoming a cancer in football - FIFA’s Jim Boyce FIFA Vice President Jim Boyce says he believes diving in football is becoming a “cancer within the game”. Boyce was reacting after having watched footage of Liverpool’s Luis Suarez going to ground in the second half of Sunday’s 0-0 draw at Anfield. “I have seen several incidents and the Suarez incident, and to me it is nothing less than cheating,” he said. “It’s becoming a cancer within the game. If it is clear it’s simulation, they should be severely punished.” I n S e p t e m b e r, St o k e Manager Tony Pulis had called for the Football Association to punish those found guilty of diving with three-match bans and on Sunday Pulis
said striker Suarez should be banned for what he deemed to be diving during Sunday’s match. Boyce added that he also thought action was necessary even if the initial incident had been missed by the match officials. “It can be dealt with retrospectively by disciplinary committees, and it is done so in some associations, and I believe that is the correct thing to do,” added the 68-year-old from Northern Ireland. “It can at times be very, very difficult for Referees to judge whether something is a foul or a fair tackle and if players are diving then it makes their job even harder.” An FA spokesman said: “Simulation is not
s o m e t h i n g t h a t t h e FA currently take retrospective action over but it is an issue that is often reviewed and discussed by the game’s stakeholders.” Liverpool Manager Brendan Rodgers defended Suarez following Pulis’s accusations. “At this moment there seems to be one set of rules for Luis and another set for everyone else,” he said. “Diving and simulation is obviously a wider issue in football and one that we all agree has to be eradicated from our game but there were other incidents this weekend that didn’t seem to generate the same coverage.” (BBC Sport)
CARICOM Cabinet Ministers told... From back page Michael Muirhead on his recent appointment as the new CEO of the West Indies Cricket Board. Guyana’s Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Dr. Frank Anthony in his remarks to his Colleague Ministers was adamant that despite the obvious value of physical education, the Region has not taken it seriously thus far. “We need to have greater synergies between the governments of the region and the regional organizations that manage sports within the region,” said Dr Anthony. Minister
Anthony recommended that an “Active People Survey” be done to firstly benchmark the level of physical activity in the Region. This, he stated, was necessary for any effective evaluation of any sport programmes implemented by CARICOM. Executive Member of the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC), Keith Joseph, who also addressed yesterday morning’s opening ceremony, lamented that very often “our espoused values were not in sync with what we practiced,” and pointed to the apparent
lack of enthusiasm of educators, for sport and physical activity in developing the ideal Caribbean person. He urged Ministries of Education across the region to “resist the temptation to characterise student and teacher involvement in physical activity as a loss of instructional time,” and argued that “nothing that engenders character building, improves capacity to produce and stimulate the mental faculties should ever be so erroneously characterised as loss of instructional time…”
Osborne who maintained a steady line and length snared 4-8, and Keval Persaud 2-2. At Noitgedacht (14:00hrs), Sans Souci Jaguars overcame the home team by 34 runs. Zameer Zaman who top scored with 36 and Tamesh Charrittar 25 added 55 for the 4th wicket as the Jaguars recovered from 25-3 to score 145 before they were bowled out in 18 overs. Gladwyn Henry chipped in with 15, Hassan Mohamed and Neil Ramalho grabbed 3 wickets apiece. The host started off their reply positively with Ramalho the top scorer with 32, and Mohamed 20, posting 50 for the opening stand before they were both dismissed in quick succession. Pacer Siddiq Mohamed, left arm spinners Imran Khan and Moin Khan then combined to destroy the rest of the batting as Noitgedacht fell for 111 in 13 overs. Mohamed finished with 5-12 while Imran had 3-20 and Khan 2-18. The competition continues on Sunday. (Zaheer Mohamed)
to host what is anticipated to be a day of explosive action when the Regal Stationery and Computer Centre / Guyana Softball League organized three-tier nationwide Softball Tournaments are staged this Sunday, starting at 09:00hrs. Over $500,000 in cash and prizes will be up for grabs during the final day of action of the tournament which got underway earlier this year and served as a warm up to the much anticipated Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) nationwide T10 softball tournament. The day’s action bowls off with the Star Party Rentals sponsored Ladies T10 final, featuring Fazal Kayum’s XI taking on All Star Conquerors of Linden, the winner will receive $50,000 and a trophy and the runner up $25,000. Another Linden team, namely South Stars XI will battle inaugural GT&T T10 winner Trophy Stall in the Male Open final, which is also sponsored by Star Party Rentals and carries a first place prize of $100,000 and a trophy, with runner- up taking home $40,000. The third final of the day will be a 20 overs affair, sponsored by Regal Stationery and Computer Centre and involves Better Hope versus Success for the $100,000 first place prize and trophy, leaving the second placed team to take home $40,000. Apart from the cash prizes, the player-of-the-match in all three finals will be rewarded, while there will be musical accompaniment and dancing girls for the hundreds of spectators who are expected to throng the venue to witness the culmination of this tournament, which took a back seat due to the inclement weather and other competitions that were ran prior to this year’s GT&T tournament, which was won by Regal XI. Apart from Regal Stationery and Computer Centre and Star Party Rentals, other sponsors of the tournament which promises to be an annual affair are Elegance Jewellery and Pawnshop, Mike’s Copy Centre and ‘Click’.