Friday October 19, 2012
Kaieteur News
Fistic entertainment for Berbicians as nation’s ‘Simon Pures’ pound it out this weekend
DDL Beverage Sales Manager, Alexis Langhorne (2nd L) and Marketing Assistant, Almira Kassim (extreme R) is joined by Mr. Ninvalle (2nd R) and Mr. Poole at the launching ceremony yesterday morning. More than 50 boxers out of gyms countrywide will be on show when the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA), in collaboration with the Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL), presents two nights of fistic fury at the Central Police Station Ground, New Amsterdam, tomorrow and Sunday Night. This card is the second of a series following closely on the heels of the inaugural Andrew Lewis Juniors U-16 Boxing championships, staged on the northern tarmac of the Andrew Lewis Boxing Gym, Independence Boulevard Albouystown about two months ago. GABA had partnered with the Demerara Distillers Ltd and the latter organization had committed to two similar outings before the year is through in territories outside of Georgetown. Yesterday morning, DDL Beverage Sales Manager, Alexis Langhorne
and Marketing Assistant, Almira Kassim handed over the sponsorship package to the President of the GABA, Steve Ninvalle at his Main Street office in the presence of GABA Technical Director, Terrence Poole and the media corp. Mr. Ninvalle said that he was enthused with the developmental programme put in place for the young Simon Pures which will enhance the general objective of nurturing them for future national duties. He expressed deep gratitude to the DDL team while assuring them that their generosity would be pivotal to the success of GABA long term objective. Ms Langhorne acknowledged Mr. Ninvalle’s sentiments while explaining that the decision to sponsor the tournament was not a difficult one since her firm was very much interested in the devel-
opment of the young boxers. She noted that Guyanese boxers are talented and needed the support to do well. It was based on this analysis that her executive affirmed to support for the card. Mr. Poole also extended gratitude to the DDL executives and assured that the young boxers would turn in action packed encounters. He urged the boxers to train diligently in preparation of several imminent tournaments including the National Intermediate and National Open Championships scheduled for early November and mid December respectively. Several entities and individuals were also acknowledged for their diligent support in this and other ventures of GABA including the Minister and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, Digicel and the Guyana Defence Force.
Mr. Poole also acknowledged the contribution of members of the Guyana Police Force whose facilities would be used throughout the tournament. GABA is also extending thanks to Monty Proffit of Trustee’s Pawn Shop, Roy Bacchus, Eton Cordis and Kerwin Chase. GABA is concentrating heavily on the development of the nursery and over the past months Mr. Poole had led a delegation of coaches to the Mining Town of Linden and subsequently Berbice, on a talent search/fact finding mission to unearth talent for future developmental programmes. It was following observations of the team that Berbice was chosen for tomorrow’s tournament. The team of coaches will conduct a similar exercise on the Essequibo Coast in the near future.
ICC fighting ‘war’ against corruption - Richardson Cricinfo ICC Site - Dave Richardson, the ICC chief executive, has conceded that the recent sting operation by India TV involving six umpires from the subcontinent, who allegedly were willing to divulge information and even give favourable decisions in exchange for monetary profits, is a prime example of how far the tentacles of corruption have reached in cricket. Richardson, who became chief executive on July 1, said
cricket was confronting a “war” against corruption and the ICC was aware that the bookmakers were now targeting domestic Twenty20 leagues as a result of a tightening of security and education of international players by the anti-corruption and security unit (ACSU). “It is everybody now unfortunately: everybody is susceptible, the curators, the groundsmen,” Richardson said at the unveiling of the ICC Champions Trophy, which
will be hosted in England in the summer of 2013. “At international level, whether it is a bilateral series or whether it is an ICC event, the attention to that aspect of the world game is at the same level every time we walk out onto the field so to speak. “So it won’t be any less, it won’t be any more than normal. But the bottom line is, it is a bit of a war we are fighting and our anticorruption unit has their work cut out to make sure the
players are kept away from temptation and that we end up with a corruption-free event.” On October 8, India TV, a privately-owned Indian television channel, exposed details of the sting operation, which was carried out by undercover reporters. Nadir Shah (Bangladesh), Nadeem Ghauri and Anis Siddiqui (Pakistan), and Sagara Gallage, Maurice Winston Zilwa and Gamini Dissanayake (Sri Lanka) were the six umpires named in the sting.
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Sixers all but through to semis after convincing win
In his last match of the tournament, Shane Watson put an in all-round effort to make sure Sixers made it to the semi-final © Associated Press Cricinfo - Lions scored 56 runs off their last 57 deliveries, losing seven wickets, to completely undo a quick start provided by Gulam Bodi, who scored 61 off 44. Although Jean Symes provided quick 23 in the end, Lions ended with an underwhelming 137, which Sydney Sixers chased with ease despite a middle-overs stumble of three wickets for 14 runs. With their third win out of three and superior net run rate, Sixers are now all but through to the semi-finals. Bodi and Symes continued in the same form that had helped Lions win their previous match, against Chennai Super Kings, but Sixers wove a comeback around the two. They scored 84 in 10 overs between them, the rest managed just 53. Not only were the others guilty of going slow, they also got out after eating up those deliveries. It was not the two leading Sixers pace bowlers that slowed down Lions, but the medium-pace of Shane Watson and Josh Hazlewood that took the wickets to keep pegging Lions back. Bodi, on the other hand, kept hitting the ball over midwicket and extra cover. Pat Cummins’ first over went for 14, and Mitchell Starc went for a huge six in his first. Hazlewood, though, got Alviro Petersen in his first, and Watson did that to Quinton de Kock in his second. De Kock, who scored a fifty against Mumbai Indians, managed just four off 14. Neil Mckenzie started calmly again, but couldn’t kick
on, and went back for 17 off 16 when Hazlewood when he opened the face to Hazlewood in the 11th over, managing only an edge. Zander de Bruyn made it worse with four off 10, and Lions were now just 91 for 4 in the 14th over. Symes and Bodi pushed Lions back on track a 29-run partnership in 3.4 overs, but Starc came back with both their wickets in the 18th over. Lions were pulled back again, and Sixers were left with a middling total to chase. The start Sixers got off to wasn’t the flashiest, but Watson and Michael Lumb stayed together for 8.3 overs. While Lumb went only at a run a ball, Watson opened up to take 19 runs off the sixth over, bowled by the quick but erratic Chris Morris. Aaaron Phangiso once again provided Lions with a comeback in the middle overs, getting rid of Lumb and Dominic Thornely in successive deliveries. When Phangiso got Watson on the slog sweep in the11th over, SIxers had gone from 60 for no loss to 74 for 3. The next two overs went for just eight, taking the asking rate up to 7.71 for the last seven overs. Brad Haddin then went on a sweeping spree, sending Symes for three consecutive sixes. Two more wickets fell later, but under six an over was not going to trouble Sixers. Scores: Sydney Sixers 141 for 5 (Watson 47, Haddin 32) beat Lions 137 for 9 (Bodi 61, Symes 23, Starc 3-19, Hazlewood 2-18) by five wickets.