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Kaieteur News
Wednesday September 05, 2018
Former skipper Enterprise Legends honour Yadram Sammy to promote on U-19 success, triple hundred T20 World Cup
Darren Sammy St John’s, Antigua, CMC – Discarded former West Indies captain, Darren Sammy, will feature prominently in promoting the upcoming Women’s Twenty20 World Cup, after joining the Windies Ambassador Programme. Cricket West Indies said yesterday the 34-year-old would use his star appeal to create awareness in the buildup to the ICC event scheduled for November 9-24 in Guyana, St Lucia and Antigua. CWI’s Ambassadors Programme involves using current and past players in the promotion of cricket events and related commercial activities. ”It is an honour and a huge pleasure to join the team for the ICC Women’s World T20,” said Sammy, who led West Indies to two T20 World Cup titles. ”This is going to be a great event for our region and for our women, who have for generations helped to build our communities … in St Lucia and across the West Indies. In doing so, they have made an outstanding contribution to our cricket.” He added: “This tournament will also go a long way to boost women’s cricket.
The sport is on the rise and we want to see it grow even more when the tournament comes to our doorsteps. ”As a proud son of the soil, I just want to play my part in this wonderful campaign called #WatchThis as we prepare to host the cricketing world.” Sammy presided over the Windies capture of the 2016 T20 World Cup in India but was sacked four months later without playing another game for the regional side. Since then, the former Test and one-day captain has focussed his energies on the lucrative global domestic T20 circuit. He is currently representing St Lucia Stars in the ongoing Caribbean Premier League. The St Lucian is expected to make several public appearances on behalf of the Women’s T20 World Cup and is expected to be present on match days to greet fans and players. West Indies Women are defending champions in the upcoming tournament and will face England, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Group A of the preliminary round. Group B will comprise 2016 losing finalists Australia along with India, New Zealand, Pakistan and Ireland.
BhaskarYadram (centre) with members of the Enterprise Legends team after being presented with the band. All-rounder Bhaskar Yadram was recently honoured by the Enterprise Legends Cricket Team on the East Coast of Demerara for leading Guyana to their fifth straight Cricket West Indies U19 50-over title in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Members of the Enterprise
Legends Cricket Team played a specially arranged softball match in honour of Yadram, before presenting him with a cricket band in recognition of his achievements this year. NK Omar of Enterprise Legends said the members thought it best to honourYadram, since apart
from captaining Guyana, he also created history earlier this year by scoring 301 not out against the Select Under-17 squad at the Everest Cricket Club in the Guyana Cricket Board Inter County U19 three-day tournament. It was the first triple hundred ever scored at this level.
Omar said that the Legends are indeed proud of the strides made by the young cricketer and they are confident he will continue to excel. Yadram expressed gratitude to the members of the Enterprise Legends team adding that he will continue to do his best.
Windies to clash with South Africa at Oval
West Indies Women … set to face South Africa at Kensington Oval. Bridgetown, Barbados, CMC – Kensington Oval here will play host to the West Indies’ next outing in the ICC Women’s Championship, beginning later this month. West Indies take on South Africa in the first One-Day International on September 16 before following up with matches on September 19 and 22.
The three ODIs are part of a tour which will see West Indies clash with South Africa in a five-match Twenty20 International series at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad from September 24 to October 6. West Indies currently lie fifth on six points in the eightteam Championship stand-
ings, after sweeping Sri Lanka 3-0 in the Caribbean last October and then going down by a similar margin away to New Zealand last March. South Africa are one from bottom on four points. The series against South Africa is one of two home series for the Windies before they defend their title in the
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup from November 9-24 in Guyana, St Lucia and Antigua, with India also expected to arrive in early October. A West Indies squad has been in training in recent months and were expected to resume camp last weekend following a break.