Kaieteur News
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Tuesday September 06, 2016
Wolf’s Challenge Softball Cup
Yusuf, De Monick slam centuries
Yunnis Yusuf By Zaheer Mohamed Centuries by Yunnis Yusuf and Roxanne De Monick highlighted the latest round of matches in the Wolf’s Challenge Softball Cup which concluded on Sunday. Yusuf struck 120 to help Floodlight to a massive 194run win over Parika Defenders at Malteenoes Sports Club. Yusuf clobbered fifteen
fours and twelve sixes in scoring 120 and got support from Ramesh Narine 47, Patrick Khan 45 and Wayne Jones 36 as Floodlight posted 286-7 off their 20 overs, batting first. Parika Defenders were sent packing for 92 in 11.3 overs in reply. A. Kumar made 20 as Dharam Persaud, Richard Khellawan, Jones and Clyde Canterbury picked up two wickets each. M i k e ’s We l l m a n
Roxanne De Monick overcame Bel Air Rubis by six wickets. Bel Air Rubis batted first and managed 141 all out in 19.5 overs. B. Mulla made 29 and Danny Mohanram 23; Greg De Franca snared 3-18, Ron Ramnauth 3-29 and Eon Lovell 2-24. Mike’s Wellman replied with 145-4 with Latchman Kallicharran scoring 57 and Lloyd Rooplall 50. S. Sankar took two wickets. A t G a n d h i Yo u t h
Organisation, HS Masters b e a t Wo l f ’s Wa r r i o r s Masters by 64 runs. HS Masters got to 152-8, taking first strike. Danny Mohanram got 43; Basil Badassee hit 29 and Hackim Majeed 19. Wolf’s Warriors Masters responded with 88 all out in 17.3 overs. Fazlim Bacchus scored 32; Mahendra Arjune captured 3-12 and Hanoman Singh captured 3-17. In the female category at
Latchman Kallicharran (right) and Lloyd Rooplall MSC, Trophy Stall Angels defeated Blue Divas by 88 runs. Trophy Stall Angels scored 201-3 in 15 overs. Roxanne De Monick slammed 100 from 33 balls to become the first player to score a century for her team. She cracked four fours and ten sixes, while Akelo Castello made 46 and Odessa O Neil 28. D. Amos had two wickets. Blue Divas were restricted to 113-7 in reply.
M. Taitt made 31 as Amanda Rogers claimed 2-23 and Jenelle Nero 2-25. Trophy Stall Angels beat 4R Lioness by four wickets. Batting first 4R Lioness made 96 all out in 14.1 overs. Akaze Thompson got 28 and T. Wilson 19; Natasha Leacock had 3-25 and Aneesa Persaud 2-19. Tr o p h y S t a l l A n g e l s responded with 98-6 in 12.4 overs. Heema Singh made 33; Thompson grabbed 4-22.
Powell, Pooran named for Pakistan T20s ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC — Rookies Nicholas Pooran and Rovman Powell are set to make their international debuts after being named in a West Indies Twenty20 15-man squad to face Pakistan later this month. Both players were rewarded for stirring performances in the Caribbean Premier League and are the only new faces in the squad which will once again be led by emerging allrounder Carlos Brathwaite. H o w e v e r, m a r q u e e opener Chris Gayle will not feature after advising the Courtney Browne-led selection panel of his unavailability. The veteran left-hander was included for the hastily arranged two-match series against India last month in Florida but never played due to injury. Opener Lendl Simmons has also been left out because of “medical reasons”, the West Indies Cricket Board said. However, the bulk of the squad remains unchanged with the likes of star allrounders Andre Russell,
Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo, along with offspinner Sunil Narine, all named in the line-up for the three game series from September 23-27 in Dubai. Pooran and Powell, however, were two of the stand-outs from the CPL, shining with the bat for their respective franchises. The left-handed Pooran gathered over 200 runs for Barbados Tridents with two half-centuries — including a top score of 81 — but more notably, a strike-rate of nearly 200. Powell, meanwhile, continued to impress, playing a key role with 228 runs to help Jamaica Tallawahs win the Caribbean title. The 23-year-old righthander, a clean and powerful striker of the ball, is also a useful seamer. Selectors have also included fast bowler Jerome Taylor, who recently retired f r o m Te s t s , a f t e r t h e Jamaican claimed 13 wickets for St Lucia Zouks at an average of 17 and an economy rate of seven. Meanwhile, Test players Kraigg Brathwaite and Alzarri Joseph are set to
Trinidadian Nicholas Pooran
Jamaican all-rounder Rovman Powell. make their One-Day International debuts after being named in the Jason Holder-led 15-man squad. The 23-year-old Brathwaite, the Test vicecaptain, averages 34 from 31 Tests and has become known for his obdurate, slow style of batting. However, he showed flashes of his aggressive side with a stroke-filled 94 from 122 balls against Australia in Hobart last December. Joseph was part of the successful West Indies Under-19 squad which
captured the ICC Youth World Cup in Bangladesh earlier this year, and he subsequently made his Test debut against India last month in St Lucia. Still only 19 and with a mere ni n e f i r s t c l a s s matches under his belt, Antiguan Joseph is widely viewed as one of the most talented seamers in the Caribbean. Rising T20 star Evin Lewis has been named in the ODI squad for the first time while wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin, recently axed from
the Test squad, has been retained in the one-day setup. The three-match one-day series runs from September 30 to October 5, with the first two matches in Sharjah and the last one set for Abu Dhabi. A three-Test series follows the limited overs tour and will run from October 13 to November 3. SQUADS: T20 — Carlos Brathwaite (captain), Samuel Badree, Dwayne Bravo, Johnson Charles,
Andre Fletcher, Jason Holder, Evin Lewis, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Jerome Taylor, Chadwick Walton. ODI — Jason Holder (captain), Sulieman Benn, Carlos Brathwaite, Kraigg Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Jonathan Carter, Johnson Charles, Shannon Gabriel, Alzarri Joseph, Evin Lewis, Sunil Narine, Ashley Nurse, Keiron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Marlon Samuels.