Month: February 2013

Guyana and West Indies legend Clive Lloyd intends to draw on all his strengths to ensure Caribbean cricket becomes the beacon of pride it once was, if he is elected president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) next month. In a three-page manifesto, Lloyd, 68, illustrated his thoughts on what he believes is a winning formula for West Indies cricket, administratively and on the field, to rise from the ashes after two decades of continuous decline, considering the overwhelming success for 15 straight years under his stewardship as captain…

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Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has called for balanced pitches to make sure Test cricket remains the prime format of the game. He said the shorter formats might be good for the globalisation of the game and might provide financial security to the players, but Test cricket remained the pinnacle. Gavaskar was speaking at the inaugural annual MAK Pataudi lecture in honour of former India captain, Nawab of Pataudi, also fondly known as Tiger, in Chennai. “T20 is the one that is helping to globalise the game,” Gavaskar said, “taking…

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A mix of the unheralded, the young and a Twenty20 stalwart in Mosharraf Hossain, Anamul Haque and Alfonso Thomas helped Dhaka Gladiators to a second consecutive BPL title with a 43-run win over Chittagong Kings on Tuesday. When Enamul Haque jnr was run out by Darren Stevens in the 17th over, it ended a campaign in which they were favourites from start to finish. During the Kings’ chase of 173, Mosharraf took three crucial wickets in the middle to trigger a collapse, and for this he was the Man of…

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Progress Park, St. Andrew’s – Recalled West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan, seeking a return to form, stroked 90 but it was not enough as Zimbabwe posted a comfortable 77 run victory over a UWI Vice Chancellor’s X1 here on Wednesday. The West Indies middle order batsman carefully built his innings as the Vice Chancellor’s X1 were bowled out for 269 runs in 48.9 overs after the visitors compiled a challenging score of 346 for seven at Progress Park. Sarwan, a late inclusion in the Vice Chancellors X1, was the mainstay,…

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By Rajiv Bisnauth – Former West Indies middle-order batsman, Basil Butcher believes that the time has come for former West Indies captain and legend Clive Lloyd to play a more prominent role in the administration of the regional game. From the peaceful confines of his home in the mining town of Linden, Butcher told Guyana Times International Sport via telephone on Monday that Lloyd, as captain, presided over the transformation of the team from an ordinary side to the best in the world for 15 years. Butcher thinks “Super Cat”…

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By Avenash Ramzan – With the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Electoral Congress quickly approaching, president of the Guyana Football Referees Council (GFRC), Alfred King, said that while he is ‘inclined’ to running for the top post of the local governing body, he is currently ‘ weighing his options.’ King, also the Permanent Secretary in the Sport Ministry, said once he is nominated, he will contest the election, but under certain conditions. Referring to the recent FIFA/ CONCACAF’s resolution of the GFF/ Georgetown Football Association (GFA) impasse, King explained that football…

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