Though not “100% sure” of his ability to take the field for tomorrow`s crucial one-day international at Chennai, Brian Lara cut a confident figure as he assessed his side`s current form. With one eye very focused on the World Cup at home in 46 days, Lara stressed on the role of youngsters and the constant […]
Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh, who has been sidelined due to injury since November, will make a comeback in the third one-dayer against West Indies on Saturday.
The 25-year-old has not played for India since he tore knee ligaments during the ICC Champions Trophy held in India.
“Yuvraj is fully fit medically, now he has to […]
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Friday decided that the final decision to terminate a Test or a one-day international will be taken by its match referees, taking away another of umpires’ traditional powers.
After a two-day meeting of the chief executives’ committee (CEC), the ICC recommended to its all-powerful board, which will take a decision on […]
Over 4,000 police personnel will be deployed for maintaining security in and around the M A Chidambaram Stadium, the venue of the third one-dayer between India and the West Indies on Saturday.
Police personnel, including striking forces and mounted branch, would be deployed at the venue of the day-night match to ward off untoward incidents, […]
The Bureau of Ministers of Law Enforcement in the Caribbean is meeting in Jamaica to fine tune plans to keep World Cup 2007 safe.
That meeting is being chaired by Barbados’ Deputy Prime Minister, Mia Mottley.
Attorney General, Dale Marshall told CBC this is the final meeting before the major sporting event, which will review all […]
THE FINISHING touches (we hope) are being put to the region’s stadia and the protagonists at this year’s Cricket World Cup (CWC) are fine tuning now for the second-greatest, single-sport event on this planet.
With a less than a month and a half to go before the fest of cricket, that leaves us, the humble […]
The Customs Department says it is close to completing preparations for the influx of visitors expected for Cricket World Cup in March.
Deputy Commissioner in charge of Operations at Customs, Deloree Staple-Chambers, says the Department is 90 per cent ready. More
Courtesy: Radio Jamaica
New Zealand batsman Nathan Astle, who holds the record for the fastest Test double-century, quit international cricket citing a lack of motivation, six weeks before he was due to play in his fourth World Cup.
Astle, 35, announced his retirement with immediate effect today ahead of New Zealand’s tri-series match against Australia this weekend. The […]
Canada is to supply narcotics and explosive trace-detection equipment and training to six Caribbean nations to improve border security in preparation for Cricket World Cup 2007. More
Courtesy: Jamaica Gleaner
The West Indies have gone backwards to go forwards with the appointment of Clive Lloyd as team manager for their one-day series in India.
Lloyd, the most successful Windies captain of all time, has been deemed the experienced head that the Caribbean team requires with less than two months to go before the World Cup […]
Stand-in captain Chris Gayle has called on the West Indies’ middle-order batsmen to step forward and guide the regional team to victory by finishing off matches.
“So near but so far; we need to bring it home. It doesn’t make sense for us to bring it so close and then we can’t finish it off,” […]
Fourteen-year-old Vinay from the Madras Dyslexia Association school Ananya waited impatiently to meet the “greatest player on earth” Brian Lara. The West Indies captain did not disappoint him.
Lara met Vinay and some 150 other children from several city schools Friday evening at an interactive session organised by NGOs working to educate children from the poorer […]