Guyanese born, former cricketer Clive Lloyd is made a Knight Bachelor by Britain’s Prince William, during an investiture
ceremony at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. Jonathan Brady/PA via Associated
By Azad Ali
Cricket’s world governing body is
staging the first-ever International
Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 World
Cup, despite the challenges posed by the
coronavirus pandemic in the region.
The tournament’s 14th edition got
underway last week-end with 2016 winners
and host West Indies up against
three-time champions Australia at the
Guyana National Stadium in Providence,
Guyana.
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Altogether, 16 teams will feature on
matches across four countries, Trinidad
and Tobago, Guyana, St. Kitts and
Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda.
ICC head of events, Chris Tetley
anticipates a high-intensity tournament
and believes the 2022 edition
serves as an integral stepping stone to
guide young players through this crucial
transitional stage of their careers.
He said the World Cup will feature
the next generation of cricket’s rising
stars.
He said the pandemic still poses
some challenges.
Tetley remains confident the ICC’s
countermeasure and guidelines, once
fully adhered to would play an important
role in restricting the spread of
COVID-19.
“The safety and bio-security of all
participants are of primary significance
to us organising the event,” Tetley
said.
By Nelson A. King
The Penn Relays on Jan. 7 announced
its 2022 tentative schedule and Olympic
Development Program (ODP), saying
that this year’s carnival is “right around
the corner.”
“And we are excited to bring you
more information to help you prepare
for the end of April, including the tentative
three-day schedule and the newest
edition of an elite level Olympic Development
program with an exciting new
lineup of events,” said the Penn Relays
in a statement.
It said the Olympic Development program
will be spread throughout the
Friday and Saturday schedule, with a
concentrated Friday evening session.
“Event winners will still compete for
the coveted Penn Relays watch, and we
are thrilled that the ODP events will
also include cash prizes to top finishers,”
the Penn Relays said.
“As always, the schedule is tentative
and may be adjusted,” it added.
The games begin on Thursday, April
28, with the track events, through Saturday,
April 30.
For more information, visit www.
pennrelays.com
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2013, the Guyanese national replaces
Mihas les Bascombe who was fired
last month, along which selector
Roger Harper.
Significantly, Sarwan will serve
on the youth selection panel, which
is chaired by Robert Haynes and
includes Under-19 coach Floyd Reifier.
Sarwan’s appointment was confirmed
during a recent Cricket West
Indies (CWI) meeting and his contract
will see him serve on both panels
through June 2024.
As such, he will help choose squads
for this year’s Twenty 20 World Cup
in Australia and next year’s 50-over
World Cup in India — tournaments
in which he featured as a player.
Sarwan will now have to step down
from his current position as chairman
of selectors in his native Guyana.
Several selections including the
ageing duo of Chris Gayle, along with
the out-of-form Oshane Thomas,
proved unpopular and West Indies’
dismal showing at the tournament
— they lost four of their five games
— only served to heap further pressure
on the selection panel.
Since his retirement, Sarwan
served as batting consultant to the
West Indies ahead of the 2019 World
Cup in England and as assistant
coach of Jamaica Tallawahs in the
Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
Hope and Justin Greaves.
After that wickets began to tumble
but the West Indies were spared their
embarrassment by a 63-run partnership
between their top allrounder
Jason Holder (44) and Akeal Hosein
(23) and a cameo by Odean Smith
(20) not out in 10 balls in yet another
innings in which they did not utilize
their full allotment of overs.
The one-off T20 between the two
teams scheduled for last Sunday
was called off because of COVID-19,
which had affected several Irish players
resulting in the second ODI to be
rescheduled to last Thursday and the
final on Sunday.
the most successful in the game’s
history.
Lloyd led the West Indies to victories
over Australia at Lords in the
final of the inaugural Cricket World
Cup tournament in 1975.
Four years later, he again led West
Indies to the world title when they
beat England again at the historic
venue.
The former Guyanese-born lefthanded
played in 110 Tests and 87
One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and is
one of the most successful captains
of all time.
During his captaincy, the team
was the most successful in the world
and had a run of 27 Test matches
without defeat-which includes 11
wins in a row.
In 2009 he was inducted into the
ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
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West Indies’ Captain, Kieron Pollard.
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