Deandra Dottin of West Indies in action against Australia during a ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2009
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By Azad Ali
West Indies Women shocked
host New Zealand in their opening
World Cup match in a thrilling
three-wicket run victory last
Thursday night at Mount Maintain,
Tauranga, New Zealand.
West Indies all-rounder Haley
Matthews stroked a career best
century and veteran all-rounder
Deandra Dottin snatched two
wickets and pulled off a runrout
in a dramatic last over, to
beat the hosts by three runs in
a sensational opener of the ICC
Women World Cup
Player-of-the-Match Matthews
superb 119 off 128 deliveries propelled
the West Indies team to
piled up 259 off their 50 overs,
after the team was asked to bat
first at Bay Oval.
Tottering on 256 for nine and
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Hero CPL’s CEO, Pete Russell.
CPL 2022
By Azad Ali
St. Lucia and St. Kitts will co-host
the Hero Caribbean Premier League
(CPL) 2022 tournament later this year.
This was revealed by CPL CEO Pete
Russell while speaking at a function at
Hyatt Regency, Port of Spain to hand
over a donation TT$135,000 to The
Shelter for Battered Women and Children.
The tenth edition of the tournament
will start at the end of August and finish
late September, with the dates to be
confirmed.
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Kudos for
the region
By Azad Ali
Cricket West Indies (CWI) and host
nations for the recently concluded
International Cricket Council (ICC)
Under-19 Men Cricket World Cup have
received kudos from the ICC for their
successful hosting of the tournament,
amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
ICC Chief Executive Officer, Geoff
Alkardice said: “The scale of the operation
hosting 16 teams across four
countries during a global pandemic is
extremely challenging, but our hosts
did an excellent job to ensure we could
give the opportunity to the future stars
of the game to play in a World Cup.”
“We share our thanks with Cricket
West Indies, the four hosts countries,
the players and match officials,” he
said.
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