West Indies’ cricketer Kieran Powell bats during the third day of the fi rst cricket Test match between India and
West Indies in Rajkot, India, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. Associated Press/Rajanish Kakade, File
Caribbean L 42 ife, JUNE 25-JULY 1, 2021
By Azad Ali
A weakened Australia squad has
been selected for the limited overs
tour of the West Indies next month
(July), disrupting selectors’ plan for
the Twenty 20 World Cup later this
year.
Seven top Australian players, Pat
Cummins, David Warner, Glen Maxwell,
Jhye Richardson and Marcus
Stonis have all opted out of the July
9-24 series scheduled for St. Lucia
and Barbados while leading batsman
Steve Smith has been ruled out
through injury.
Chief selector Trevor Hohns said
Cricket Australia was disappointed by
the players’ decision and warned they
were putting their T20 World Cup
places in jeopardy.
Hohns said following the announcement
of the 18-man squad which will
be accompanied by two reserves.
The reasons for the withdrawal of
the seven players were not outlined
but they were all part of the Indian
Premier League that was suspended
last month due to a COVID-19 surge
in India.
By Azad Ali
Vaccinated fans in the region returned
to cricket for the first time since the
outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic,
when 400 fully vaccinated spectators were
allowed for each day of the second Test
against South Africa at the Darren Sammy
National Stadium in St. Lucia last week.
The move is part of a pilot project
initiated by the St. Lucia government in
collaboration with Cricket West Indies
and the St. Lucia Cricket Association and
marks a major milestone for the sport
which has been played behind closed doors
over the year-and-a-half, in keeping with
the bio-secure bubble created for each
series.
Fans who were 18 years and over were
advised that they must have received the
second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on
or before June 4.
The ICC said the 10 legends of the
game to be inducted have all made a
significant contribution to the history
of Test Cricket and join in an illustrious
list of ICC Hall of Famers, taking the
total number to 103 as a result.
The 10 new inductees were taken
from “five eras” of the game as outlined
by the ICC.
Sir Learie was one of the players chosen
from the Inter-War era, which was
defined as players whose contributions
to the game from 1918 to 1945, while
Haynes belong to the ODI era, which
was defined as players whose greatest
contributions to the game was from
1971 to 1995.
The late Learie Constantine was an
early pioneer of West Indies cricket
and an outstanding all-rounder. He
was a member of the celebrated team,
which played in the first Test match
in West Indies history in England in
June 1928.
He played 18 Test matches and made
an indelible contribution to the sport
and the West Indian community at
home and abroad.
Haynes was one of the most successful
opening batsman in the history
of the game and formed a worldfamous
batting partnership with his
long-standing teammate, Gordon
Greenidge.
Haynes played 116 matches and
made and scored 7,487 runs, including
18 centuries at an average of 42.3.
He also made 8-648 runs in 238 ODIs,
which included 17 centuries.
defeat of Antigua and Barbuda.
After helping Curacao reach the Second
Round of CONCACAF World Cup
Qualifying for Qatar 2022, CONCACAF
said Leandro Bacuna has been penciled
into his nation’s Gold Cup provisional
roster.
The 29-year-old mid-fielder, who plies
his trade with Cardiff City in Wales, was
a stalwart of Curacao’s Gold Cup teams
in 2017 and 2019, CONCACAF said.
It said Bacuna has started all seven
games in which Curacao have played in
the Gold Cup and scored the winning
goal in Curacao’s 1-0 win over Honduras,
which was the first Gold Cup victory
in the nation’s history.
“Fresh off of scoring two goals in six
WCQ matches, Bacuna arrives into the
201 Gold Cup in excellent form,” CONCACAF
said.
It said defendant Jordy Delem has
become an integral part of the recent
success of the Seattle Sounders in Major
League Soccer (MLS), including lifting
MLS Cup in 2019, “and that fine form
has carried into his time at the international
level with Martinique,” CONCACAF
said.
ell (51), Jason Holder (0) and Joshua
da Silva (0) in successive deliveries in
the penultimate over before the first
interval.
After the break, Kemar Roach resisted
with 27 and Jermaine Blackwood got 25
but West Indies collapsed for a paltry 165
with four and a half hours left, with the
injured Roston Chase unable to bat .
Maharaj finished with five for 36 -his
seventh five-wicket haul in Tests while
Kagiso Rambada supported with three
for 44 to be adjudged Man of the Match
after claiming two wickets in the first
Test and hitting a critical 40 in a lowscoring
second innings on Sunday.
Scores: South Africa 298 (Quinton de
Kock 96) and 174. West Indies 149 and
174. Target: 324.
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Jamaica’s Leon Bailey. Associated
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