Gold medallist Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica, silver medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica and bronze
medallist Shericka Jackson of Jamaica celebrate after the fi nal Women’s 100m at the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo,
Japan on July 31, 2021. REUTERS/Phil Noble
CPL Barbados
Tridents
rebranded
JAMAICAN COPS DOUBLE GOLD Kensington
By Azad Ali
The Caribbean Premier League
(CPL) continues to lead the way where
technology is concerned with the use
of the Kookaburra Smart Ball powered
by Sportcor, in the 2021 edition
of the competition.
This ball will be used in a professional
league for the first time when
CPL gets underway in St. Kitts and
Nevis on Aug. 28.
The Kookaburra Smart Ball looks
like, feels, and plays exactly the same
as a regular ball but there is the
state-of-the-art core that registers
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many more data points than using
radar or ball tracking technology.
The ball sends back significant
information on each delivery including
the speed and spin of a ball at
release, when it bounces and when it
reaches the batsman.
The information is then delivered
to the commentators in real time.
This would be graphically displayed
for fans to enjoy during the live telecast.
CPL CEO Pete Russell said the
organizers were excited to use the
new technology in the competition.
The Kookaburra SmartBall is the
world’s fi rst microchipped cricket
ball. www.kookaburrasport.com.au
By Azad Ali
The Barbados Caribbean Premier
League (CPL) franchise will
change its name following a deal
that sees the Royals Sports Group
(EM Sporting Holdings Ltd.), the
owners of the Rajasthan Royals
IPL (Indian Premier League) franchise
acquire a majority stake in
the team.
The two-time CPL champions
will be rebranded as the Barbados
Royals, a partner franchise of the
Rajasthan Royals, as the Royals
Sports Group seeks to expand its
global presence.
The Barbados Royals was the
Hero CPL champion in 2014 and
2019 and the team is led by West
Indies all-arounder, Jason Holder.
The team will get its 2020 campaign
against St. Kitts and Nevis
Patriots on Aug. 26 at Warner Park,
St. Kitts.
Oval pitch
He also blamed the poor batting
of his side.
Kensington Oval, Barbados, was
hosting its first international series
in 19 months following Ireland’s
One-Day tour of the Caribbean.
Like most of the Caribbean
counterparts, Barbados has seen
governments enforced lockdowns
since March last year as part of
stringent measures to fight the
spread of the COVID-19 pandemic,
with most sporting activities
restricted.
West Indies Chief Selector, Roger
Harper and Coach Phil Simmons
also criticized the poor quality of
the pitch.
Australia
ball held up and made stroke-play difficult
and were dismissed for a paltry
152 in the 46th over, leading to a sixwicket
defeat.
Australia dismissed the West Indies
team in the opening match for 123 in
pursuit of 257, before recovering from
a position of 72 for five in the second
ODI to overhaul the Ausies 187.
GROUND who liked to run,” Thompson-
Herah tweeted after her triumph. “Believe
In your dreams, work hard and have faith
in God.”
Thompson-Herah hails from the community
of Banana Ground in the Bellefield
Division of the Manchester Municipal
Corporation in Jamaica, according to the
Jamaica Gleaner.
It said on Sunday that the corporation
has announced that it will present the
“Key to the Town of Mandeville,” the capital
of the Jamaican parish of Manchester,
to Thompson-Herah in light of her latest
Olympic triumph.
Donovan Mitchell, mayor of Mandeville,
said the municipal body joins the
people of Manchester and Jamaicans at
large in celebrating Thompson-Herah’s
feat, the Gleaner said.
“We are particularly pleased with the
performance of ‘our daughter of the soil’
Elaine,” the publication quoted Mitchell
as saying. “She is very special to us
because she is one of us, and her performance
on the world stage, like Shelly-Ann
and Shericka, further cements the adage
that ‘it is not where you are coming from
but rather where you are going’”.
Mitchell also said the corporation is
considering another more tangible way
of honoring Thompson-Herah and will
make that announcement later, the
Gleaner said.
It said Thompson-Herah grew up in
Banana Ground, a quaint farming district
north of Mandeville.
In her earlier years, she ran for the
Christiana High School and later the
Manchester High School, said the Gleaner,
adding that Thompson-Herah was previously
honored, with a road in her community
being named after her.
Fraser-Pryce’s feat made her the first
athlete to win four Olympic medals in the
women’s 100m, ABC News said.
It said Jamaica last swept the women’s
100m at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
It was the second time during the
Tokyo Games that a team swept an event,
after Switzerland took home all three
medals in the women’s cross-country
mountain bike race earlier in the week,
ABC said.
“Congrats to Elaine on successfully
defending her title,” Fraser-Pryce said on
Facebook. “Grateful to make the podium
for a 4th final.”
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