Briana Williams of Jamaica, Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica and Shericka
Jackson of Jamaica celebrate winning the gold medal in the Women’s 4 x 100m Relay Final at the Tokyo 2020
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Caribbean L 46 ife, AUGUST 20-26, 2021
CPL tourney
By Azad Ali
Defending champions Trinbago
Knight Riders (TKR) will bowl off
the Caribbean Premier League (CPL)
tournament on Aug. 26, against Guyana
Amazon Warriors from 10 am at
Warner Park, St. Kitts.
Later at 7 pm, the Barbados Royals
will face the St. Kitts and Nevis
Patriots.
Last year when the tournament
was played in a bubble in Trinidad
because of COVID-19, TTKR won the
tournament and set a record by playing
unbeaten.
The following day the St. Lucia
Kings will play their first match
against the Jamaica Tallawahs.
All 33 matches in this year’s CPL
will be played at Warner Park.
up match before the Test, while Holder
grabbed three wickets, to make an
impressive return from injury.
The squad is being led by recently
appointed Test Captain, Kraigg
Braithwaite and lack any surprises,
with the core of the unit retained
from the Test series against South
Africa last June.
“This was the biggest challenges
that we had for a while, but they
responded well. And they are confident
and they performed pretty well,”
the former Windies fast bowler said.
“We know their is still a lot of work
to be done. We will keep working,
keep driving for the ultimate goal, to
be the best we can,” said.
Walsh said there are young potential
stars and the coaching staff wereworking
to increase the talent pool to
encourage competition for places.
West Indies won the first Test of
the two-match series against Pakistan
by one wicket at Sabina Park
Jamaica in a nail-biting finish on
Sunday.
best 10.71, Olympics.com said.
“It was all set up for a titanic showdown
in Japan between the reigning 100m
champion and the Beijing 2008 and London
2012 gold medalist,” it said. “Both
cruised through the Tokyo heats and the
semi-finals with Fraser-Pryce slightly
quicker at 10.73 to 10.76.”
Olympics.com said the pair were level
at halfway in the final, “but Thompson-
Herah appeared to find another gear at
70m and surged clear with Fraser-Pryce
just holding off Jackson for silver.
“It was an emphatic triumph, with the
winner able to point in celebration five
meters from home before screaming with
delight, clocking 10.61 for a new Olympic
record and the second fastest time in history,”
it said.
“Just two days later, they were back for
the 200m heats with Thompson-Herah
only third in her race but qualifying automatically,”
it added. “It was a different story
for Jackson, who slowed down too quickly
at the end of her heat to finish up in fourth
place and out of the competition.”
That evening, Olympics.com said London
2012 silver medalist Fraser-Pryce
looked assured in winning her semi-final
heat, “but Thompson-Herah — running
blind in the outside lane – was quite
superb as she flew out of the blocks and
ran an excellent bend.
“She was able to relax in the home
straight and eased down to cross the
line in 21.66, equaling her personal best,”
Olympics.com said. “In the final, Fraser-
Pryce was able to stay with her compatriot
around the bend, but then Thompson-
Herah pulled away once more to become
the first woman to retain both the 100m
and 200m Olympic titles.”
Namibian youngster Christine Mboma
came home for second, with USA’s Gabby
Thomas taking bronze, as Fraser-Pryce
faded in the closing stages, Olympics.
com said.
“But they were a long way behind the
undisputed sprint queen, whose 21.53 was,
like the 100m, the second fastest in history
behind the late Griffith-Joyner,” it
said. “The celebrations were less jubilant
this time round, with victory somewhat
expected following her 100m demolition.”
Olympics.com said Thompson-Herah
also managed to follow Griffith-Joyner and
Usain Bolt in completing an Olympic treble,
running alongside Fraser-Pryce and
Jackson in Jamaica’s victorious women’s
4x100m relay team, as they went one better
than Rio five years ago.
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JAMAICAN CREATES OLYMPIC BLITZ
WI drops two
Potential stars
Windies team unfazed against top team
By Azad Ali
Captain Kieron Pollard says West
Indies team is unfazed by the prospect
of facing world number one England,
along with powerhouses Australia and
South Africa, in the preliminary Super
12s round of next October’s Twenty 20
World Cup.
The Caribbean side, which is the
reigning champion following their conquest
in the last showpiece five years
ago, has been put in a difficult Group 1
of the Oct. 17 – Nov. 14 tournament in
the United Arab Emirates and Oman,
which borders UAE.
Group 1 will also comprise the
winners of Group A and second place
finishers in Group B of the preceding
Twenty20 World Cup qualifiers.
“For us it doesn’t matter what group
we’re in, we still have to come up
against all teams. If you want to be the
champions, you’ve got to play all the
teams and you have got to win. It’s just
a matter of continuing to improve as a
team,” Pollard said.
The West Indies team which ranked
eighth in the ICC Twenty20 rankings,
has endured mixed results in the shortest
format of the game.
West Indies’ Captain, Kieron Pollard.
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