Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce celebrates winning the women’s 100m fi nal as Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-
Herah looks dejected after fi nishing second at the Diamond League, Lausanne, Switzerland on Aug. 26, 2021.
REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
By Azad Ali
New Caribbean Premier League
(CPL) CEO Pete Russell wants to expand
the CPL brand and focus on developing
women’s cricket in the region.
Russell, who was recently appointed
CEO has shown interest in supporting
women’s cricket in the past.
During the 2019 CPL, when Russell
was the league’s chief operating officer,
two Women’s Twenty20 exhibition
matches were held in Trinidad.
In a recent interview, Russell said
he is keen on extending the CPL brand
outside the six weeks play.
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“That’s one that I think we’ve got a
real opportunity to build a great platform
for the women because even the
two games we saw in Trinidad (in 2019)
it was great to see,” he said. I know that
the President of Cricket West Indies,
Ricky Skerritt really wants to explore,”
he said.
This year’s CPL runs from Aug. 26
to Sept. 15 with the entire tournament
being contested at Warner Park, St.
Kitts.Only vaccinated people will be
allowed to attend matches at 50 percent
capacity.
Pakistan
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of 6-51 in the first innings and four
other wickets.
After losing four wickets in the
first session the West Indies had all
given up the chase for 309 and set
itself a the equally difficult task of
batting through the final day when
a drizzle began to fall just before tea.
At that point West Indies were 159
for seven and more thar 40 overs left
in the day’s play and the possibility of
bad light saving the West Indies.
When play resumed Afridi claimed
the two of the three wickets Pakistan
needed in the final session to level
the series after the West Indies won
the tense first Test by one wicket.
West Indies captain Kraigg
Braithwaite won the toss and sent
Pakistan in to bat. At one stage West
Indies had Pakistan reeling at three
wickets for two runs but a fourth
wicket stand between captain Barbara
Azam (75) Fawd Allam (124 not out)
on the third day placed Pakistan in a
strong position in the severely-rain
affected match. Pakistan declared
their first innings at 302-9 giving
West Indies 302 for victory but before
close of play West Indies had lost
three wickets in 18 overs before close
of play on the penultimate day.
Final scores: Pakistan 212-4 and
176 for 6 declared. West Indies 150 all
out and 219.
Barbados women’s team will be the
representative team from the West
Indies as a result of their victory in
the 2020 CWI Twenty20 Blaze Tournament
and in line with Commonwealth
Games Association Tournament
rules agreed by the International
Cricket Council (ICC).
The decision to postpone regional
Women’s cricket tournaments was
taken with the news of the recently
announced Women’s International
CG Insurance ODI and Twenty20 fixtures
between West Indies and South
Africa between Aug. 31 to Sept. 19
and the ongoing logistical challenges
of the COVID-19 pandemic requiring
multiple teams to be hosted in one
country, CWI said those conditions
made it very challenging to find a
suitable scheduling window.
ran at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond
League meeting before Fraser-
Pryce lowered her personal best to
10.60 seconds at the Diamond League
meet in Lausanne, Switzerland, ahead
of Thompson-Herah who ran 10.64
seconds, the Observer said.
“I would say yes,” the paper quoted
Thompson-Herah as saying at a Paris
press conference on Aug. 27, about the
rivalry between both athletes.
“I ran 10.54 in Eugene, which I
never thought I would do, and it’s
pretty close to the world record,” she
added. “And I know that, once I hit
that target, others will think they can
do that as well.
“She ran 10.63 in Jamaica, which is
not far from the WR (world record),”
continued Thompson-Herah about
Fraser-Pryce. “She is a hard-working
woman. She is 34 years old, and that
gives me confidence for my (next)
Olympics, when I will be 32 years old.
“(I am) a 29-year-old athlete running
10.54, and I know that will motivate
her, as well,” she said.
The Associated Press also reported
on Aug. 28 that Olympic champion
Thompson-Herah won the 100 meters
in 10.72 seconds at the Diamond
League meeting in Paris without inform
Fraser-Pryce to rival her.
Thompson-Herah quickly raced
clear with a “legal tailwind” at the
Charlety Stadium to finish 0.25 ahead
of fellow Jamaican Shericka Jackson,
the Olympic bronze medalist, the AP
said.
It said the winning time would have
been fast enough for Thompson-Herah
to take Olympic gold in Tokyo — and
is the 25th-fastest all-time — “yet is
just the eighth best of this standout
season.”
The weekend before, Thompson ran
the second-fastest women’s 100 in history
— 10.54 at Eugene, Oregon. Then,
Fraser-Pryce clocked 10.60 on to win
their duel in Lausanne, Switzerland,
and rise to No. 3 all-time, the AP said.
Citing fatigue on Friday, it said
Fraser-Pryce opted out of running in
Paris.
Thompson-Herah and Fraser-
Pryce’s rivalry over 100 should resume
in Zurich at the Sept. 8-9 Diamond
League finals, the AP said.
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