West Indies’ Kieron Pollard plays a shot during the third One-Day International cricket match between Sri
Lanka and West Indies in Pallekele, Sri Lanka, Sunday, March 1, 2020. Associated Press/ Eranga Jayawardena, fi le
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By Azad Ali
Mumbai Indians recently clinched
their record fifth Indian Premier
League (IPL) title with relativelycomfortable
five-wicket win over
Delhi Capitals at the Dubai International
Stadium in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates (UAE).
West Indies Twenty20 Captain,
Kieron Pollard and left-handed West
Indies batsman, Shimron Hetmyer
failed to make an impact in the final
game, but Pollard’s team did enough
to lift the trophy.
Pollard told reporters: “It’s great
feeling, I’ve been here 11 years, fifth
trophy. No one see the planning and
training. It’s pressure playing for a
franchise like this.”
Pollard also lifted the Caribbean
Premier League (CPL) trophy as captain
of the Trinbago Knight Riders
and was at the helm of the West
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West Indies’ Deandra Dottin Action
Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra Cricket, fi le
Trailblazers
By Azad Ali
West Indies Women’s all-rounder
Deandra Dottin help paved the way for
Trailblazers to complete a 16-run win
over Supernova in the final of the triangular
Women’s Twenty20 Challenge
in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
recently.
Dottin made 20 and shared a half
century opening stand with her captain,
Indian international player, Smriti
Mandhana to anchor Trailblazerss to a
modest 118 for eight from their allotted
20 overs.
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Reggae Boyz
win one
By George Alleyne
Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz overcame
numerous off-the-field challenges to
bounce back and beat Saudi Arabia’s
Green Falcons 2-1 in the second fixture
of a two-match friendly football encounter
to draw the mini-series one-all.
The Boyz had flown to the middle
eastern country for two warm-up
matches on Nov. 14 and 17 in preparation
for the Confederation of North and
Central American and Caribbean Football
prestigious Gold Cup competition,
scheduled for mid-next year.
But in addition to a few players and
at least one member of the technical
staff falling victim to the COVID-19
virus, there was the issue of a professional
player protesting that he had to
travel an aircraft’s economy class on the
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IPL CHAMPS
Mumbai Indians clinch fifth IPL title
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