OM/West Indies Lendl Simmons bats during their ICC World Twenty20 2016 cricket semifi nal match against
India. Associated Press / Rafi q Maqbool, File
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By Azad Ali
Opener lendl Simmons unbeaten
91 guided West Indies to a crushing
nine-wicket win against Ireland to
level the three-match series (1-1) at
Warner Park in St. Kitts on Sunday.
Torrential rain wrecked the Twenty20
International on Saturday night
at the same venue, forcing the match
to be abandoned, leaving West Indies
facing a must win situation in Sunday’s
finale to save the series.
In the second match at the Grenada
National Stadium, Ireland
stunned the West Indies as they beat
the regional team by four runs to
take a 1-0 lead in the three-match
series.
Veteran all-rounder Dwayne Bravo
return to the side following a threeand
a-half year sojourn , ended in
disappointment as he was only able
to get two wickets and score nine
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Michelle-Lee Ahye of Trinidad and
Tobago at the Pan American Games
in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Aug. 7,
2019. Associated Press / Martin Meji, File
T&T Olympian
faces 2-yr ban
By Azad Ali
Trinidad and Tobago Olympian
Michelle-Lee Ahye has been banned for
two years by the Athletics Integrity Unit
(AIU) for “whereabouts failures” — and
not for an anti-doping violation.
The track star missed three drug
tests on June 23, 2018; Feb. 23, 2019;
and April 19, 2019.
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Four-day Test
proposal
By Azad Ali
Cricket West Indies (CWI) is examining
a proposal by the International
Cricket Council (ICC) to make Test
cricket four-day matches instead of the
current five days.
CWI CEO Johnny Grave commenting
on the issue said the regional body
is open minded about the proposal,
adding that the ICC may however, have
to look at the cricket’s laws and regulations
for four-day Test matches.
He said the main reason maybe the
ICC is thinking of making Test cricket
four-day matches is to clear up some
space in the hectic cricket calendar.
“West Indies’ position is until we hear
the views of the ICC cricket committee
and the views of the chief executive
committee and the board of directors,
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CRUSHING
VICTORY
WI levels T20 series against Ireland
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