West Indies’ Shai Hope raises his bat scoring a century against Sri Lanka during their fi rst one day international
cricket match in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. Associated Press / Eranga Jayawardena
Sri Lanka beats Windies in tense finish
By Azad Ali
West Indies lost their opening One-
Day International (ODI) against Sri
Lanka in Colombo last week by a narrow
one-wicket in a tense three-match.
Sent in to bat at the Sinhalese Sports
Club Ground, West Indies scored 289 for
seven from their 50 0vers supported by
Shai Hope’s ninth ODI century, scoring
115 from 140 balls- his third century in
the last eight innings and fifth in the
last 10 months.
Caribbean L 50 ife, Feb. 28-Mar. 5, 2020
Roston Chase (41) and Darren Bravo
both got starts but failed to carry on
while all-rounder Kemo Paul lashed a
17-ball unbeaten 32 batting at number
eight to give the Windies a strong finish.
Captain Dimuth Karunaratne then
top scored with 52 off 57 deliveries in
a century opening stand with Avishka
Fernando (50) while Kisal Perera struck
42 off 50 balls.
However, it was Man-of-the-Match
Wanindu Hasaranga with an unbeaten
42 0ff 39 balls which turned the game in
Sri Lanka’s favor, in a 38-run, seventhwicket
stand off 30 balls with Thisara
Perera, who struck a cameo 32 from 22
balls to give his side victory with five
balls to spare in the final over.
For the West Indies, the defeat left
them trailing in the three-match series,
needing to win the remaining match
series in order to clinch their first-ever
ODI series win on Sri Lanka soil.
By Azad Ali
West Indies cricket legend Brian Lara
will take on India’s cricketing icon Sachin
Tendulkar in the much anticipated “West
Indies Legends” opening match of the
Unacademy Road Safety World Series at
the historic Wankhede Stadium in India
starting on March 7.
The tournament, which will witness
the clash of titans from several cricketlaying
nations will have the final at the
Brabourne Stadium Cricket Club of India
(CCI) ground on Mrch 22.
The Unacademy Road Safety World
Series, is a five-nation Twenty20 cricket
tournament which will showcase some of
the biggest names in cricket from India,
Australia, and South Africa. The five teams
are namely, India Legends, West Indies
Legends, including Lara, Shivnarine
Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Darren
Ganga, former West Indies captain Carl
Hooper, Ridley Jacobs who will serve as
wicket-keeper` and former spinners Samuel
Badree and Sulieman Benn, which will
be among the stars in the squad.
Yohan Blake, a Jamaican sprinter who
is the second fastest man in the world after
his fellow countryman Usain Bolt, will also
showcase his cricketing skills. Blake won
gold at the 100m even in the 2011 World
Championships.
A total of 11 matches will be played in
the competition, where Wankhede Stadium
will host two matches. MCA Stadium
Pune will host four, similarity four
matches will be played at the DY Patil Stadium
in Navi Mumbai, whereas the final
will take place at the Brabourne Stadium
on March 22.
“Road Safety is a serious concern, one
person dies every four minutes in India
and we all should joining hands to make
our roads safe and save precious human
lives,” said Karan Shroff, Vince President-
Marketing, Unacademy.”
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onship, and the lower ranked remaining
17 had to playoff to decide on the
top four to go to the Championship
rounds.
The four top teams to emerge from
the Championship in Honduras will
go on to next year’s World Cup.
CONCACAF states that players
born on or after Jan. 01, 2001 are eligible
to compete.
The Barbados Tridents were
unbeaten in their playoff fixtures,
conquering Bermuda 3-2; Puerto
Rico 4-0; and the Cayman Islands
3-0.
As the statistics above show, the
tightest match for the Barbados Tridents
was the Bermuda encounter.
The teams were tied at two goals
apiece by the 73rd minute, but striker
Thiery Gale put the Tridents ahead in
the 87th minute with his second and
winning goal.
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Cup campaign in England last June
with a knee injury.
He has not represented West
Indies in a Twenty20 International
in 19 months.
The selectors have also recalled
Test and ODI batting star, Shai
Hope, fast bowler Oshane Thomas
and left-arm spinning all-rounder
Fabian Allen to the 14-man squad.
Hope last played against Afghanistan
in November before missing
the series against India and Ireland.
Making a return to the West
Indies squad is Shimron Hetmyer,
who was left out the ongoing oneday
series in Sri Lanka after failing
a fitness test last month. Chief
selector Roger Harper said Hetmyer
has since attained the required fitness
level, becoming available for
selection and has been included in
the squad.
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August and September, a time or
year that is perfect for us and our
fans.”
He said having the best Caribbean
cricketers and the world’s
best overseas players is the foundation
of the tournament.
WI legends in Road Safety World Series in India
Brian Lara.