BBEANLIFENEWS.<span class=”image-caption”>West Indies’ Britney Cooper catches out England’s Fran Wilson during their
Women’s T20 World Cup cricket match in Sydney, Sunday, March 1, 2020. AP Photo/Rick Rycroft
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By Azad Ali
West Indies Women were knocked
out of the semi-finals of the WomenTwenty20
World Cup in Australia
when they were suffered a 46-run
defeat to England in a one-sided
contest on Sunday.
Needing a victory to remain in
the tournament, West Indies once
again struggled with the bat, failing
to chase down 144 at the Sydney
Show Ground Stadium and crashing
to their second defeat in three
games to remain third in Group B
on two points.
Lee-Ann Kirby, batting at number
seven top scored with 20 but no other
batsman passed 15, as left-arm spinner
Sophie Ecclestone grabbed 3 for
7 and leg-spinner Sarah Glenn, with
2 for 16, undermined the innings
with brilliant spells.
At one stage, the West Indies
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John Campbell
Bowlers
suspended
By Azad Ali
Two of Jamaica Scorpions’ off-spinners,
John Campbell and Peat Salmon
have both been suspended from bowling
after their bowling actions were
found to be illegal.
Cricket West Indies (CWI) has confirmed
that Opinion Reports by Independent
assessors at Loughborough
University have found the two spinners
bowling action to be illegal as, as
such, they have been suspended from
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IPL buys St.
Lucia Zouks
By Azad Ali
The St. Lucia Zouks have been sold
to the consortium that owns Kings X1
Punjab of the Indian Premier League
(IPL).
The Zouks team, which is based at
the Darren Sammy International Cricket
Ground, has been part of the CPL
since the league’s inception, making
the playoffs during the 2016 season.
Last year, the Zouks team featured
Darren Sammy, Fawad Ahmed, Rahakeem
Cornwall, Andre Fletcher, Colin
de Grandhomme and Thisara Perera.
CPL CEO Pete Russell said during
the 2019 tournament the CPL
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WINDIES
SUFFER
DEFEAT
England knocks out WI Women
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