West Indies’ Fabian Allen bats during the fi rst Twenty20 international cricket match between India and
West Indies in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018. Associated Press/Bikas Das, fi le
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By Azad Ali
All-rounder Fabian Allen sealed
victory for West Indies in spectacular
fashion — with three magnificent
sixes in the penultimate over
of the third and final CG Insurance
Twenty20 International on Sunday
night at the Coolidge Cricket Ground
in Antigua.
West Indies won the first Twenty20
at the same venue with Captain
Kieron Pollard hitting six sixes in
an international cricket in one over
off seam bowler Akila Dananyagya.
West Indies made 134-6 off 12 overs.
Sri Lanka scored 131 for nine. West
Indies won the match by four wickets.
In the second Twenty20, the West
Indies batsmen struggled to come to
terms with the Sri Lankan spinners
from the start of the chase of 160,
which Sri Lanka made after opting to
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West Indies, Kemar Roach. Associated
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County
cricket
By Azad Ali
West Indies fast bowler, Kemar Roach
has signed with Surrey for the first seven
games of the English County Championship
season.
Roach will be returning to county
cricket after a decade-long absence following
a brief spell with Worcestershire
towards the end of the 2011 season.
He will fly to the UK after the completion
of West Indies’ second Test against
Sri Lanka for the season opener on April
8.
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Royal TV
Society Award
By Azad Ali
Sky Sport’s commentator, Michael
Holding has been nominated for a Royal
Television Society (RTS) award in the
category of “Best Sports Presenter, Commentator
or Pundit” for his work in 2020.
The legendary West Indies fast bowler
gave a powerful and personal live testimony
of his experience of racism and the
need for greater education to end institutionalized
racism.
His comments reached a global audience
of more than six million followers
on Twitter.
Holding’s words, combined with those
of Ebony Rainford-Brent — the first black
woman to play for England — were spoken
in the wake of the murder of George
Floyd in America and the rise of the Black
Lives Matter movement.
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