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Caribbean L 26 ife, MARCH 12-18, 2021
agreement
By Azad Ali
Cricket West Indies (CWI) has landed
a fourth major broadcast agreement
— this time with Sky New Zealand for
the exclusive live coverage to all West
Indies home matches played in the
Caribbean.
The agreement covering both television
and digital rights will mean
that Sky New Zealand including its
Sky Go mobile app and Sky Sport Now
streaming App will offer live coverage
and highlights of televised West Indies
regional tournaments.
The agreement will feature Sri
Lanka in three CG Insurance One-Day
Internationals and two Test matches.
Later this this year, West Indies is
expected to host South Africa, Australia
and Pakistan
This is CWI’s fourth new broadcast
rights agreement announced in recent
weeks, following announcements with
ESPN+ for the US; BT Sport for the
UK and Ireland; and SuperSport for
sub-Saharan, Africa, including South
Africa, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Kenya.
By Nelson A. King
The Jamaica, Queens-based Team
Jamaica Bickle (TJB), the philanthropic
organization that provides meals, transportation
and other services to Jamaican
and other Caribbean athletes competing
in the prestigious Penn Relays at
the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia,
has named Dr. Kristal McGreggor
to its board of directors.
TJB said on Friday that Dr. McGreggor
succeeds long-standing TJB Oswald
Hancle, “who sadly passed away late
last year.”
A former student and athlete of the
St. Andrew High School for Girls in
Jamaica, where she was a member of the
track and field team and captain of the
basketball team, TJB said Dr. McGreggor’s
distinguished journey began at the
Bronx Community College.
It said she then obtained a full athletic
scholarship to the illustrious Hampton
University.
“Dr. McGreggor, who has risen to the
pinnacle of academic success, has a passion
for youth mentorship,” said TJB,
stating that she took her first steps in
this arena while still in college, “when
she, along with good friends, Tashanna
Willcock and Claudia Calder, formed
Camp21, an organization dedicated to
the mentorship of Jamaican studentathletes
living in the United States.
“Life and its pursuits would take
up most of her time in the coming
years as she embarked on her studies,
which saw her obtaining her Bachelor
of Science in marketing and Master of
Science in sports administration from
Hampton University,” TJB added.
It said Dr. McGreggor also served
as director of operations and Assistant
Throws Coach for the Track and Field
program for three years before taking
up her doctoral studies in sport management
at the University of Michigan.
“It is a great honor to serve as a
member of the Board of Directors for
Team Jamaica Bickle,” Dr. McGreggor
said. “I appreciate the confidence TJB
has shown in me over the years.
“I fully support the vision and mission
of TJB, and I am eager to contribute
my knowledge and experience to
advance the growth of the organization,”
she added.
Dr. McGreggor, who is based in Michigan,
currently serves as an academic
mentor and co-founder of the Achieve A
Dream Foundation through which she
aims to build her mentorship initiative
and assist athletes in their character
development.
“She is a great asset to our board,
the future and the growth of TJB,” said
TJB founder and chairman, Jamaican
Irwine Clare, Snr. “Personally, I am
quite proud of her, knowing her journey,
from whence she came to the pinnacle
of academia.
“Throughout it all, service and volunteerism
remained a hallmark of her
being,” he added.
Other members of the JTB Board
are: Blane Stoddart; Vincent Heath;
Michelle Neil; Horace Lynch; Oswald
Brown; Ayesha Hinds (secretary);
Lance Clarke (chief financial officer);
and Karen Wilson-Robinson, Esq. (vice
chair).
Dr. Kristal McGreggor. Kayon Hinds
Their compelling and emotional
interviews have also helped earn
Sky Sports’ coverage of the first Test
between England and the West Indies a
nomination for an RTS award for “Best
Sports Program.”
The Royal Television Society award
winners will be announced on March
17 in a virtual ceremony.
Roach will return to the Caribbean
after the fixture against Middlesex,
which starts on May 20.
“I will like to thank Cricket West
Indies for allowing me the opportunity
to go back and play county cricket
again after a number of years,” he said.
bat first. From the start of the chase, wickets
kept tumbling as West Indies slipped
to 66 for six and ended being bowled out
for 117.
In the final match, Allen made 21 not
out off six balls and Jason Holder provided
calm support at the other end to finish
unbeaten on 14.
West Indies made 134-7 off 19 overs
with the regional team still requiring 20
runs from the last 12 balls with three
wickets in hand.
After winning the toss and opting to bat
first, Sri Lanka’s opening batsmen Dhanuska
Gunathilleke (nine) and Pathum
Nissanka (five) started slowly against the
spin of Fabian Allen.
Sri Lanka made 131 for four. When the
West Indies team began its chase, their top
order batsmen again fell to the Sri Lankan
spin attack and lost seven wickets for 111
runs. But Allen changed the fortunes of
the game when he smashed 22 runs off six
balls to ensure victory for the West Indies.
West Indian former cricketer Michael
Holding. Associated Press /
Lefteris Pitarakis
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TV award
Kemar Roach
West Indies’ captain Kieron Pollard bats during the third and fi nal One-Day
International cricket match of the series between India and West Indies in
Cuttack, India, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. (Associated Press/Mahesh Kumar A.,
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