West Indies’ Chris Gayle at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup during a match against Australia at the Zayed Cricket
Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 6, 2021. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed HAMAD I MOHAMMED
Antigua to allow fully vaccinated fans for U-19 World Cup
By Azad Ali
Fully vaccinated fans will
be allowed inside venues
in Antigua when the country
hosts the entire Super
League segment of the ICC
Under-19 Men’s World Cup
2022 starting next month.
Minister of Sports, Daryll
Mathew said last week that
could change depending on
COVID-19 developments in
the country, given the emergence
of Omicron, a new variant
of the virus.
The Under-19 World Cup
will be held in the Caribbean
from Jan. 14 to Feb. 5 and
Antigua and Barbuda will
host the quarter finals, semifinals
and title decider.
Matches will be held at the
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
and the Coolidge Cricket
Ground, starting Jan. 26.
“As it is now, the intention
is to allow fans who are vaccinated
to the venues for the
match,” he said.
Matthew promised the
country will stand tall in
Caribbean Life, D 38 ecember 17-23, 2021
hosting the tournament.He
said the CG Insurance Super
50 tournament successfully
hosted the entire event, as
well as the Sri Lanka (men’s)
tour, the Pakistan (women’s)
tour and the South Africa
(women’s) tour.
IPL franshise
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Pollard, is the West Indies T20 captain
and 50 overs captain.
The West Indies players released by
their respective teams were Dwayne
Bravo (Chennai Super Kings), Nicholas
Pooran (Punjab Kings) and Chris
Gayle (Punjab Kings).
Teams were only allowed to retain
a maximum of four players from their
previous squads.
Some of the other West Indian
players who competed in the 2011 IPL
were Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder,
Fabien Allen and Evin Lewis.
ty20 International against the West
Indies in Barbados before competing
in three Tests across Antigua, Grenada,
and Barbados at the start of 2022.
All five Twenty20s will be played
over nine days between Jan. 22-30.
England will visit to compete on
the newly created Richards-Bootham
Trophy in honor of two great friends,
Vivian Richards and Ian Boothman.
Matches are to be played in Antigua,
and Barbados with Barbados set
to host the second Test and Grenada
will host the final of the three-match
series on March 16.
ca government around the protocols
and the ability to play the series and a
one-off Twenty20,” said Grave.
Gayle made his debut in 1999 and
has made 1899 runs on 79 Twenty20s.
He last played a Test match in 2014
and his last One-Day International
appearance was in 2019.
In all formats, the legend has 7214
runs in 103 Tests and 10480 runs in
301 One-Day Internationals.
Gayle 42, is a former West Indies
captain.
Ireland will play two Twenty20s
and three One-Day International is
in Florida between Dec. 20 and Dec.
30 before departing for the Caribbean
to play three One-Day Internationals
and three Twenty20s to be played in
Jamaica.
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Cricket West Indies CEO, Johnny
Grave. https://twitter.com/johnnygrave
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GAYLE TO RETIRE ON HOME GROUND
Hectic 2022
The Coolidge Cricket Ground previously known as the Stanford Cricket Ground
and the Sticky Wicket sports restaurant in St. John’s, Antigua. Associated Press/Johnny
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West Indies’ Captain Kieron Pollard.
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