They choked! Again! At the last hurdle, just the wrong time! At just the right time, struggling star batsman Virat Kohli found his form to help 2007 Champions India sneak past South Africa by seven runs at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday. The former skipper’s carefully constructed 76 (59 …
Read More »NGC/NAAATT Jnr & Snr Champs: Aaron Antoine endures tough opening day
Star attraction Aaron Antoine faces up to tough physical challenge while Tenique Vincent, Keneisha Shelbourne and Peyton Winter make encouraging starts on Day One of 2024 NGC NAAATT Junior and Senior Championship: More from Wired868 Defiant NAAATT Junior and Senior Champs draw curtain on 2024 Trinidad and Tobago’s 4x100m relay …
Read More »T20WC24: India avenge 2022 England defeat; set up final clash of unbeaten teams
A measured third-wicket partnership of 73 between skipper Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav put India in the driver’s seat in the T20 World Cup semifinal in Providence, Guyana today. On a track where the bounce remained low throughout, the pair got India to a just-above-par score of 171—a sub-par England …
Read More »T20WC24: Shamsi, Jansen demolish Afghanistan; South Africa coast into first final
Riding high after qualifying for their first ever World Cup semi-final, Afghanistan were yesterday brought very low—56 all out—by South Africa. At the Brian Lara Academy in Tarouba, Aiden Markram’s men reached their target for the loss of just one wicket to book a place in a World Cup final …
Read More »T20WC24: WI eliminated; valiant Chase and Alzarri fail to rein in Proteas, after batsmen misfire
West Indies are out of the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup. On a night interrupted by showers in Antigua, it was the self-titled Rainbow Nation that shone in the end as South Africa emerged with a three-wicket win—with five balls to spare. Allrounder Roston Chase starred with bat and ball …
Read More »T20WC24: WI live in Hope, as USA chastened in heavy loss by 9 wkts and 55 balls
Opener Shai Hope posted his best-ever T20I score of 82 not out at his hometown in Bridgetown last night, as the West Indies crushed the United States of America by nine wickets with 55 balls remaining—for their first Super Eight win of the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup. The Maroon …
Read More »T20WC24: West Indies call-up Mayers to replace injured King
The West Indies cricket team will have the services of 31-year-old batting allrounder Kyle Mayers for the remainder of the ICC 2024 T20 World Cup, after he was approved to join the squad by the ICC Event Technical Committee. Mayers replaces 29-year-old opening batsman Brandon King, who was ruled out …
Read More »T20WC24: Salt for West Indies, as England win by eight wkts—King hurt
West Indies opened their Super Eight campaign with a defeat last night, as they lost by eight wickets to England in the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup action at the Daren Sammy Stadium in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia. The result means that West Indies’ next outing against co-hosts, United States, …
Read More »T20WC24: Pooran blazes Afghanistan, Charles, McCoy shine; as WI tally eighth straight win
Dashing West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran produced the highest score of the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup so far as the hosts whipped Afghanistan by 104 runs to finish the group stage undefeated. Afghanistan still boast the highest run scorer of the current World Cup (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 167, average: 41.75) …
Read More »T20WC24: Hosein takes fifer, as West Indies rout Uganda by 134-runs
Spinner Akeal Hosein enjoyed a memorable night in Providence, Guyana as the West Indies eclipsed their old T20I record margin of victory with 134-run win over Uganda in ICC 2024 T20 World Cup action. Hosein took 5 for 11 as the Maroon Men bowled Uganda out for 39 runs from …
Read More »Levi, Raymond miss Bahamas clash; Eve hopes to build on 2nd half against Grenada
Trinidad and Tobago will be without star forward Levi Garcia and left back Andre Raymond when they tackle The Bahamas tomorrow in their second 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifying fixture. The game kicks off at 5.30pm at Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, despite being listed as a home match for …
Read More »NGC partners with SportsMax for Paris 2024 Olympic coverage
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be aired on TTT and SportsMax, with the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) acting as a “significant partner” in the broadcast. SportsMax forecast that its Olympic coverage, approximately 2,000 hours of content, will reach over three million Caribbean homes via …
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