When Ramon Simmons bowled Shai Hope for 56, the Guyana Amazon Warriors had not yet overhauled the modest target set them by the Barbados Royals. They still needed two runs. From 35 balls. And they got them to seal an 8-wicket win and secure the second spot in Sunday evening’s …
Read More »CPL announces Guyana and Barbados as final hosts for 2025 and 2026
The next two finals of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will be hosted by Guyana and Barbados in 2025 and 2026 respectively. CPL CEO Pete Russell today announced their plans for the regional franchise T20 cricket competition, which is in its 12th season at present. “Guyana and Barbados …
Read More »RBCPL24: Tahir’s googlies turn back hands of time and give GAW hope of repeat
Siuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Tim Seifert turned Moeen Ali’s off-spinner off his toes in the direction of backward square-leg where Guyana Amazon Warriors captain Imran Tahir had stationed himself. It was over number ten of the second innings in Match 29 of the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and the Saint …
Read More »RBCPL24: Kings veteran, Johnson Charles, learns new tricks in 12th season
Saint Lucian blood runs in my best friend’s veins. And he graces almost all international and regional cricket at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy (BLCA) in Tarouba with his presence. Religiously. So he has just a little trouble keeping his JCs apart. Let’s call him Christian, shall we? He is …
Read More »RBCPL24: Powell’s Royals see light at end of the tunnel; after controversial TKR KO
For roughly two hours, cricket fanatics in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean shared memes and amused themselves as the ground staff and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) organisers hurriedly tried to address the outage of two lighting towers at National Stadium in Providence, Guyana on Tuesday night. At approximately …
Read More »RBCPL24: GAW humble Kings again; Sammy still confident of top-two finish
The wily Imran Tahir and reigning Republic Bank CPL champions Guyana Amazon Warriors jumped to the top of the 2024 standings with a game to spare, after getting a comfortable 35-run win against the Saint Lucia Kings at the National Stadium in Providence, Guyana on Saturday. It’s a fourth straight …
Read More »SSFL 24: Fatima dust off San Juan North to keep title defence on track
Defending champions Fatima College opened up a three-point gap atop the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division standings today thanks to a 4-1 win over San Juan North Secondary at Mucurapo Road. Fatima capitalised on another postponed fixture, as a torrential downpour left the St Anthony’s College ground unplayable …
Read More »RBCPL24: Pooran rides luck to give TKR record win at Tarouba over Patriots
Kieron Pollard’s side are the Knight Riders. But on Sunday night in Match 25 of the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League at the BCLA in Tarouba, Andre Fletcher’s Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots were the runaway horses. They started like a high-speed train and stopped a mere seven runs …
Read More »RBCPL24: Charles reigns as St Lucia Kings lord it over Royals again
Before Saint Lucia Kings’ second game in as many days versus Barbados Royals at the Guyana National Stadium in Providence earlier on Sunday, the highest total after three games on the turning surface was the 137 scored by home team Guyana Amazon Warriors on Friday night. Putting it kindly, the …
Read More »RBCPL24: Alzarri sizzles as St Lucia Kings romp home over Barbados Royals
Barbados Royals captain Rovman Powell won the toss in Match 22 of the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL). He figured that, his team having already qualified for the playoffs, he’d have a bat. He figured too that, on a turning track at the Guyana National Stadium in Providence, …
Read More »SSFL24: Fatima, “Naps” share the spoils; Arima and Malick shoot up standings
Defending champions Fatima College came back from behind to snatch a point against Naparima College today in an early clash of two Secondary School Football League (SSFL) Premier Division contenders at Mucurapo Road. “Naps”, the most successful team of the Premier era with four from a possible eight titles, travelled …
Read More »SSFL 24: SSFL pushes back Premier kickoffs, outside of live SportsMax games
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) executive has announced a change in the Premier Division kick off times, effective from Wednesday 18 September, with all but the live broadcasted games moved from 3.30pm to 4pm. The SSFL did not immediately proffer a reason for the change but Wired868 understands that …
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