Barbados Royals fielder Alick Athanaze ran in from long-off and realised that Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots batsman Ryan John’s lofted drive off Rahkeem Cornwall was flying over his head. Instead of turning back, the young Dominican athletically leapt high into the air and, arching his back à la Shaka …
Read More »RBCPL24: De Kock, rain put a damper on resurgent Falcons, as Barbados Royals triumph
It rained at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Wednesday, not sixes but H2O. It meant that, in Match 13 of the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL), the Barbados Royals did not need to match the 176 for 5 the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons posted off their 20 …
Read More »RBCPL24: TKR’s Shaq Parris and Pollard wrest win away from hapless Kings
Twenty-two-year-old Shaqkere Parris’ got a 20-ball half-century at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in St Lucia on Tuesday. But Kieron Pollard needed one ball less to power the Trinbago Knight Riders to 188 and a 4-wicket win over the hapless St Lucia Kings in Match 12 of the 2024 Republic …
Read More »RBCPL24: Motie, Tahir skittle St Lucia Kings as defending champions, GAW, go top
7, 20, 15, 1, 5, 0, 45, 4, 1, 1. In a tournament where batsmen have so far dominated, those were the paltry partnerships the Saint Lucia Kings managed against Guyana Amazon Warriors at the Daren Sammy National Stadium in Gros Islet on Saturday. Their round 100 total never challenged …
Read More »RBCPL24: Barbados Royals edge struggling STKN Patriots in first and last-over thriller
Chasing 154 to condemn the Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots to their fourth defeat in five games, the Barbados Royals lost their first wicket without a run on the board. And contriving to avoid the disastrous start of the Patriots, whose first three wickets fell before the end of the …
Read More »RBCPL24: Hetmyer and Guyana Warriors break records against slumping STKN Patriots
Shimron Hetmyer did not hit a single four in the Guyana Amazon Warriors’ 40-run defeat of the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at Warner Park in Basseterre on Wednesday. But the talented left-hander made up for it by smashing 11 sixes on his way to 91, the top score in …
Read More »RBCPL24: Ahmad puts pointless Antigua Falcons in a spin, as St Lucia Kings win again
Not even the brilliance of their passionate coach Curtly Ambrose could spare the struggling Antigua and Barbuda Falcons the ignominy of a fourth successive defeat on Tuesday. Led by Noor Ahmad, the St Lucia Kings’ trio of spinners set them up for a seven-wicket loss at the Sir Vivian Richards …
Read More »RBCPL2024: Pooran, Carty power TKR to 44-run win over St Kitts Patriots
Led by the in-form Nicholas Pooran, the Trinbago Knight Riders easily moved past St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the third match of the Republic Bank CPL 2024 at Warner Park in Basseterre, Saint Kitts on Saturday. Man-of-the-Match Pooran fell only three short of what would have been a well-deserved …
Read More »RBCPL24: Falcons grounded again as Pretorius seals last-ball win for Amazon Warriors
With 16 needed off the last over on Friday, Dwaine Pretorius powered three fours off Mohammad Amir’s first five balls and a six off the last. The maximum took the Guyana Amazon Warriors total to 171, three more than the 168 for 6 the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons had managed …
Read More »RBCPL24: Teenaged Jewel shines but Mayers sneaks Patriots past Falcons in last-ball thriller
In the opening 2024 Republic Bank CPL match that seesawed wildly from over to over, Antigua and Barbuda Falcons’ teenager Jewel Andrew and medium-pacer Shamar Springer stole the show. But it was Andre Fletcher’s St Kitts and Nevis Patriots who stole a single off the last ball to win by …
Read More »RBCPL24: Will Amazon Warriors do double? Wired868 previews T20 tourney
For years, the Guyana Amazon Warriors were the bridesmaids of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League, the 12th edition of which bowls off in Antigua today. But after whipping four-time champions Trinbago Knight Riders in an anti-climactic final at home in 2023, Imran Tahir’s side seem poised to repeat in …
Read More »Trapped between ICC and deep blue sea; Lloyd lives to see Rudder’s harder tomorrows
“…a divided world that don’t need islands no more…” Can it be that Sir Clive Lloyd does not know fellow OCC awardee David Rudder’s pithy line from his 1988 Rally? Or is it that he simply wishes to ignore it? Or is the problem that Rudder’s 1996 Legacy prediction has …
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