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Five overs to go, six wickets intact and 66 runs still needed for victory. Saint Lucia Kings (SLK) are chasing their first-ever Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title. Before a partisan crowd at the National Stadium in Providence, Guyana on Sunday evening, the right-handed pair of Roston Chase and …

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 …

At 124 without loss in the 12th over of Qualifier 1 in the Republic Bank 2024 Caribbean Premier League (CPL), Faf du Plessis’ Saint Lucia Kings were sitting pretty. Du Plessis and Johnson Charles, SLK’s unchanged opening pair, had powered their way to a score that put them in position …

Hit and hope is an approach to batting sometimes employed by T20 batsmen and even teams, not always successfully. In Match 27 of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) at Providence on Wednesday evening, the Guyana Amazon Warriors relied on Hettie and Hope (Shimron Hetmyer and Shai Hope). And …

On a Providence pitch that made batting no easy task, defending champions Guyana Amazon Warriors struggled and struggled and then struggled some more. And then, in Match 23 of the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) which they won by 27 runs on Saturday evening, came Moeen Ali. Actually, …

Shamar Joseph and Shimron Hetmyer dominated the proceedings at Providence in Guyana on Friday when the Guyana Amazon Warriors beat the already eliminated Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots by 30 runs. But Ryan John was in the spotlight. Not in a good way. In the 20th and final over of …

They came in their numbers on Wednesday to see the four-time champions, Trinbago Knight Riders, against the defending champions, Guyana Amazon Warriors. And to see Dwayne Bravo, the retiring ‘Champion’, do his thing one last time at the Queen’s Park Oval. What they saw, on a far-from-dry field that caused …

After being sent in to have first strike by reigning Republic Bank CPL champions Guyana Amazon Warriors at the Kensington Oval, Barbados on Saturday night, hosts Barbados Royals found themselves on 162 for four by the end of the 18th over. With a staggering six sixes and 43 runs coming …

An exhilarating series got a storybook ending tonight as West Indies beat England by 17 runs at the Kensington Oval in Barbados to clinch the Betway T20 International Series 3-2. And it was hometown hero, Jason Holder, the man whose initial sidelining from the 2021 T20 World Cup prompted Barbados …

Mooen Ali came to the party today, bringing his fastest half-century in T20Is and a couple of wickets to get England to 193 for 6 and restrict West Indies to 159 for 5. His 63 off 28 balls and 2/28 Man-of-the-Match performance helped his team beat Kieron Pollard’s West Indies …

Rovman Powell was the only change in the West Indies XI today. But he made quite the impact at Kensington Oval with a sensational knock of 107 from 53 balls as West Indies beat England by 20 runs to take a 2-1 lead in the Betway T20 International (T20I) Series. …

England bounced back from their opening T20 International loss to level the Betway Series 1-1 tonight at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. But it was not nearly as comfortable as it could have been. In the final over of the contest, West Indies plundered 28 runs with number 10 batsman …