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Brian Lara home robbed
The Lady Chancellor mansion of former West Indies star Brian Lara has been robbed. A safe with close to TT$1 million was reported missing as well as more than 40 VVIP tickets for the upcoming B3 Beyonce I AM concert. The vault also contained personal items belonging to Lara. Police said the theft was discovered during the early hours on February 3rd, 2010. Police have held eight individuals in connection with the robbery.
Gayle to quit as Windies captain - prefers Twenty20 over Test cricket
Chris Gayle, current West Indies Cricket Team captain, has come out in an interview with British newspaper The Guardian stating that we wants out of the captaincy and may give up Test cricket all together in favour of the widely popular Twenty20 version of the game.
Brian Lara house robbed in Trinidad
Former West Indies and cricketing great Brian Lara's house was broken into and TT$8,500 was stolen. According to police the thief was known to Lara and was an "inside job". Lara chose not to press charges against the accused, who has not been identified.
West Indies record breaking defeat - blazed by England
With Shivanarine Chanderpaul and captain Ramnaresh Sarwan out, though not an excuse, the West Indies nose dived to their worst defeat ever in Test cricket history. England completely devastated the West Indies comfortably winning by an innings and 283 runs.
Same West Indies different captain
The West Indies, led for the first time by 26 year old batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan, includes most of the senior players who were part of the West Indies disappointing showing in the World Cup at home, despite their poor performances.
Australia complete World Cup hat trick
Australia won an unprecedented third straight World Cup yesterday with a 53-run win over Sri Lanka in a rain-affected final. Sri Lanka faltered to 215 for eight in fading light in the final at Kensington Oval.
Australia to meet Sri Lanka after whipping South Africa
Australia trounced South Africa by seven wickets yesterday to move smoothly into the final of the World Cup, chasing down a paltry target of 150 with 18.3 overs to spare. Australia bowlers blew away South Africa, reducing it to 27-5 before the Proteas rallied to reach 149 all out, Justin Kemp top scoring with 49 not out.
Sri Lanka on to the World Cup 2007 Final
A classic innings of 115 not out (109 balls, 10 fours, three sixes) from Mahela Jayawardene and another telling Muttiah Muralitharan display (8-0-31-4) put New Zealand out of the ICC World Cup.
Brian Lara in emotional goodbye to cricket
Brian Lara could not be stopped. Even in defeat. His last match international cricket had just ended in a narrow loss to England here at a packed Kensington Oval. His last innings was only a meager 18, and run out too. But neither of those disappointments could stop Lara saying a fond farewell to West Indies and world cricket yesterday.
Rumours Lara was forced to retirement
That is the question still being asked today as Lara prepares to bid West Indies and world cricket goodbye at Kensington Oval in the final Super Eights match of this ICC Cricket World Cup. For his part, West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Ken Gordon says he wanted Lara to stay on for one more tour.
Brian Lara announces retirement after England game
Beleaguered and embattled West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara delivered a shock knock to his fans and detractors alike, announcing yesterday that he intends to leave the field at the end of the World Cup game against England tomorrow.
West Indies out of World Cup after another resounding defeat
West Indies skipper Brian Lara apologised to the Caribbean people yesterday for his team’s dismal performance in the current Cricket World Cup. His comments came after the West Indies suffered their fourth successive defeat in the Super-8s yesterday, effectively ending their chances of qualifying for the semi-finals.
West Indies in desperation game against South Africa
It is such a scene of desperation that forms the backdrop for the first international match at the new Grenada National Stadium. The impressive facility, built with Chinese money, is a superior, scenic successor to the edifice which Hurricane Ivan blew down almost two years ago.
LOC accuses ICC of World Cup blackmail
Sign on, or lose the opportunity to host Cricket World Cup 2007. That, basically, was the choice confronting governments of eight host countries for the current historic event, according to officials of at least three Local Organising Committees (LOCs). The details, against which some countries unsuccessfully fought before all surrendered, are located in a controversial Host Venue Agreement (HVA).
Cricket Worst Cup 2007
Here is an interview from Trinidad courtesy of interviewer BC Pires with Bryan Davis, former Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies batsman and current cricket administrator at the Queen's Park Cricket Club, on what has been, so far, a disappointing Cricket World Cup.
Bajan fans - Sack West Indies captain Lara
Irate West Indies fans called for captain Brian Lara to be sacked following the third consecutive defeat in the Super Eights of the World Cup on Sunday. After Sri Lanka trounced the home team by 113 runs in Guyana, many fans drowned their sorrows with a traditional glass of rum in the Barbados capital Bridgetown, which will hold the final of the seven-week tournament on April 28.
West Indies with backs to the wall
Describing himself as an eternal optimist West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara said yesterday that his team was in a crisis situation and challenged his players to get out of what he described as a deep hole. Lara was speaking a day after the hosts lost their third consecutive match in the Super Eights, going down to Sri Lanka by 113 runs.
West Indies throwing it all away
Patience is a virtue, even when you are pressed for time. One of the distinctive characteristics of the West Indies batting efforts so far in the Super Eights phase of this World Cup has been the almost indecent haste to push the score along, regardless of the quality of the bowling. It has already proven to be a costly adventure.
West Indies roughed up by Australia - need to get on track
The West Indies, yet again, came face-to-face with unavoidable reality in their first Super Eight match at the Sir Vivian Richards over the past two days. It is that their only chance of completing their cherished goal of becoming the first team to win the World Cup at home is to play with the intensity, ruthlessness and, above all, the cricketing common sense that typified Australia's comfortable victory.
Pakistani team managaer, Inzy questioned by police
Three members of the Pakistani cricket World Cup squad were briefly questioned by Jamaican police investigating the murder of coach Bob Woolmer, then permitted to leave the island with the rest of the team.
Sri Lanka buries Indian hopes of progress in World Cup
The Bangladeshis nailed the coffin, while the the Sri Lankans buried the Indians yesterday. The main hammer man, Muttiah Muralitharan, took three wickets and two catches to help dismiss India cheaply, all out for 185 chasing the Sri Lankans' 254.
Jamaica Police confirm Woolmer strangled to death
Pakistani cricket coach Bob Woolmer was strangled in his hotel room after the team’s shocking World Cup loss to Ireland, police said Thursday. Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas said in a statement that the pathologist report found Bob Woolmer’s death was due to “asphyxia as a result of manual strangulation.’’
West Indies defeats Zimbabwe to move on to Super 8
West Indies became the second team to qualify for the Super Eights stage of Cricket World Cup 2007 after completing a hard-fought six-wicket victory over Zimbabwe at Sabina Park yesterday. After restricting Zimbabwe to 202 for five in 50 overs, the hosts reached their target for the loss of four wickets with 2.1 overs to spare.
Bob Woolmer found unconscious - pronounced dead at hospital
Less than a day after his team's elimination from the ICC Cricket World Cup following a shocking loss to Ireland, Pakistan's coach Bob Woolmer was pronounced dead at hospital after being found unconscious in his hotel room in Kingston by hotel attendants. Woolmer, one of the world's leading cricket coaches and an England batsman of the 1970s, was 58. He is survived by wife Gill, and two sons.
West Indies whip Pakistan in World Cup opener
In each of the first two World Cups, the West Indies beat Pakistan. Each time they went on to lift the trophy. As the ninth edition of cricket's showpiece opened yesterday, the Windies bested Pakistan again. This time the margin of victory was 54 runs. The venue this time was the cauldron of emotion that was Sabina Park.
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