Nurse, Jordan stun Sir Garry XI
Article by December 23, 2020
West Indies off-spinner Ashley Nurse smashed a half-century and also shone with the ball, while fast bowler Akeem Jordan produced an incisive four-wicket haul, as Sir Wes Hall XI upset the previously undefeated Sir Garry Sobers XI by 24 runs in the final of the Barbados Cricket Association Legends Cup on Wednesday.
The 32-year-old Nurse, who played for West Indies as recently as last year, crunched 55 from 35 deliveries to propel Sir Wes Hall XI up to 238 for nine at Kensington Oval.
Discarded West Indies batsman, Kyle Hope, chipped in with a patient 44 off 88 balls at the top of the order while all-rounder Shamar Springer struck a breezy unbeaten 43 off 54 deliveries.
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Ashley Nurse put in a solid all-round performance to earn the Man-Of-The Match award and lead the Sir Wes Hall XI to victory over the Sir Garry Sobers XI by 24 runs to secure the Barbados Cricket Legends Cup in a keenly contested final yesterday at Kensington Oval.
The Sir Wes Hall XI scored 238 for nine off 50 overs and then restricted the Sir Garry Sobers Xl to 214 all out from 46.3 overs.
Nurse lashed 55 in just 35 balls with four sixes and five fours to lift his side from 139 for eight in the 39th over and then picked up the key wicket of Shai Hope on his way to figures of three for 41.
Happy with Hope
Article by December 22, 2020
Barbados head coach Emmerson Trotman has hailed the form of West Indies top-order batsman, Shai Hope, but said he was not surprised the right-hander had bounced back strongly, following his axing for the Test tour of New Zealand earlier this month.
The 27-year-old Hope has been in excellent form during the Barbados Cricket Association’s Legends Cup, stroking two hundreds in the tournament which is in preparation for next February’s Regional Super50 in Antigua.
“I am happy but not surprised. Shai is a very good player. The best batsman in the Caribbean,” Trotman told
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Barbados heralded a new era in its storied sporting legacy last night with the advent of horse racing under the newly installed floodlights at the Garrison Savannah.
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley flicked the ceremonial switch to illuminate the Garrison for the Caribbean’s first occasion of night racing, in the presence of special honouree and racing magnate Sir David Seale, who was the driving force behind the idea of night racing.
Other luminaries in attendance were National Hero and cricketing legend The Right Excellent Sir Garfield Sobers, former West Indies fast bowler and former Government minister Sir Wes Hall, Minister of Sport Dwight Sutherland, Parliamentary representative for the area Kirk Humphrey and Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs Wilfred Abrahams.
Famous ‘tied Test’ celebrated by CWI, CA
Article by December 10, 2020
Cricket West Indies and Cricket Australia marked the 60th anniversary of the now famous “Tied Test” at the Gabba with an international video conference featuring Alan Davidson, Neil Harvey, Lance Gibbs and Peter Lashley, all of whom played a role in one of the most celebrated matches in history.
Ricky Skerritt, the CWI president, said matches between the two cricket nations had always been keenly contested and the mutual respect and rivalry was alive today in the pursuit for the Sir Frank Worrell Trophy.
Skerritt added that the West Indies looked forward to hosting the Aussies in 2021.