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With Christmas just around the corner, let me start by saying a warm Merry Christmas to all of Bermuda, especially, those of you who continue to read my column week in and week out. As the year is coming to a close, I want to share with you my five m...
DATE: Dec 20, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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Clay Smith
Cricket is in such an appalling state that there are people calling for the Bermuda team to be dismantled, while others look on from across the waters with great concern.
Recently, former Bermuda Under-19 manager Gerald Bean and SportsMax, the Carib...
DATE: Dec 13, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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Clay Smith
Can Bermuda ever really be competitive at the highest level in cricket again? So many other countries are infested with overseas players who have become eligible, it isn’t funny.
This recent World Twenty20 qualifying tournament, which was held in th...
DATE: Dec 06, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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Clay Smith
The Bermuda cricket team’s attempt to qualify for World Twenty20 is over. What looked so promising at the start of the competition in Dubai turned into a nightmare as we simply didn’t have what it takes to compete at the higher level.
Bermuda’s perfo...
DATE: Nov 29, 2013
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By Clay Smith
After a great start to the World Twenty20 Qualifiers, Bermuda are in a spot of bother as they sit in seventh place out of eight teams with only two games remaining.
Bermuda must finish in the top five to make the play-offs and have a r...
DATE: Nov 22, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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Clay Smith
The Bermuda national cricket team kick off their World Cup Twenty/20 qualifying campaign today after two good, hard practice games.
Against Italy and Canada we were able to get some quality competitive games under our belts. Now it’s tournament time...
DATE: Nov 15, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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Clay Smith
Bermuda national cricket team fly to Dubai tonight for the Twenty20 World Cup Qualifiers with hope of claiming one of the six available places that are up for grabs.
This past weekend seven of the Bermuda England-based cricketers met at Horsham Cric...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
It baffles me to even think that we could be at a dilemma because we still have cricketers playing football three weeks prior to Twenty20 World Cup qualifiers.
However, who is at fault, the cricketers or the Cricket Board, or could they both be at fa...
DATE: Nov 01, 2013
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Clay Smith
By Clay Smith
This past week saw the Bermuda national cricket team travel to Florida for a weekend training camp where they played the USA national cricket team in a three-game practice series. Bermuda were beaten in all three games, causing great co...
DATE: Oct 25, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
This past week Bermuda Cricket Board announced their Twenty20 squad which will be heading off to Dubai for World Cup Qualifiers in mid-November. There will be two groups of eight bidding for six World Cup qualifying places.
In order to get to the pl...
DATE: Oct 18, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
