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Bermuda Cricket Board (BCB) have launched an investigation probe into senior national cricketers who have seemingly ignored a directive prohibiting them from playing football in the final lead-up to next month’s ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers in Duba...
DATE: Oct 28, 2013
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Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Cricket legend Brian Lara has expressed dismay over Bermuda’s showing at this year’s Pepsi ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Division Three tournament held locally.
Bermuda placed fourth among the six participating countries to retain their Division Thr...
DATE: Oct 25, 2013
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Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
A directive advising senior national cricketers to abstain from playing football in the final lead up to next month’s global World Twenty20 qualifiers in Dubai has seemingly fallen on deaf ears.
Cleveland County all-rounder Allan Douglas Jr played in...
DATE: Oct 24, 2013
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Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
This year’s Cup Match promises to be a very special one for St George’s stalwart Lionel Cann.
The veteran player is just one run shy of becoming the fourth St George’s batsman and fifth overall to score 1,000 runs in the annual two-day classic.
Cann ...
DATE: Jul 30, 2013
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Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
A dream of officiating in Cup Match has become reality for respected umpire Oscar Andrade.
The former Nationals and Forties leg spinner was chosen along with Bermuda Cricket Umpires Association (BCUA) colleagues Richard Austin and Kent Gibbons to off...
DATE: Jul 30, 2013
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Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Somerset coach Jeff Richardson has dismissed concerns over the fitness of Cup Match star Janeiro Tucker.
Doubts concerning Tucker’s health surfaced after the player left the field early in the second innings of Somerset’s final trial match at the wee...
DATE: Jul 29, 2013
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Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Champions Somerset have pinned their hopes for a successful title defence on the same nucleus of players that landed them Cup Match glory nearly a year ago.
As many had predicted, the cup holders retained the entire squad that thrashed St George’s by...
DATE: Jul 29, 2013
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Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Somerset coach Jeff Richardson reckons St George’s’ new-look team is weaker than the previous one at least on paper.
“On paper it is a weaker team from last year’s,” he told The Royal Gazette.
“Whenever six changes are made to a team it can’t be as ...
DATE: Jul 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Former captain Joe Bailey shared the spotlight during Somerset’s final Cup Match trial at Somerset Cricket Club on Saturday.
Bailey, who led Somerset twice in the annual two-day classic in the 1970s and early 80s, was honoured during a special ceremo...
DATE: Jul 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Dwayne (Sluggo) Leverock is relishing his new role as a Somerset Cup Match selector.
The wily left-arm spinner jumped at the chance to serve on the Cup Match champions’ selection committee when he was offered the role earlier this year and hasn’t loo...
DATE: Jul 27, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson