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Published:Sunday | April 5, 2020 | 12:33 AMLennox Aldred - Sunday Gleaner Writer

One of Jamaica’s finest ever golfers, Seymour Rose, has died. Rose, who won the Jamaica Open three times, passed away peacefully at his home in Cardiff Hall, Runaway Bay, St Ann, on Thursday after ailing for some years. He was 80 years old. The...

Published:Sunday | March 29, 2020 | 12:35 AMLennox Aldred - Sunday Gleaner Writer

As the sporting world continues to be idle due to the coronavirus pandemic, athletes, in particular cricketers, are being urged to maintain their fitness levels if competition resumes sooner than expected. Physical trainer for the Jamaica...

Published:Sunday | March 15, 2020 | 12:38 AMLennox Aldred - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Middle-order batsman Jermaine Blackwood hit the seventh highest individual score by a regional batsman, as his double century saw the Jamaica Scorpions zoning in on a win against the Leeward Islands Hurricanes, following day three action in Antigua...

Published:Sunday | March 8, 2020 | 12:44 AMLennox Aldred - Sunday Gleaner Writer

A despicable display of batting from the Jamaica Scorpions and resolute disciplined bowling from the Windward Islands Volcanoes has left the seventh-round clash between the sides wide open, following day three action in their West Indies...

Published:Sunday | February 16, 2020 | 12:00 AMLennox Aldred - Sunday Gleaner Writer

It was a day when the Jamaica Scorpions put together their biggest first-innings total of the season, as the home side put a stranglehold on the visiting Leeward Islands Hurricanes after day three of their West Indies Championship match at the...

Published:Sunday | February 9, 2020 | 12:00 AMLennox Aldred - Sunday Gleaner Writer

A career-best seven-wicket haul from rookie off-spinner Pete Salmon has put the Jamaica Scorpions in a good position to pull off an unlikely win against the Guyana Jaguars heading into the final day of their Regional Four Day clash at Providence....

Published:Sunday | February 2, 2020 | 12:38 AMLennox Aldred - Sunday Gleaner Writer

It was one of the most pathetic displays of football by any Jamaican age-group team as the Reggae Girlz put in a hapless display in Texas to go down by 9-0 to a professional and clinical Canada team in their CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifier. The...

Published:Sunday | January 26, 2020 | 12:38 AMLennox Aldred - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Scorpions head coach Andre Coley says his team’s lack of patience and discipline at the crease cost them the game as they went down by 119 runs to Barbados Pride on day three of their third-round West Indies Championship match at Sabina...

Published:Sunday | January 12, 2020 | 12:26 AMLennox Aldred - Sunday Gleaner Writer

The Jamaica Scorpions face a daunting task if they are to get a positive result from their match against the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, following day three action in their first round West Indies Regional Four Day Championship at the Brian Lara...

Published:Sunday | January 5, 2020 | 12:00 AMLennox Aldred - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Cricket West Indies (CWI) President Ricky Skerritt has hit back at his critics for what he says is a misinterpretation of his comments concerning the hiring of overseas coaches after recent appointments to the West Indies coaching set-up. Pundits...

Published:Sunday | December 22, 2019 | 12:00 AMLennox Aldred - Sunday Gleaner Writer

She is the crown jewel of West Indies women’s cricket. Jamaica’s Stafanie Taylor has been there and done that, and the accolades just keep flowing for the effervescent 28-year-old from St Catherine. Just this week, the right-handed batting all-...

Published:Sunday | December 1, 2019 | 7:02 AMLennox Aldred - Sunday Gleaner Writer

As the 2019 regional cricket season comes to a close with just the Super50 Cup to be decided, there is trouble brewing among the franchise players, who are calling out Cricket West Indies (CWI) for the late payment of retainer salaries, a problem,...

Published:Sunday | November 10, 2019 | 12:42 AMLennox Aldred - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Scorpions’ interim assistant coach, Nikita Miller, says the team cannot afford to slip up when they face the Leeward Island Hurricanes today in their group ‘A’ encounter at the Conaree Sports Club in Basseterre, St Kitts. The Scorpions...

Published:Sunday | November 3, 2019 | 12:40 AMLennox Aldred - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Former Jamaica and West Indies batsman Maurice Foster chuckled when asked yesterday to talk about his long-time friend and teammate Renford ‘Pinnie’ Pinnock, who passed away on Thursday ago after a long illness. The former Jamaica wicket-keeper...

Published:Sunday | October 13, 2019 | 6:00 AMLennox Aldred - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Jamaican Andrew Richardson has been appointed head coach of the Windward Islands Volcanoes franchise for the upcoming regional first-class season. The 38-year-old succeeds another Jamaican, Andre Coley, who is now the head coach of the Jamaica...

Published:Sunday | September 1, 2019 | 12:00 AMLennox Aldred - Sunday Gleaner Writer

A magnificent spell of fast swing bowling from Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah has left India in total command after Day 2 of the second Test against the West Indies at Sabina Park. The home side, replying to India’s first-innings score of 416, were 87...

Published:Sunday | August 25, 2019 | 12:37 AMLennox Aldred - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Former Jamaica and Windies opening batsman Brenton Parchment can be described as the quintessential nomadic cricketer who has been travelling and playing the game in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and now Holland. The 37-year-old St...

Published:Sunday | July 28, 2019 | 12:31 AMLennox Aldred - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Like it was a year ago, Jamaica had to settle for the second position following the final day at the 32nd Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championship at the Albany Golf Course in Nassau, Bahamas. The Jamaicans entered the final day tied with Puerto...

Published:Sunday | July 7, 2019 | 12:00 AMLennox Aldred - Sunday Gleaner Writer

President of Cricket West Indies (CWI) Ricky Skerritt says he did not expect the West Indies team to win the World Cup despite the hype and expectations surrounding the team prior to the cricket showpiece. The Kittitian added that he believed that...

Published:Sunday | May 26, 2019 | 12:00 AMLennox Aldred - Sunday Gleaner Writer

It has been just over three months since Dave Cameron and Emmanuel Nanthan demitted the office of president and vice-president, respectively, of Cricket West Indies Inc, having lost the election to Ricky Skerritt and Dr Kishore Shallow back in...

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