Marlon facing misconduct charge
Embattled West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels faces disciplinary action after being charged by the West Indies Cricket Board for misconduct relating to last year's bookie scandal.
In Your Neighbourhood
The Business House Cricket Board, in association with main sponsors Digicel, will host its annual awards ceremony on March 15 at the Knutsford Hotel, starting at 7:30 p.m.
South Africa 405 for 0
South Africa's Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie moved within eight runs of the world record opening stand in Test cricket, by putting on an unbeaten 405 runs on the first day of the second Test against Bangladesh yesterday.
Jamalco brace for difficult season
Defending champions Jamalco will face stiff opposition today according to coach Winston Nevers, when they meet Tivoli B in the 2008 Berger Paints Limited/ Jamaica Netball Association (JNA) Super League competition at the Leila Robinson Courts.
St Georges retain KO title
A 51st minute goal from prolific striker and captain, Damion 'Boy Boy' Harwood, gave St Georges a 1-0 victory over Manchioneal in Thursday's final, enabling the Buff Bay premier league team to gain its fourth straight hold on the Portland Cooperative Credit Union KO Trophy.
Sports briefs
Home run king Barry Bonds has little chance of having his perjury case dropped. Lawyers for the baseball slugger were scheduled to ask US District Court Judge Susan Illston yesterday to dismiss an indictment charging him with perjury and obstruction of justice.
I have no comment - Samuels
JAMAICA and West Indies middle-order batsman Marlon Samuels has declined commenting on the charges of misconduct he's facing for speaking to an Indian bookmaker.
Pacers restrict T&T to modest total
Daren Ganga and Denesh Ramdin stroked half-centuries for Trinidad & Tobago, but Jamaica's fast bowlers kept their side in the contest, on the opening day of their fourth round Carib Beer Series match yesterday.
'King' set to rule
Unlike last Saturday when three trophy races were run, today's 10-race programme at Caymanas Park offers only one - the annual renewal of the Tewfic Ziadie Memorial Cup over the circular nine course for $380,000-$330,000 claimers. Only seven have been declared but despite the small field, it should prove an interesting contest.
Tight race for Carifta
All eyes will be on the boys' Under-20 sprints at this weekend's Carifta Games Trials, which start today and end tomorrow at the Stadium East complex. The weekend's event will also be used by coaches as a dress rehearsal for Boys' and Girls' Champs, which is less than two weeks away.
Magnificent Smith lashes ton
West Indies opener Devon Smith compiled a magnificent unbeaten century to guide the Windward Islands to a comfortable position on the opening day of their fourth-round Carib Beer Series match against the Combined Campuses and Colleges yesterday.
Woodhall, Monymusk hunt title
The mid-season final of the Captain's Bakery-sponsored Clarendon Major League between Monymusk and Woodhall takes centrestage at Brancourt today, starting at 3:00 p.m. This game promises to be tight as both teams had earlier played to a 0-0 result.
Caribbean rises to 20/20 challenge
THE SECOND Stanford 20/20 tournament, known for its slogan, 'When Night Falls, Cricket Rises', opened on January 26 and closed on Sunday in Coolidge, Antigua, in a blaze of colour and a thunderous boom of fireworks which lit up the skyline.
Final word - Good captains lead from the front
SOME TACTICS work in cricket and some don't; that's just the way it goes. However, sometimes there are moves which defy any sort of logic and backfire horrendously.
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