MICHAEL Holding, without fear of contradiction, is one of the greatest fast bowlers who has ever played Test cricket. A Jamaican by birth, he rose from being a schoolboy cricketer at Kingston College, to play for Melbourne Cricket Club and Jamaica, before he became a force to be reckoned with on the world stage.

Kingston CC's Chadwick Walton (left) and Jowayne Robinson (2nd left) celebrate the latter's success in dismissing Kensington CC batsman Brian Clarke (right) for eight runs during their Senior Cup cricket match at Sabina Park yesterday. Kingston took first innings points in the drawn contest. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Granville Jaguars shook off a spirited come back from promoted Sav Hawks to win their third straight game and end Hawks' two-game win streak in the Flow National basketball League-West at the Montego Bay Cricket Club on Saturday.

Three close finishes and three crushing victories for Elite Division teams over Division 1 opposition highlighted the opening round of matches in the new-look Sagicor General Super Cup cricket competition yesterday.

WITH all this talk of a new work ethic from coach Ottis Gibson and the hierarchy of the regional board, the current state of West Indies cricket indeed remains shocking.

ALL-ROUNDER Garth Garvey smashed an explosive 95 to put Kingston CC on the brink of first-innings points against Zone D rivals Kensington on the opening day of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) two-day Senior Cup match at Sabina Park.

ZONE D rivals Kingston CC and Kensington are set for a keen tussle, starting 10:00 am today at Sabina Park in the feature match of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) two-day Senior Cup competition.

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Promoted Sav Hawks and pre-season favourites Granville Jaguars will put their two-game win streak on the line today when they meet in the second game of a Flow National Basketball League-West double-header at the Montego Bay Cricket Club this afternoon.

Saturday, May 19, 2012 

LONDON – Coach Ottis Gibson has praised  the West Indies batting effort but conceded the Caribbean side lost too many wickets on the opening day of the first cricket Test against England here yesterday.

IT HAS taken Sir Hilary Beckles 14 years to remember the contribution the great West Indian thinker, Michael Manley, made to his book The Development Of West Indies Cricket published in 1988.

Former England opener Geoffery Boycott is against moving Shivnarine Chanderpaul up the batting order of the West Indies cricket team.

THE Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) in partnership with Digicel launched a new Youth Development Programme in Jamaica known as the 'WICB/Digicel Grassroots Programme'.

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Promoted Sav Hawks will this afternoon seek to join Granville Jaguars as back-to-back winners when they take on Railways Lane Tigers in their first round of the Flow National Basketball League-West at the Montego Bay Cricket Club, starting at 6:30 pm.

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Five Indian Premier League (IPL) players were suspended from cricket yesterday as fresh fixing allegations hit the game and threatened to further tarnish a competition already dogged by controversy.

ONE OF TEST CRICKET’S OLDEST PRIZES will be up for grabs once more from tomorrow, when England and West Indies meet at Lord’s to contest the Wisden Trophy, now in its 49th year.

LONDON, England -- One of Test cricket’s oldest prizes will be up for grabs once more on Thursday, when England and West Indies meet at Lord’s to contest the Wisden Trophy, now in its 49th year. Only the Ashes and the Frank Worrell Trophy have been...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua -- The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is preparing to launch a Player Lifestyle Development (PLD) programme, which will be geared towards developing well rounded cricketers at all levels. “The PLD programme is an exciting...

Tuesday, May 15, 2012Ryan Griffith scored an unbeaten half century to lead Law Breakers to a three-wicket victory over La Familia De Cricket in the Tyro Sports Club windball cricket league on May 6 at the Bourg Mulatre

Tuesday, May 15, 2012Ryan Griffith scored an unbeaten half century to lead Law Breakers to a three wicket victory over La Familia De Cricket in the Tyro Sports Club windball cricket league on May 6 at the Bourg Mulatre