Kingstown, St Vincent – West Indies Captain, Darren Sammy hopes a winning history Captain Darren Sammy and Shane Watson with the Digicel ODI trophy at Arnos Vale Cricket Ground can help the team get off to a winning start against Australia when the first of five-match in the Digicel One-Day International Series is played today. First ball is 09:30hrs (8.30 am Jamaican Time). West Indies have won 17 of 20 ODIs at the picturesque venue, which is nestled on St. Vincent’s southwest coast between the tiny ET Joshua airport and the Caribbean Sea. “So far, St. Vincent has been a very good ground for us. As a West Indies team, we always get results in our favour here,” Sammy said. “For me personally, it’s a happy hunting ground. The last three games here, we won all three.” But West Indies has gloomier, more recent history to overcome. The Caribbean men have not won an ODI against Australia since October 2006, losing 13 of 14 with one no-result. The two teams had their final preparations yesterday at the match venue and the stage is set for an action-packed series-opener. “We’re playing Australia but we’re not going to play names, we’re just…
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Prince Henry of Wales (always known as Prince Harry) is one of the few persons in the world, who can boast that he has “beaten” Jamaica’s World and Olympian Champion Usain Bolt, in a race. The Prince, decked in national colours, including Puma brand sneakers in the black, green and gold, beat Bolt in a friendly 20-metre race Tuesday March 6, at the Usain Bolt Track at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus. [ See More Photos of Prince Henry vs Usain Bolt ] There was a false start on the first try, and Bolt, in his usual jovial fashion, offered the Prince tips on how to improve his running technique. On the second attempt, Bolt eased up and allowed the Prince to win. Just before the race Prince Harry, engaged in friendly conversation with Bolt; his coach Glen Mills; 100-metre World Champion, Yohan Blake; and MVP President, Bruce James. Former Olympian and first vice president of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), Grace Jackson, who moderated the informal session, presented a number of former Olympians to the Prince, including Bert Cameron, Kathy Rattray Williams and Vilma Charlton. Prince Harry said he was happy to be in…
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI [Posted 8:53 a.m.] – Nevisian, Leeward Islands and West Indies cricketer Runako Morton died in a road accident in Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday March 4, 2012, Police have confirmed. Morton, 33, crashed into a utility pole on the Solomon Hochoy Highway in Chase Village in central Trinidad. He was on his way home from a cricket match, and was the sole occupant of the vehicle. The accident occurred at around 11p.m. local time. Morton was one of the few players from the tiny island of Nevis to play Tests for West Indies. He represented Leeward Islands from his debut in 1996-97 till 2009-10, when he shifted base to Trinidad and Tobago. He scored 4104 first-class runs for Leewards at 44.60 with 11 centuries and 25 fifties. He played five first-class matches for Trinidad, scoring 189 runs. He played 15 Tests and 56 ODIs for West Indies, with his last appearance for his country coming against Australia in a Twenty20 international in 2010. He underachieved as a Test batsman, scoring 573 runs at an average of 22.03 with four half-centuries. He had a better record as a one-day player, scoring 1519 runs at an average of…
Jailed dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel is worried that he will not get a fair trial for the range of offences including murder with which he has been charged. Kartel, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, said this is because of how the police have been treating the matters relating to him. In a letter to his friend, university professor Dr. Carolyn Cooper, Kartel said he is being painted as an evil DJ by day, don by night and a murderer, who is society’s number one cause for crime and violence. He also said the police have been using the media to slaughter him and to form a public opinion of him contradicts his real image. In the letter published in Professor Cooper’s Sunday Gleaner column, Kartel said the cops have tried his case in the public and found him guilty. He complained that every single piece of alleged evidence and every new development in his case is broadcast on TV, as though the matter is a soap opera. According to Kartel, he has been in court numerous times and he does not see where the cases of people accused of heinous crimes have been treated in the public sphere.