Sports

President of the Anguilla Cricket Association, Benjamin Hughes, along with Anguilla’s Director of Sports, Alkins Rgers, left the island on Sunday as part of a delegation heading for South Africa to observe the operations of the Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2003 and to meet with key organisers.

A newly-formed and highly-motivated domino team comprising students and workers from Little Dicks is taking the sport in the area by storm. Spokesman for the under 21 team, Lynval Richardson, says that although his group is new, it is undefeated in the tournament matches.

The dawn of Saturday February 9 found members of the Sports and Social Club of the National Bank of Anguilla at the Valley Primary School where they undertook one of their community projects.

As this article goes to press, the 2003 ICC World Cup of Cricket is just barely four days old, yet it has already presented a world-full of cricket lovers with sights and sounds of wondrous African splendour, cricket ascending to the heights of “level 10” on the scale of excitement, one major super-star’s devastating drugs scandal, a seemingly never-to-be resolved venue dispute, charges of on-field racial slurs during one highly acrimonious match, a bold politically motivated stance by two players in the Zimbabwe team and one fledgling Test-playing nation’s demise as it is gobble up by a shoal of unlikely upstarts minnows.

All Island Cable Television will cover the live broadcast of the Cricket World Cup matches.

The Leeward Islands and Jamaica eventually played to a tame draw in the late afternoon of the final day of their first round encounter in the Carib Beer 2003 Cricket Series at the Ronald Webster Park in a sunny Anguilla, but not before Jamaica had assured themselves of gaining the all- important first inning points with a well applied and hard fought effort which saw them to a lead of 87 runs.

It was with an air of quiet confidence that the West Indies World Cup Squad departed for South Africa on Tuesday evening. Manager Ricky Skerritt was pleased with the manner in which the players had applied themselves to their preparation and at their level of commitment to the job in hand.

In the CCB Cricket League matches played last weekend, Saturday’s game ended with the All Stars victorious over VP United, whilst on Sunday The Farrington was able to overcome the boys from the ALHCS.

It has been announced in an Australian Cricket Board Media Release that leg-spinner Shane Warne will retire from international one-day cricket after the ICC World Cup 2003 which starts in South Africa next month.

The Leeward Islands selectors have named a “protected” squad of 13 players for the upcoming West Indies four day tournament. None of these players will be available to the West Indies selectors when they select the West Indies “B” team.

A World Class Tennis Academy Coming


Blowing Point, an important tourism gateway to Anguilla, is getting more than a facelift and the planned port development. Now on the drawing board, and probably ahead of the Government’s plans for the area, is a World Class Tennis Academy. It is the brain-child of 27-year-old tennis professional and advocate for young children, Mitchelle Lake, whose enthusiasm, persuasion and dedication have won him the support of some very influential persons in the United States and Anguilla.

For the first time in the six years of its sponsorship, by Scotiabank (Anguilla) Ltd and Master Card, the prize money and trophy for the Champion of Champion boat race were shared by two winners.

The Caribbean Commercial Bank provided a great deal of enthusiasm for boat racing crews and their fans when it sponsored a race from Sandy Ground to Rendezvous Bay and back on November 24th.

By David Kenworthy

When Nasser Hussain left Heathrow with the England team for the ill-fated Ashes tour, he said he genuinely believed his side stood a chance of competing with the Australians. However, he did qualify that optimism with a couple of phases that may now haunt him. “For us to beat Australia a few things have to go right on and off the field,” he said. “If we can get the bowlers fit I think we’ve got a really good chance.”