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Maharaj’s 28-over spell applies squeeze on WI on rain-affected day Aug 10, 2024 Sports Keshav Maharaj bowled 28 overs, unchanged, from the Media Centre end. (AFP/Getty Images) ESPNcricinfo – Keshav Maharaj bowled 28 overs unchanged from the Media Centre End, albeit with weather-related interruptions, as South Africa frustrated West Indies on the third day of a rain-affected Test. The squeeze only brought four wickets, and with 90 minutes lost in the day and more rain on the way, the chances of victory for either side seems slim, but South Africa will consider themselves as having the upper hand. West Indies are 212 runs behind on a slow, dry pitch, and runs continue to be hard to come by as they closed on 145 for 4. South Africa only added 13 runs to their overnight score but managed their highest first innings total in nine away Tests since Christchurch 2022 but needed quick wickets to make it count. They were blunted by the West Indies’ line-up and committed a few lapses in the field on a surface unsuited to urgency. Batting has been laboured so far and the early signs on the third morning were that it would become even more difficult. The second ball, from Jayden Seales, kept low and Wiaan Mulder was fortunate that it did not seam back in enough to take out off stump. Still, South Africa seemed to have a clear directive to score quickly and Kagiso Rabada led the charge. He flicked Seales through backward square leg and then attempted a drive but edged wide of second slip in a productive over. His intent did not last long. Rabada faced five more balls before Jomel Warrican found the edge and Joshua da Silva did the rest. Seales finished off when he bowled Lungi Ngidi six balls later to end South Africa’s innings 20 minutes into the session. They added just 13 runs to their overnight score. West Indies were in the field for 117.4 overs and would have had enough time to know that batting would be tough especially against South Africa’s best. Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi shared the new ball and had different but equally testing questions for the openers. Rabada kept it full, Ngidi was more back of a length, and West Indies managed only 23 runs in their first ten overs. Mulder, playing as the third seamer, replaced Ngidi but when Rabada’s spell ended, South Africa were forced to turn to spin early. Maharaj was given the ball in the 13th over and came close to an early breakthrough. In his second over, Maharaj drew Kraigg Brathwaite forward and induced the edge, which lobbed low but carried to Aiden Markram at slip. However, he could not hold on. Brathwaite was on 7 off 43 balls at the time. Brathwaite went on to cut Maharaj through point for his first four but, much like South Africa’s captain Temba Bavuma on day two, was content to spend time at the crease and let the runs come from the other end. Mikyle Louis was more proactive, particularly through the covers, with four of his five boundaries coming in that region. He hit the single that took West Indies to fifty which was also the fourth half-century opening stand between him and Brathwaite in three Tests and helped West Indies nearly get through the session unscathed. But, the ball before lunch, Louis played for turn to a Maharaj arm ball and was bowled. Play was delayed for 55 minutes after the scheduled second-session restart, but one over later, rain forced another 20-minute break. The interruptions had no effect on Brathwaite’s concentration as he hit Maharaj for six three overs into the second session, but left it to Keacy Carty to do most of the attacking. On debut, Carty impressed with his assuredness and played the shot of the day when he got up on his toes to punch Rabada behind point for four. Kraigg Brathwaite and Mikyle Louis saw off Kagiso Rabada’s opening spell. (AFP/Getty Images) With their options limited to four frontline bowlers, South Africa had to keep Maharaj at one end – and he kept Brathwaite quiet for a period in which the West Indian captain scored just 6 runs off 37 balls from him – and rotate through the three seamers and matters became pedestrian. None of them looked like taking a wicket but a chance came in the field when Carty, on 28, defended a Mulder ball to point and took off a run but had Ryan Rickelton to contend with. Carty turned back and if Rickelton’s throw was accurate he would have been caught short of his ground but the ball went wide and Carty batted on. Three overs later, Carty was on 32 and hit Maharaj aerially to cover. Tristan Stubbs ran back to take the catch over his shoulder but misjudged and spilled it. Just when South Africa may have become disheartened, a sedate Brathwaite hit Ngidi to Mulder at mid-on and ran for the single but a direct hit found him on the line and out on the stroke of tea. Brathwaite 35 runs took 131 balls, and he maintains the lowest strike rate among batters who have scored 5,000 Test runs since 2001. With the interval, came the rain and there was a further 35 minute delay before the start of the last session. Seven balls into the evening, a Maharaj ball ended Carty’s debut innings as it skidded and struck him on the front pad. Aiden Markam, operating as South Africa’s second spinner, could have had another five overs later when Kavem Hodge, on 3, edged but Kyle Verreynne did not react quickly enough to hold on. Instead, Markram was the fielder when Maharaj struck again in the next over. Alick Athanaze edged an arm ball to Markam to slip. Markram and Maharaj bowled out most of the rest of the session, apart from a final late burst by Rabada, who could not remove either Hodge or Jason Holder. Scores: West Indies 145 for 4 (Carty 42, Louie 35, Brathwaite 35,Maharaj 3-45) trail South Africa 357 (Bavuma 86, De Zorzi 78, Warrican 4-69, Seales 3-67) by 212 runs. Related Similar Articles

Labourer to stand High Court trial for Attempted Murder Aug 10, 2024 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Kaieteur News – Mark Chester, a 29-year-old labourer of Queenstown, Essequibo Coast was on Wednesday committed to stand trial at the High Court for attempted murder, when he appeared at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court. Mark Chester granted bail It was alleged that Chester on April 12, 2024 at Queenstown attempted to commit murder on Marlon Jones. At Chester’s first court appearance at the Suddie Magistrates’ Court, he was remanded to prison on Apr 19, 2024. The defendant on Wednesday appeared virtually from prison, before Magistrate Tamieka Clarke in which two witnesses testified. Magistrate Clarke ruled that based on the evidence presented, there was sufficient evidence before the court for the accused to stand trial at the next practicable session at the Suddie Supreme Criminal Court for an attempt to commit murder. The accused reserved his defense and witness for the High Court. As a result, bail was granted in the sum of $500,000. Related Similar Articles

Banks DIH pledge continuous support for Guyana Cup Aug 10, 2024 Sports Special Event Manager at Banks DIH Mortimer George. Trophy Stall also onboard Kaieteur Sports – The 16th running of the Guyana Cup, which is organized by the Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee, will once again be fueled by long-time sponsors, the beverage giants of Guyana, Banks DIH Limited. The grand showdown of this prestigious horse racing event is set for Sunday August 11 at the Rising Sun Turf Club, and fans will be treated to 10 high-octane races with over 40 million dollars in cash and prizes. Special Events Manager of Banks DIH, Mortimer George speaking at the recent Guyana Cup press conference and drawing, pledged the company’s continuous support for this family-oriented horse race event. “We at Banks DIH, we are thrilled to be a sponsor of the 16th running of the Guyana Cup, the biggest horse race event of the year,” George said. He added: “It’s an honor to support an event that bring such talented competitors and supreme horses and also passionate fans.” Justin Sattaur Ally of the Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee (left) and Ramesh Sunich, owner of The Trophy Stall (right). The well-established beverage company strongly believes in dedication and perseverance, and that has been the quality of the Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee. “Banks DIH has always believed in the value of dedication, perseverance and excellence which are values in sports.” “The Guyana Cup is a wonderful opportunity to engage with the community. We are proud to be part of an event that not only entertain but brings people together and support local businesses.” “Once again, we are delighted to be part of this event and we will continue to support this initiative throughout,” George said. Meanwhile, Ramesh Sunich of the Trophy Stall, with several locations around the country, joined the list of sponsors. Sunich handed over a number of trophies that will be presented on race day to Justin Sattaur Ally of the Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee. The Trophy Stall and Sunich are no strangers to sponsoring horseracing and sports in general for a number of years now.  Sunich, whose father Neville was an outstanding Jockey back in the days of horseracing at the famous Durban Park racetrack, has been on board with the Jumbo Jet Racing events from its inception. He will also be providing plaques for the outstanding jockey and Trainer along with other personnel during tomorrow’s event at Rising Sun. The Rising Sun Turf Club will be transformed into an electrifying atmosphere for the entire family. Children will be treated to a fun park, and fans will be thrilled to have great vibes when the DJ competition takes center stage after the races. Race is expected to start at 11:50h and close to 100 horses confirmed entry for the grand-one day horse race event. Related Similar Articles

Chinese national in court for wounding  Aug 10, 2024 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Kaieteur News – Liu Wei, a 45-year old man from Eccles Industrial Site, East Bank Demerara (EBD) was on Wednesday placed on $500,000 bail on a charge of unlawful wounding committed on another man. Liu Wei granted bail It was alleged that Wei on August 4, 2024 at Eccles, unlawfully wounded 47-year-old Bao Lin. He was arrested on August 5 by ranks from the Providence Police Station. Wei appeared at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Dylon Bess who read the charge to which he pleaded not guilty.  Bail was granted in the sum of $500,000 with conditions that he must lodge his passport. He is scheduled to return to court on September 3, 2024. Related Similar Articles

2024 Hamilton Green’s Cup officially launched Aug 10, 2024 Sports Ex-Mayor of Georgetown, Hamilton Green (left) and Tournament coordinator Lennox Arthur exhibiting the first-place trophy which was donated by former national footballer Patrick ‘Labba’ Barton. – action set to commence October 27 Kaieteur Sports – The Hamilton Green Cup is back and buzzing again. Football enthusiasts can now mark their calendars for the upcoming 2024 Hamilton Green Inter-Ward (Village) Football Cup, which is scheduled to take place from October 27 to November 10 at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground. The official announcement was made on Thursday during a launch ceremony hosted by tournament coordinator Lennox Arthur at the office of former Prime Minister and ex-Mayor, Hamilton Green. At the launch, Arthur shared that this year’s tournament is expected to feature a blend of returning teams and new contenders. The defending champions, Stabroek Ballers Football Team, will be the team to beat, as they look to defend their title following an undefeated 2023 campaign. This year’s tournament will see 32 teams competing, with spots available for any team aiming to take home the prestigious Cup trophy. Among the teams expected to participate are last year’s runner-up, Dynamic Football Team, along with Timehri Ballers, Timehri Panthers, Soesdyke Ballers, Gold is Money, Back Circle, California Square, Bent Street, Airy Hall, Den Amstel, Festival City Ballers, and others. The tournament, endorsed by Hamilton Green, a passionate sports enthusiast who will celebrate his 90th birthday on November 9, is calling on Corporate Guyana to lend their support to the 30th edition of this highly anticipated Inter-Village Football tournament. Football fans and supporters are encouraged to attend and witness the thrilling competition, where some of the nation’s most active teams will battle for a chance to win up to one million dollars in cash and prizes. The winning team will take home an impressive $500,000, with the second-place team earning $250,000. Third and fourth place finishers will receive $150,000 and $100,000, respectively. The tournament matches will be played on Sundays, with the final showdown set for November 17. Related Similar Articles

Vincent Adams: the contradiction, the revelation Aug 10, 2024 Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Kaieteur News – Vincent Adams is a “good technical” man.  That wasn’t me.  It was Guyana’s man in the know, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo who said so.  When wise men speak, I listen.  Sometimes.  So much said in that simple statement.  About Vincent Adams, good technical man.  About Bharrat Jagdeo, good policymaker.  About Guyana, good earth that it is.  All these goodies, yet Guyana is going down a path of self-destruction, one full of many contradictions, many revelations.  One of each is good enough for this sharing with Guyanese; Americans are included, especially Dr. Alistair Routledge.  Everywhere I turn, somebody’s slip is showing, and it is not that of the ladies. GHK Lall Vincent Adams is a “good technical” person.  Aw shucks, I forgot my grooming: Dr. Vincent Adams.  His doctorate was earned the old-fashioned way, neither honorary nor heavy with uncertainty.  First, the contradiction in that statement from my topsy-turvy brother, Bharrat.  I hesitate, but national duty requires gently correcting the contradiction in Dr. J.  Fact 1: Dr. Jagdeo himself has said that Guyana suffers from a capacity shortage.  Yes sir! Fact 2: Excellency Ali said that Guyana doesn’t have quality people.  Hear, hear!  Am I the dumbest Guyanese, more so when both great Guyanese leaders have pounded home that point about severe shortages of high-quality technical people?  Fact 3: Lament and bemoan dilute leadership griefs about local technical deficiencies.  But they are the best that I have, a humble confession of my own limitations. Instead of another fact, or a fusillade, I have an inquiry for Dr. Jagdeo: since Dr. Adams is a “good technical” presence, then why is he on the sidelines, banished to the rolling grasslands of Tennessee?  This cannot be the best policy for Guyana, when there is such an acute deficit of technical people (by leadership admission, I remind) to man and manage the massive national oil bonanza?  Rather than a known, proven bonanza, perhaps it is better to say sweepstakes, in that there is a huge element of luck-and-chance involved.  With the honorable AG Nandlall’s benevolent permission, I assert that there is a contradiction in a good technical party of Dr. Vincent Adams’s prowess put out to pasture.  Dr. Jagdeo may strenuously disagree, but I persist with both constitutional and democratic right to persist that a significant (and revealing) contradiction exists.  I go easy on the onions (revelation) for now.  We are seriously short of technical capacity, but we can stuff a man like Vincent Adams in a suitcase and send him to serenade the good ole boys in Chattanooga. Respectfully, Dr. J, I think that Dr. A belongs in Guyana, and on those offshore rigs, where so much rigging [of a particular kind] could be going on.  It is my painful duty to refresh President Dr. Ali’s memory that it was he himself who said that the man Adams was on leave, to provide space for Guyana to work things out, but there is always room for a knowledge people (good technical people).  Three little subtitles must be shared to assist Freedom House, OP, OVP, and the other political penitentiaries in Guyana.  First, I get all the dirty jobs in this country, i.e., having to hold a president’s hand and point him to what came out of his head.  Second, before anyone gets upset, the words I put in Dr. Ali’s mouth are mine, but they represent what he said in layman terms.  Third, since that was the presidential position on Dr. Adams (and Dr, Jagdeo’s as well – ‘we could always use a skilled man’), then I think that these leading men, both doctors of the realm, may have mixed up one antidote to Guyana’s troubles with some anesthetic that induced amnesia.  The concern is that for most matters, the amnesia is temporary for both men, but for people like Vincent Adams and others, the memory lapse is permanent.  There are two revelations embedded. The first is that Vincent Adams is a political man.  I hear that, but I also see Mr. Carl Greenidge.  Then, there is Joe Hamilton.  If I were to be reincarnated a million times, I couldn’t be half as PNC as them.  Is Dr. Jagdeo still gleaming gloriously about who is political?  Particularly when the same Comrade Joseph Hamilton (not to be mistaken for Joseph the husband of Mary) had his own exuberant street pedigree. The second revelation is a tad torrid but cannot be avoided.  Drs. Ali and Jagdeo are mighty comfortable with Messrs. Greenidge and Hamilton, but they dread the mere mention of the name Vincent Adams.  Perhaps, his Linden heritage has something to do with that horror.  If Mr. Alistair Routledge thought that he and Exxon are going to be spared, then he needs another slug of his Jack Daniels.  PNC stalwarts and strongmen like Carl and Joe can be welcomed into the PPP reservations, but not Vincent.  And we are in dire need of technical people.  From contradiction to revelation: who doesn’t want Adams here?  What kind of contagious disease does he have, other than being the man who knows too much (about oil).  He may not be Jimmy Stewart, but Exxon fears Vincent Adams as if he is Guyana’s Clint Eastwood of Dirty Harry history.  He will see too much (oil), question too much (oil), pushback too much (oil), straighten too many offshore and onshore things too much (oil).  This was what the same Adams did at the US Department of Energy, and Exxon doesn’t want a repeat of that kind of trauma.  In fairness, if I want to do things my way, a man like Adams is my worst nightmare.  Therefore, it had to be from GT to Tennessee for Vinny.  Politics was not a consideration nor inhibition with Greenidge nor Hamilton, but it was and is with Adams.  The difference between the two of them and the good technical man Adams is oil.  Where there is oil, there is Exxon.  And where there is Exxon, there can’t be any kind of Vincent Adams, not even his shadow, nary his whisper.  I regret the loss of this good technical character in Guyana’s continuing political and oil soap opera.  It is more than how much an Adams could tell Guyana today about offshore ops; it is how much he could teach those saplings fresh out of universities.  To Drs. Ali and Jagdeo, I handover this early Xmas gift: I may be the dumbest Guyanese, but I’m not the stupidest.  Peace and goodwill to all men. (The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of this newspaper.) Related Similar Articles

Supplementary spending money Aug 10, 2024 Editorial Kaieteur News – The more supplementary money there is, the more there is opportunity for the financial skullduggery at which the PPPC Government is so skilled. What is happening to Guyanese at the hands of an addicted government is unbelievable.  This is government leadership driven to madness by its addictions to the people’s oil money, the loan money borrowed in Guyana’s name, and any other money of the people that stick to their hands.  Year after year of record breakers for national budgets and the PPPC Government is back to its old tricks.  Seven months into 2024 and a Supplementary Budget of GY$40B is put in parliament and will be approved once the formalities are over, given the government’s one-seat majority. The 2024 budget is a whopper, the biggest in Guyana’s history.  At $1.146T it is this country’s first trillion-dollar budget and is 46.6% larger than the $781.9B 2023 budget.  In its time, the2023 record national budget of $781.9B was over 41% of the $552.9B national budget record for 2022.  The almost $553B 2022 budget was itself 30.1% more than the record 2021 budget of $383.1B.  Year after year, and with budget landmarks falling, the PPPC Government’s lust for supplementary budget money continues unabated since 2021.  When a national government is piloting record breakers of national budgets annually, and still must approach parliament for supplementary billions several times during most of the years, then something is seriously deficient.  What is the meaning of these record budgets, and to a huge extent, when they still must be supported by supplementary funds to the tune of tens of billions? We think that it is more than slipshod planning that is among the weaknesses.  It is more than a lack of vision, an absence of structure.  To be frank, we at this paper think that there is so much drunken excitement over all the money that the PPPC Government has in its hands that it throws caution to the winds and just dreams up numbers.  In addition to that the government and its people simply tick off boxes, and rush forward with any haphazard budget program that is short on comprehensive thinking, but long on the prospects of financial shenanigans.  We believe that these are among the elements that override any principled and careful consideration of budget needs leading to these revealing supplementary budget developments.  To repeat our earlier assertion, the more supplementary spending money there is, the more the thievery of political cronies is made possible. The failed sugar industry is a vacuum for additional billions.  Sugar is a sinkhole and blackhole in which an additional $9.5B poured into the sector with little to nothing being reaped from it by the Guyanese people.  From the visions of cunning political leaders in the ruling party, sugar is the perfect cover to raid the national treasury.  The record is of severe management incompetence which serves as a distraction for the corrupt practices that have taken over the sugar industry during the separate reigns of the PPPC Government. Guysuco functions as the instrument for corrupt exploitation.  Old PPPC Government, new PPPC Government, it is the same dirty, costly story for Guyanese.  The only beneficiaries are those in the government, or close to it.  Those who use supplementary spending as a tool to open Guyana’s wallet and siphon off millions, as much as billions, when the overall damage from widespread corruption is finally calculated. Electricity is another dog that bites deeply into Guyanese.  Secondhand and failing machinery, and questionable procurement standards, have fattened the electricity parasite that feeds off the flesh of Guyanese, with no end in sight.  Some of the $40B supplementary funds ($16B) for the national electricity corporation, plus another $1.1B for Linden, is to prop up electricity for the time being, with a nice slice of that sure to be lost to the usual politically-connected hustlers. Finally, roads have always been a PPPC Government favorite conduit for corruption.  This $40B supplementary spending is likely to be no exception.  Road construction and rehabilitation will gobble up $904M, with government opportunists celebrating. When will supplementary government spending cease to be a source of corruption is the question.  Don’t look to this government for an honest answer. Related Similar Articles