Former cricketers West Indies’ Brian Lara, right, is greeted by India’s Sachin Tendulkar during an event to
announce the Road Safety World Series in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. The World Series will be
an annual Twenty20 tournament played by retired cricketers from Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West
Indies and India. Associated Press / Rafi q Maqbool
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By Azad Ali
Batting legend Brian Lara is
among former cricketers who will
return to the field for the Royal
Safety World Series in India next
year.
The World Series will be an
annual Twenty20 tournament
played between retired cricketers
from five countries- Australia,
South Africa, Sri Lanka, West
Indies and India.
West Indian Lara and Indian
Sachin Tendulkar will be joined by
former players, including Australian
Bret Lee, Sri Lankan Tillakarante
Dilshan and South Africa’s
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CWI Director of Cricket, Jimmy Adams.
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Super50
By Azad Ali
Trinidad and Tobago and St. Kitts
& Nevis will host this year’s Regional
Super50 starting this month.
Cricket West Indies (CWI) is hoping
the tournament provides an early launch
pad in preparation for the 2023 World
Cup in India.
Title-holders Combined Campuses and
Colleges Marooners will headline Group
A in St. Kitts where Leeward Islands
Hurricane, Jamaica Scorpions, Barbados
Pride and Canada will do battle.
Last year’s losing finalists, Guyana
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A Trini first
for Olympics
By Azad Ali
Trinidad and Tobago cyclist, Teniel
Campbell pedaled her way into national
sporting history books last week by
become the first female cyclist to ever
qualify for an Olympic Games.
Campbell is also the first cyclist from
the English-speaking Caribbean to
qualify for road cycling since the 1972
Munich Games breaking a 48-year-old
drought on the road.
According to the International
Cycling Union (UCI) World Individual
and Nation Rankings, Campbell currently
meets the required criteria to
secure a spot for TT in the women’s
road races, at the 2020 Olympic Games
in Tokyo, Japan.
The 22 year-old rider and T&T are
presently ranked at 33rd on the 2019
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Brian Lara to play Twenty20 in India
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