West Indies’ captain Jason Holder celebrates after he bowled England’s Jonny Bairstow during day three of the
second Test cricket match at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda, Saturday, Feb.
2, 2019. Associated Press / Ricardo Mazalan
Caribbean L 42 ife, Feb. 8–14, 2019 BQ
CPL boasts of
200 million
viewers
By Azad Ali
The Hero Caribbean Premier
League (CPL) is boasting of growth
during the 2018 season with combined
broadcast and digital viewership
of over 200 million for the
first time since the tournaments
history.
Organizers say this represents
the sixth successive season that
the tournament has seen year-on
year growth in viewership.
CPL said its largest audience
share was in India where combined
viewership on Stat and Hostar was
more than 70 million.
The next largest market was the
Caribbean where there was total
viewership was just over 50 million
for the tournament that took
place between Aug. 8 and Sept. 16,
2018.
According to CPL, there was
huge growth of viewing figures
for the tournament in the United
Kingdom and the USA.
In the UK there was a more
than 200 percent increase in viewing
numbers with the tournament
broadcast on Sky Sports for the
first time.
In the USA, viewing increased
by more than 20 percent to reach
almost two million.
The CPL held three matches at
the Central Broward Regional Park
in Lauderhill, Florida.
position following his unbeaten
double century against England
in the opening Test at Kensington
Oval last month.
Sir Gary considered the finest
all-rounder ever, was the last West
Indies player to top the all-rounder
rankings in 1974.
West Indies crushed England by
381 runs in the final session of the
fourth day to take 1-0 lead in the
three-match series.
Holder struck a magnificent 202
from 229 balls in a record seventh
wicket stand of 295 with Shane
Dowrich, who struck 116 not out.
That effort saw Holder jump 25
spots to a career-best 33rd while
remaining l0th in the bowlers
rankings.
The double century was Holder’s
third triple figure scores in Tests
following landmarks in Antigua
and against Zimbabwe.
15 points.
It was a convincing win for Weymouth
Sunday evening at the Wildey AstroTurf.
Attacking midfielder Romario Harewood
gave an early signal that the
defending champs were in a no-nonsense
mood when he netted the first goal in
the 18th minute of play with a shot from
inside the 18-yard box.
Weymouth netted again nine playing
minutes later thanks to scorer Shaquille
Boyce capitalizing on a Youth
Milan’s defensive mistake of leaving him
unmarked.
Kemar Headley put the proverbial nail
in the coffin in the second half when he
let fly a shot past Youth Milan’s goalie,
Shaquille Frank.
Last week’s Zone One leaders, UWI
Blackbirds went down to Paradise of
Zone Two 2-nil. This defeat stalled the
Blackbirds team on 15 points enabling
Weymouth to take over the lead in Zone
One.
In spite of Paradise’s convincing victory,
they remain in the number two
position in Zone Two with 24 points,
trailing Empire who are on 28.
Another of the Premier League Sunday
night fixtures, Barbados Defence
Force vs Notre Dame, was notable for its
absurdity as the army boys put 12 goals
in the Dame’s net to register a 12-0 victory.
batting and snatched all four of his
wickets early in the final session to
claim 4 for 52 and match figures of 4
for 82 with captain Jason Holder picking
up 4 for 43.
The last time the West Indies held
the Wisden Trophy was 10 years ago
when they got the better of England in
the Caribbean.
This was England’s ninth Test match
in Antigua without a single win. The
West Indies team has now taken four,
with five ending on drawn encounters.
West Indies was set 14 runs to win.
Left-hander John Campbell smashed
the 13th ball of the innings from veteran
fast bowler, Jimmy Anderson over
the midwicket for four runs to notch
their first victory over a higher-rated
team in seven years.
Resuming the day on 272 for 6, the
West Indies lost their last four wickets
for 34 runs, but importantly secured a
119-run first innings lead to put England
under increased pressure. England
had scored 132 all out in their first
innings.
Left-hander Darren Bravo, in only
his second Test following a 27-month
break, converted his overnight 33 into
exactly 50 — his 17th Test half-century.
He took 216 balls in a shade over six
hours, which included two fours and a
six marking the slowest-ever half century
by a West Indies batsman in Tests.
He was last out, stumped by off-spinner
Moeen Ali (3-62).
When England replied, openers Joe
Denly (17) and Rory Burns (16) then
survived four tricky overs before lunch
without loss, and extended their opening
stand to 35 afterwards, with Roach
and Shannon Gabriel proving effective.
The scene changed when Holder and
Roach returned into the attack and they
wrecked England’s top order with two
wickets apiece, leaving the visitors in
disarray on 75 for 4 at tea.
Still reeling from the 381-run crushing
in the first Test in Barbados the
week-end before, England failed to
recover after the break as their last
six wickets perished for 57 runs. They
ended up scoring a paltry 132 — giving
West Indies 14 runs for victory.
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Youth Milan’s Shamar Atkinson (L)
trails Weymouth Wales’s captain
Hadan Holligan for the ball.
Photo by George Alleyne
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Weymouth shoots to top
ICC rankings