Shimron Hetmyer to return to the West Indies

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West Indies batsman, Shimron Hetmyer is expected to return to the West Indies team shortly after passing a fitness test yesterday.

 

Hetmyer has been practicing with the team during the ongoing One Day International series against India, despite not being named as a member of the ODI squad. 

 

Hetmyer has struggled with his fitness over the last few years.  He missed out on two series against Sri Lanka in the span of a year, and again in January of this year against Ireland and England. 

 

 

He could now be available for selection for the 5-match Twenty/20 Series against India which is scheduled to which on Friday in Trinidad and Tobago. 

 

West Indies captain, Nicholas Pooran has expressed delight at Hetmyer’s impending return to the squad.

 

Hetmyer has not represented the West Indies since November last year, against Australia.

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England’s Dina Asher-Smith withdraws from Commonwealth Games

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England’s Dina Asher-Smith has withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games with a “light hamstring strain”.

Asher-Smith pulled up with the injury while competing for Great Britain in the Women’s 4×100 metres relay final at the World Athletics Championships on Monday in Oregon, USA.

She had won bronze in the 200 metres just a few days before, and she needs “a few days off” to protect the minor problem.

Asher-Smith came third in the 200 metres at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Australia four years ago.

She also won gold as part of the England 4×100 metres relay team

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Results of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional Under-17 Super50 Championship

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Trinidad and Tobago defeated the Leeward Islands by 50 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method, in the Third Round of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional Under-17 Super50 Championship at PowerGen Ground in Penal, Trinidad and Tobago yesterday.

The scores in the rain-affected match: Trinidad and Tobago 204-7 off 42 overs, the Leeward Islands set a revised target of 201, 86-6 off 21.1 overs when rain brought forced the abandonment of the match.

Guyana’s unbeaten run came to an end, as they were beaten by nine wickets, by Jamaica, at the Inshan Ali Park, in Preysal.

The scores: Guyana 112 off 35.3 overs, Jamaica 116-1 off 13.5 overs.

The Windward Islands gained a 134-run win over defending champions Barbados at Gilbert Park, California.

In a game reduced to 41-overs-per-side due to rain, Windwards, who decided to bat first after winning the toss, reached 207-7, Barbados, who were set a revised target of 212, were dismissed for 77 off 21.1 overs.

The final day of the tournament will be today with each team playing two Twenty/20 matches.

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