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Published:Friday | May 1, 2026 | 12:06 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Courtney Francis says he has received no formal notice that he is being removed from his post despite widespread rumours that he will step down, or be pushed out, effective May 1,...

Published:Wednesday | April 29, 2026 | 12:11 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Barbados Pride produced a commanding all-round display to seal an innings and 11-run victory over the Jamaica Scorpions on day three of their West Indies Championship clash, storming into the playoff spots while shattering their hosts’ hopes at...

Published:Tuesday | April 28, 2026 | 12:12 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Sabina Park has, in the past, been a fortress of pace and bounce, but on day two of the West Indies Championship, it was turn and torment that told the tale. The Barbados Pride, led by a masterful Roston Chase and Joshua Bishop, spun the Jamaica...

Published:Monday | April 27, 2026 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

On a sun-baked opening day at Sabina Park, Barbados Pride turned the screws on hosts Jamaica Scorpions, posting a commanding 346 for five after winning the toss and opting to bat on another placid surface on the opening day of the third round of...

Published:Saturday | April 25, 2026 | 12:08 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

After 20 years of perseverance, Jamaican cricket umpire Christopher Taylor has been appointed to the International Cricket Council (ICC)/Cricket West Indies (CWI) International Panel of Umpires, effective April 1, 2026. The 45-year-old Taylor...

Published:Thursday | April 23, 2026 | 11:14 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Hosts Jamaica Scorpions clung on for dear life in a nerve-racking final session against the Barbados Pride at Sabina Park yesterday, battling to 90 for four after being set a theoretical 40-plus overs to survive. After the Pride declared on a...

Published:Thursday | April 23, 2026 | 11:07 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Day three of the West Indies Championship match at Sabina Park belonged entirely to the Barbados Pride, as captain Kraigg Brathwaite and Kevin Wickham carved magnificent centuries to steer their side past Jamaica Scorpions’ first-innings total of...

Published:Thursday | April 23, 2026 | 11:04 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Barbados Pride mounted a resolute reply after Jamaica Scorpions piled up a towering 457 on a rain-hit second day of their West Indies Championship clash at Sabina Park yesterday. Resuming on 358 for four, the Scorpions looked poised to push past...

Published:Thursday | April 23, 2026 | 11:00 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Kirk McKenzie Jr delivered another statement innings on the opening day of the West Indies Championship second-round match at Sabina Park, stroking a sublime century to guide the Jamaica Scorpions to a commanding 358 for four against the Barbados...

Published:Thursday | April 23, 2026 | 10:52 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Head coach Robert Haynes hailed a “great team effort” after the Jamaica Scorpions pulled off a remarkable come-from-behind seven-wicket victory over the Barbados Pride at Chedwin Park on Wednesday, with young sensation Kirk McKenzie delivering a...

Published:Thursday | April 23, 2026 | 10:50 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Conventional wisdom would have suggested that the final day of the West Indies Championship opener between the Jamaica Scorpions and the Barbados Pride was headed for a tame draw. Scorpions Captain John Campbell and Kirk McKenzie Jr did not get the...

Published:Thursday | April 23, 2026 | 10:43 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

After three days of compelling back-and-forth action in the West Indies Championship at Chedwin Park, the visiting Barbados Pride carved out a slight advantage over the Jamaica Scorpions, thanks largely to two Ws — Jomel Warrican and Kevin Wickham...

Published:Tuesday | April 14, 2026 | 1:42 PMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Day two of the West Indies Championship clash between the Jamaica Scorpions and Barbados Pride belonged to no one but the cricketing gods. In a gripping contest that ebbed and flowed under the blistering St Catherine sun, the Scorpions reached 275...

Published:Tuesday | April 14, 2026 | 12:13 PMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Kevin Wickham delivered a career-defining masterclass on the opening day of the West Indies Championship regional four-day clash between the Jamaica Scorpions and Barbados Pride at Chedwin Park yesterday. He scored a magnificent 153 to lift the...

Published:Saturday | April 11, 2026 | 1:18 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) secured the ISSA/First Global Bank/GK Insurance Spaulding Cup title yesterday prevailing over St Jago on first innings after a rain-hit three-day affair that ended in a draw, but told a clear story of one...

Published:Thursday | April 9, 2026 | 1:13 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

If the first day of the 2026 St Elizabeth Technical High School middle-order batsman, Ryan Littleton celebrates scoring a hundred during the ISSA/First Global Bank/GK Spaulding Cup final at the Melbourne Oval is anything to go by, bowlers from St...

Published:Thursday | April 9, 2026 | 12:27 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Former St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves launched a blistering attack on Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Tuesday night, accusing the governing body of arrogance, neocolonialism, and abandoning its historic mission....

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 10:58 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s Under-15s finally tasted victory in the fifth and final match of their CWI Rising Stars bilateral series against Trinidad...

Published:Saturday | April 4, 2026 | 1:05 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The reality is setting in for Jamaica’s Under-15 cricketers. After a humbling 39-run defeat to Trinidad and Tobago in the third match of their five-match CWI Rising Stars bilateral series at the Jamaica Broilers ground on Thursday, head coach...

Published:Thursday | April 2, 2026 | 12:24 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

In a thrilling final that ebbed and flowed over three days of high-quality schoolboy cricket, St Jago High School emerged as the champions of the First Global Bank Grace Shield, securing a hard-fought five-wicket victory over Campion College at a...

Published:Monday | March 30, 2026 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

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Published:Tuesday | March 24, 2026 | 12:06 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

With an eye on the horizon and a focus on the future, the Next Wave JA programme kicked off over the weekend, welcoming 20 young hopefuls to the famous Jamnesia surf camp. Despite the ocean offering only flat waves, the inaugural session was a...

Published:Thursday | March 19, 2026 | 12:12 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The Best of the Best tennis tournament serves off on Thursday at 8 a.m. at the Eric Bell Tennis Centre, but the defending champions will be conspicuously absence when the first balls are struck. Mt Alvernia High, winners of the Division One Girls...

Published:Tuesday | March 17, 2026 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s Jodi Munn-Barrow produced a gritty performance to successfully defend her Ladies Division title at the T...

Published:Wednesday | February 25, 2026 | 12:12 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The Jamaica Surfing Association kicked off its 2026 season dramatically last Saturday at South Haven with a final-minute heroic display that will be talked about for the rest of the year. In a full day of high-performance surfing, athletes were...

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