http://iriefm.net/images/logo.png http://iriefm.net/images/logo.png http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/sports http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/sports/8756 Discarded West Indies skipper Chris Gayle was at his marvellous best clobbering the Windward Islands bowlers en-route to a century as Jamaica claimed first innings points on the second day of their opening round Regional Four Day clash against the Windward Islands at Sabina Park. Gayle who fell cheaply for two in the first innings ripped apart the bowling on his way to a whirlwind knock of 165 to guide Jamaica to a solid position of 262 for 7 at the close of play, an overall lead of 283. Gayles knock included 14 massive sixes and 8 fours, while facing 155 balls. While the hard-hitting left hander was on fire at one end, Simon Jackson went for 9, Donavan Pagon 2, Brendon Nash 14, captain Tamar Lambert 15, David Bernard jr 2, Carlton Baugh jr 14 while Andre Russell was not out on 23. Earlier Andrew Richardson claimed 5 for 36, David Bernard 2 for 38 and Odean  Brown 2 for 19 to bowl the Windwards out for 159 after they resumed this morning on 49 for 3 and had slumped to 56 for 6, Nelon Pascal was the leading scorer with 28. Over in Dominica, Guyana secured first innings points over the Leeward Islands, but have slumped to 86 for 6 at the close of play for a lead of 196. The Guyanese after starting the day on 162 for 4 were bowled out for 208 as Gavin Tonge captured 5 wickets. The Leewards in their reply were bundled out for 98 with Davendra Bishoo bagging 3 for 39 and Veersammy Permaul picking up 3 for 19 to give Guyana a first innings lead of 110 runs. In Guyanas second innings, Christopher Barnwell got 24, Sewnarine Chattergoon got 12, Royston Crandon 18 and Assad Fuddadin 15 not out. http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/sports/8756 http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/sports/8755 Portmore United were the biggest beneficiaries of the draw between Arnett Gardens and Harbour View on match day 19 in the JFF/PLCA National under 21 League. The St. Catherine team ran out 3-1 winners over Waterhouse to move to second spot in the table on 38 points, 6 behind leaders Arnett Gardens who played to a scoreless draw with the Young Stars of the East who as a result dropped to 3rd with 37 points from 19 games. Elsewhere 4th place Tivoli Gardens moved to 32 points after an 89th minute goal by Junior Flemmings lifted them to a 1-0 win on the road against Sporting Central Academy at Brancourt. In the other games, Village United stopped Boys Town 2-0, Reno were also 2-0 winners over Highgate United, while Montego Bay United had a 2-1 win over Humble Lion. http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/sports/8755 http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/sports/8750 Former Waterhouse midfielder Omalyn Davis could become the first Jamaican woman to play football professionally in Russia. This as she is heading off for a 3 week trial stint with Russian Women's Premier Division team FC Energy Voronezh. Davis who last played for the Magic Jack Washington Freedom in the American based Women's Professional Soccer League became available after the WPS Board of Governors revoked the Magic Jacks franchise rights and also voted to suspend the entire 2012 season with hopes of resuming in 2013. Voronezh meanwhile are currently 2nd in the league table on 44 points from 18 games with 14 wins 2 losses and 2 draws, 6 points behind first place FC Rossiyanka. Davis who leaves for Russia next Saturday, if successful, could make her debut against Iznaylovo Moscow on March 1, and could also be in action two days later when Voronezh host Rossiyanka in a top of the table clash. http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/sports/8750 http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/sports/8749 Jamaicas bowlers have struck back to restrict the Windward Islands to 49 for 3 at the close of play on day one of the opening round of the Regional Four Day championship against the Windward Islands at Sabina Park. David Bernard jr 2 for 9 and Nikita Miller 1 for 15 were the successful bowlers for Jamaica, with Kenroy Peters 3 and Keddy Lesporis 7 the not out batsmen. Devon Smith 13, Andre Fletcher 3 and Johnson Charles 24 are back in the pavilion. Gary Mathurin dominated the bowling earlier with 5 for 34 to restrict Jamaica to 180 all out. He was supported by Shane Shillingford 1 for 46, Brendan Nash led the Jamaica batting with a top score of 49. Captain Tamar Lambert scored 26, Donavan Pagon got 23, while Andre Russell got 16: Chris Gayle did not last long and fell for 2. Over in Dominica, a half century partnership between Leon Johnson and Narsingh Deonarine guided Guyana to 162 for 4 at the close of play of their rain affected game. Johnson got 52 and Deonarine just missed out on a half century as he fell for 45. Sewnarine Chattergoon got 4 and Rajendra Chandrika 12 against Gavin Tonge 3 wickets and Tonito Willett 1. Meanwhile in the day and night game between the Combined Campuses and Colleges team and Trinidad and Tobago at the Three Ws Oval in Barbados. The Trinis at sports time reached 102 for 3 the batsmen out Adrian Barath 28, Lendl Simmons 10 and Jason Mohammed 20. Darren Bravo was on 10 and Dwayne Bravo on 2. http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/sports/8749 http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/sports/8733 Jamaicas ICC World Cricketer of the Year Stafanie Taylor and compatriot Shanel Daley are set to travel to Antigua this weekend to attend a twelve day training camp. The West Indies womens cricket team will have the 12 day pre-series camp ahead of the eight match series against India women later this month. The camp will be held at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium starting on Saturday. The girls will focus on fitness, match analysis and improving their skill levels ahead of the series. The Windies women will also play two warm up matches against the Antigua under 17 boys team on February 11 and February 12. After the camp, the West Indies will host India in five T20 internationals and three One-Day Internationals. Matches will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, Windsor Park in Dominica, and Warner Park in St. Kitts. The teams are using the series as part of their preparations for the ICC T20 World Championship to be played in Sri Lanka in September and October. The full West Indies squad reads Merissa Aguillera (captain/wicket-keeper), Stafanie Taylor (vice-captain), Shemaine Campbelle (wicket-keeper), Britney Cooper, Shanel Daley, Deandra Dottin, Pearl Etienne, Stacy Ann King, Kycia Knight (wicket-keeper), Anisa Mohammed, Subrina Munroe, Juliana Nero, Shaquana Quintyne, and Shakera Selman. http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/sports/8733 http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/sports/8725 Members of the Reggae music fraternity are moving to assist the Jamaica national under 20 women football team as they bid to make history by becoming the first Jamaican female team to qualify for a FIFA World Cup. Reggae radio IRIE Fm in association with the JFF will host a reggae concert on February 10 at Rhythms Night Club in New Kingston dubbed Reggae for The Reggae Girls. The event is to raise funds to help offset a 1 week training camp in Florida for the Girls who are set to travel to Panama March 1-11 for World Cup qualifying action. Technical coordinator of the national women football teams Vin Blaine while outlining the camps importance to the teams prospect of qualifying for the World Cup as he call for maximum support for the event. Already confirmed for the show are the likes of “The Doctor” Beenie Man, Kiprich, DAngel, Konshens, Mr. Vegas, Cecile, Drupe Lion, Prophecy, Sophia Esquire, Jah Dore as well as IRIE Fm disc jocks DJ Smurf, Digital Chris, DJ Bones and Zip jock ZJ Johnny Kool. Pre-sold tickets can be had at the JFF offices in New Kingston. http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/sports/8725 http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/sports/8724 FIFA will discuss the possibility of allowing teams to use a fourth substitute in extra time when its rules making panel meets next month. The International Football Association Board is set to decide at a meeting in England on March 3 if increasing the current quota of three replacements would help improve matches and reduce injuries. Goal-line technology tests will return to the agenda of the rules panel, which is known as IFAB. The panel will receive progress reports on tests involving eight systems, and decide which will proceed to a scheduled second round of testing starting in March. FIFA said a final decision to approve goal-line technology can be taken at a further IFAB meeting on July 2. The IFAB will also consider trials of the five referee system, using additional assistants beside each goal to support referees decision making, which concludes at Euro 2012. The panel will also reconsider allowing Islamic female players to wear a hijab, five years after the headscarf was banned for safety reasons. http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/sports/8724 http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/sports/8717 Former Australian captain Ian Chappell believes West Indian batting legend Brian Lara is a superior batsman to both Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting. Chappell is of the view that Laras knowledge of how to amass big scores at a rapid rate without putting his wicket at risk makes him a "superior" batsman of his era than Tendulkar and Ponting. Chappell said Lara's remarkable feat of scoring the only 400 in test cricket, a triple century and seven double centuries, probably highlights an area where Lara was better than the senior India batsman Tendulkar and former Aussie skipper Ponting. The Australian went on further to say Lara had an innate knowledge of which bowlers to target in order to score quickly and which ones were the most likely to endanger his existence, adding that the method of respecting best bowlers when they are fresh helped Lara accumulate runs quickly. http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/sports/8717 http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/sports/8716   The ;Stars of The East Harbour View and Clarendon side Humble Lion played out a scoreless draw in the first regular season Monday night match in the Red Stripe National Premier League at the Harbour View Stadium. The one point was enough to move Harbour View back into the top six with 33 points displacing second end of round champions Montego Bay United who now drop back to 7th with 32 points. The one point however did not change Humble Lions standing in the tables as they remain fifth now with 34 points. Monday Night Football which will now be a feature of the league kick off last week with the playing of the second end of round final at the Tony Spalding Complex. http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/sports/8716 http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/sports/8715 Jff President Horace Burrell will this week participate in his first meeting of the 9 member CFU Normalization committee set up to oversee the affairs of Caribbean football. Burrell who was named to the Committee which was set up by FIFA while he was still serving a FIFA ban is schedule to leave the island on Wednesday for Cuba. The meeting will take place in Havana on Thursday. The Normalization Committee chaired by the Cayman FA President has been changed with the responsibility of steering back Caribbean football on track following the Cash-for-Vote scandal which brought down several top football officials including former FIFA Vice President Jack Warner who was then the CFU and CONCACAF boss. An election called in November to replace Warner was called off after several other members of the Caribbean were also sanctioned by the FIFA Ethics Committee arising from the same incident. The committee has been mandated to hold new CFU Elections by May. http://iriefm.net/index.php/home/sports/8715