SYDNEY, Australia – Captain Hayley Matthews agonizingly missed out on a hundred as West Indies Women were swept aside by eight wickets in the opening Twenty20 International against Australia Women here Sunday.

MIAMI, Florida – A first-half hat-trick from midfielder Rianna Cyrus enabled hosts Barbados to start the Concacaf Road to W Gold Cup with a convincing 5-0 win against St Vincent & the Grenadines in Group C of League B on Friday.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Shai Hope’s fourth fifty of the campaign was enough to see Guyana Amazon Warriors to an uncomplicated six-wicket victory over Trinbago Knight Riders and guarantee them top spot in the group stage of the Caribbean Premier League here late Saturday night.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica women’s national team will be under new management when they take part in the qualification rounds for the Concacaf W Gold Cup in the coming months.

PROVIDENCE, Guyana – Chadwick Walton carried his bat for fluent, unbeaten 80 to propel Trinbago Knight Riders to a comfortable seven-wicket win against hosts Guyana Amazon Warriors on Wednesday and into the final of the Caribbean Premier League.

MIAMI, Florida – Fulham forward Bobby Reid scored late as Jamaica’s Reggae Boys recovered from a nightmare four-minute period in the first half, to earn a 2-2 draw with Haiti in their League A contest of the CONCACAF Nations League on Tuesday.

MIAMI, Florida – St Kitts and Nevis suffered a chastening defeat when they were hammered 11-0 by Costa Rica in CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup qualification on Monday.

EUGENE, Oregon – Jamaican Shericka Jackson completed a double at the Prefontaine Classic here Saturday when she dominated the women’s 200 meters at the season-ending Diamond League meet.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Saim Ayub struck an impressive third straight half-century as Guyana Amazon Warriors brushed aside Jamaica Tallawahs by seven wickets in their first home game here Wednesday night, to extend their unbeaten run in the Caribbean Premier League.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Imran Tahir said criticism of his appointment as captain of Guyana Amazon Warriors helped inspire him to achieve success in the just concluded Caribbean Premier League.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Alex Hales struck a career-best hundred as resurgent Jamaica Tallawahs crushed St. Lucia Kings by 122 runs to all but clinch the final spot in the playoffs of the Caribbean Premier League here Sunday.

MIAMI, Florida – Barbados suffered a heavy 5-1 thrashing at the hands of Nicaragua to lose their second game of the CONCACAF Nations League on Monday, to remain bottom of their group.