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  By Dale Brown NEW YORK, NY. Tuesday, September 1, 2020 -- The role of the Test wicket-keeper has not changed over the years. The wicket-keeper is a specialist fielder with defined responsibilities. He is expected to accept catches ranging from the straight forward to the most difficult ones. He aids the spinners to dismiss the batsmen by effecting stumping chances, whether they are deemed to be easy or difficult. He is expected to prevent the opposition from scoring on the team and the bowlers by intercepting wayward deliveries from turning into byes or leg byes. The ‘keeper also plays a vital role in aiding the bowlers to “work out” the batsmen weaknesses. He helps to elevate the team’s morale by constantly encouraging the bowlers and the other fielders. The Dilemma The problem facing most team selection panels depends on the desired composition of the playing XI. Some Test teams used to routinely select wicket-keepers who are master technicians but not good bat...

  August 29, 2020 – Guyana’s main opposition, A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) having lost the March 2 General and Regional elections, will be filing two election petitions in the High Court, to challenge the recent declaration which gave electoral victory to the People’s Progressive Party (PPP). APNU+AFC is maintaining that the court will be asked to deliberate on a wide range of concerns to include rejected ballots, no use of oaths of identity, and substitute voting in the names of deceased persons as well as persons who were overseas on March 2, 2020. Alliance for Change (AFC) Chairman Mr. Raphael Trotman said last Friday at an online press briefing, that there has been heightened interest both in Guyana and overseas to go along that route. He said filing multiple petitions is necessary given the success rate of such applications. The former minister said that it is also always important to have multiple petitions, so if there is a defec...

By Caribzone.com Belize Belize will strengthen its response to the socioeconomic hardship caused by COVID-19 with a US$8 million reallocation of funds from the World Bank to support the country's agricultural sector and improve food security in the context of the pandemic. The programme will benefit more than 8,700 agricultural households in the country. Measures taken to prevent the further outbreak of the pandemic, such as the closing of borders, have caused interruptions in agricultural supply chains and a decline in economic activity. Many farmers have lost revenue due to the decline in tourism, disruption in export markets, and reduction in domestic spending caused by job losses. The agricultural sector has also experienced drought since last year. The World Bank said the reallocated funds will provide support for agricultural households severely affected by the pandemic or drought and whose commodities contribute to food security and socioeconomic development. T...