Excellence defeated Berlan
Burrell Boom Village, June 29, 2013
Four times national champs, Brilliant of Crooked Tree, will host Defending champions Double Head Cabbage Excellence in Game 1 of the championship finals in Crooked Tree on Saturday, July 6.
Brilliant won through to the 2013 SMART Harrison Parks national cricket championship finals when they bowled out Lord’s Bank Sunrise 179-102 in Game 3 of the semifinals in Burrell Boom on Saturday, June 29.
Jermaine Smith led Brilliant, batting 2 sixes and 4 fours to score 54 runs. Wicketkeeper Shane Westby and Stephen Flowers each batted 31 runs. Arturo “Madhouse” Wade hit 4 fours to score 23 runs. Varron Westby batted 7 runs, and Brilliant’s captain Lawrence Banner managed 2 runs. Brilliant had scored 179 runs by the time their last wicket fell. The Sunrise bowlers Dwayne Hendy and Justin Sanchez took 3 wickets each while Warren Anthony took 2 wickets, and Mykelt Anthony and Edison Parks each took 1 wicket.
In Sunrise’ turn at bat, Brilliant’s Landis “Ciego” Wade took 4 wickets while Lawrence Banner and Rodwell Conorquie took 3 wickets each.
Dwayne Hendy led Sunrise hitting 2 sixes and a four to score 21 runs. Edison Parks hit 4 fours to score 19 runs, and Alburn Rivero batted 15 runs. Jani Chilu score 12 runs Lionel “Wapio” Robinson managed 10 runs Michael Sobers – 9 runs. Sunrise was all out for 102 runs.
Excellence’s Keenan Flowers led Excellence with 24 runs and took 2 wickets. Excellence scored 135 runs by the time their last wicket fell.
Excellence’s Marlon “Camala” Nicholas took 5 wickets and Kenny Broaster took 3 wickets to limit the Berlan batsmen to only 95 runs.
Berlan’s captain Conway Young batted 1 six and a four to score 28 runs. Justin Revers batted 2 fours to scoreg 20 runs while Sherman Smith hit a four to score 11 runs. Herbert Banner also hit a four to score 10 runs.