Jamaica are the Busta champs
Kingston - Jamaica were crowned regional four-day cricket champions for 2000 yesterday after topping the Leeward Islands on first innings in their drawn Busta Cup final at Sabina Park
29-Feb-2000
Kingston - Jamaica were crowned regional four-day cricket champions
for 2000 yesterday after topping the Leeward Islands on first innings
in their drawn Busta Cup final at Sabina Park.
The Busta Cup title completed a second successive regional title for
Jamaica who late last year won the limited-overs Red Stripe Bowl
competition.
Set an unlikely 353 runs to win in 50 overs on the final afternoon,
the Leewards reached 114 for two when play was called off at 4:23
p.m. with seven overs remaining, giving Jamaica their first hold on
the three-year-old Busta Cup.
The triumphant Jamaicans had more reason to celebrate when their
prolific 20-year-old opener Chris Gayle, who scored 623 runs at an
average of 56.63 in seven Busta Cup matches, was named the Most
Valuable Player of the tournament.
Wavel Hinds, for his crucial first innings century, was named Man Of
The Final.
An elated Jamaica captain Jimmy Adams described the last six months as
'fantastic, starting with the Red Stripe Bowl. It's just a fantastic
feeling'.