Barbados: Breezy Start To West Indies Windball tourney (30 May 1998)

30 May 1998

Breezy Start To West Indies Windball tourney

The Barbados Nation

THERE WAS an atmosphere of excitement at the Garrison Savannah on Thursday as the eighth annual West Indies Windball Cricket Championships got under way.

Flags fluttered in the wind; music, whistles, applause and screams filled the air and a spectrum of colours graced the eyes.

There were 36 teams from 11 countries taking part. Some opted for the seriousness of the competition and others were in it for the fun.

The Savannah was transformed into a cricket arena with eight mini fields marked out around it, a few tents pitched on its circumference and round-the-clock action in the middle.

Summarised scores from Thursday's matches:

LADIES DIVISION - Group A

Pepsi Generation Next 49 for four in 11.3 overs (Beverly Sealy 24 not out; Francillia McKenzie 2/8) Avenues Combine 48 for nine in 15 overs (Arlene Ledger 26; Rita Haynes 3/3). Pepsi Generation Next won by six wickets.

Group B

Cayman Islands 26 (M. Willette 4/8). Antigua Bullets 27 without loss (J. Jenkins 18 not out). Antigua Bullets won by 10 wickets.

FUN DIVISION - Group A

Paradigm 61 for seven (J. Nina 10; K. John 2/18). Pen Pushers 81 for four (John Suraj 22, Howard Jochan 30). Pen Pushers won by 20 runs.

Group B

Power Players 45 for nine in 15 overs (Richard Seenath 14; Ricky Brathwaite 2/4, D. Ambie 2/12). National Flour Mill 50 for one (A. Lewis 19 not out, G. Phillip 13 not out). National Flour Mill won by 9 wickets.

THROWING DIVISION

Sunshine Snacks 55 for nine (C. Holder 15, R. Roach 11 not out; R. Ramsoop 3/7, R. Khan 2/10). Snackmen 56 for four (K. Ramasay 19 not out, R. Millier 14). Snackmen won by 6 wickets.

BOWLING DIVISION

Group A: Trent Bridge 52 ( W. Carr 12, I. Fredericks 10; Germin James 2/11, Ian Bedneau 2/16). Dominica 93 (V. Augustine 33, F. Archer 35). Dominica won by 41 runs.

Group B: Caribbean Sports Club 68 (Franklyn Maynard 21, Louis Stanley 15; S. Mark 4/16). Antigua Bullets 134 for seven (W. Ireland 34, C. Galloway 30, J. Charles 27 not out; M. Nishett 3/17). Antigua Bullets won by 66 runs.

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