Barbados: Club Cricket Round-up (25 Jul 1998)

25 July 1998

Barbados Club Cricket Round-up

The Barbados Nation

Two Contests will attract most of the attention when the fourth round of the Courts/Suzuki Division 1 cricket competition bowls off todays.

Leaders Police will oppose ICB Empire at Weymouth and defending champs BNB St. Catherine tackle BET at Bayfield in the two hot clashes.

Police who have run to the top with three wins in as many matches take on an Empire team which has been a bit hot and cold this season.

Empires big fast bowler Patterson Thompson has sent a warning to the lawmen.

Police are on top but we will be their first, real test. We plan to play hard and go all out for victory, Thompson said confidently.

He noted that Polices three wins so far have been against weak opposition the two combined schools and lowly Mount Gay Maple and they have not yet been really tested.

St. Catherine have been miserable all year losing two and drawing one and will need a boost. BET have been batting well and St. Catherine will need to get their act together.

Second-placed Big B Spartan will fancy their chances of a third victory when they face CHIC Schools South at Lodge, a game that was switched from Harrison College.

Spartan welcome back left-hander Philip Spooner, who will be playing his first game in two seasons. The former Schools South batsman, who replaces Shawn Hunte.

Cockspur Wanderers, who tackle Maple at Trents, welcome back Dwain Gill, a former Schools South captain now vying for a place in the Grenada national team. He fills in for captain Mike Edwards, who is overseas.

The new skipper is Gary Pedro, but left-arm pacer Pedro Collins is also expected to be absent. The West Indies A player is slated to play in the Jamaica County Championships which bowls off next week.

The other games are: United Carlton vs BCL at Black Rock, CHIC Schools North vs Banks at Ashton Hall, and Sports & Games YMPC vs ESA Field Pickwick at Beckles Road.

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