Hit the stump and win US$1m (18 April 1999)

18 April 1999

Hit the stump and win US$1m

The Trinidad Express

Seven Caricom citizens will get a chance to win up to US$1m at Kensington Oval, Barbados on Saturday.

The draw for the contestants will be made today following the Fourth One-day International between the West Indies and the touring Australians at Queen's Park Oval.

The WICB's Marketing Executive Officer, Chris Dehring introduced the innovative competition to the region on February 4.

Since then "Bowling for Dollars'' has been attracting a lot of interest among cricket enthusiasts. Thousands of entries have been received across the region.

Draws will be made from seven entry barrels representing entries from Antigua, Barbados, Jamaica, St Vincent and Trinidad and Tobago, the seven venues hosting matches during the series.

Contestants will fly to Barbados, to compete in the preliminaries during the lunch break on Saturday and one skilled "bowler'' will make it to the final stage on Sunday for the chance to win up to US$1 million.

Starting with preliminaries on Saturday, each contestant will bowl an over (six balls) and the one who hits the stumps with the most legal delivery qualifies as "the champion'' contestant for the main event the next day.

For the main event, the challenge is increased for the "champion'' who will bowl twelve deliveries at a full set of three stumps in Stage one, earning US$500 each time the stumps are hit.

The champion proceeds to Stage two if the stumps are hit twice (at least one bail must be dislodged to qualify as a hit).

In Stage two, US$1,000 is up for grabs every time the two stumps are hit and the champion proceeds to the final stage if the stumps are hit twice.

In the third and final stage, the champion wins US$1million if a single stump is hit at all three tries. In the event that the champion does not reach stage three, he or she still earns the opportunity to win a consolation prize of US$100,000 if they can hit a single stump with one ball.

Source :: The Trinidad Express (https://www.trinidad.net/express/)