Jamaica: County Championship - Hall tears apart Lucas (23 Aug 1998)
Scores: Lucas 107 all out (Christopher Gayle 50, Rawle Lewis 23); Hall 6-20, Marlon Samuels 2-12; Melbourne 216 for five (Robert Samuels 53, Aubrey Wollaston 63, Colin Fletcher 33 not out); Casper Davis 2-55
23-Aug-1998
23 August 1998
Hall tears apart Lucas
The Jamaica Gleaner
At Melbourne Oval
Scores: Lucas 107 all out (Christopher Gayle 50, Rawle Lewis 23);
Hall 6-20, Marlon Samuels 2-12; Melbourne 216 for five (Robert Samuels
53, Aubrey Wollaston 63, Colin Fletcher 33 not out); Casper Davis
2-55.
A six-wicket haul by veteran pacer Junior Hall, a century
opening stand by West Indies test discard Robert Samuels and Aubrey
Wollaston, steered Melbourne to a very important first innings points
over Lucas in their fourth round County cricket game at the Melbourne
Oval yesterday.
Lucas won the toss and elected to bat but found the fiery Hall, who
was playing his first County game this year, too hot to handle.
Hall removed the cream of Lucas' batting before lunch, getting rid of
opener Kevin Riley (4), the dependable Gayle who struck eights fours
in his half-century, Lewis and Givance (1) before lunch to have the
visitors tottering at 94 for six. He returned after the interval to
grab the wickets of Davis and Xavier Gilbert.
When Melbourne replied, the unusually cautious Robert Samuels and the
attacking Wollaston ensured that the host took command from the start
despite the efforts of Davis to pin them down, primarily because his
opening partner Xavier Gilbert was harshly treated by Wollaston.
Wollaston slammed nine fours before he swung wildely at spinner Paul
Beckett to lose his middle and off stump, while Samuels who hit six
boundaries also fell to Beckett on the long-on boundary courtesy of
Oneil Cruckshank's effort.
At Kaiser
Scores: Surrey 356 for seven declared (Murphy 108 not out, Mario
Ventura 62, Wavell Hinds 52); Alonso Harris 2-52, Ricardo Powell
2-72), Middlesex 77 without loss.
A unbeaten century of 108 by Bryan Murphy put Surrey in charge of
their game against Cornwall.
At Chedwin Park
Scores: Cornwall 174 in 45.1 overs; St. Catherine C.C. 142 for one
after 23 overs.
Jamaica Under-19 offspinner Bevon Brown playing in his first County
match captured five wickets, while Tony Powell and Milton Thomas
scored unbeaten half centuries as St. Catherine Cricket Club took
command against Cornwall yesterday.
Only Sheldon Gordon with a brisk 45, Owen Graham 38 and captain
Everton Coach 33 offered any resistance to Brown with five for 41
from 13.1 overs and pacers Oneil Richards three for 45 from 13 overs
and Audley Sanson two for 16 from five overs.
At the close, St. Catherine only need a further 32 runs to collect
first innings points over Cornwall. Powell has so far scored 63 not
out from 54 balls including one six and eleven fours, while Thomas
was unbeaten on 52 including three huge sixes. Delroy Taylor made 21.
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