Jamaica: Excelsior off to winning start (14 January 1999)

14 January 1999

Jamaica: Excelsior off to winning start

The Jamaica Gleaner

Excelsior High made a winning start to their Sunlight Cup campaign with a convincing seven-wicket victory over Meadowbrook High at Bumper Hall yesterday.

The other game scheduled between Tivoli Gardens Comprehensive and Ardenne High did not take place due to the teachers' strike.

Scores in yesterday's match: Meadowbrook 61; Excelsior 62 for three.

Sent in to bat, the pace of Gavin Britton (5-16 from 11.1 overs) and captain Everton Nelson (4-23 off 15 overs) proved lethal to Meadowbrook as only captain Marlon Cottrell with a top score of 18 and Ricardo Dryden with 15 offered any form of resistance as Meadowbrook were bundled out cheaply off 34.1 overs.

Excelsior made short work of overtaking Meadowbrook's meagre 61, reaching the target in just 19 overs.

Wayne Gayle, younger brother of Christopher Gayle, top scored with an unbeaten 22 while other useful contributions for the green and yellows came from Taskan Reynolds with 12 not out and opener Dwight Satchell who made 11.

Cottrell was the most successful bowler for Meadowbrook with 2-24 from nine overs, with Aayon Cruickshank claimed 1-27 from eight overs.

Meanwhile, the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) has altered the fixtures due to withdrawal from the competition of Mona High, Papine Comprehensive and Jose Marti Technical.

Dunoon Technical, previously in Group A, have replaced Mona High in Group C and the following matches are therefore cancelled: January 21 - Denham Town vs Dunoon, January 30 - Dunoon vs Waterford Comprehensive, February 6 - Holy Trinity vs Dunoon, February 11 - Dunoon vs St. Catherine High, February 27 - Calabar vs Dunoon, March 4 - Dunoon vs St. Jago.

The new fixtures: January 29 - Dunoon vs Jamaica College, February 6 - Norman Manley vs Dunoon, February 11 - Dunoon vs Kingston College, March 2 - Dunoon vs St. Andrew Technical (STATHS), March 6 - Trench Town vs Dunoon.

In today's matches (home team named first): Calabar vs Waterford at Police Officers Club, St. Jago vs Denham Town.

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