Jamaica: Kingston CC lift Sandals one-day (20 Jul 1998)

20 July 1998

Kingston lift Sandals one-day

The Jamaica Gleaner

Batting first after winning the toss, Kingston got off to a good start. Openers Raymond Ferguson and St. Jago High School player Nicholas Austin set the tone very early for the Tigers scoring at over five runs an over. With the score on 31 however Austin fell ill and had to leave the field.

Mario Ventura joined Ferguson and the two continued the onslaught on the St. Elizabeth bowlers bringing up the 50 in 9.5 overs and the 100 in 20 overs. However, Ferguson who was playing very well was the first to go trapped leg before by spinner Paul Patrick for 46. He hit eight fours.

Austin returned after the fall of Ferguson's wicket, but three runs later Ventura departed for 33 (four fours off 64 balls) brilliantly caught and bowled by Patrick with score on 103.

Nehemiah Perry and Austin continued to dominate the bowling smashing the ball to all parts of the field. They added 93 runs for the third wicket bringing up Kingston's 150 in 34 overs.

Austin was particularly aggressive reaching his half century when he pulled pacer and captain Clive Banton over the square leg boundary for six. He finally went for a well played 55 (nine fours and a six) made off 80 balls.

Perry went shortly after caught by Krishana Edwards off the bowling of Kerron Baker for 48. At the end of the innings captain Black was 33 not out with three fours and two towering sixes while Valentino Ventura chipped in with 23.

The main wicket-takers for St. Elizabeth were Baker with three for 63 and Patrick two for 42.

St. Elizabeth struggled after losing their first wicket at 20, Roger Roye going leg before for ten off the bowling of Matthew Fender. Carl Wright and Edwards attempted to keep the scoreboard ticking but at 47 Edwards was caught off the bowling of Fender for 13.

It was left to Wright and Wayne Billings to steady the St. Elizabeth innings with a third wicket partnership of 45. Wright played some handsome cover drives and square cuts before he was bowled by Perry for 45 made off 81 balls.

Billings (47), Sheldon Gordon (36) and Baker 49 all played well but they were tied down for long periods by the tight Kingston bowling. St. Elizabeth's 200 came off 47 overs and the 150 off 39 overs. The main wicket takers for Kingston were Valentino Ventura, who bowled 3.2 overs and took two for 21, Cunningham 2 for 31 and Fender 2 for 36.

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