2003 BCA FIRST DIVISION REVIEW

SERIES 4, JULY 12, 13

Martin Nurse first to 500 runs for season

Champions Banks among losers; Ryan Hurley takes 13 wickets

COMBINED SCHOOLS captain Martin Nurse became the first batsman to record 500 runs for the season, and in what was a major upset, Banks were beaten on home turf by neighbours Cable & Wireless by six wickets.

There were also victories for Pickwick and Spartan over Carlton and Combined Schools.
Pickwick triumphed by an innings and 52 runs while Spartan won by nine wickets.

Joining the list of century-makers were experienced Cable & Wireless opener Ron Bates
and Pickwick’s national under-19 player Kirk Edwards.

Edwards’ teammate, off-spinning all-rounder Ryan Hurley was in ripping form with the ball, hauling in 13 for 98.

First innings points were attained by BDFSP, Police, St. Catherine and YMPC against Wanderers, Empire, Maple and BCL.

AT THE BREWERY: IN typically, aggressive style, Ron Bates hit 105 as Cable & Wireless made 284 after winning the toss on a hard, true pitch.

The 33-year-old Bates scored 104 in a shade under two hours off just 74 balls including nine sixes and six fours. He and Don O’Neale (44) added 147 for the second wicket before wickets fell steadily to leave the score 217 for seven.

Ryan Layne made 42, while Ryan Best (23 not out) and Antonio Thomas (20) helped to rally the tail.

Winston Reid took six for 50 off 24.5 overs including the wicket of Bates shortly before lunch. Reid’s fellow left-arm spinner Anderson Sealy came in for a hammering for the second straight
match, ending with two for 149 off 24 overs as he failed to bowl a maiden.

On a day in which over 400 runs were scored, Banks closed on 132 for seven. Opener Donovan Lovell made 44 and David Sealy was unbeaten 34.

David Sealy added just five and Gregory Alleyne contributed 23 as Banks were bowled out for 164. Fast bowler Best took four for 39 and leg-spinner Layne three for 27.

Following-on with a deficit of 120, Banks managed 159, thanks mainly to the Sealy brothers. Anderson topscored with 44, batting at No. 9 and David made 40.

Fast bowler Gordon Maxwell, who took the first three wickets, ended with three for 16.

En route to their six-wicket win, Cable & Wireless knocked off the target of 40 in 10.4 overs after losing their first three wickets for 13 runs. O’Neale scored 23

AT PARAGON: BDFSP were forced to settle for first innings points after a century opening partnership between captain Dwayne Nurse and Marvin Forde put Wanderers on course for safety.

With a deficit of 111, Wanderers reached 219 for six in their second innings when play was called off with eight overs remaining.

Nurse topscored with 62 in 137 minutes before he was run out after adding 121 with Forde, who made 50.

There were six boundaries for Nurse, who faced 120 balls while Forde, who was second out three runs later, was at the crease for 146 minutes. He received 80 deliveries and struck five fours.

Off-spinner Paul Alleyne took four for 59 off 23 overs for match figures of seven for 75.

Earlier, BDFSP carried their overnight score of 205 for seven to 270 for nine declared – 55
minutes after the start of play.

Brian Johnson hit 52 after resuming on ten to follow figures of five for 48 with his
medium-pace. He struck five boundaries and two sixes.

Left-arm spinner Ray Armstrong was the leading wicket-taker with three for 48.

On the opening day, there were entertaining half-centuries by captain Stephen Howell and Dadrian Forde for BDFSP.

Howell topscored with 59 and national under-19 player Forde hit 54. In dominating a fourth
wicket partnership of 75 with Norman Willoughby, who scored 36, Howell slammed six fours
and four sixes in his 54-ball innings which lasted 58 minutes, while the 18-year-old Forde
struck seven boundaries and a six. He was at the crease for 54 minutes and faced 45
deliveries.

Earlier, medium-pacer Johnson grabbed five for 48 and picked up three for 16 after
Wanderers were put in.

Barbados all-rounder Ian Bradshaw topscored with 35, Nurse scored 28, Owen Birch (27)
and Avery Greene (24) in a total of 159.

AT BLACK ROCK: KIRK Edwards struck 127 not out in Pickwick’s first innings total of 302 for nine declared after they won the toss on an easy-paced pitch.

Batting at No. 5, Edwards took advantage of a few chances in his near four-hour innings
which contained 11 boundaries and a six. Mike Matthews made 34 and Anthony Hurley 31,
in a fourth wicket stand of 87 with Edwards.

Pacer Reunel Agard took three for 45. Off-spinner Ryan Austin was hammered by his former
teammates, conceding 100 runs from 21 overs while picking up the wicket of all-rounder
Ryan Hurley for 19.

By the close, Carlton were 56 for three. Off-spinner Ryan Hurley snapped up all three
wickets while Dale Richards counter-attacked with an unbeaten 31.

The Hurley march continued as he grabbed eight for 61 off 17.4 overs – Carlton falling for
145. Richards topscored with 65 before falling leg before wicket to West Indies fast bowler
Vasbert Drakes.

Facing a deficit of 157 after they were asked to follow-on, Carlton folded for 105 to lose by
an innings and 52 runs. Shirley Clarke, opening the innings, made 41. Ryan Hurley took five
for 37 off 15.1 overs for a match haul of 13 for 98.

AT LESTER VAUGHAN, CANE GARDEN: COMBINED SCHOOLS disappointed
after openers Martin Nurse and Renaldo Parris laid a solid foundation in both innings and
ultimately lost by nine wickets.

Having been sent in, the in-form Nurse and Parris added 91 but once they were separated,
spinners Dave Marshall and Sulieman Benn came into their own and the Schools were bowled
out for 180.

Parris hit the topscore of 60, left-hander Nurse got 44 and Nicholas Squires 24 before he
was run out.

Leg-spinner Marshall took four for 27 and left-armer Benn four for 73.

Led by 51 from opener Corey Yearwood, Spartan closed on 149 for three. At the crease
were Rohan Nurse on 31 and Kevin Stoute 23.

Nurse went on to score 51 and Stoute 50 as they added 96 for the fourth wicket in a total
of 222 for eight declared.

Nicolai Charles took three for 43 and Rommel Small three for 55.

Nurse and Parris again gave their side a solid start, this time putting on 69 with Parris’
contribution just 16 before he was run out, leading to another collapse. They were bowled
out for 139. Nurse topscored with 59, carrying his aggregate for the season to 542 runs from
six innings at an average of 90.33. Omar Phillips made 29.

Marshall picked up five for 44 off 19.5 overs for match figures of nine for 71.

Spartan lost Wayne Blackman for 42 in reaching their target of 98 in 14.3 overs. Yearwood
scored 30 not out.

AT BANK HALL: GIFTED fast bowling all-rounder Ryan Nurse blasted 72 to help Empire to 172 all out after they were put in by Police.

Nurse, who bats left-handed and bowls right-arm, hit 15 threes and two fours on the small ground. He and Alcindo Holder (36) added 81 for the fifth wicket.

Left-arm spinner Sadiq Hill took four for 57 and off-spinner Stanton Proverbs three for 45.

Police replied strongly with 127 for two at the close as left-hander Edison Rock hit 57 not out and Dwayne Yearwood 41 – the pair adding 50 for the second wicket.

Rock went on to topscore with 72 in a total of 227 for nine. Brian Corbin made 47 and captain Trevor Griffith 32.

Pacer Chesterfield Walcott took four for 51.

Empire gained batting practice in the second innings, finishing on 173 for five. Shawn Graham made 54 not out, Jason Parris 43 and Jason Haynes 25.

Stanton Proverbs, enjoying his bowling, took all five wickets for 75 runs off 19 overs.

AT BAYFIELD: ST. CATHERINE took first innings points as Kenroy Williams finished with a match haul of ten for 109 plus knocks of 23 and 43 not out.

Shawn Sargeant hit the topscore of 51 and Dale Mason 42 in St. Catherine’s first innings of 196 after Maple won the toss. Pacer Andre Evelyn took four for 38 and 17-year-old off-spinner Shane Ramsey, four for 48.

Maple, starting the final day on 86 for four, were bowled out for 153. Opener Pedro Agard scored 51 and Ricky Waldron 40 not out. Off-spinner Williams took six for 64 in 23.4 overs and captain and left-arm spinner Derick Bishop, three for 43.

St. Catherine declared their second innings at 128 for seven, setting Maple 172 for victory after tea.

Perhaps the declaration came too late as Maple ended on 133 for eight. Agard again carried the fight, scoring 55. Waldron once more showed his defiance with an unbeaten 21 and Kirk Straughn made 20.

Williams took four for 45 and Bishop three for 32.

AT BECKLES ROAD: IN what was a very close battle for first innings honours, YMPC got the nod with their ninth wicket pair at the crease.

After dismissing BCL for 213, the home team were 201 for eight before falling for 215.

Kamal Turney found the boundary often in scoring 88 for the BCL as he added 147 for the third wicket with Jarvis Forde (49).

Off-spinners William Lashley and Wendell Coppin took four for 36 and four for 47.

Lashley then returned to hit 52 and captain Adrian Jones contributed 43 as YMPC went into the final day on 75 for one.

BCL made 107 for six in the second innings. Dwayne Lynch scored 28 not out. Coppin took five for 29 off 16 overs.