By:Curtis Morton
NAGICO, the long standing sponsors of the ongoing super 50 cricket series being hosted by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), on Sunday treated Nevisians and residents on the island to a rare cricket treat.
The Insurance company through its local manager, Mr. Lauren Barry, made arrangements and hired the MV Caribe Queen to transport cricket lovers to St.Kitts to witness a match in the super 50n series, absolutely free of cost.
According to Barry, some 150 tickets were distributed to interested persons and 115 persons showed up for the free trip.
The happy cricket lovers were also allowed into Warner Park free of cost and received a wide variety of paraphernalia complements of the company. These included horns; cups; shades; balloons and boundary signs.
The boat returned to Nevis with the happy troopers, half an hour after the completion of the match between the Guyana Jaguars and the CCC Marooners.
They were in for an exciting match with the Marooners posting a challenging 254 in their 50 overs and the Jaguars only managed to chase it down in the final over, with only three balls remaining.
Summarized scores: CCC Marooners 254 for 7 in 50 overs: Rovman Powell 63*; Anthony Alleyne 57
Raymon Reifer 2 for 44; Gudakesh Motie 2 for 53
Volcanoes: 255 for 5 in 49.3 overs: Assad Fudadin 103*; Leon Johnson 56
Christopher Powell; Deyal and Mohan, picked up 1 wicket each
Result: Jaguars won by 5 wickets
Points: Jaguars 4, Marooners 0
Player-of-the-Match: Assad Fudadin (Jaguars)
OTHER MATCHES PLAYED THAT SAME DAY
T&T Red force v Barbados Pride
Red force 226 all out in 50 overs
Pride 227 for 7 in 48 overs
Result: Pride won by 3 wickets
Points: Pride 4, Red Force 0
Player-of-the-Match: Jason Holder (Pride)
ICC AMERICAS v JAMAICA SCORPIONS
Americas 253 all out in 50 overs
Scorpions 257 for 9 in 45.1 overs
Result: Scorpions won by 1 wicket
Points: Scorpions 4, Americas 0
Player-of-the-Match: John Campbell (Scorpions)
Windwards Volcanoes v Leewards Hurricanes
Volcanoes 243 for 6 in 49 overs
Hurricanes 238 for 9 in 49 overs
Result: Volcanoes won by 5 runs
Points: Volcanoes 4, Hurricanes 0
Player-of-the-Match: Sunil Ambris (Volcanoes)
POINT STANDINGS AFTER ROUND SIX
ZONE A
T&T Red force -22 points
Barbados Pride 18
Jamaica Scorpions 14
ICC Americas 2
ZONE B
Windwards Volcanoes 18
Guyana Jaguars 18
CCC Marooners 8
Leewards Hurricanes 6
Semi final matches will now be played as follows:
T&T Red Force Vs Guyana Jaguars
Venue: Queen’s Park Oval
Start Date: 20th January 2016
Windward Islands Volcanoes Vs Barbados Pride
Venue: Queen’s Park Oval
Start Date: 21st January 2016
Final
Winner Semi-Final 1 Vs Winner Semi-Final 2
Venue: Queen’s Park Oval
Start Date: 23rd January 2016
Reserved day
Winner Semi-Final 1 Vs Winner Semi-Final 2
Venue: Queen’s Park Oval
Start Date: 24th January 2016
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