St Paul’s Street win Andy’s Drinks cricket title

St Paul’s Street are the Andy’s Drinks Sunday School Windball Cricket Knock-out champs. They claimed the title after beating Conquerors by 125 runs in the final played at the St Paul’s Street Ground, Port-of-Spain. Batting first, St Paul’s Street scored 162 runs for the loss of five wickets with Ken Joseph scoring 49 runs and Ancil Mc Donald ending on 59 not out. For Conquerors Warren Skeete took one wicket for 23. Mc Donald then proceeded to establish himself as an allrounder taking two wickets for no runs while Ken Joseph was equally prominent taking four for four to dismiss Conquerors for 37 runs. The St Paul’s Street outfit then set their sights on another title with a win over St Francois Youths in the League Semi-final.Mc Donald, who led the team to the Knock-out title, scored 36 not, out while James Mitchell scored 21 to help the team to a 102 run total after batting first. Miguel Harewood of St Francois Youths took four for 28.

St Francois Youths  aware of the task ahead  soon proved unequal to the task as they were all out for 76, Jeremy Roberts scoring 27 and Tish Birbal recording 21. St Paul’s Street player Damon Thomas returned stunning figures of four wicketsfor three runs. In the second “semi” Fun Lovers booked their place in the final. Batting first they scored 144 runs for the loss of five wickets with Earl Wilson the key in this total scoring 58 and getting support from J. Lewis ,who made 26. Fun Lovers bowler Warren Skeete had figures of two for 31, but Chris Hughes, 27, and Donald Williams, 12 ,were not enough to get the team a place in the final. Fun Lovers’ Levi Joseph was very economical taking two for 13.The final will feature St Paul’s Street, who are looking for the double, and Fun Lovers who are on a high note entering the final from an emphatic win in the “semis”.