The Catherine Saints will host Melbourne Kangaroos at Chedwin Park in a feature clash as the Jamaican Super Cricket League resumes today.

The Saints should welcome back captain Tamar Lambert, top order batsmen Dean Morgan and Danza Hyatt, along with spinners Bevon Brown and Gavin Wallace. All five were members of the Jamaica team which recently visited the United States for a cricket festival.

They will be pushed hard by a Melbourne team which boasts talented batsmen Marlon Samuels, Donovan Pagon and captain Carlton Baugh. Cavalier openers John Ross Campbell and Damion Henry have also done their part by giving the Kangaroos strong starts in the earlier three rounds.

In their bowling attack, the visitors will depend on spinners Damian Jacobs and Tafari Williams, as well as former West Indies youth pacer, Jowayne Robinson.

At the Kirkvine Sports Club, defending champions Manchester Lions will oppose Kingston Tigers in another top clash. The home team poses a formidable threat with the likes of captain Gary Graham, young batsmen Zeniffe Fowler and Donavan Sinclair, as well as national left-arm swing bowler Krishmar Santokie.

Young allrounder Nkrumah Bonner has done well so far in the competition with both bat and ball and the Tigers will be looking to another strong showing from him. Jamaican pacer Andrew Richardson will also aim to show the kind of form that has made him one of the most feared fastbowlers in the island.

At Port Rhoades Sports Club in Discovery Bay, the St Ann Cutters face Westmoreland Wizards. The Cutters will be relying on out-of-favour Jamaican batsman Xavier Marshall and West Indies youth player John Campbell, while another youth pacer, Nicholson Gordon will lead the visitors’ bowling attack.

In another match, the struggling Trelawny Buccaneers will host St Elizabeth Warriors at the Multi-purpose Stadium.

All Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) local competitions were postponed last weekend after civil unrest had resulted in the Government imposing a limited State Of Public Emergency across sections of the Corporate Area.

While certain restrictions remain in effect, the JCA decided that relative calm has returned and the competition could be allowed to continue.

“I believe things have normalised enough for matches to be played,” co-ordinator of the league, Oneil Cruickshank, told Sporting World.

“Some clubs are understandably concerned about the curfew in some sections of Kingston, but we (at the JCA) are satisfied that things have calmed down enough for cricket to play,” he added.