St Mary take first hold of Kingston Wharves U-15 cricket crown
St Mary won the Kingston Wharves Under-15 Cricket Competition for the first time by seven wickets on Thursday at Sabina Park in Kingston after the Duckworth Lewis method was applied at the end of St Elizabeth’s innings.
St Elizabeth won the toss and decided to bat, but was pinned down by the champion in a low-scoring 113 all out in 31.5 overs. St Mary had made 75 in 33 overs to win the match and crowned champion.
Five of St Elizabeth’s players got into double figures but did not carry on to make any significant score. Their top scorers were Jayden Shaw with 14, followed by Adrian Silvera (12), Shaaairi Jadoo (12), Dimitri Binns (11) and Odane Binns (10). There were also 36 extras.
The bulk of the wickets went to Jevaughny Brown with 5-33 in 9.5 overs, Tedain Noyan 2-18 in six overs, and Dijon Taylor 2-20 in six overs.
St Mary’s innings started with 11 extras before any runs came off the bat as the St Elizabeth bowlers failed to deal with the wet conditions. They actually sent down 31 extras leaving St Mary to get the other 44 runs off the bat which they did in 17.5 overs.
Opener Tyreece Saunders (12) and Jevaughny Shim (13) were the top scorers. The wickets went one a piece to Jahliel Smith, Adiran Silvera, and Demitri Binns.
St Mary’s Jevaughny Shim took home several awards, among them namely Most Wickets, MVP for St Mary, and MVP for the final, with his five wickets for 33 runs and his top score of 13 runs. St Elizabeth’s Kevaun Brown got the award for most runs and MVP for St Elizabeth.
David Dewar, captain of Kensington Cricket Club, was the best wicketkeeper in the competition.
Shim was pleased with his performance: “It’s been a very good competition, and I have seen some good performances, [and] I tell myself that I did well and I am looking forward to next year to start playing again,” he said.
Simone Murdock, corporate services and client experience manager at Kingston Wharves, was also pleased with the competition and Thursday’ final match.
“Today’s winners, St Mary, was proof that we are moving the needle, because it’s St Mary’s first time with the trophy and we are so glad for them. We are also celebrating with St Elizabeth, who is a consistent performer,” she noted.
