When the two undefeated teams, Excellence of Double Head Cabbage and Brilliant of Crooked Tree, took to the pitch on Saturday, everyone knew one would fall from grace. Excellence, being the most offensive team in the tournament (no pun intended), came well equipped with their whopping stick. Little did they know that Brilliant also intended to do some whopping of their own.

Brilliant defeated Excellence by a score of 183 to 180 runs with five wickets to spare. Excellence threw everything including the kitchen sink, but could not dismiss Landis Wade, who came up four short of a century with 96 runs. Lawrence Banner also took 5 wickets in the victory for Brilliant.

In almost the same scenario, both Berlan and Wicked Eleven won their first match then lost the next two. Just like de-ja-vu, somebody had to win, but at whose expense? In a relatively close but competitive scoring, Wicked Eleven came out on top, defeating Berlan by a score of 128 to 119 runs.

Winston Flowers led Wicked Eleven to victory with 35 runs. Darren Rhaburn took 4 wickets in the process. Berlan were led by Peter Harris, who scored a solid 46 runs in their victory. Orlando Banner made a valiant showing for Berlan by taking 4 wickets in the loss.

Second Division

On Saturday, February 25, Habet & Habet Highway Bombers won their fourth match of the tournament dismissing Die Hard by a score of 156 to 46 runs. Kendis Moody led the way for the Habet & Habet Highway Bombers by scoring 40 runs. Edmond Flowers and Samuel Sukhnandan took 2 wickets each in the victory. Bertie Seguro really made a very good showing for Die Hard by taking a total of six wickets in a losing effort. Die Hard have now lost three in a row and have yet to record their first win.

In the only match played on Sunday, February 26, Saillows defeated Bright Star in what you can call a close but not so close match. The final score was 85 to 83 runs; however, they had five wickets to spare. Lyndon Casasola led the scoring for Saillows with 55 runs while Robert Casasola took 3 wickets in the victory. Saillows have now won one and lost one. Bright Star was led by Norman Pook who scored 38 runs and Edwin Seguro took 4 wickets in the loss. Bright Star have now won one and lost two.

Coming this March 9thweekend, there will be a break in the regular action to make way for a series of international matches. On Saturday, March 4, in Bermudan Landing, the all-star selection ?Team Belize? will see action against Atlanta, a team from the United States. Then on Sunday, March 5, Team Belize will face off again with Atlanta, this time in Lords Bank. The final match of the weekend will be played on Monday, March 6, in Bermudan Landing in which Atlanta will face off against last year?s tournament champions – Excellence.

Team Belize All-Star Selection

1. Dirk Sutherland (Captain)

2. Pradeep Perrera (Vice Captain)

3. Winston Flowers

4. Landis Wade

5. Conway Young

6. Eldon Wade

7. Howell Gillett

8. Desmond McFadzen

9. Darren Rhaburn

10. David Sobers

11. Dorian Gabb

12. Lawrence Banner

13. Andrew Banner

14. Clarence Anthony