Also on Saturday in Bermudian Landing, Berlan continued to fall from grace as they lost their fourth consecutive match, at the hands of Excellence. The final score was 166 to 119 runs. For Excellence, Percy Flowers scored 42 runs and Orson Flowers took 5 wickets in the victory. Andrew Banner led Berlan with 34 runs, while Camala Nicholas took 4 wickets in the losing effort.
Finally, on Saturday in Lemonal, Surprise were indeed surprised to find themselves on the receiving end of a bombing that was administered by Summer Fever, who were on fire. The final score was 226 to 71 runs in favor of Summer Fever. This is so far the largest margin of victory for the tournament. Leading the way for Summer Fever was Conway Young, who came 6 shy of scoring a century with 94 runs. Tyron Bood and Elvis Moody took 3 wickets each for the victors. Garett Banner scored 34 runs and took 2 wickets in the losing effort.
Second Division Action
On Saturday in Sandhill, Western Eagles clipped Bright Star by a score of 119 to 118 runs with 4 wickets to spare. Dirk Sutherland and Emelio Perez took 3 wickets each in the victory. On the offensive end, Byron Claire led the scoring for the Eagles with 40 runs. For Bright Star, Edwin Seguro scored 45 runs and Glen Pook took 3 wickets in the loss.
Ha! Both teams are streaking at the moment. Western Eagles are working on a little two-game win streak while Bright Star are streaking in the opposite direction with their third consecutive loss.
On Sunday in Boom, Saillows got the easiest win, as Die Hard was unable to field a team. Die Hard has now recorded their fourth consecutive loss and have yet to win a match. I only hope that they have not ?died easy? and withdrawn from the competition.
Coming up this weekend, the Belize National Cricket Association will be hosting the first ever Central American Championships to be held on the 18th, 19thand 20thMarch, 2006 in Lords Bank. Participating countries are Costa Rica, Mexico and host Belize. (NB: Detailed information from the association is still pending.)