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Grenada United Cricket Club Takes Weekend
Playing the final games of the preliminary round, Grenada, disputably the most competitive team for the last five years, thrashed St. Lucia on Sunday, a day beating the Warriors. On Sunday, Grenada defeated St. Lucia by eight wickets at Marine Park A. Batting first after winning the toss, St. Lucia were bowled out for 181 in 36.4 overs. T. Peter had a top score of 31, with F. Daniel and C. Charles getting 25 each. D. Dennis, with a patient 24 was the other significant contributor for St. Lucia. Bowling for Grenada, A. Simon, with three wickets for 24 runs from eight overs, was the peak of the bowlers. D. Alexander took three for 29 from eight overs and L. Peters, three for 32 from 7.4 overs, to wrap up the innings. Grenada replied strongly to achieve victory in the 29th over, finishing on 182 for the loss of L. Richards for an aggressive 33 and C. Peters, for 28. D. Alexander followed up his fine performance with the ball to be unbeaten on 69, his skipper, K. George, also unbeaten on 24. P. Prince and D. Dennis shared the two wickets to fall for Grenada, St. Lucia accepting defeat, but well poised in the points standing as they head into the playoffs. On Saturday, Grenada beat Warriors by 72 runs at Marine Park D. Batting first Grenada was bowled out for 173 in 34.3 overs. Skipper K. George hitting a top-score of 35. His support came from R. Paul with 30 and opener R. Murray getting 28; G. Anthony with 19 and L. Peters with 14, the other two batsmen to get into double figures. Nomi was the peak of Warriors bowlers with three for 24 from seven, Hammad and Asad getting two wickets each, while Saqib, Abid and Bilal chipped in with a wicket a piece. In reply, Warriors was bundled for 101 in the 28 th over. Tauseef with 34 and Nauman, 26, were the only two batsmen with significant contributions. V. Munroe and D. Williams with three wickets each were the strike bowlers for Grenada; D. Alexander getting two wickets and L. Peters, one. In the other game played on Sunday, Travel Treat defeated Pak Eleven by the smallest of margins, pulling off a thriller in the 34th over, at Marine Park B. Batting first, a team heavily dependent on Barbadian first class player Dale Richards, Travel Treat fell for a paltry 100, as Richards, having already scored three centuries and over 600 runs for the season failed to deliver. D. Cumberbatch and Z. Ahmad with 15 each - Richards getting 12, the only batsmen to reach double figures. Aqeel, with four for 32 from eight overs was the most successful bowler for Pak Eleven. Ali taking three for 23 from seven; Faisal getting two and Waheed, one wicket were the other successful bowlers. With only a meager 100 to defend, Travel Treat never gave in as steady seam bowling by S. Islam with figures of five for 16 from eight overs, dashed Pak Eleven's hopes of pulling off an easy victory. Islam got tremendous support from Z. Iqbar and A. Raza, with two wickets each, M. Hussain taking the other wicket to fall. Pak Eleven finished on 99 runs, two short of the required total in 33.3 overs. Come this Sunday, the Parks will see the return of color clothes as the Knockout Competition gets underway. Jinnah is set to take on Scorpian at Marine Park A, Warriors play Carriacou at Marine Park B, Pak Eleven takes on Diplomats at Marine Park, while Shaheen will battle Travel Treat at Sea View. The remaining teams will battle the following weekend, with Team O, Punjab, getting a bye as the elimination continues into the coming weeks.
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