St George’s Win 2011 Cup Match
After four consecutive years of the game ending in a draw, a Cup Match winner has been declared, with St George’s winning the 2011 Cup Match Classic today [July 29] at the Wellington Oval in St George’s.
After a thrilling afternoon of cricket, St. George’s Cricket Club pressed home their advantage after dominating the first day’s play to thrill fans of the blue and blue and win the coveted Cup Match trophy. St George’s Captain Oronde Bascome is pictured below holding the trophy, in a photo courtesy of Earl Basden.
The game came down to a nail biting end which saw wickets fall fast, followed by a fast push by St George’s, with Lionel Cann hitting his trademark sixes to keep the Cup in the east. Mr Cann is pictured below after hitting his last 6 – which won the game:
The 2011 St. George’s Cup Match Team was Oronde Bascome [Captain], Rodney Trott [Vice Captain], Jason Anderson, OJ Pitcher, Lionel Cann, Delyone Borden, Stefan Kelly, Damali Bell, Fiqre Crockwell, Justin Pitcher and Allan Douglas Jr., with reserves Onias Bascome, Lateef Trott and Shea Pitcher.
Somerset Cricket Club was represented by Jekon Edness [Captain], Stephen Outerbridge [Vice Captain], Dion Stovell, Terryn Fray, Janeiro Tucker, Deunte Darrell, Malachi Jones, Joshua Gilbert, Kamau Leverock, Kevin Hurdle and Jacobi Robinson.
Teenage Kamau Leverock, the nephew of cricketing great Dwayne “Sluggo” Leverock, was the top scorer for Somerset today with 43, while Fiqre Crockwell got 54 for St George’s. Lionel Cann, who has represented St George’s since 1993, ended the day on 49 not out.
Somerset Cricket Club 2nd Innings
..01 (04) Dion Stovell b Stefan Kelly
..33 (40) Terry Fray c Allan Douglas Jr b Rodney Trott
..30 (96) Stephen Outerbridge Run Out
..01 (03) Deunte Darrell LBW Stefan Kelly
..24 (30) Janeiro Tucker LBW Oronde Bascome
..19 (42) Jekon Edness LBW Stefan Kelly
..43 (63) Kamau Leverock c Fiqre Crockwell b Stefan Kelly
..14 (23) Malachi Jones b Stefan Kelly
..02 (06) Jacobi Robinson b Stefan Kelly
..27 (35) Kevin Hurdle Not Out
..21 (47) Joshua Gilbert c Rodney Trott b Delyone Borden
..23 Extras (18b-4lb-1nb)
238 Total All Out
St. George’s Cricket Club Bowlers
2.0-0-13-0 Justin Pitcher
24.-3-73-6 Stefan Kelly
6.0-1-19-0 OJ Pitcher
14.-3-42-1 Rodney Trott
6.2-1-28-1 Delyone Borden
2.0-0-13-0 Damali Bell
10.-0-28-1 Oronde Bascome
St. George’s Cricket Club 2nd Innings
..00 (09) Jason Anderson c Terryn Fray b Kamau Leverock
..54 (78) Fiqre Crockwell c Terryn Fray b Joshua Gilbert
..17 (47) Oronde Bascome st Jekon Edness b Joshua Gilbert
..02 (06) OJ Pitcher c Jekon Edness b Joshua Gilbert
..04 (03) Allan Douglas Jr c Jekon Edness b Joshua Gilbert
..00 (09) Rodney Trott c Kevin Hurdle b Joshua Gilbert
..49 (42) Lionel Cann Not Out
..02 (20) Delyone Borden LBW Malachi Jones
..10 (11) Justin Pitcher c Dion Stovell b Kevin Hurdle
..01 (10) Stefan Kelly Not Out
..09 Extras (4b-1w-4lb)
148 Total for 8 Wickets after 37.2 overs
Somerset Cricket Club Bowlers
8.2-1-34-1 Malachi Jones
3.0-0-15-1 Kamau Leverock
4.0-0-23-0 Jacobi Robinson
11.-3-25-1 Kevin Hurdle
3.0-0-13-0 Janeiro tucker
8.0-3-30-5 Joshua Gilbert
..09 Extras (4b-1w-4lb)
148 Total for 8 Wickets
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Congrats to both teams. Two days of good cricket and sportsmanship. Well done.
Not the result I wanted, but I’m so glad there was an outright result this year nonetheless. Congratulations St. George’s.
WELL DONE Somerset and st Georges!!! What an Exciting game this year!!!!! =)
Great job St. George’s and Somerset. I don’t normally follow Cup Match while on vacation, but this year I decided to do so. Game was very much exciting. Even rushed home from the spa to check the results. Glad that my team won.
BEST game in years! well done! both Teams! Altough I am a Somerset fan and a win would have been nice I have to say St. Georges you know we a gave you a run for your money!!! Exciting!!
TEN YRS OF NOT ATTENDING CUP MATCH ! NEXT YR I WILL BE HOME IN BERMUDA ! YOU ALL HAD ME EXCITED !! GREAT JOB ST. GEO !! GLAD TO OFFER U MY ST. DAVID’S BOYS !! SOMERSET YOUR MY TEAM AND ALWAYS WILL BE !! NEXT YR IS YOURS !!!! GOD BLESS BERMUDA ! BE SAFE PEOPLES !!
THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST CUP MATCH EVER…..I MEAN WE HAD GREAT WEATHER, GOD BLESS THE MAN ABOVE FOR SUCH A LOVELY BREEZE THE PREVENTED US FROM COOKING IN OUR OWN SKINS.LOL……THEN THERE WAS THE GAME OH WHAT A GAME IF YOU WERE AT THE OVAL YOU GOT YOUR MONEYS WORTH FROM BEGINNING TO END ESPECIALLY IF YOU WERE A ST GEO FAN…..SOMERSET YOU HAD US RUNNING SCARED FOR A TIME UNTIL THE HEART OF A CHAMPION SHONE THRU AND WE PULLED IT OFF IN THE END…..GREAT GAME BY BOTH TEAMS.
Congratulations to….. the Winning Team St.Georges …….thank you to my team Somerset..you fought well……in the second innings…at least you both fought for a result and gave Bermuda one…especially congrats to my Somerset Silver City Team…I confess I was losing faith in your ability to whip St.Georges …which I know that you will do now at least for the next five years now…..Terry ….thanks for the reminder…(Smile )…I think my teams back……Somerset forever….Proud to be a Bermudian…and a Somersetonian……forever.!
What an outstanding game. It was exciting watching Lionel Cann transform himself from the comsumate slugger into the stable, prudent and focused national batsman….Well done to both teams for a truly Cup Match Classic.
Glad to see a result at last, but I think a little adjustment should be made to the rules in order to guarantee a result every year. How about two days of limited overs cricket, add the two totals for each team after two days, and the team with the most runs wins? One twist: for the sake of argument, let’s say that St G bat first and finish their allotted overs (30, 40, 50 or whatever) with 225 and 8 balls left. Somerset then bat, and pass St G’s total with 2 wickets and 3 overs left: they bat on and finish their allotted overs with 238 for 9, so start the second day with a lead of 13 runs. St G bat again and get 233 for 8 in their second innings, for a grand total of 463 for 18. Somerset bat again, and score 225 for 6 for a grand total of 463 for 15 (remember, they only lost 9 wickets the first day). In case of a tie, the team losing the fewest wickets wins (in the example given, it would be Somerset). In case it’s still a tie, the visiting team wins. Is something along these lines worth considering? What do you think?
praises for the comments of the losing skipper about young people doing positive things……….i am proud of him (and a St George’s fan)
And we’ll be waiting 4 ya!
YAH and LOL!!!! Well i guess you know i am St Georges fan.
Great game from both Team’s.