Live Blogging/Photos: Cup Match Day #1

[Updating] The first day of Cup Match is now underway, with the Annual Cup Match Classic cricket game set to take place in Somerset and the second day of BeachFest set for Horseshoe Bay Beach. The weather forecast for today said to expect it to be partly cloudy with 1 or 2 morning showers with a high near 29°C/85°F.

St George’s are the defending champions and are hoping to retain the Cup, however Somerset and their fans are obviously hoping for a different outcome. You can tune into channel #7 on CableVision to watch the game live on TV and watch a stream here and follow the running scorecard here.

The Somerset Cricket Club Team will be captained by Jekon Edness, and will include Malachi Jones, Janeiro Tucker, Chris Douglas, Kamau Leverock, Greg Maybury, Tre Manders, Derek Brangman, Stephen Outerbridge, Terryn Fray and Jacobi Robinson. The Reserves are Marcus Johnson, Shaquille Jones and Justin Corday.

The St. George’s Cricket Club Team will be captained by Lionel Cann with his tea mates including Rodney Trott, Delyone Borden, Glenn Blakeney, Allan Douglas, Kyle Hodsoll, Justin Pitcher, Stefan Kelly, Treadwell Gibbons, Jason Anderson and Fiqre Crockwell. The Reserves are Onias Bascome, Lateef Trott and Delray Rawlins.

Our latest updates will be posted on top as the day progresses. View all our Cup Match coverage thus far here, and all our Cup Match photo galleries here.

Update 11.06pm: Thousands of people flocked to the BeachFest at Horseshoe Bay today which featured local entertainers, sports games and more. Our first set of BeachFest photos is here.

Update 7.31pm: Game over for the day. St George’s 219, Somerset 100/2

Update 7.26pm: About 5 minutes to end of today’s play. St George’s 219 Somerset 93/2.

Update 7.20pm: Outerbridge is out, Greg Maybury is in.

Update 7.18pm: St George’s 219 Somerset 85/1. Fray on 23, Outerbridge on 19.About 12 minutes of play left

Update 7.04pm: St George’s 219 Somerset 78/1. Fray on 21, Outerbridge on 14. Rodney Trott now bowling for St George’s

Update 6.54pm: St George’s 219 Somerset 60/1. Fray on 14, Outerbridge on 6. About 35 minutes left to play.

Update 6.42pm: 75 more photos from Cup Match are below, the first set can be viewed here.

Update 6.40pm: St George’s 219 Somerset 51/1. Fray on 12, Outerbridge on 1

Update 6.28pm: Douglas is out, Stephen Outerbridge is in.

Update 6.24pm: St George’s 219 Somerset 43/0. Douglas on 28, Fray on 10

Update 6.09pm: St George’s 219 Somerset 31/0. Douglas on 23, Fray on 6. About 80 minutes left to play.

Update 5.59pm: St George’s 219 Somerset 27/0. Douglas on 21, Fray on 5

Update 5.49pm: St George’s 219 Somerset 15/0. Douglas on 11, Fray on 3

Update 5.33pm: Score -St. George’s 219 Somerset 2/0. Chris Douglas & Terryn Fray batting for Somerset.

Update 5.25pm: Somerset coming in now. They will play until 7.30pm tonight

Update 5.08pm: Hodsoll is out, which wraps up St George’s innings at 219.

Update 4.56pm: Justin Pitcher is out, Kyle Hodsoll is in. St George’s are 214/9. Janeiro Tucker has taken 6 wickets.

Update 4.51pm: St. George’s 209/8. Pitcher on 5, Kelly on 4

Update 4.44pm: St George’s Captain Lionel Cann is out with 8, Stefan Kelly joins Justin Pitcher. St George’s 205/8.

Update 4.36pm: At the Tea Break St. George’s had reached 201/7, Glenn Blakeney Jr was out for 68 taking him into the 600 runs for his Cup Match career, his half century came off 65 deliveries. Colt Treadwell Gibbons Jr. showed no signs of nerves as he stroked a confident 41 before being caught. Allan Douglas Jr. was out just before Tea bowled for 29, with Justin Pitcher joining captain Lionel Cann at the wicket. Cann needs only 4 runs to make a career 1000 Cup Match runs.

Former Somerset captain Janeiro Tucker has been a thorn in the St. George’s Cricket Club side as he came on the ball and claimed vital wickets, he has figures of 10-0-22-4, while Derek Brangman has figures of 12-0-43-2 the only other Somerset Cricket Club bowler to grab a wicket is Jacobi Robinson who has figures of 16-3-62-1.

Update 4.11pm: Douglas is out, Justin Pitcher is in. St George’s is 200/7

Update 4.07pm: St George’s are now 191/6. Cann is on 2. Douglas on 27

Update 3.56pm: St George’s are now 183/6. Blakeney is out with 68, St George’s Captain Lionel Cann is coming in. Douglas is on 21

Update 3.44pm: Borden is out, Allan Douglas is in. St George’s are now 163/5

Update 3.33pm: St George’s are now 158/4. Blakeney is on 64, Borden is on 8

Update 3.16pm: St George’s fans poured on the pitch as Glenn Blakeney Jr got his 50.

Update 3.03pm: Rodney Trott just went out. St George’s are now 128/4. Blakeney is on 48, and Borden is now in.

Update 2.55pm: The BeachFest Emancipation Celebration being held at Horseshoe Bay Beach is extremely well attended, with cars parked all along South Shore and large crowds on the beach.

Update 2.45pm: Score – St. George’s 105/3 Somerset 0/0 after 33 overs. Blakeney is on 25, Trott on 5

Update 2.30pm: Score – St. George’s 94/3 Somerset 0/0. Anderson just went out, Rodney Trott is in. Scoreboard is here.

Update 2.16pm: Score – St. George’s 87/2 Somerset 0/0

Update 1.52pm: St. George’s have lost another wicket, with Fiqre Crockwell now out.

Update 1.48pm: Gibbons is caught on 41 at mid wicket off the bowling of Janeiro Tucker. Score St. George’s 57/1 Somerset 0/0

Update 1.32pm: After 16 overs the score is 47 without loss. Gibbons on 35 and Anderson on 9.

Update 1.15pm: The game is back underway. St George’s: 38/0 after 11 overs

Update 1.05pm: While the game on the field is still halted, the Crown & Anchor game off the field is in full swing. The players have returned to the field and it looks like things will get back underway soon.

Update 12.27pm: Around 100 photos from the field have been posted here.

Update 12.03pm: And it’s raining again, and play has been halted. Score is St. George’s 38/0 Somerset 0/0

Update 11.26am: We will attempt to keep a scoreboard as the day progresses, it won’t exactly be in ‘real time’ but it can be found here.

Update 11.10am: The 110th Cup Match Classic is now underway, with Somerset’s Malachi Jones bowling

Update 11.05am: The umpires have taken to the pitch and it looks like things will be getting underway soon with the players warming up. Challengers Somerset won the toss and have sent the Champions St. George’s Cricket Club to bat.

Update 10.27am: The players from both teams are now on the pitch lining up. They are shaking hands with dignitaries including the Governor and Premier Paula Cox who is decked out in Somerset colours.

Update 10.17am: They are removing the cover and preparing the pitch

Update 10.05am: The rain has stopped, and they are removing the covers from the pitch. The Miss Teen Bermuda contestants made an appearance this morning, you can view a brief video here.

Update 9.39am: Like as happened for many years in the past, it has now started to rain and the pitch has been covered. The game start is expected to be delayed by at least 30 minutes due to the weather.

Update 9.05am: You can tune into channel #7 on CableVision to watch the game live.

Update 8.20am: The defending champions St George’s are on the field warming up. Photo here. Excitement is building as the players prepare for the two-day match.

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