The Jamaican Cricket team defeated the Windward Islands to take the Carib Beer Cup in an exciting match at the Alpart Sports Club in St. Elizabeth. The Jamaican team won the four day tournament by 10 wickets in just two days remaining.
The team needed 12 points from this match to gain the coveted title and this they were able to do as the Windward Islands did not give them much of a challenge. At the end of the match the Windward Islands were at 248 runs in 88.1 overs, the Jamaican team however managed to make 232 in the first innings and this made defeating the even easier.
The Windward Islands were sent into bat first and the Jamaicans made no hesitation of taking wickets and dismantling the opposing team to pieces. Top performers such as Jerome Taylor got three wickets for 17 off 11 overs and Nikita Miller getting four for six off 8.2 overs.
The Windward Islands lost 8 wickets for 59 in 125 minutes off 31.1 overs which made them slip into the sixth lowest total in the history of the competition. It was, however, the left hand spinner Nikita Miller who was in impressive form as he destroyed the Windward Islands in the first innings as they were able to score only 61 runs.
The Windward Islands’ Andre Fletcher put up a fight as he managed to score 103 not out. But this effort was not enough to help the Windward Islands’ team as the Jamaicans were not holding back.
Nikita Miller was shining like a star as he got Rawl Lewis’ leg before wicket and combined with Jerome Taylor to out Lyndon James, Deighton Butler and Pascal all for duck.
Chris Gayle bowled Shane Shillingford and had Pascal caught for two to finish the innings a few minutes before close of play. At the end of the match Miller ended with three for 60 off 25 overs and a match haul of seven for 77 gaining the man of the match crown. His other teammates Gayle and Bernard shared six wickets.
The Jamaican team ended the four day match in just two days which must have made the cricketers proud. The game ended with two fours by Parchment and a boundary from Chris Gayle. This is the ninth time that the Jamaican team has won the coveted title of Carib Beer Cup, the last time being in 2005.
Clip from Cricinfo.
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