Okera Bascome and Marcus Scotland shine as St David’s beat Cleveland – The Royal Gazette

Up to date: Jul 07, 2024 09:29 PM

Marcus Scotland

Wellington Oval (St. David’s received toss; match diminished to 37 overs): St. David’s beat Cleveland by 91 runs (DLS methodology)

A gap partnership of 144 by openers Okera Bascome and Marcus Scotland arrange an enormous win for St. David’s over Cleveland County on Sunday.

After St David’s elected to bat, Bascome and Scotland opened the innings for the Islanders and placed on 43 earlier than the sport was halted briefly as a result of a nasty patch within the bowler’s touchdown space on the western finish which wanted to be handled. Play resumed 90 minutes later with the match diminished to 37 overs per group.

The openers continued the place they left off with the boundary partitions taking a pounding as Bascome was in damaging mode, clearing the boundary for a six over sq. leg to convey up his aspect’s one centesimal run in solely 9.1 overs.

The opening partnership was lastly damaged when Bascome, who was closing in on his century, flicked a ball to backward sq. and tried to stretch a single right into a double solely to be run out regardless of a determined diving effort from a direct hit by Kioshi Trott. Bascome fell for 96, off simply 46 balls, which included 13 fours and 4 sixes.

Scotland and Dean Stephens would carry the rating over 200 earlier than the latter was caught on the lengthy off boundary for 22.

Scotland continued to anchor the innings to hold the rating to 269 earlier than skying one into the ready palms of Allan Douglas Jr at lengthy on for 87, which included two fours and 5 sixes.

Justin Pitcher chipped in with a helpful 21 as St David’s closed their innings at 285 for 5. Douglas, captain Mackih McGowan, Dion Stovell and Treadwell Gibbons Jr all claimed one wicket apiece for 48, 69, 41 and 34 runs respectively.

In reply, Cleveland at first appeared as much as the problem as they opened with Gibbons and the attack-minded Douglas, however after placing on a gap partnership of fifty runs, Douglas could be first out edging one into the gloves of wicketkeeper Ricardo Brangman off the bowling of Isaiah O’Brien after scoring 35.

Gibbons would go shortly after when he high edged to Micah Perozzi, who was fielding at quick third man, for 23.

Dion Stovell and Jabari Darrell would carry the rating over the 100 mark to offer Cleveland some hope with a fourth-wicket partnership value 38 runs earlier than O’Brien fooled the latter with a change of tempo, inflicting him to pop the ball as much as Macai Younger.

Veteran Stovell batted stubbornly and was the one remaining batter to supply any resistance earlier than being caught by O’Brien on the sq. leg boundary off the bowling of Pitcher for a team-high 76, from 62 balls.

Such was the dominance of St. David’s that wicketkeeper Ricardo Brangman bowled the final over and had Keith Whorms stumped by stand-in wicketkeeper Pitcher off the final ball of the sport to shut the curtains on the Cleveland innings at 195 for eight of their allotted 37 overs.

Pitcher was the perfect bowler on the day with figures of three for 41 runs, whereas captain Derrick Brangman and O’Brien claimed two wickets apiece for 32 and 44 runs respectively. Ricardo Brangman claimed one wicket for 2 runs from his solely over.

“This was an excellent response after the loss final week”, mentioned Derrick Brangman.

“Our openers gave us a strong begin with the opening partnership of over 100 runs and we simply carried on from there.”