Two great teams namely Old Harbour from St. Catherine and Content Gardens from St. Ann will go head to head to claim the championship title in the finals of the SDC National Twenty/20 Community Cricket Competition at the Alpart Sports Complex in St. Elizabeth on September 4.
Early predictions from cricket fans indicate that Old Harbour is the favourite with Lascelles Davis, Ronville Brown, Robert Cato and Andre Russell leading the community cricket team to victory. But the Content Gardens cricket team should not be discredited too quickly as brothers Howard and Alonzo Harris and Kanute Ferguson will be a force to reckon with as they along with the Old Harbour team will put up a fight for the 3 million dollars in cash and prizes.
Huge crowds are expected to fill the Alpart Sports Complex with high expectations as the final match will be played, and the third runner up and fourth place will also be decided.
The Ultimate Jerk and Sports Complex in St. Ann was the place to be over the weekend were the semi-finals took place. In the first half of the day’s events Content Gardens went against Waltham PYC for a spot in the finals. Content Gardens won the game making 179 for 5 wickets after 20 overs. In reply Waltham PYC made 147 all out of 19 overs. The top scorer for the match came from Content Garden’s Garlon Livermore making 61.
In the second match of the day’s events Old Harbour crushed their opponents sending them packing with a score of 193 for 7 off 20 overs. In trying to recover Racecourse made 114 all out 17.1 overs.
Jamaica West Indies Player Andre Russell exhibited first class batting technique making 102 which is the highest score for both matches. Robert Cato also showed hunger for the championship when he caught the last ball in superb style sending his team to the finals.