Na­tion­al goal­keep­er Christo­pher Biggette played a star­ring role as de­fend­ing cham­pi­ons Not Jus Fun se­cured a spot in the quar­ter­fi­nals of the Har­vard Sports Club April Fest Wind­ball (8 overs) Crick­et Tour­na­ment af­ter top­ping the three-team qual­i­fy­ing play­offs at the Har­vard Sports Club, 106 Tra­garete Road, Port-of-Spain, on Sat­ur­day.

In their first match, Not Jus Fun de­feat­ed Valdez Youtsh by 16 runs with Biggette hit­ting a top score of 14 runs for the win­ners, while in their sec­ond and fi­nal en­counter, Biggette again top scored with 13 runs, while his broth­ers Gabriel Biggette added eight runs as they suc­cess­ful­ly chased a tar­get of 32 runs set by Trav­ellers to win by four wick­ets.

Join­ing Not Jus Fun in the quar­ter­fi­nals from the three-team play­ers was Trav­ellers, who de­feat­ed Valdez Youths by six wick­ets in the open­ing match, which was re­duced to five overs per side due to rain.

The tour­na­ment re­sumes on Fri­day with the first of the quar­ter­fi­nals fea­tur­ing D’Drinks Spot and Not Jus Fun from 7.30 pm, fol­lowed by D’Crush­ers and Friends 4 Life from 9 pm.

And on Sat­ur­day, May 24, Hit List comes up against Trav­ellers in the open­er from 8 pm, fol­lowed by Ban From D’Park and Uni­ver­sal Flip­pers from 9.30 pm.

When the round-robin phase end­ed, D’Drinks Spot, Uni­ver­sal Flip­pers and Not Jus Full all end­ed with 2-1 records and six points each; how­ev­er, D’Drinks Spot and Uni­ver­sal Flip­pers ad­vanced straight to the quar­ter­fi­nals ahead of de­fend­ing cham­pi­on Not Jus Fun via su­pe­ri­or net run rates.

Hit List topped Group B with a max­i­mum of nine points and was joined in the last eight by run­ner-up D’Crush­ers, while in Group C, Ban From D Park topped the ta­ble ahead of Friends 4 Life. The semi­fi­nals are card­ed for Fri­day, May 30 from 7.30 pm, and the third place match and fi­nal, one day lat­er at the same time.

RE­SULTS

May 17

Qualiefiers play­offs

NB: Game re­duced to 5o overs per side due to rain:

Match 1

Trav­ellers 27 for 5 wick­ets in 5 Overs (Shaquille Hing­wan 10 n.o., Davaughn Gib­son 6, Im­ran Khan 1/3, Roshan Hit­lal 1/7) bt Valdez Youths 21 for 6 wick­ets in 5 Overs (Andy Alexan­der 7, An­tho­ny Lara 2/0, Shaquille Hing­wan 1/3)

Re­sult: Trav­ellers won by six wick­ets

Man-of-the-match: An­tho­ny Lara (Trav­ellers)

Match 2

Not Jus Fun 49 for 1 wick­et in 8 Overs (Christo­pher Biggette 14, Keron Ray­mond 12 n.o, Mar­cus Chan­dool 6 n.o., Im­raz Khan 1/5) bt Valdez Youths 33 for 8 wick­ets in 8 Overs (Dar­ryl Williams 15, - Mar­cus Chan­dool 2/2, Keron Ray­mond 1/1, Tyrel Mollineau 1/5)

Re­sult: Not Jus Fun won by 16 runs

Man-of-the-match: Mar­cus Chan­dool (Not Jus Fun)

Match 3

Trav­ellers 32 for 7 wick­ets in 8 Overs (Jer­mi Man­swell 3, Ger­ard Mad­er 3, Claudel Ab­erdeen 3, Dion Ram­paul 2/3, Anil Sookoo 1/4, Ste­fon Bis­soon 1/4, Christo­pher Biggette 1/4) vs Not Jus Fun 33 for 6 in 8 Overs (Christo­pher Biggette 13 n.o, Gabriel Biggette 8, Joel Wint-Patrick 1/2, An­dre Yard 1/2, Jer­mi Man­swell 1/5, Oni­ka Grieves 1/6)

Re­sult: Not Jus Fun won by four wick­ets

Man-of-the-match: Christo­pher Bigget­tee (Not Jus Fun)

Qual­i­fied to quar­ter­fi­nals: Not Jus Fun (XF-1), Trav­ellers (XF-2).

Not Just Fun won by de­fault over Har­vard War­riors

UP­COM­ING MATCH­ES

Quar­ter­fi­nals

Fri­day

Q1: D’Drinks Spot vs Not Jus Fun, 7.30 pm

Q2: D’Crush­ers vs Friends 4 Life, 9 pm

Sat­ur­day

Q3: Hit List vs Trav­ellers, 8 pm

Q4: Ban From D’Park vs Uni­ver­sal Flip­pers, 9.30 pm