BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Two-time defending champions Settlers all but cemented a playoff spot in the Bim10 cricket tournament with an emphatic eight-wicket victory over the winless Voyagers on Saturday.
Voyagers produced their best performance of the competition, with opener Rashawn Worrell striking 58 from 20 balls to help propel his team to 130 for three from their 10 overs.
Akeem Springer finished unbeaten on 29, while captain Giovonte Depeiza slammed 24 from 10 balls.
Kadeem Alleyne was Settlers’ best bowler with 2-24 from his two overs.
However, opener Zachary Carter smashed 46 from 22 balls, Kevin Wickham blasted an unbeaten 38 from 22 balls and Nicholas Kirton bludgeoned 28 from six deliveries, as the Settlers completed a sensational chase, finishing on 134 for two from 9.4 overs.
The win sent them top of the table on 20 points with five victories from their six games, the same record as Warriors but with a superior net run rate.
In the day’s earlier game, Warriors romped to a five-wicket victory over Guardians to record their fifth win.
Preston McSween finished with the impressive figures of 3-5 from his two overs to limit Guardians to 96 for five in their 10 overs.
Zidan Harewood then topscored with 30 and the Warriors ended on 96 for five off 9.1 overs.
<Cool & Smooth T20 tournament to be expanded>
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Organiser of the Cool & Smooth T20 Explosion, Dario Barthley has revealed that 2025 could see the tournament being expanded to at least three other Caribbean countries.
In 2024 the tournament was held in St Kitts & Nevis for the first time, with the Molineaux Blue Runners capturing the title by defeating the Sandy Point Snappers by nine wickets.
Barthley, the CEO of BMP Sports Caribbean and the Americas, said while the 2025 edition scheduled to be held in Antigua & Barbuda was forced to be canceled, he announced that it would be returning to St Kitts & Nevis along with possibly two or three other territories.
He said negotiations were continuing as they searched for suitable windows within the cricket calendar.
“There are a few periods we are looking at and obviously because we want people to watch it, you want to get a period where there is not much going on.
“But in terms of the Cool & Smooth T20 tournaments, I wouldn’t be too worried about dates, but they will come off. There will definitely be one or two and possibly three Cool & Smooth T20s in 2025 in other territories,” Barthley said.
Reports indicate that Jamaica and Dominica are among the territories in negotiations to host tournaments there.
<Hope fails but Hurricanes thrash Strikers to move up>
TASMANIA, Australia – Shai Hope’s disappointing outing with the bat didn’t prevent the Hobart Hurricanes from registering a dominant five-wicket victory over the struggling Adelaide Strikers when the Big Bash League continued Sunday.
It was the Hurricanes’ fourth win in five games and moved them up to third in the table on eight points, behind leaders Sydney Strikers, who have nine points from six games and the Sydney Thunder, who also sit on eight points from five games but have a better run rate than the Hurricanes.
After winning the toss and electing to bat, the Strikers posted a competitive 186 for five from their 20 overs.
They were led by opener Chris Lynn who scored 49 from 27 balls and captain Alex Ross, who hit 47 from 29 balls, while Jaime Overton lashed an unbeaten 27 off 18 balls.
Hope, the West Indies’ ODI captain, then made just 11 from 12 balls, but Tim David struck an unbeaten 62 off 28 balls with six sixes and three fours to lead the Hurricanes to 187 for five in 18.4 overs.
Opener Mitchell Owen contributed 37 and his partner Matthew Wade scored 27 in an opening partnership of 61 inside five overs to give the Hurricanes a blazing start.
(CMC)
