Quewayne Anglin
The semi-finalists in the 2022 Kingston Wharves U15 Cricket Competitions will begin vying for spots in the final on Tuesday.
Kingston Cricket Club will take on St. Elizabeth Cricket Association at Sabina Park in Kingston while Kensington Cricket Club do battle with the St. Mary Cricket Association at Kensington Cricket Ground, also in Kingston.
St. Mary is the only unbeaten team left in the competition having won three of its preliminary round matches with the other being rained out.
Kingston's quarter-final match against Boys Town last Thursday at Sabina Park was a low-scoring affair.
Boys Town was bowled out for just 52 in 20.2 overs. Rajae McGeachy, who scored 10, was the only batter in double figures as the Boys Town lineup wilted before the Kingston attack led by Quewayne Anglin had remarkable figures of 5-5 from 5.2 overs.
Mekanel Palmer and Keanu Henry each took two wickets.
Kingston achieved their target for the loss of three wickets, reaching 57-3 from 16 overs. Thirty-three of those runs came from extras.
McGheachy took two for 19 and Samuel Burgher got the other for seven runs.
Meanwhile, Kensington walloped St Catherine by 174 runs in their match played at Chedwin Park in St Catherine.
Led by Joziah Neil, who made 99 and David Dewar, 77, Kensington racked up 286-8 from their 50 overs.
Vitel Lawes took 3-36 and Danza Hyatt 2-53.
The score proved too steep a hill to climb for St Catherine Cricket Club as they slumped to 102 all out from 25.5 overs. Lawes 34 and Antwon Robinson 19 were the main scorers in the losing effort.
Bowling for Kensington Jevon Golding took 3-9, Dewar 2-13 and Joziah Neil 2-18.
Over at Manley Horne Park in St Elizabeth, the St Elizabeth Cricket Association side beat St Catherine Cricket Association by 103 runs.
St Elizabeth CA made 155-7 seven in the match that was reduced to 28 overs because of rain. Davian Mason got 41 and Jalil Smith, 23.
Oneil Bonner took 4-14 and Lamar Savage 2-36 for St Catherine CA.
In reply, St. Catherine CA crumbled to 52 all out in 19 overs. Smith was the standout bowler with 5-9 and Kevaughn Brown took 2-10 in the rout.
Westmoreland lost by 18 runs to St Mary in the match played at Boscobel.
Batting first, St. Mary made 113 in 22.2 overs.
Jaquain Jackson scored 21 and Jevaughny Shim, 18, of the paltry score as Delante Scott took 3-25 and E-Jay Spence 3-30.
Despite the relatively easy target, Westmoreland was bowled out for 97.
Rasheed Palmer, 30, and E-Jay Spence, 19, were the main scorers in the losing cause.
Rushawn Bell took 5-27 and was supported by Devonte Miller who snagged 2-19.
The final is set to be played on Thursday, September 1.
Proteas five wickets away from Sri Lanka series whitewash
South Africa closed in on a series whitewash of Sri Lanka on day four of the second Test in Gqeberha.
The Proteas require five wickets to complete a 2-0 win over the tourists, who need 143 runs to level the series at St George's Oval.
South Africa resumed at 191-3 on Sunday, Temba Bavuma (66) and Tristan Stubbs (47) led their charge as they continued at the crease.
David Bedingham added 35 as the hosts took their second-innings total to 317, with only Prabath Jayasuriya's five-wicket haul stopping them in their tracks.
That left Sri Lanka a target of 348, but South Africa took full advantage of the new balls, with Dimuth Karunaratne (1), Pathum Nissanka (18) and Dinesh Chandimal (29) all dismissed.
Angelo Matthews (32) and Kamindu Mendis (35) also went, though an unbroken 83-run stand between Dhananjaya de Silva and Kusal Mendis steadied the ship to give Sri Lanka hope of completing an almighty turnaround.
Data Debrief: Jayasuriya into double figures in just 18th Test
Bavuma led by example for South Africa once more, with his fourth successive contribution of 50 or more.
Jayasuriya's five-wicket haul to halt the Proteas' progress was his 10th in just 18 Tests, and his first outside Sri Lanka.
The tourists' hopes are not over yet, but they must create history to level the contest. Indeed, no team has previously completed a chase of more than 271 runs at St George's Oval.
Bethell has proved doubters wrong, claims Stokes
Jacob Bethell has proved his critics wrong with his superb performances with the bat against New Zealand, so says Ben Stokes.
After hitting the winning runs in the first Test, new boy Bethell plundered 96 in the second innings of the second match.
The 21-year-old, who came into the team after Jordan Cox suffered a thumb injury, fell just short of what would have been his first professional century in what is only his 22nd first-class appearance.
And with the decision to place Bethell at three having come under scrutiny before the series started, Stokes feels the youngster has swiftly set about showing just what an exceptional talent he is.
"I'm pretty sure there were a lot of doubters about the role we brought him into for that first Test match," Stokes told BBC Sport.
"You've got a young lad with so much potential and so much talent, why not let him go out there and expose himself to Test cricket at its toughest?
"I was devastated for him to not get that three figures. I said to him: 'It's only four runs, isn't it?'
"His response was: 'Yeah, but it would have been flair if I smacked that through the covers to bring it up.'
"I think he's proved a lot and proved why we rate him so highly."
Stokes does not feel Bethell's performances have provided him with a headache when it comes to selection, though.
"No, I don't see it like that," he said.
"If it hadn't gone well for him in those first two Test matches, that wouldn't have changed anyone's mind in our dressing room of him as a player."
Joe Root plundered his sixth Test century of 2024 in England's second innings, matching the joint-highest total of tons in a calendar year by an England player.
Stokes then took 3-5 with the ball to skittle through New Zealand's tail, after Tom Blundell had offered some resistance for the hosts on Sunday with a brilliant 115.
"In this Test in particular, on day one we were 43 for 4 to be here on the winning side on day three is quite phenomenal," said Stokes.
"We got bowled out in fifty overs (54.5) but we had 270 runs on the board which was a good score on that day one-wicket, and then we obviously had time left with the ball to be able to make some inroads.
"To score 270 and take five wickets at the end of day one really set this game up.
"We back ourselves to be able to go out there and change games and we feel that there needs to be a bit of impetus put into the game, particularly with the bat.
"As a bowler you want to be able to plonk it on a length and plonk it onto the top of off stump over and over again. But sometimes when a batter is brave enough to take you on and knock you off your length, it's very hard to commit to still doing that."
New Zealand captain Tom Latham, meanwhile, credited England's dominant display, and handed particular praise to Harry Brook, who scored 123 in the first innings and 55 in the second.
"It's the pressure they are able to put you under, especially with the bat," said Latham.
"I think on day one it was offering enough for our bowlers and the way Harry played in that innings was outstanding.
"Credit where it's due. The way he played puts you under pressure from ball one. He played some incredible shots that you don't necessarily see from other teams around the world."
Cummins' five-for propels Australia to dominant win over India
Australia wrapped up a dominant 10-wicket victory over India to level the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in Adelaide.
Captain Pat Cummins was the star of the show on Sunday for the hosts, as he took 5-57 to ensure Australia got the job done inside three days.
Having resumed play on 128-5, India were dismissed for 175, with Cummins spearheading Australia's bowling attack.
After Mitchell Starc, who took six wickets on day one, sent Rishabh Pant packing on 28, Cummins took over, dismissing Ravichandran Ashwin (seven), Harshit Rana (zero) and India's top-scorer Nitish Kumar Reddy (42) to complete his five-for.
Set a total of just 19 for victory, Australia sealed the win in just 20 deliveries, with openers Nathan McSweeney (10 not out) and Usman Khawaja (nine not out) chasing down the total with the minimum of fuss.
The defeat dealt a blow to India's hopes of reaching the ICC World Test Championship final. They must now win all three of their remaining matches in the series to do so.
Data Debrief: Home comforts
Australia have now won 11 of their last 12 Tests at the Adelaide Oval, where they have reeled off six victories in a row for the first time and won all eight of their day-night Tests.
They also collected a ninth Test win over India at the venue.
India have now played five day-night Tests, meanwhile, winning three and losing two, with both of those defeats coming in Adelaide.
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