Vincy shocked by Royal Knights
In Division One, VG batted first against the Island Stars and posted a respectable 216 for 7.
Shane Sinclair and Alvin Africa scored 45 and 41 respectively and Michael Castello hit 33.
There were two wickets each for Kellon Landon and Wayne Phillip.
In reply, the Island Stars were cruising to a second successive victory in the tournament as Dennis Ford Brown, (36) and Keelan Robin, with the only half-century of the game, 54, from six boundaries and 5 sixes, put on 78 for the first wicket in just 6 overs.
However, the introduction of Castello into the attack dramatically changed the game as he removed both the openers and counted for Gregory James for a single to leave the Island Stars on 102 for 3.
Aaron Dupigny also grabbed 3 wickets and the Island Stars lost their last 7 wickets for 72 runs to be 179 all out.
Elius Phillip hit 21 but seven other batsmen failed to reach double figures.
Castello finished 3 for 36 as did Dupigny.
Slowly rips apart Vincy
In the Premier Division, the Vincy were shocked by a rampant Royal Knights who, thanks to five wickets from Anthony Slowly, ripped through the defending champions to leave them 50 for 5.
It didn’t get any better for the Vincy who kept losing wickets to rash shots as they managed to reach a paltry 115 all out.
Top scorer was Ladesh Talla, with 30.
Slowly finished with 5 for 33 and both Richard Fredericks and Julian Sinclair picked up two.
Chasing, the Knights lost two wickets with just 14 on the board, but Joemal Lafleur calmed any nerves with an unbeaten 67 to take his team home for a crucial victory.
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