RBTT Premier Division Cricket title up for grabs

This Saturday and Sunday are the days of reckoning in the RBTT Premier Division of the national cricket competition.

The two front runners Rivals and Victors One are chasing down each other for the coveted title. Rivals on 64 points play Police One at Stubbs and Victors on 60 points meet Saints at Arnos Vale.{{more}}

While the players will thrash it out on the fields, the weather and the covers are the 12th and 13th men in the whole affair and can play pivotal roles.

The two off the field contributors combined to deny Spartans maximum points against Saints last weekend.

Spartans lashed 323 for 5. The evergreen Dawnley Joseph struck his second century for the season. Joseph blasted 11 fours and 5 sixes in his 100 not out. Uzzah Pope with 12 fours and 2 sixes scored 63. Joining in the carnage were Kissinger Mc Lean 62 and Joey Welcome 56.

Saints in response made 186. Sunil Ambris topscored with 69. His innings included 10 fours. Roger Gibson chipped in with 36. Nixon Mc Lean bagged 5 for 40 and Reynold Mc Lean 3 for 41.

Asked to follow on, Saints were 47 for 4, as rain and inadequate covers robbed more play at the Arnos Vale Playing Field. Spartans earned eight points to finish their 2007 campaign with 60 points, the same as Radcliffe.

The other fixture was in the Bottlers First Division saw Victors Two beat Saints by an innings and 35 runs.

Victors made 212 for 8 declared. Alston Tesheira 41 and Javed Harry 38 were the principal scorers. National Under-15 and Under-19 player Atticus Browne scored 24 to cross the 400 mark. He ended the season with 404 runs. Joe Horne took 4 for 72 bowling for Saints.

Timothy Warner with 5 for 13 was the top bowler as for Victors as Saints crashed to 43 all out. Batting a second time Saints were dismissed for 134. Kelvin Lorraine topped their batting with 54. Harry chimed in with 3 for 24 bowling for Victors.

Like the premier division, the first division concludes this weekend, but the two matches are of academic interest as Log Masters have all taken the bacon.

Saints meet Unique Warriors at Buccament and Packers face Belmont at Calliaqua.(RT)