Old Harbour, Bridgeport on a roll in JEP league

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May 04, 2023

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St Jago High schoolboy, left-arm spinner Vitel Lawes (ball in hand), leaves the field with teammates after taking five wickets for Phoenix Park in their match against Old Harbour at Port Esquivel in the JEP 40-over league on the weekend.

Old Harbour and Bridgeport continue to chalk up wins in the Jamaica Energy Partners 40-over cricket league following third-round action last weekend.

Old Harbour made it three wins from as many games following a 64-run win over Phoenix Park at Port Esquivel.

Old Harbour, batting first, posted 180, with Ronville Brown top scoring with 57 against five wickets for 60 runs from St Jago schoolboy Vital Lawes and Patrick Beckford snaring three wickets for 31 runs.

In reply, Phoenix Park could only manage to get 116, despite Robert Nattoo getting 33. Deron Royal took three wickets for 26 runs, with Ramone Francis taking two wickets for 27 runs.

The win pushes Old Harbour to 15 points and top of Zone A, five points clear of Basement, who chalked up their second win in as many games when they defeated Braeton by 209 runs at Windalco.

Basement first posted a whopping 339 for two, with Romario Lynch scoring 134 and Shaquille Greenwood getting 10, with Jamie Hay, making 55 not out.

Braeton could only get to 130, with Hay taking three wickets for 22 runs, despite 47 from Marlon Campbell.

In the other Zone A encounter, Paul Mountain got the better of Ewarton by four wickets at St Catherine High School.

Ewarton first scored 146, with Stefan Palmer getting 40 and Shavonie Spaulding bagging five wickets for 44 runs. In reply, Paul Mountain got to 147 for six, with Errol Williams getting 66 and Romaine Naire 49. Ricardo Reid took three for 31.

In Zone B, Bridgeport are a perfect three from three following a three-wicket win over Correctional Services at Prison Oval.

The service men first posted 122, with Amoi Campbell top scoring with 33 and Kern Duckett claiming four wickets, including a hat-trick. Bridgeport then got to 123 for seven, with Junior Morrison getting 39 and schoolboy Chevon Brady scoring 22 not out. Alwayne Francis took four for 44.

In another encounter at Bridgeport, Victorian Eagles got by Packers by five wickets. Packers made 123, with the Eagles getting to 125 for five.