Caribbean Times 94th issue - Thursday 21st April 2016

Thursday 21st April 2016 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 19
Devon ‘Booby’ Thomas withdraws
from the National Cricket team
By Vanroy Burnes
National, Leeward Islands and former
West Indies wicketkeeper batsman Devon
“Booby” Thomas has withdrawn from the
national Cricket team to participate in the
Leeward Islands 50 overs aside competition.
The former national and Leeward Islands
captain who played for the Jamaica Scorpions
in the just concluded WICB, Professional
Cricket League four day competition
made his unavailability known to the Antigua
& Barbuda Cricket Association earlier
this week without any reason.
The Leeward Islands 50- overs competition
will bowl off on Wednesday 21 st in
St. Kitts &Nevis and Antigua & Barbuda,
St. Kitts, Nevis, St. Maarten, Anguilla, The
USVI and the BVI will all be competing.
The PIC Insurance Liberta Black Hawks
opening batsman Kadeem Phillip will replace
Thomas. The full team reads Jamaul
Fernandez, Karima Gore, Orlando Peters,
Rahkeem Jimbo Cornwall, and Tyrone Williams
Jr. Hayden Walsh Jr. Deran Benta as
Wicketkeeper, Gavin Tonge, Stanny Simon,
By Vanroy Burnes
Caribbean Union Bank
Bethesda Golden Eagles
ran circles around Jennings
in the second round of the
ABCA Two-Day Cricket
competition over the weekend.
Playing at home in
Bethesda, the home bundled
out Jennings for 60 runs in
their first innings with Jamaul
Fernandez picking up
four for 23, Gavin Tonge
had two for 7 and Anthony
National, Leeward Islands and former West Indies
wicketkeeper batsman Devon “Booby”
Thomas
Alzarri Joseph, Jermaine Otto, Nino Henry
and Damian Lowenfield.
Former West Indies Wicketkeeper bastman
Ridley Jacobs as head coach with his
deputy Pernell Roxy Joseph who will also
serve as Manager. Dane Gustave is the statistician/scorer.
By Carlena Knight
A number of local cyclists will compete
in the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds
Circuit Race on Sunday.
The event which is put on by the Antigua
Barbuda Cycling Federation will begin at
I roots Martin also two for 7.
Caribbean Union Bank
Bethesda Golden Eagles in
reply made 75 runs in 49.3
overs with Gavin Tone hitting
57 and Winston Noble
40. Morton Browne of Jennings
had 4 for 39 and Nicholas
Tappin’s had 3 for 35.
Jennings with a deficit of
215 runs was bowled out for
143 in their second innings
in 42.2 overs with Morton
Browne 68.
Inter-school
basketball
games
postponed
By Carlena Knight
The Cool & Smooth
Inter-school basketball
games were postponed
yesterday due to the ongoing
inclement weather.
Coordinator of
school’s basketball, Carl
‘Bowlie’ Knight, stated
that ‘we will continue to
monitor the weather for
the rest of the week.
Sadly we had to postpone
our games for today
but they will be played
once the weather holds up
as we look to wrap up another
year of school basketball’.
Bethesda mauled Jennings in
ABCA Two-Day Cricket Competition
Anthony I roots Martin
bowling a second time
picked up four for 52 and
Jamaul Fernandez had three
for 26 to give Bethesda victory
by an innings and 75
runs.
Cyclists to compete in circuit race
2:30pm with 6 categories on the road. Elite,
Masters, Juniors/Youth, Elite Females, Junior
Females and Sports.
The participants will begin at the North
side of the stadium and ride around the
grounds in the required laps.