New York win Michael Holding Masters cricket final

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Defending champions New York Masters played a masterful innings to defeat SDC Masters by 78 runs in the final of the Michael Holding Masters Cricket tournament at Ultimate Oval in St Ann on Saturday.

New York Masters made 305 without loss in their allotted 35 overs after being sent in to bat by SDC Masters who had won the toss earlier. SDC Masters responded with 227-9 in 35 overs.

The defending champions started strongly and did not let up on SDC Masters who had recorded a 100 per cent win record up to that point in the tournament. Auldie Brown, who was adjudged the best batsman (305 runs) and MVP, top-scored with 103 retired hurt. Roy Bryan gave excellent support of 94 not out, while Charles Walker and Errol Chambers made 49 retired hurt, and 42 not out, respectively.

SDC started disastrously and were 15-5 in the fifth over before recovering to their total. Allen Reid came to the wicket with his team in tatters, but held his nerve to record the highest individual score in the tournament of 115, inclusive of 11 fours and six sixes. He was involved in a 107-run partnership with Darrel Hall, who contributed eight valuable runs. Apart from Reid, the only other player to contribute any meaningful score was Derrick Spence with 32. The wickets went to Joseph Allen (4-47 from seven over) and Evol Loton (3-27 from five overs). Hubert Williamson of SDC Masters was declared the best bowler with 13 wickets.

Michael Holding presented the four scholarships which were awarded to young cricketers in the Jamaica National Under-15 Cricket Competition, who participated in the coaching clinics which were run at the four grounds during the tournament.

They are Nafras Earle of Discovery Bay All-Age School (Kaiser), Gareth Henry of Runnaway Bay All-Age (Ultimate Oval), Adrian Clarke of Excelsior Primary (Melbourne) and Javar Biggs of Nain Primary & Junior High (Alpart). Two of the four scholarships were funded by Jamaica National and the other two by Michael Holding, patron of the tournament. It was announced that the awarding of four scholarships will be a permanent feature of the tournament in the future.

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