St. David's 159-9 Newly-crowned Camel Cup champions St. David's suffered a real scare when they had to rely on a defiant last-wicket stand of 14 between young teenager Delyone Borden and veteran Dale Fox to come away from Southampton Rangers with maximum points.

With more than 12 overs to score the required number of runs for victory, the pair dug deep to carry their side to victory.

At the end Borden was unbeaten on 16 and Fox undefeated with two.

Earlier there were plenty of doubts over whether St. David's could reach the target with the side struggling at 53 for four. But a fifth-wicket stand of 68 between skipper Clay Smith and Lionel Cann revived their hopes. Smith scored 30 and Cann a brisk 45, including seven fours and a six.

Others among the runs were opener Phillip Pitcher with 25 and Glenn Blakeney, 13.

Janeiro Tucker led the Southampton bowlers with three for 24 off 10 overs with three maidens while Ryan Belboda had three for 26 off eight overs with two maidens. Olin Jones returned two for 23 off 10 overs, including four maidens.

Veteran Stevie Lightbourne was top bat for Southampton with 32 while Kwame Tucker followed on 21 and Kennedy Wainwright 16 not out.

Spinner Del Hollis was the pick of the St. David's bowlers with four for 24 off 9.4 overs while Cann had two for 18 off eight overs with three maidens and skipper Smith two for 17 off seven overs.

Willow Cuts 125 Western Stars 127-4 League champions Western Stars returned to winning ways in emphatic style, easily seeing off the challenge of Willow Cuts at St. John's Field.

Spurred by a solid all-round performance by recent acquisition Gershon Gibbons, the home side made short work of Cuts, playing their first match under the captaincy of Richard Basden.

Gibbons first tormented the visitors with the ball, his medium pacers accounting for the heart of Cuts' batting order. He counted top scorer Dwight Basden (44), Steval Mendes (two) and Andre Hendrickson (zero) among his victims as he took three for 18.

Assistance came from Justin Robinson who likewise bagged a trio of scalps, returning three for 16 from five overs, while Jaja Millett, Phillip Thomas and Hasan Durham each took one wicket.

Bergon Spencer Jr. hit 17 as only four Cuts players managed double figures.

Gibbons then returned to punish Cuts with the bat, scoring a dogged unbeaten 44, including six boundaries.

Stars were in a hole at 10 for two before Gibbons and Robinson put on 32 for the third wicket and after the loss of the latter, Gibbons partnered Dwayne Leverock in a 28-run stand.

It was ultimately left to the opener and his skipper, Albert Steede, to close matters, the pair crossing the total with more than 21 overs to spare.

Devonshire 212-9 PHC 204 Devonshire Rec. barely escaped with victory at White Hill Field after this heart-stopping encounter against PHC.

The boys from the Den were forced to surrender the match as a home fixture due to their own field not being fully prepared and almost paid the price against a team they were expected to roll over easily.

As it stood, PHC, under the new leadership of player/coach Andre Manders, served notice that they will be more than mere whipping boys and, were in prime position to win the match even in the last few overs.

Captain Wendell Swan and Anthony Amory laid a solid foundation for Rec. with a 164-run second wicket stand. The pair battered all manner of bowler, each belting seven fours and a six.

Swan was the first to go after ammassing an impressive 71, while Amory made it to 74 before being unearthed by an Ellsworth Bean delivery.

The rest of the batting, however, collapsed soon after and they could manage only 212 as Bean and Manders took four wickets each.

PHC made a gallant chase with Kenny Mills top scoring with 55 and Manders next with 42 not out.

However, Manders ultimately blundered in taking a single late in the match, giving tailender Neil Anglin the strike to Amory and then watching in horror as he was bowled just nine runs short of the target with more than three overs left.

Ryan Swan was Rec's top wicket-taker with four for 27, while Amory took two for 40.

Cleveland 261 Police 109 Thoughts that a pre-season trip Down Under might have helped to jump-start the Police campaign were quickly erased by Cleveland on Saturday as the visitors hammered the boys in blue into submission on their home ground.

A half century from Johnny Richardson and solid knocks from the likes of Aaron Adams (47), Courtney Trott (30) and Peter Philpott (34) spurred the visitors to a total of 261 -- a target Police never threatened.

Richard Austin and Nyon Steede each took two wickets, but Cleveland were rarely troubled by the tame attack.

In contrast, Police found the going tough, surrendering meekly as they managed just 109 in reply.

Terrel Burgess was their chief tormentor early on, taking three for 15, while Courtney Trott seized three wickets at a cost of 20, while Richardson took two.

Allan Wilkinson top scored with 29 for Police but found little support.

Baileys Bay 323-7 Flatts 203 Veteran Ricky Hill stroked 74, Jermaine Outerbridge followed with 68 and Dennis Trott compiled 63 to lead Bailey's Bay to a 120-run victory over Flatts at Sea Breeze Oval.

Also among the runs were Irving Romaine with 38 not out, Jermaine Warner 24 and Cal Dill Jr. 14.

Lloyd Fray led Flatts in bowling with three for 56 while Rahji Edness had two for 52 off five overs.

Though falling short, Flatts responsed positively, reaching the double century mark as wicketkeeper Hewonnie Baker led the charge with a spirited 42 not out.

Edness followed with 41 while Phillip Burgess scored 36 and newcomer James Celestine made 16.

Taking two wickets apiece for Bay were skipper Corey Hill, David Lovell, Dennis Pilgrim and Damon Edwards -- Edwards the most impressive as he allowed just 38 runs off 9.2 overs.

Somerset Bridge 109 Warwick 111-1 A 90-run stand between Johnny Ball and Dion Stovell ensured Warwick an easy win over Somerset Bridge at Southampton Oval.

Stovell hit a half century and found the boundary nine times in 38 balls as he ran up 51, while opener Ball also hit nine fours in his 39-ball knock.

Sandwiched inbetween was Quinton King's five -- Danzil Dill trapping him leg before wicket.

Earlier, Somerset Bridge had set a target of 109 with `extras' the highest scorer with 28.

Next in line was captain Dill, who struck 22 off 50 balls, followed by Musceo Hunt's 16.

Warwick's Jason Williams was the pick of the bowlers, taking four wickets for 16 runs in his stint of 9.2 overs.

Team-mate Stovell chipped in with three wickets, while Robbie Richardson grabbed a pair.

Somerset 331 Social Club 49 Sheridan Ming's innings of 124 helped Somerset thrash hapless seven-man Social Club at Somerset Cricket Club.

Somerset opening bat Tony Cheeseman did his best to help even things up by going for a duck with the score on seven.

But Ming's big hitting, which included 20 fours and one six, proved more than a match for Social Club.

Wendell White notched 48, while Darren Richardson hit 56 including nine fours and one six.

Cordell Gilbert helped himself to 20 runs as Somerset ran up their huge total -- a score that would have taken Social Club all week and more to match with their depleted side.

They began their reply brightly enough, putting on 47 for the first wicket, but they collapsed quicker than a house made of straw in a hurricane -- the next five wickets falling for just two runs.

Clay Smith: Innings of 30 in a stand of 68 with Lionel Cann.