St. George's 105-2 Lionel Cann led St. George's to the Premier Division Open title yesterday at St. John's Field, claiming five wickets for 12 runs off 18 overs with 11 maidens and then blasting 53 not out in the eight-wicket triumph.

Stars seized the opportunity to get even with St. George's who, a few years ago, kept them in the sun for six hours in scoring 130 runs in a league match at this same ground.

Yesterday, Stars batted just a few minutes short of six hours (11.21 to 5.14) for their 104 runs which had many fans struggling to stay awake.

But St. George's captain Clay Smith always knew victory was within his team's grasp as long as they could dismiss the stubborn Stars batsmen. They had them at 88-8 but it was another hour and 20 minutes before the ninth wicket stand of 16 between Hasan Durham and Anthony Manders was broken. The innings ended in the next over.

Durham batted from 1.23 to 5.12 p.m. for his 15 runs while Manders stayed for over an hour for his 13.

High man for Stars was Ricky Brangman with 27 while opener Treadwell Gibbons scored 20. In total Stars batted for 76 overs but only scored from 39 of them as they allowed 37 maidens.

St. George's, with former captain Wendell Smith leading the way, batted with more purpose and reached their winning target in only 22 overs, with 11 of the final 20 overs still remaining when Cann hit the winning four to complete his half-century.

Cann's 53 came off five fours and three sixes while Smith stroked five fours and a six in his 41 not out.

"We're excited, we put a lot of hard work into our training and obviously it has paid off,'' said Smith afterwards. The team's second trophy of the season came just a day before he leaves for school abroad.

"Today we were without four of our regular starters and that just goes to show how much depth this team has.

"Wendell and I batted until 6.30 that day for 130-2 and that was their goal to try to bat as long as possible. But while they were batting they were never scoring any runs, so once we bowled them out we had a low total to chase.

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George's losing or drawing. However, they look set to spoil the east enders' hopes of a clean sweep by winning the Overs title next weekend. The two teams are tied with one match remaining but Bay have a superior net run rate.

Willow Cuts 300 Bailey's Bay 70-6 Without the services of their strike bowlers Clarkie Trott and Anthony Braithwaite, Bailey's Bay had no hope of winning this match at Somerset CC -- something they had to do, combined with a St. George's defeat, in order to defend their Open title.

Bay paid dearly for showing up with a makeshift bowling attack as Cuts made them toil in the sun for almost six hours before they were out all at 5.26 p.m.

Opener Jermaine Warner led Cuts with 60 while Cordell Gilbert followed with 47 in an opening stand of 107.

Left with just under an hour and 20 overs of batting, Bay allowed their young players to bat early as they conceded the title.

Southampton 111 Police 112-4 Freston Hurdle and Peter Philpott combined to take six wickets to lead Police to this six-wicket victory at Police Field.

Keith Wainwright led Southampton batsmen with 27 while David Burchall stroked 16. Hurdle took three for eight off 6.5 overs while Philpott claimed three for 19 off eight overs.

Opener Ferdinand Thorne was high bat for Police with 45 while his opening partner David Greenidge hit 22.

Devonshire 136 Cleveland 120 Bottom team Cleveland were relegated to the First Division after going down by 16 runs in a low scoring match at Wellington Oval. Devonshire's captain Winston Trott claimed five for 37 from 15 overs as Cleveland were dismissed for 120.