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Hoyt six-pack destroys Allrounders

Hoyt Zuill produced remarkable figures of six for six as Forties routed BC Allrounders by 193 runs in a Commercial Cricket League Knockout first round match to set up a meeting with league champions Jamaican Association, who had a bye into the last four.

Elsewhere, Ernst & Young sprang a surprise by beating North Village, winners of the tournament two seasons ago, by five wickets while St. David's failed to field a team for the second week in a row and defaulted to Spring Garden Cavaliers.

"Only one St. David's player showed up in his whites, so we had a six-a-side tournament," said Cavaliers' skipper Barry Richards whose side take on Ernst & Young in this weekend's second semi-final.

BC Allrounders, who have reached this month's League Cup final, started with seven men at Shelly Bay, eventually had nine players but batted with only eight as they were demolished for 21 after Forties, who won the toss, rattled up 214 in 39.1 overs with skipper Gordon Campbell blasting 83 before he retired within sight of his second century of the season.

Zuill's stunning six for six came from 5.4 overs while Blake West took one for 15 from six. Rashid Ebbin was top scorer with nine.

"Hoyt was on fire," said Campbell.

"We took some excellent catches in the slips, including one down by his bootstraps by our veteran Clevie Smith, as well as behind the stumps."

Earlier, Campbell and Gerald Bean (24) featured in an opening stand of 104 to put Forties on top, Campbell's 81-ball 83 including nine fours.

"As usual, with long boundaries and long grass, fours and sixes were hard to come by, so batsmen had to be prepared to run.

"I retired because I was beat," admitted 56-year-old Campbell.

"I was afraid that I would slow the scoring rate down by being unable to take the quick singles and the twos."

Randy Simmons chipped in with 25 and Harold Minors made 21 as Forties were dismissed in the final over, Mitchell DeShields taking three for 49 from eight overs and Worrell Bean two for 41 from eight.

BC Allrounders' manager Kenneth Smith said: "We got a cut tail. I thought we had a full team but I don't know what happened to the players who didn't show up. It was hard fielding short in all that heat.

"Our top batsman Dano Outerbridge was out for a duck. Nobody put their heads down with the bat."

Ernst & Young dismissed Village for 173 in the final over at Warren Simmons Community Field and then knocked off the runs with more than seven overs to spare as their South African vice-captain Warren Smith led the way with an explosive knock of 74 that included six sixes and four fours. Dhammika Jayalath made 27.

"It was Warren's best innings of the season," said skipper Karunakar Kaushik.

"We did a good job overall. It was a good performance by everybody and we deserved to win," said Kaushik, who had Village in a spin with his offbreaks, claiming three for 24 from eight.

Man of the match Smith also took two for 40 for eight and fellow pacer Palitha Pushpakumara snapped up three for 21 from 7.1 overs.

"Ernst & Young batted well, especially Smith, whose timing was immaculate," said Village all-rounder Mike Levon sr.

"Smith late cut for six and he was pulling and hooking for six as well.

"We changed our batting line-up around but unfortunately that didn't work out for us," added Levon, who topscored with 29 and took one for 18.

Stand-in skipper Rudy Smith made 21 and also took two for 29 from 6.3 overs while Allen Walker made 20. Mike Levon jr made 19 and took one for 10.