- PHOTO BY ANTHONY FOSTER
Trace Powell of Todd Town plays a shot during his innings of 65 against Comma Pen in last Saturday's SDC/South St. Elizabeth 35-over cricket match at Ballards Valley field.
THE FIRST semi-final of the 2005 SDC/South-East St. Elizabeth 35-Over Cricket League between Uprising and Ballards Valley will be played tomorrow at Ballards Valley. Match time is 10:30 a.m.
Uprising booked their place in the final with a six-wicket win over Top Hill last Sunday while Ballards Valley secured their place with a win over Cheapside, two Sundays ago.
In tomorrow's semi-final, Wayne Billings, Uriel Samuels, Vernon Baswell, Anthony Kepple and skipper Lennox Simpson will lead Uprising's charge.
On the other hand, Ballards Valley will be looking to Tyrone Vassell, Jason Nelson, André Price, Fabian Hall and Rohan Elliott to carry their challenge.
In last week's quarter-final matches, Todd Town defeated Comma Pen by five wickets while Uprising beat Top Hill by six wickets.
At Ballards Valley, in a match watched by South St. Elizabeth's Rising Star hero Noddy Virtue, Shawn Findlay, 91, and Trace Powell, 65, led Todd Town to 264 for five off 29 overs in reply to Comma Pen's 262 all out in 35 overs.
In Comma Pen's innings, Shane Powell struck 127 and his older brother, Troy, got 50, while Howard Powell claimed 3-33.
At Cheapside, Top Hill were dismissed for 147 in 33.2 overs with Dane Roach, 47, getting the most runs against Simpson (4-19) and Clifton Reid (3-15).
In reply, Uprising reached 148 for four off 26 overs. Samuels led the way with 43, supported by Billings, 37 not out, and Baswell, 33. Jermaine Hanson claimed 2-29.
