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Comma Pen's captain, Donovan Sinclair, accepts the champions trophy from Carlos Gordon, brand manager of NCB Junction, at a brief presentation ceremony after last Sunday's match at Harper Miller Oval. Comma Pen were also presented with a cheque for $100,000.
COMMA PEN cashed in last Sunday when they demolished Ballards Valley to lift the NCB/South East St. Elizabeth KO cricket trophy.
The men from Comma Pen, a small community in South East St. Elizabeth, which became popular after Noddy Virtue's second-place finish in the Digicel Rising Star competition, defeated Ballards Valley by nine wickets.
Comma Pen walked away with $100,000 for their efforts but that wasn't all they left the Harper Miller Oval in Neif Mountain with as they collected another $15,000 for beating the same team in a Ten/10 contest, which the sponsors requested after the final ended early.
Comma Pen hero
Playing in front of a large crowd of about 2,000 spectators, former national youth player Andre Dwyer was the hero for Comma Pen.
The left-arm spinner, who just missed a chance of representing Jamaica earlier this season, took 6-17 as Ballards Valley was demolished for 66.
Dwyer, who was duly named MVP of the final, was supported by Algrove Johnson who picked up 3-13 as seven Ballards Valley players failed to score.
Damion Sangster, 17, and Courtney Nemhard, 10, were the only players to reach double figures.
In reply, Comma Pen raced to 70 for one. National youth player Marlon Johnson hit three fours in making 30 not out and Donovan Sinclair made 17 in an unbroken stand of 38 for the second wicket.
Shane Powell (18) was the only man out for 18.
Sinclair walked away with two awards for the most runs (389) and most sixes (33) in the competition. Johnson took the most wickets, 15.
