Orville Clarke, Freelance Writer

Following a bad spell of weather, not to mention Hurricane Dean, the 2007 all-island limited overs competition resumes this morning with the rescheduled fourth round of matches from August 18.

Nine matches are on, all scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. with Melbourne up against the recent Red Stripe Cup champions St. Ann in the feature match at Melbourne Oval, Derrymore Road, in a Group 'A' encounter.

The other matches scheduled are St. Catherine Cricket Association vs Hanover in another Group A encounter at Port Esquivel, defending champions Kensington vs St. Mary at Kensington Park, Manchester vs Boys' Town at Kirkvine and Kingston & St. Andrew vs Police at Maxfield Park in Group B; Lucas vs St. Catherine Cricket Club at Nelson Oval and St. Thomas vs Trelawny at Goodyear Oval in Group C; and Portland vs Clarendon at Folly Oval and St. Elizabeth vs St. James at Alpart.

The Melboune vs St. Ann match should prove interesting as both team have one win and a rained out match from two starts, to be on four points. Even without Marlon Samuels who leaves for South Africa today as part of the West Indies squad for the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup, Melbourne look the stronger team on paper, but former champions St. Ann will be no pushover.

Melbourne will look to captain Carlton Baugh Jr., Donovan Pagon, Andre McCarthy, Llewlyn Meggs, Yannick Elliott, Damion Henry and pacers Leon Bent, Xavier Charvis and Sheldon Smith to upstage St. Ann.

The visitors, meanwhile, boast a team riddled with all-rounders and with the batting going very deep, coach Cleon Smith expects a keen contest. He named former Jamaica and West Indies player Xavier Marshall, skipper Orville Pennant, former Jamaica youth players Karl McDonald, Marlon Johnson and Marlon Pinnock, along with Alanzo Harris, Patrick Harty Jr. and Damion Wilmot, who scored a huge century in a winning effort against Melbounre in this competition some years ago, as players capable of rising to the occasion.