by Dexter Theodore
St. Lucia played its first match in the Stanford 20-20 Cricket tournament last night when it took on the British Virgin Islands at the Stanford Cricket Ground in Antigua.
St. Lucia won the toss, invited the BVI to bat and restricted them to a paltry 105 for 9 in their twenty overs. At their turn at the crease St. Lucia cruised to a seven wicket victory after surviving a small scare when Craig Emmanuel and Alvin Lafeuille were dismissed off successive deliveries to reduce St. Lucia to 32 for 2.
Skipper and man-of-the-match, Darren Sammy chipped in with a breezy 21 in 13 balls to put the issue beyond doubt. This batting performance, together with an impressive 2 for 14 when the BVI batted, and energetic fielding were enough to win Sammy the man-of-the-match cheque.
St. Lucia will meet Antigua on Wednesday July 19, 2006 in what promises to be a stronger test for Sammy's men.
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