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BRC Crush Yorkshire To Reach Fire Shield Final

by Louis Linton

4 August 1998


BRC are through to their first Barbados Fire and Commercial Shield final.

Their slow bowlers, Michael Small and Man-Of-The-Match Arnold Gilkes, engineered a collapse to send hosts Yorkshire crashing to a 98-run defeat at Friendship on Sunday.

Chasing BRC's challenging 235 for eight off their allotted 40 overs, Yorkshire were bowled out for 138 in 29.1 overs after cruising at 106 for two in the 20th over with opener Harry Hinkson enjoying his best knock of the season.

He smashed 65 off 59 deliveries with nine fours and a six and it was his dismissal that triggered the collapse.

Small, switched from the northern end, bowled the aggressive Hinkson as he missed a sweep.

Anthony Greaves steered a delivery into his stumps to give Small his second wicket, and, at 124 for four, Emmerson Alleyne was bowled driving at Gilkes.

The in-form Harry Mapp and Nigel Seale added 29 for the sixth wicket before Seale was needlessly run out.

Gilkes, with some tight controlled slow bowling, had Mapp caught at the wicket by Emmerson King for 27, and picked up his third wicket when captain Kenny Best was out swiping. It was as good as over at that point.

Earlier, BRC, invited to take first knock on a hard pitch, had an early scare.

In Seale's third delivery, Gilkes offered a chance but Best collided with Dash at mid-wicket and dropped the ball.

Gilkes responded by taking three fours off the next over, bowled by Hoyte, two cuts and a drive.

With the score at 23, Gilkes went, out caught to Brian Jordan off Seale for 18. It was soon 27 for two with the run out of Trevor Howell.

Former Empire Division 1 player Emmerson King struck 27 off 21 deliveries in posting a 47-run third- wicket partnership with Jeffrey Small. He struck five fours in that knock.

With the dismissal of Orlando Greaves, Jeffrey Small was joined by his brother David Small in an intelligent partnership that added 71 in the fifth wicket.

However, after striking four fours, David was caught by wicket keeper Solomon Greaves off Dash for 37.

Jeffrey, strong on the on-side, was fed his wish and he dispatched seven boundaries off his pads in a disciplined knock of 55 from 89 deliveries.

Two quick dismissals followed, leaving the ``men of steel'' 178 for eight in the 35th over. Eustace Morris and Phillip Archer then belted an unbroken 57-run ninth-wicket partnership off a tired attack.

This was BRC's second win over Yorkshire in as many meetings and Yorkshire's second defeat as well on Cohobblopot Day.

The 1996 Shield Champions Oran Bristol swept them aside last year on that date.


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