There are some young, upcoming Anguillian cricketers who may one day join other locals in making the island proud in regional competitive cricket matches as demonstrated by the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School under-19 team on Sunday, March 29. They emerged victorious against a team from the Royal Anguilla Police Force. Both teams were the finalists in a series of matches in the 20/20 Caribbean Commercial Bank Tournament which started eight weeks ago.

The victorious ALHCS Team

The scorebook showed that the Police won the toss and made 128 runs for 7 wickets off 20 overs. Terry Adams made 28 runs and Yannick Leonard had bowling figures of 4-0-16-2.

The team from the school scored 129 runs for 2 wickets off 17.1 overs. Chesney Hughes struck 79 runs not out and Kelbert Walters made 24 runs not out. The school won by 8 wickets.

Cricket Development Officer, Cardigan Connor, who recently coached several cricket matches this season for Cap Juluca cricketers, says it is a pleasure working with young players and the Comprehensive School team played very well in the tournament
Mr. Connor was pleased that a number of persons had been commending the island’s young cricketers on their performance at the ages of 15 and 16 and that other young Anguillian players had already played matches for the Leeward Islands. “The experience and talent are there and the future of Anguila’s cricket is looking pretty good,” he said.

He thanked Digicel for its support for the youngsters and Caribbean Commercial Bank for sponsoring the tournament.

The defeated Police and Prison Officers Team

Meanwhile, Matthew Jordon, who heads the Police team, said of their school rivals: “In size, we are bigger than them, but the school team is packed with a lot of talent, for sure. Most of the schoolboys are actually national players, but many members of the police team are former national players so the schoolboys are in better form than police.”

The law enforcement team is a combination of the Police Welfare Association and the Prison Officers’ Association. Matthew is of the view that cricket “enhances the relationship between the public and law enforcement and goes a long way in showing that the police are not trying to ostracise themselves from the public. We are residents of this island and if we work together in sports, and other areas, we can achieve a lot of success.”

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