McKnight stars with bat and ball in Beaches cricket win

FORMER Jamaican youth player Anthony McKnight proved his all-round capabilities for Beaches in the latest round of the Senior Men’s T20 Cricket Competition last Sunday at the Downtown Ball Park in Providenciales.

The opening batsman finished with an unbeaten 46 runs and three wickets to lift Beaches to a ninewicket win against the Jaguars.

Jaguars batted first and although they had a solid 47-run start, their batsmen struggled in the middle. After Terrance Thomas fell for 16 (2x4s) and Earl Henry for 17 (2x4s), there was a lull in the middle order. In fact, in the 13th over, the Jaguars were struggling at 77-7, but Kimroy Charlemagne (18 runs 3x4s) batting at seven and Premnauth Parmanand (25 runs,

3x4s, 1x6) batting at nine, got them over the three-digit mark to a somewhat respectable 130 before they were bowled out in 17 overs. McKnight, who did his damage in the middle order and Claude Williams, finished with 3-25 and 3-24 respectively from their allotted four overs, while Sidue Hunter supported with 2-24 from two overs.

In reply, an 87-run partnership between Mario Smith and Anthony McKnight propelled Beaches to an easy win.

Smith, who laced the ground with eight fours and went the aerial route twice, finished with 48 from 37 balls, while McKnight who saw his team to victory, finished with an unbeaten 46 from 53 balls. He scored seven fours in his innings.