A new Bermuda Smash Invitational champion will be crowned this year after Sandys Spartans handed two-times defending champions Hamilton Parish Hurricanes a 54-run defeat in the first semi-final at North Field, National Sports Centre today.

The Spartans piled up a tournament record 220 for four in their allotted 20 overs after being sent to bat, with captain Kamau Leverock leading the charge with 107 from 54 balls and Delray Rawlins weighing in with an equally brisk 59 from 27.

Leverock’s aggressive knock, which included nine sixes and as many boundaries, was just one shy of the tournament’s highest individual score of 108 not out achieved by Barbados and West Indies all-rounder Raymon Reifer two years ago. The pair are the only players to score hundreds in the tournament to date.

The Spartans then restricted the Hurricanes to 166 for eight in their reply, with seamers Isaiah O’Brien (two for 24) and Micheal Agard (two for 31) claiming two wickets apiece.

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