Western Stars 296 and 145-8

Leg Trappers 268

Graham Strange smashed an unbeaten century (101) and claimed three wickets at Sea Breeze Oval. But the all-rounder’s superb effort still wasn’t enough to secure his team victory as late afternoon showers ended the match prematurely.

Stars were in a spot of bother before rain arrived with Maurice Lowe unbeaten on 60. Johann Oosthuizen did all the early damage for Trappers with the ball, claiming an impressive four for 35 off 12 overs to keep the pressure on the visiting team.

Aided by several dropped catches, Stars rattled up a challenging total on Saturday with skipper Justin Robinson leading from the front with a well-played 72, while Strange was the pick of the Trappers bowling with three for 38 off 12 overs including three maidens.

In reply Trappers were 202 for three at stumps on Saturday. And despite Strange’s timely knock they yesterday found themselves 28 runs in arrears after batting out their allotted 60 first innings overs with six wickets still in hand.

Somerset 236 and 394;

Somerset Bridge 81 and 95-4

Jordan DeSilva’s maiden century in senior cricket went in vain as Somerset Bridge salvaged an improbable draw after rain forced the abandonment of this Third Division Two-Day contest at Somerset Cricket Club.

The Bermuda Under-19 all-rounder lived a charmed life after twice being put down in the field to go on and hit an unbeaten 113 as Somerset piled up 236 runs in their first innings and then dismissed Bridge for a paltry total on Saturday.

DeSilva’s first half-century arrived off 62 balls and after surviving a few nervous moments in the 90s he finally reached the three-figure milestone off a further 57 deliveries.

Bridge off-spinner Jermaine Salaam led his team’s bowling with three for 44 respectively.

Somerset’s decision not to enforce the follow-on in the first innings after removing Bridge for 81 backfired as umpire Lester Harnett declared the match a draw after late afternoon showers forced the players off the field with Bridge in tatters at 95 for four in reply to their hosts massive total.

Somerset elected to bat first after winning the toss on Saturday morning and found runs easy to come by with skipper Jacobi Robinson (58) and Basden (54) carving impressive half-centuries and Maurico Bassett chipping in with a useful 29 on a flat track.

But in reply Bridge failed miserably to find an answer to the bowling of 14-year-old seamer Greg Maybury jr, who ripped through the order en route to claiming career best figures of five for 25 off nine overs with the new ball.

The Warwick Academy student received good support from off-spinner Marcus Johnson who bagged three for 13 off five overs.

Adrian Burrows (20) and Shawn Riley (18) topped the Bridge batting. But it still wasn’t enough as the visitors were quickly dismissed and then generously let off the hook as Somerset opted to begin their second innings instead of enforcing the follow on late on the first day.

After youngster Maybury had shone with the ball the day before, yesterday was DeSilva’s moment to enjoy in the limelight, and he did so admirably by smashing a well-deserved century.

Dwight Basden added 55 - his second half century of the match - while all-rounder Shane Hollis chipped in with 38 as Somerset left Bridge with a huge 550 runs to score for victory late in the afternoon.

Off-spinner Salaam was again the pick of the Bridge bowling with three for 84.

The Bridge batsmen struggled to cope at the crease in their second innings and were again tormented by young Maybury who claimed another two wickets to take his overall match haul to seven while skipper Robinson grabbed the other two wickets to fall before rain intervened shortly after 4 p.m.

.Social Club 177 and 230

Devonshire 86 and 119-5

Rain put paid to Social Club’s victory march at Devonshire Recreation Club after an unbeaten century (100) from Nakia Smith put the visitors on course for victory.

The home team were facing an uphill battle still 202 runs shy of victory and might have been counting their blessings when the heavens opened up.

Devonshire allowed the match to slip from their grasp when they could only muster a paltry total after dismissing the visitors in the first innings on Saturday. But they did manage to peg Social Club back just prior to close of the day’s play by claiming four quick wickets to leave their opponents wobbling at 70 for four.

Earlier, newcomer Dennis Pilgrim (47) topped the Social Club batting while veteran seamer Dennis Williams bagged three for 44.

Devonshire then made a complete hash of their reply with only skipper Dean Stevens (25) able to get on top of the bowling. Jeffrey Tyrell led the Social Club attack with figures of three for 23 respectively.

Social Club got their second innings off to a flyer with opener Mackie Darrell taking a special liking to the third man boundary.

But after throwing his wicket away Social Club suffered a mini collapse just before stumps were drawn. However, all of Devonshire’s hard work came undone when play resumed yesterday as Smith helped himself to an even ton to put his club back in control.

Seamer Jodi Maroni claimed three for 48 to led the Devonshire attack.

Chasing 321 for victory, the home team continued to find runs hard to come by. Clevon Darrell claimed two for 17 to force Devonshire onto the back foot and tip the scales in Social Club’s favour before rains halted play early.

Ricardo Brangman (25) top Devonshire’s batting in the second innings.

Second Division matches involving PHC and Warwick at White Hill Field and Cleveland and Willow Cuts at Wellington Oval did not get underway due to the unavailability of the pitches, while the Premier Division clash between St.David’s and Bailey’s Bay at Lords was postponed with the latter club unable to field sufficient numbers.