Kenny Phillip produced an inspired spell of fast bowling and spinners Eugene Foggo and David Adams shared four wickets to lead the league champions to a 61-run win at Wellington Oval.

Phillip, bowling with a fire that had hitherto been missing this season, captured five for 54 from 12 overs with all but one of his victims being bowled.

He struck for the first time in the fifth over with the score 14 as he uprooted Curtis Jackson's (five) centre stump.

Four runs later, Cleveland captain Peter Philpott stepped inside and was dismayed to see his leg stump knocked sideways after a personal total of three.

Soon after, Phillip trapped Aaron Adams for two and Eugene Foggo dismissed opener Carlton Smith (15) in the same fashion to leave Cleveland in trouble at 46 for four.

Cleveland's hopes rested with Allan Douglas and he took on the challenge in aggressive style before missing a Foggo full toss and falling lbw for 19.

Cleveland had collapsed to 60 for eight before the innings flickered to life with Del Hollis putting on 30 with Albert Simons.

But once Hollis was caught behind for 16 off David Adams, the end was clearly in sight.

Two overs later, Adams had last man Charles Richardson stumped to confirm Cleveland's first loss as well as a prosperous weekend for St. George's after an uncertain start to the season.

Earlier, St. George's began disastrously with opener Dexter Smith bowled for nought from the last ball of Simons' first over.

The damage was repaired with a 41-run stand by Eugene Foggo and skipper Graham Fox before the latter was well caught for nine on the square leg boundary by Hollis off wrist spinner Johnny Richardson.

Cleveland collected wickets at regular intervals from there with Foggo making 32, Ricky Hodsoll a solid 41 and Phillip 16. Richardson was the top Cleveland bowler with five for 46 from 20.4 overs while Simons, who contributed mightily to the team's 24 wides, took four for 31 in eight overs.

Somerset Bridge 104 Devonshire Rec. 106-8 Devonshire Rec. had a scare before they managed to pull off a two-wicket victory over Somerset Bridge at White Hill field.

Firm favourites going into the game, the visitors looked certain of crossing their opponent's score without a sweat. But that was not to be.

In chasing their winning target of 105, Devonshire had a shaky beginning when they lost three wickets in a span of 11 runs after openers Donald Norford and Albert Steede had put on 19. Norford made 14 and Steede 19.

But when they reached 31, Norford, Anthony Amory (one) and Roger Trott (eight) were all out and they were in dire need of a decent stand.

Fortunately for Devonshire, Winston Trott, Jr. and veteran Erskine Smith, batting at number seven and eight respectively, came to rescue them.

Trott scored 31 not out and Smith 19 with the duo putting on 34 for the seventh wicket. They took the score from 59 for six to 93.

Skipper Sidney Simmons was the top bowler for Bridge with three for 32 while Brian Gibbons had two for 20.

Earlier, Bridge struggled and were fortunate to have former skipper Robin Swan contributing 48.

Swan and Brian Gibbons shared a fifth-wicket stand that produced 68 runs, taking the score from 31 for four.

For Devonshire, Amory took three for 25, Bruce Perinchief three for 38 and Mark Trott two for 32.

PHC 88 Flatts 89-5 Victory looked a certainty for Flatts after Millard Bean and Andrew Richardson put on 71 for the first wicket at Devonshire Rec. field.

And while it was accomplished there was a bit of drama late in the game as PHC made the loss look more respectable by taking five wickets in the space of 11 runs.

Left-handers Bean and Richardson had threatened a 10-wicket victory but that ended when Bean was run out for 39, having hit six fours and a six.

Without any addition to the score, Richardson became Charles Symons' first of four victims when he was bowled for 37, which included off five fours and a six.

Troy Dean, Gerald Sims and Troy Bean all failed to score as Symons finished with four for 17 from 6.3 overs of medium-pace.

PHC had to wait until the last pair of Lyle Millett and Neil Anglin were at the crease before getting their biggest stand of 27 as they frustrated the Flatts bowlers in moving the score from 61 to 88.

Millett was high man with 22, having passed Sheridan Ming's 20 at the top of the order while Anglin was six not out. Troy Bean bowled well to take five for 27 from 16 overs while Troy Dean and Gerald Sims claimed two for 21 and two for 12 respectively.

Police 312-6 dec. Nationals 87 Strong batting performances by Stevie Lightbourne and Donovan Livingston, combined with fine bowling by spinner Dwayne Leverock led Police to a 225-run victory over Nationals at Police field.

Lightbourne hammered 86 and Livingston 79 not out as Police mauled the Nationals bowling. Also among the runs for the home team were skipper Dennis Archer who struck 40, Ferdinand Thorne 30, Tyrone Smith 30 and Roger Blades 20 not out.

Lightbourne hit five fours and five sixes while Livingston stroked nine fours.

Grant Tomkins was the best bowler for Nationals with two for 35.

After a long period in the field, Nationals also had limited batting success after being forced to fight an uphill battle from the start when they lost opener Gary Knight (nought) with just one run scored.

His opening partner, Graham Strange, added some resistance with a patient 18 and Dave Geraghty helped with 24.

Leverock, during a long spell of 17 overs, snatched four for 34 to lead the Police bowling attack. Michael Jackman had two for one from nine overs, including eight maidens, while Blades had two for 15 from 11 overs.

Hamilton Parish 105 St. David's 107-2 Lionel Cann took six of the first seven wickets and Dean Pitcher scored 48 and Allen Richardson 44 not out to lead St. David's to an eight-wicket win over Hamilton Parish at Lord's.

Despite an opening stand of 31 between Quinn Outerbridge (eight) and captain Cal Burgess (21), Parish were soon in deep trouble at 64 for seven as Cann ran through their line-up.

However, some much needed resistance came in the late order where Mike Burgess (15) and Jahmiko Marshall (18) added 31 valuable runs for the eighth wicket.

Cann finished with six for 27 from 13 overs while teenager Kameron Fox took two for 23 from 5.3 overs of left-arm spin.