Dexter Smith wasn't in a particularly happy mood after being dropped from the Bermuda XI to meet Hyderabad Blues this weekend, and it was the visitors themselves who felt the backlash of Smith's assault at Wellington Oval.

Smith, who was called selfish by BCBC president Ed Bailey in a weekend article after expressing surprise at being left out of the Bermuda team, answered in the best possible fashion as he smashed 135 not out to lead the St. George's Select to a massive 220-run win on Sunday.

From the moment he struck his first four it was evident that Smith had something to prove.

His first 36 runs came in boundary fours as the Blues were forced to make their first bowling change after just three overs and spent the next three hours retrieving balls from the boundary.

Even though their team is littered with spin bowlers, Smith and opening partner Gregory Sampson were never bothered by how quickly the ball came off the pitch.

It came off the bat and the boundary walls much faster.

Smith dominated the stand between the two left-handers, hitting 17 savagely struck fours and three sixes and before long Sampson was also opening his shoulders to help himself to 65 in an opening stand of 177.

Despite having batted together at Western Stars, the pair had problems running between the wicket and it was hardly surprising when a run out finally broke the stand. Smith was in the 90s when he drove a firm ball to the short extra cover fielder. By the time he shouted `wait' Sampson had already advanced halfway down the crease and before he could get back the throw beat him to the bowler's end.

That was in the 33rd over and another 101 runs would come before Hyderabad, whose average age is 19 including a 15-year-old, were spared further humiliation.

Smith added 55 with captain Graham Fox (21) to complete his second consecutive century. At Fox's departure Charlie Marshall kept up the assault to add a further 36.

Orthodox leg-spinner R.Sridhar was the most successful Blues bowler with two for 46 from nine overs while first-change Syed Abrar Ahmed, another slow left-armer, claimed the other wicket for 38 runs in 10 overs.

St. George's also excelled in the bowling department despite not having their strongest possible team. Clarkie Trott, sharing the new ball with Kenny Phillip, had another seven wicket haul in finishing with seven for 17 from nine overs.

The Bailey's Bay bowler had a wicket in each of his first two overs and then grabbed two more in his third as the visitors quickly slumped to 20-4, which became 31-5 and 39-6 when Phillip picked up his only wicket to remove any possibility of a rare 10-wicket haul but Trott at the other end.

Of his seven wickets, four were bowled, two caught and the other trapped lbw.

Clevie Wade wrapped up the tailend with the last two wickets off the second and third overs of his second over to finish with 2-0 from nine deliveries.

Naresh Sharma, batting at number six, was the top bat for the Blues with 19 while Surender Khama (17) was the only other batsman in double figures.

TAKE THAT -- Dexter Smith smashes another boundary off a modest Hyderabad Blues attack on his way to 135 not out on Sunday, his second straight century at Wellington Oval.