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A controversial government minister told MPs last night he had refused to repair a wall at a Cup Match venue unless the club agreed to not invite the Governor to present the trophy. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch told the House of Assembly that he ha...

A new venue and some fresh talent — Chronixx will perform at Cup Match Summer Splash this year. The Grammy-nominated reggae artist takes the stage on August 1, Cup Match Eve. Meanwhile, Beres Hammond, the man “who started it all” five years ago, kic...

A Sandys man pleaded guilty yesterday to his involvement in a Cup Match fight. Khalif Williams, 20, was one of several men charged in connection with the fight, which broke out at St George’s Cricket Club on the second day of Cup Match on August 4. A...

Difficult as it is to say, Wendell Smith does not agree with Allan Douglas Jr’s recent comment that, talent-wise, the two Cup Match teams “are on the same page”. However, the former St George’s captain does concur with the all-rounder that the challe...

Onias Bascome and Nzari Paynter proved that strong performances in the final trial match still carries a lot of weight as the pair were selected for the St George’s Cup Match team on Saturday night. Ryan Steede, the coach and selector, said as much a...

Dion Stovell and Kamau Leverock earned recalls as champions Somerset made their expected two changes from last year’s team. The all-rounders have filled the voids left by Janeiro Tucker and Jacobi Robinson, who retired from Cup Match after the draw a...

Dean Minors has urged St George’s not to “miss the opportunity” to lock down promising all-rounder Charles Trott who is among those looking to break into the challenger’s Cup Match team. Minors, a former St George’s and Bermuda wicketkeeper-batsman, ...

Dear Sir, Please allow me space to offer my opinion on the St George’s Cup Match team. Because of OJ Pitcher’s illness and the uncertainty that he will be fit and available, and because St George’s shunned Delyone Borden last year and won’t do everyt...

St George’s will have to make at least one change to their Cup Match side this year as fast bowler Stefan Kelly has been ruled out through injury. Damon Walker, chairman of the St George’s selection committee, confirmed that the UK-based player is un...

My first memory of Neville Darrell involves the pair of us walking out to bat at the Flatts field when I was an impressionable teenager, just learning the game. “Bojangles,” he remarked to me, just before setting off to take strike. “I’m not running ...

Neil Paynter, the St George’s Cricket Club president, has announced HSBC Bermuda’s sponsorship of Cup Match. HSBC Bermuda is again partnering with St George’s and Somerset Cricket Club to support Bermuda’s biggest sporting event. On July 28 at 11am,...

Stephen Outerbridge, the Bailey’s Bay batsman, recently completed a Cup Match sportsmanship double when he won the award put up by the Bermuda Friendly Societies, who started Cup Match in 1902 as a celebration of the 1834 emancipation of slavery. Ou...