Banjul-based St. Joseph Senior Secondary School have been crowned champions of the 2016 Girls Cricket League after their triumph over Presentation Girls Vocational School in a final played on Tuesday at the 22nd July Square in Banjul.
Presentation Girls Vocational School won the toss and batted and scored 45 runs in 15 overs for 7 wickets with the highest runs scored by Maimuna Sano with 7 runs. The highest wicket taker was Jeamy Mendy with 2 wickets for 9 runs in 3 overs.
In the second innings, St Joseph Senior Secondary School girls batted and scored 46 runs in 13.2 overs for 3 wickets. Kaddy Kujabi scored 8 runs, the highest and also took 2 wickets for 6 runs in 3 overs.
At the presentation ceremony, the President of The Gambia Cricket Association, Johnny Gomez, thanked the School Heads and Physical Education Teachers for allowing and preparing the students to participate in the tournament. He told the players that they are all winners with the zeal and commitment they have shown.
The winner and runners-up went with a trophy and certificate, while the participating schools went with a certificate each.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, June 28th 2016, Albion Lower Basic School locked horns with Campama Lower Basic School in the Primary School Boys T20 Knock-out Tournament.
Albion Lower Basic School won the toss and fielded to Campama bat and and scored 32 runs for 10 runs in 9.3 overs; the highest runs scored was Ebrima Camara with 6 runs and the highest wicket taker was Modou Njie with 1 wicket for 2 runs in 2 overs.
In the second innings, Albion Lower Basic School batted and scored 33 runs in 6.2 overs for 4 wickets. Alagie Sowe Scored 12 runs; the highest and the highest wicket taker was Abdoulie Kanteh with 2 wickets for 5 runs in 1 over.
Albion won the first Primary School Boys T20 Knock-out Tournament by 7 wickets.
At the presentation ceremony, Mr. Malamin Fofana, Treasurer of the Association thanked the schools and the students for participating in the tournament. He urged the other schools to train hard so that they could participate and become winners for their schools in the next tournament.
Below is the Primary School Boys T20 knockout tournament table standing
by Fatou Trawally