West Indies Cricket Fans

The stage is set for another exciting staging of the Chris Gayle Pro 15/15 Celebrity Cricket Festival, which will be held today at the Kaiser Bauxite Sports Club in St Ann.

The festival, which will see part proceeds going to the Heart Foundation of Jamaica and the establishment of a high school cricket scholarship fund, will again showcase a number of current and former West Indies and Jamaica players, including Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Twenty20 batting prodigy Kieron Pollard, Sulieman Benn, Pedro Collins, Nixon McLean and Ridley Jacobs.

There will also be an added attraction this year, with entertainers Beenie Man, Wayne Marshall and selectors Razz and Biggy who, along with World and Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt and rising sprint star Yohan Blake, are expected to be a hit among spectators.

Marlon Samuels, Xavier Marshall, Jerome Taylor and Daren Powell and Carlton Baugh Jr, who have all represented the West Indies, are also expected to add to the event.

Bolt's XI triumph in Gayle 15/15 Festival

DESPITE several passing showers of rain, a good-sized crowd of supporters were treated to entertaining cricket, music and frolic in the Chris Gayle 15/15 Pro Cricket Festival at the Port Rhoades Sports Club in Discovery Bay, St Ann yesterday.

Usain Bolt’s XI beat Gayle’s XI on a faster run-rate in the feature match of the day after light rain made underfoot conditions extremely slippery.

Batting first, Bolt’s XI racked up 93-3 off eight overs, thanks to Xavier Marshall’s 25 not out, Kieron Pollard’s 25 and Dwayne Bravo’s 21, while Bolt swatted a six and a four in his 13 before top-edging a simple catch off the bowling of Wavell Hinds.

Chasing 94 for victory, Gayle saw off the bowling of Bolt before spanking 33 in his team’s 59-6 off seven overs.

Gayle’s demise was brought about by the sprint combination of Yohan Blake and Bolt, when the tall left-hander mistimed a backfoot drive off Blake to Bolt at mid-off…