After a four year gap, the third Belgrade T20 Tournament was successfully held at the Lisiciji Jarak cricket ground, in spite of occassional rain. Four teams participated – Hurricanes CC (composed of the players of Springfield CC and North Weald CC – Essex, UK), a Montenegro XI and two Belgrade-based clubs, Mirijevo and Stari Grad, respectively.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Mirijevo CC beat the guests from England by 6 wickets (Hurricanes 124-7, Mirijevo CC 125-4) with great performances from Bilal Ahmed (65*) and Djordje Tresa\u010d (32). The best players in the English side were Thrift (28), Westley (19), plus the captain Russell Jones, who took 3 wickets for 18 runs.<\/p>\n
In the second match of the day, a Montenegro XI beat Hurricanes by 9 wickets, with their top batting order showing real prowess. Hurricanes 142-7 (Ginn 41, Thrist 22, Gibson 2-9) – Montenegro 144-1 (Gibson 39*, Giddins 29, Tucker 43*).<\/p>\n
On Sunday morning Stari Grad surprised all the spectators by beating what had seemed to be the strongest side at the tournament – Montenegro. Montenegro 126 a.o. (Gibson 21*, Tucker 18, Daj\u010d 3-16, \u0110uri\u0107 2-10) – Stari Grad 127-4 (\u0110uri\u0107 47*, To\u0161i\u0107 24*, Gibson 2-26).<\/p>\n
In the last game of the weekend Hurricanes beat the combined team of Belgrade Cricket Association by 3 wickets in a very entertaining low-scoring match. BCA 91a.o. (To\u0161i\u0107 19, Burton 15, Didanovi\u0107 12, Jones 3-7, Ginn 2-16, Scott 2-27) – Hurricanes 92-7 (Alvis 38, Ginn 15, Scott 13, Ahmed 3-8, Daj\u010d 2-12).<\/p>\n