Cable and Wireless Jamaica (C&W) advanced to the final of the Digicel 20/20 cricket competition last Sunday when they defeated Jamalco by six wickets in semi-final action at Cable & Wireless Sports Club, Chalmers Avenue.

Batting first, Jamalco reached 77 for nine. Errol Thomas with 40 was the only batsman to show any fight, as Melbourne Super League player Damion Jacobs claimed five for seven off 3.4 overs and Dave Johnson, two for 14.

In reply, C&W raced to 79 for four off 12.3 overs. Former Jamaica and West Indies Under-19 player Andre McCarthy led the way with an unbeaten 42, while Johnson was not out on 13. Bryan Buchanan claimed two for nine off four overs, while Thomas had two for 23.

Cable and Wireless will meet St. Ann Jamaica Bauxite in the final at a date and venue to be announced.

Broilers in Best Dressed cricket final

High-riding Jamaica Broilers defeated Digicel by 85 runs at Kensington Park last Sunday in the Best Dressed Chicken 30-over semi-final and will now meet St Ann Jamaica Bauxite in the final.

Batting first, Jamaica Broilers raced to 172 for nine off their allotted 30 overs. Wayne Morgan top scored in an attacking innings of 63, Dean Anderson made 45, while former Jamaica Under-19 player Jowayne Robinson bagged four for 30 from six overs and Shamar Anderson three for 14 also off six.

Digicel could only muster 83 in 24 overs. Adrian Bartley and Garfield Moore scored 27 and 16, respectively, while Nicoy Lindo claimed three for five off two overs, Robert Turner two for 17, Morgan two for 26 and paceman Aaron Daley Jr one for 11.

Big 35-over clash

Cable and Wireless and Jamaica Broilers, arguably the top two teams in Business House cricket, meet today in the 35-over KO semi-final at Cable & Wireless Sports Club, Chalmers Avenue, starting at 11 a.m.

The winner will play Jamalco in the final at Port Esquivel on December 7.

Cable & Wireless will be strengthened by the return of Yannick Elliott and Horace Miller, both of whom were on tour with the Jamaica team in the recently concluded regional one-day competition.

In addition to this pair, C&W will look to all-rounders André McCarthy, Damion Jacobs, Dave Johnson and Fitzroy Peterkin to shine with bat and ball.

Broilers, on the other hand, will look to national player Keith Hibbert, who was also on tour with the Jamaica team, as well as St Catherine Super League player Wayne Morgan, Robert Turner, Dean Anderson, Peter Caballero, Nicoy Lindo and the promising young St Catherine pacer Aaron Daley Jr.

Scotiabank 'A' winin Fort Lauderdale

Scotiabank 'A', beaten finalists in the recently concluded Business House Netball Association/Locker Room-sponsored Super League, won the Lauderhill Classic invitational netball tournament contested by five teams in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, last weekend.

Scotia 'A' won four matches to be unbeaten in the competition. They defeated the recent Miami Classic winners Caricom (Florida) in the final.

The MVP was captain Naudia Brown, while goal shooter Marsha Murphy and goal defence Andrea Markland also stood out for Scotia 'A'.

Scotiabank 'B', newly-crowned champions of the BHNA Senior 'A' League, also made the trip and placed third. Both teams were accompanied by coach Winston Nevers, manager Diana Polack along with Wayne Shaw, sports coordinator at Scotiabank.

Scotiabank 'A' were beaten by defending champions General Accident in the recent BHNA Super League final, but earlier in the season had the distinction of being the only team to beat General Accident.

JET committedto BH domino

Calman Barrett, CEO of Jamaica Electrical Technologies Limited (JET), sponsors of the Business House domino competition, has pledged his company's continued support in 2009.

Speaking on Friday at the offices of JET on Lyndhurst Road in St Andrew, Barrett described this year's competition as a success, stating that the objectives laid down by him were met.

These include the fostering of friendly relationships with the management and workers of participating companies in the Corporate Area, such as The Gleaner, Seprod, Tank-Weld, Port Authority, JPS, Carib Cement, NCB, Wray & Nephew, Sagicor, BoJ, Airports Authority, Berger and JET, to name a new.

"Of course, we would like to see more teams playing in both divisions. I think that, in conjunction with the organisers, the National Association of Domino Bodies, who have done a good job, we could see teams like CVM, Air Jamaica and RJR Communications Group coming back next year. My other objective is to expand the competition beyond the Corporate Area to include business houses from neighbouring parishes, like St Catherine, by 2010," said Barrett.