Bermuda HealthCare Services Limited (BHCS) and Brown-Darrell Clinic announced that Somerset Cricket Club’s outstanding cricketer Janeiro Tucker is the Cup Match 2014 Safe Hands Award recipient.
Established in 1998, The Safe Hands Award is presented to the Cup match player whose catching performance contributed the most to his team’s success.
Tucker has won the award twice previously, first in 1998 and again in 2003. Tucker becomes the ninth Somerset Cricket Club player to win the Safe Hands Award.
Tucker took a smart return catch diving to his right to dismiss St. George’s Cricket Club captain Oronde Bascome in the final over before the lunch interval on Day 2.
Tuckers 6 Catches
First Inning
..29 (76) Fiqre Crockwell c Janeiro Tucker b Derrick Brangman ..08 (20) Oronde Bascome c Janeiro Tucker b Greg Maybury ..18 (27) Rodney Trott c Janeiro Tucker b Jordan DeSilva
Second Inning
..19 Jason Anderson c Janeiro Tucker b Jordan DeSilva ..02 Oronde Bascome c & b Janeiro Tucker ..12 George O’Brien c Janeiro Tucker b Jacobi Robinson
BHCS Founder and Executive Chairman, Dr. Ewart Brown said, “Janeiro Tucker was the first winner of The Safe Hands Award in 1998 and he has continued to shine under the bright lights of Cup Match. His six catches this year brings his overall catch total to 27, breaking the previous record held by St. George’s Cricket Club’s Charlie Marshall, placing Tucker at the top of the all-time catch list. Tucker is not only this year’s Safe Hands Award winner but he has arguably earned himself the nickname of Mr. Cup Match.”
Judge Dennis Wainwright said, “I would like to thank Bermuda HealthCare Services and Brown-Darrell Clinic for their continued support of the Safe Hands Cup Match Award. Their support is greatly appreciated by the players and this award has become an important part of the Cup Match tradition.”
Along with the Safe Hands Award Trophy, Tucker was also presented a cheque for $1000.00 and two Travel Vouchers.
