STETHS batting clinic highlights Spaulding Cup opening day

If the first day of the 2026 St Elizabeth Technical High School middle-order batsman, Ryan Littleton celebrates scoring a hundred during the ISSA/First Global Bank/GK Spaulding Cup final at the Melbourne Oval is anything to go by, bowlers from St Jago High School are in for a long, hot day two following opening day action yesterday. St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) produced a batting clinic on Wednesday, amassing a monumental 438 for six before stumps were drawn against a hapless Monk Street bowling attack.

Winning the toss and electing to bat on what looked like a belter of a track, the STETHS top order treated the sparse crowd to a fireworks display across 83 overs of relentless punishment.

The headline act belonged to middle-order batsman Ryan Lyttleton, who brought up a sublime even hundred off just 79 deliveries. He would go on to retire hurt for 101.

His innings was a masterclass in temperament mixed with power-hitting, clearing the ropes four times and finding the boundary on six other occasions, leaving the St Jago fielders to chase leather all day.

Lyttleton found a useful partner in Shahiri Jaddo, with the pair stitching together a breathtaking 171-run stand for the fifth wicket. Jaddo fell just short of his own century, departing for a well-made 77.

The carnage began much earlier, however.

Captain Tyreik Bryan led from the front with a composed 79, while opener Jermari Bryce set the platform with a fluent 66. Their second-wicket partnership yielded 143 runs, effectively killing any hope St Jago had of seizing the early initiative.

The day did begin brightly for the St Catherine-based school, as wicketkeeper Humaro Reid was caught by Danza Hyatt Jr off West Indies U19 spinner Vitel Lawes for a duck.

At the close of play, STETHS remained firmly in the driver’s seat with Adrian Silvera unbeaten on 28 and Juwayne Lawson not out on 2.

For St Jago, it was a day to forget in the field as Lawes toiled heroically, bagging 3 for 154 from a staggering 35 overs. Play continues this morning at 10 a.m.