ST OUEN won the 50th JEP ‘Brighter’ Cricket Knock-out Trophy final at Grainville last night following a six-wicket victory over Division II leaders St Helier RFC at Grainville.

The Division I club paced their reply well to reach their winning target with just over an over to spare but they owed their success to a couple of good bowling performances by teenagers.

Chris Morrin, aided by Paul Horton, put the brakes on St Helier’s charge with four economical overs at first and second change, while 16-year-old Michael Ahier deservedly won the man-of-the-match award after returning five wickets for 25 runs from his three overs.

St Ouen skipper Mark Tribe, who said pre-match that his youngsters would not be overawed by the occasion, said: ‘You can’t fault the youngsters; they were brilliant and as well as taking five wickets Michael was also involved in the run out for the final wicket following a throw from the boundary.

• The victorious St Ouen team