Jowayne Robinson .... slammed even 100 off 38 balls with 11 fours and eight sixes in the Social Development Commission's Twenty20 cricket competition at Yallahs Primary School on Sunday. - Contributed

It was a day for mothers but in Yallahs, St Thomas, on Sunday, Heartease Cricket Club's Jowayne Robinson grabbed all the attention in the featured round of 16 matches in the St Thomas zone of the Social Development Commission's (SDC) National Community Twenty20 Cricket competition.

Robinson, a 27-year-old former Vere Technical High Headley Cup player, slammed an even 100 off 38 balls as many-time parish champions Heartease defeated Font Hill Cricket Club by a massive 181 runs at Yallahs Primary School.

Scores: Heartease 288 for five off their allotted 20 overs. Font Hill 107 all out in 14.3 overs. Robinson who hit 11 fours and eight sixes got good support from Chevaughn Simpson who fell 13 short of his century. His 87 included eight sixes and seven fours. Font Hill's Maurice Haynes took two for 34. When Font Hill batted they were cut down by medium pacers Damion Burke, three for 25 and Damion Gordon, three for 13. Damion Lee topscored with 31.

In the opening match at the venue, Yallahs Cricket Club beat Albion Cricket Club by six wickets. Scores: Albion 152 for eight, Yallahs 153 for four in 12 overs, whipped Albion Cricket Club, 182 for eight, by six wickets.

In another match in St Mary, Rosend beat Richmond by 38 runs at Westmoreland Oval in Annotto Bay. Scores: Rosend 142 for five (Andre White 100; Nodly Wright three for 24); Richmond 104 (Alwayne Hyatt 44; Everon O'Hara three for 14). The SDC National Twenty20 Community Cricket competition is an annual event now in its sixth year. It's geared towards advancing community development through sports.

This year's staging of the competition is expected to be bigger and better as teams are competing for $4 million in cash and prizes.

The first place cash prize for this year's national champion club has been increased to $1 million from last year's $750,000. The second place team will receive $500,000, third, $250,000 and fourth, $125,000. The parish champions will collect $100,000, second place $50,000 and third, $25,000.

Terence Richards, programmes co-ordinator for the SDC, who was in Yallahs for Sunday's matches said things have been going great in this year's competition.

"As many as 382 teams were registered for the competition which is organised in three phases - an elimination phase, a parish phase and the national phase," Richards said. "The elimination phase brought the teams down to a manageable total of 16 per parish. Eight matches are then played at four venues in each parish with the eight winners being placed in two groups of four. They will play a round-robin competition with the top two in each group moving on to the knockout semi-finals. The semi-final winners will meet in the parish final."

Richards was quick to point out that the SDC Twenty20 was not just about people playing cricket.

"It is a lot more than that," he said. "It you notice here today you will see a number of services. People can get their blood pressure checked, you can get a HIV test done and we also have here people from the Planning Institute of Jamaica who is one of our partners promoting the national development plan the 2030 vision. The cricket is therefore being used as a vehicle to highlight issues around the community," Richards added. The national final for the SDC Twenty20 is scheduled for August 26.

'As many as 382 teams were registered for the competition which is organised in three phases - an elimination phase, a parish phase and the national phase.'