The taunting of a batsman is alleged to have been too much for a bowler who is accused of attacking and punching him after he ridiculed his bowling during a cricket match on Wednesday at the University ofTechnology, St Andrew.

The bowler was a member of the home team while the batsman was a member of the Bethlehem Moravian College in St Elizabeth. The two institutions were competing in an inter-collegiate league match.

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A fuming George Henry, coach of the Bethlehem Moravian College Cricket team, told THE WEEKEND STAR he will be making a formal complaint to the Inter-Collegiate Sports Association following the incident which left his player with four stitches to his chin.

"You hear of these things in other sports but not cricket...and to think that these are the future leaders of tomorrow," an upset Henry said when contacted yesterday.

According to Henry, UTech had batted already and was bowled out for 118 runs.

With batsmen from the St Elizabeth institution at the creases some time around 3:00 p.m., UTech's first bowler delivered a series of wide balls.

His first legal ball was rocketed to the boundary for four runs.

The batsman at the non-striker's end of the pitch is alleged to have started jeering the bowler.

Further allegations are that the batsman was then punched in the face.

Efforts to reach the coach of the UTech cricket team were unsuccessful. However, when contacted, the acting head of the school's sports department, Carla Gordon-Russell, told THE WEEKEND STAR that although she was aware of the incident, she had no details.

"I was not there, so I could not say exactly what happened, when I got there everybody was going about their normal business already," she said.

Her department is now awaiting reports which will be submitted by the two parties involved, she added.

'You hear of these things in other sports but not cricket ... and to think that these are the future leaders of tomorrow'.