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- ↑ "List A Matches played on Police Sports Club Ground, Bridgetown (2)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
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- ↑ Holder, Keith (6 September 2019). "Wonderful Wildey wallop Wanderers". Barbados Today. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
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- 1 2 "Jamaica v Leeward Islands, KFC Cup 2005/06" . Retrieved 24 April 2022.
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