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An inspired batting performance from captain Sean Cousley led Kingston College to their 14th Tappin Cup title when they defeated defending champions Jonathan Grant High by 49 runs at Melbourne Oval yesterday.

Scores: Kingston College 201 for nine from 40 overs; Jonathan Grant 151 for eight from 40 overs.

Cousley, who opened KC's innings with Marvin McCain, made an aggressive 93 from 112 balls and featured two sixes and ten fours before he was the sixth man out caught by Jonathan Grant captain Tamar Lambert off pacer Damion Davis.

Cousley and West Indies and Jamaica Under-19 allrounder Marlon Samuels shared in a 64-run second wicket partnership which took KC from the precarious position of seven for one to 71-2, after losing McCain bowled by pacer Howard Walters for one.

Cousley gave glimpses of his class when he hit pacer Damion Davis for three consecutive boundaries, the first he stroked to the long-on boundary, the other raced to the cover point boundary and the last a straight drive to the long-on boundary.

Samuels made 35 from 50 balls and included three boundaries before he went leg before to pacer Richard Lewin with the total on 71. Martin Isaacs also chipped in with a useful 27 made from 38 balls, hitting a huge six and one boundary, with 16 extras being the third best score of KC's innings.

Pacer Richard Lewin with four wickets for 37 runs off eight overs and Davis with three for 57 also from eight overs were the best of the Jonathan Grant bowlers.

Jonathan Grant's openers David Harrison and Gerald Morgan played very tentatively and posted a very slow 59 runs for the first wicket before Morgan was brilliantly caught by McCain off Samuels for 22.

Top batsman and captain Tamar Lambert came in at number three but only made 13 before he was caught by Leonard Walker off Samuels with the score on 84 for two.

Harrison was the best of the Jonathan Grant batsmen with a patient 54 which included four boundaries and he was third out with the score at 120 for three.

Roy McLean, Kingston College's coach, commended the batting of Cousley after the match.

``Jonathan Grant fielded fairly well but our batting was our high point, especially that of (Sean) Cousley who played the perfect captain's role. We will now set our sights on next week's Sunlight Cup final as a KC versus Jonathan Grant match-up is always a competitive game,'' McLean said.

Devon Buchanan, coach of Jonathan Grant, blamed his team's approach in chasing KC's total for their loss.

``We did not field as well as we should have and our bowlers did not bowl to their fields. When we went to bat we did not understand how to approach the opposition's target. It was a good win for KC,'' Buchanan said.