COOLIDGE, Antigua:

WEST INDIES fast-bowling legend, Michael Holding, is warning the big guns - Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago and defending champions Guyana - not to take victory against the lesser lights for granted in the regional Stanford 20/20 cricket tournament.

The top four countries are yet to launch their quest for the winner's US$1 million prize money at the cricket fest which is in its second year and started last Saturday with the region's minnows.

"Don't take anything for granted, you are going to have to play well on the day, irrespective of how many Test players are in your final 11," warned Holding, who played 60 Test matches for the West Indies between 1975 and 1987.

Holding, who took 249 Test wickets with a career best 8-92 against England in 1976, continued: "If you don't turn up on that particular day you are playing, go home, you won't be coming back."

Jamaica will open against Bahamas on February 6, Trinidad & Tobago will play St. Lucia on February 2, Guyana will face Bermuda on the 10th, while Barbados tackle Dominica on the 5th.

Meanwhile, Stanford 20/20 St. Lucia Pro Team and Dominica won their opening matches.

A five-wicket haul from captain Liam Sebastien carried Dominica to a record-breaking 66-run victory over British Virgin Islands (BVI) in the second match of the tournament at the Stanford Cricket Ground on Sunday.

Record low for BVI

Off-spinner Sebastien, one of the most experienced players in the Dominica team with 16 First Class matches under his belt, became the fourth bowler to take five wickets in this tournament (5-20) as BVI, chasing 140 for victory, were dismissed for a record low 73 in 17.2 overs.

The previous tournament low was 74, made by Bermuda against Jamaica last year.

On Saturday, St. Lucia defeated Cayman Islands by 46 runs in the opening match.

Replying to St. Lucia's 134 for eight off their allotted 20 overs, Cayman Islands, playing in front of a sold out stadium, were restricted to 88 for eight.

St. Lucia Pro Team now await Trinidad & Tobago for a match-up on February 2.

The third match in the tournament will pit Turks & Caicos against Montserrat today.