ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — Trinidad and Tobago Crimson Drive produced a elegant bowling efficiency for the second straight day on their solution to demolishing the Barbados Pleasure by an innings and 56 runs inside two days when the West Indies Championship continued on Thursday.
After being bowled out for 86 on the opening day, the Pleasure have been bundled out for 121 of their second innings at Kensington Oval to endure considered one of their most humiliating defeats within the competitors’s historical past.
Elsewhere, the Leeward Islands Hurricanes, Jamaica Scorpions and Guyana Harpy Eagles are all on prime of their respective matches.
Regardless of boasting a staff of a minimum of seven West Indies gamers, the Barbados Pleasure produced yet one more horrendous batting efficiency at Kensington Oval to concede an embarrassing innings and 56-run defeat by the hands of the Trinidad and Tobago Crimson Drive inside two days.
Resuming the day with a 96-run lead over the Pleasure, the Crimson Drive prolonged that benefit to 177 earlier than being dismissed for 263.
Amir Jangoo carried his in a single day rating of 37 to 56, however there was little different assist apart from Yannic Cariah’s 30, as medium pacer Jason Holder stalled the Crimson Drive’s progress with a five-wicket haul.
Holder completed with 5-52, whereas Matthew Forde took 3-53.
Needing a giant effort within the second innings to have any probability of profitable the match, the Pleasure’s batsmen as soon as once more faltered within the face of menacing bowling from pacers Jayden Seales, Anderson Phillip and Joshua James.
Seales bowled Pleasure captain Kraigg Brathwaite for 2, Phillip had Zachary McCaskie caught for eight and James bowled Jonathan Drakes for 10 to depart them in tatters at 34 for 3.
And when James accounted for the wicket of Kevin Wickham to make it 41 for 4, the writing was already on the wall for the Pleasure.
James ended with 3-16, left-arm spinner Khary Pierre took 2-11, Phillip 2-38 and Seales 2-50.
At Coolidge Cricket Floor, Jamaica Scorpions have put in themselves as agency favourites of their contest towards the West Indies Academy having pushed their general result in 274 runs with eight wickets remaining.
Resuming on their in a single day rating of 332 for seven, the Scorpions have been dismissed for 375 with Jediah Blades grabbing 4-64.
Carlon Bowen-Tuckett and Mbeki Joseph then each hit half centuries, however the WI Academy suffered a middle-order collapse to be ultimately bowled out for 211.
Bowen-Tuckett made 57 from 100 balls and Joseph scored 54 from 88 balls, to place the WI Academy in a powerful place at 172 for 4.
Nonetheless, off spinner Brad Barnes and pacer Ojay Shields staged an incredible fightback by the Scorpions that noticed them declare the final six WI Academy wickets for the addition of simply 39 runs.
Barnes took 3-25 and Shields 3-40, whereas Marquino Mindley chipped in with 2-32.
Having secured a 164-run first-innings lead, the Scorpions ended the day on 110 for 2, with Brandon King unbeaten on 58 and Javelle Glenn on 20 not out.
At Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Leeward Islands Hurricanes are in full management of their match towards the Mixed Campuses and Schools (CCC) heading into Friday’s third day.
After piling up 425 of their first innings, quick bowler Alzarri Joseph then blew away CCC with a six-wicket haul. CCC surprisingly selected to declare their innings on 170 for 9, 255 runs in arrears.
The Hurricanes selected to not implement the comply with on, ending the day on 94 for one, an general lead of 349 runs.
On the Guyana Nationwide Stadium, the Harpy Eagles are in sight of a first-innings lead towards the Windward Islands Volcanoes of their rain-affected match.
After solely 27 overs have been potential on the opening day, the Harpy Eagles, led by veteran spinner Veerasammy Permaul restricted the Volcanoes to 213 after they resumed on 77 for 2.
Opener Jeremy Solozano cracked 83 from 142 balls, captain Alick Athanaze made 39 and Sunil Ambris 33, however not one of the different Volcanoes batsmen confirmed as much as the celebration.
Permaul ran by way of the center and decrease order to assert 4-55, Gudakesh Motie took 3-44 and Kevin Sinclair 2-44.
The Harpy Eagles then discovered themselves in a ticklish place at 74 for 3, earlier than Kemol Savory and captain Tevin Imlach got here to their rescue.
Savory ended unbeaten on 46, whereas Imlach was 40 not out, with the pair thus far including 85 runs for the fourth wicket to attract inside 54 runs of the Volcanoes’ whole.
