Greenhorn pacer Shamar Joseph grabbed his maiden top notch five-wicket haul to harm Windward Islands Volcanoes and depart Guyana Harpy Eagles with a difficult however achievable run chase on Saturday’s remaining day of their second-round match within the Regional 4-Day Championship.
The 22-year-old ended with 5 for 41, a spell which despatched the hosts crashing to 168 all out of their second innings on day three on the Nationwide Cricket Stadium in Grenada.
Quick bowler Ronsford Beaton, a 30-year-old who performed two One-Day Internationals for West Indies six years in the past, supported with three for 35.
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Set a difficult 294 to win, Harpy Eagles navigated their means safely to the shut, ending on 35 with out loss – requiring an additional 259 on the ultimate day.
Chandrapaul Hemraj retired on three with as many on the board, however 19-year-old opener Matthew Nandu (18 not out) and Tevin Imlach (13 not out) mixed to see off the Volcanoes’ late salvo.
Resuming on 48 for 2, Volcanoes misplaced wickets steadily and needed to be propped up by two partnerships. Kavem Hodge failed so as to add to his in a single day 13, falling to the day’s second supply with one run added to the whole, edging a magnificence from Beaton to be taken on the wicket.
Ambris, unbeaten on 18 in a single day, then mixed with Justin Greaves – who struck two fours off 61 balls – so as to add an essential 37 for the fourth wicket.
Greaves’s demise, taken behind off the seventh supply after lunch from Joseph, led to a slide the place 4 wickets went down for 28 runs – the enterprising Joseph accounting for each scalp.
On the Vivian Richards Cricket Floor in Antigua, West Indies white-ball batsman Keacy Carty missed a 3rd first-class hundred as Trinidad and Tobago Pink Drive took management of their contest in opposition to Leeward Islands Hurricanes.
Replying to the guests’ 418 for 9 declared, Hurricanes completed the day on 243 for seven with Carty stroking 95 and out-of-favour West Indies all-rounder Rahkeem Cornall chipping in with 33 not out.
Carty held collectively his aspect’s prime order in an innings which required 205 balls and simply over 5½ hours and included 5 fours and three sixes.
After Kieran Powell perished for one with 5 on the board within the fifth over, Carty posted 47 for the second wicket with Montcin Hodge (23), 61 for the second wicket with Kofi James (23), 35 for the fourth wicket with captain Jahmar Hamilton (15) and an additional 27 for the fifth wicket with Terrance Warde (21).
The 25-year-old was in sight of triple figures when he heaved recklessly at left-arm spinner Khary Pierre (2-51) and skied a easy return catch, changing into one among three wickets to fall for 25 runs. Cornwall then struck a 4 and two sixes in a 68-ball innings, inspiring an essential 43-run, unbroken eighth wicket partnership with Hayden Walsh Jr (18 not out).
Earlier, Imran Khan endured his share of frustrations when he missed out on a second first-class hundred, dismissed for 92 after resuming the morning on 67 with Pink Drive on 368 for eight of their first innings. All advised, he struck 11 fours off 139 deliveries in a shade over three hours, stretching his ninth wicket stand with Pierre (33 not out) to 65 earlier than holing out to deep mid-wicket off left-arm seamer Colin Archibald (3-111).
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