Scorpions into semi-finals in wet win
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Scorpions into semi-finals in wet win

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Jamaica Scorpions beat West Indies Academy within the remaining Super50 Cup group stage recreation made messy by rain, to complete prime of Zone B and ebook their spot within the semi-finals.

Requested to chase a revised goal of 146 from 34 overs underneath lights Monday, Scorpions had been 125 for 4 within the twenty seventh over when the pesky climate that plagued the sport from the beginning, returned for the ultimate time to finish the competition prematurely and hand them a 23-run victory underneath Duckworth-Lewis-Stern.

Opener Brandon King top-scored with 48 from 55 balls with 5 fours whereas captain Rovman Powell had clobbered two fours and two sixes in an unbeaten 26 from 25 balls, when the match ended.

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Despatched in earlier, West Indies Academy had been dismissed for 175 within the fortieth of an encounter initially diminished to 48 overs per facet as a consequence of a delayed begin on the Vivian Richards Cricket Floor.

Kirk McKenzie hit 45 from 57 deliveries on the prime of the order however Kevlon Anderson (21), Ackeem Auguste (21), Joshua Bishop (20) and captain Nyeem Younger (20) bought begins solely however didn’t convert.

The innings was harm by three-wicket hauls from off-spinner Jamie Service provider (3-35) and quick bowler Nicholson Gordon (3-40) whereas one other off-spinner Peat Salmon weighed in with two for 33.

There was no stellar begin for the Academy, Service provider placing twice to ship the innings crashing to 36 for 3 within the tenth over earlier than McKenzie counter-attacked with 4 fours and three sixes in a 40-run, fourth-wicket partnership with Anderson.

When McKenzie edged a defensive prod at Service provider and was caught on the wicket within the 18th over, the innings all however fizzled out, Auguste and Carlon Bowen-Tuckett (14) placing on 28 for the sixth and Younger and Bishop including 25 for the eighth wicket to squeeze out valuable runs late on.

Scorpions then misplaced Chadwick Walton cheaply for one with two on the board within the second over from speedster McKenny Clarke, however King added 38 for the second wicket with Andre McCarthy (17) and an additional 45 for the third wicket with Alwyn Williams (20) to maintain the run chase going.

-CMC