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SERIES 10, OCTOBER 11, 12.
MORE BREATHING SPACE FOR SPARTAN
Leaders open 12-point lead as Banks lose first innings to St. Catherine
SPARTAN were given a bit more breathing space and enough that would likely give them the title after fighting back to grab first innings honours over Pickwick as Banks lost ground in being led by St. Catherine.
Empire and Maple lifted themselves within mathematical distances of the coveted cup following victories over Carlton and BCL.
Apart from Spartan, there were first innings points for Police and Barbados Defence Force Sports Programme against Cable & Wireless and YMPC.
Combined Schools and Wanderers battled to a no-decision in a rain-hit match.
AT BLENHEIM ‘A’: FOR the second time this season, BCL were on the losing end after taking first innings points.
This time, they went under by 35 runs to Maple. In the second series, BCL led Spartan and then lost by six wickets.
It was the sixth defeat of the season for the BCL, again raising serious questions over their ability to handle pressure.
Having won the toss on what turned out to be a slow pitch, BCL put Maple in and dismissed them for 154 in 49 overs. All-rounder Khalid Springer scored 34 not out, Andy Payne contributed 31 and Prince Parris 20.
Off-spinner Dwayne Lynch, who opened the bowling, took five for 58 from 24 unbroken overs.
By the close, however, Maple had struck back to reduce the home side to 117 for eight. At one stage they were 30 for four before Richard Harbin, who missed the previous match against Empire, again because of work commitments, added 66 for the fifth wicket with Kevin Gittens (14).
Harbin went on to score 55 with four boundaries, his innings ended by a run out.
An unbeaten 27 from Lynch helped BCL to 156 all out as he and Mervyn Sandiford added 33 for the last wicket with Sandiford’s contribution being nine.
Off-spinner Shane Ramsey took four for 38 while Springer again underlined his growing stature as an effective all-rounder by grabbing four for 40 with his medium-fast bowling.
Maple were in some bother at 50 for five in the second innings before captain Donovan Lopez and Springer came to the rescue by putting on 66 for the sixth wicket.
Both then fell at the same score, Lopez for 43 and Springer 16 but Maple were able to rally to 142 for nine declared including three batsmen falling by the run out route.
With a victory target of 141, the BCL fell for 105 with the last five wickets tumbling for 26 runs.
Richard Harbin was again the topscorer with 24 and Jarvis Forde made 21.
Left-arm pacer Anderson Holder took three for 30 and there were two wickets apiece for Ramsey and seamer Andre Evelyn as BCL compounded their woes with the run outs of the last three wickets.
AT WILDEY: ON reflection, Police may reckon they declared too late in the second innings as Cable & Wireless just managed to hold on for a draw.
With a first innings lead of 46, Police scored 158 for seven declared in their second turn, setting Cable & Wireless 205 for victory in a minimum of 41 overs.
In the end, the home team reached 179 for nine with Nos.10 and 11 Gordon Maxwell and Tony Moore at the crease.
Derwin Thompson, known as a specialist wicket-keeper/batsman for many years but whose off-spin bowling, mixed sometimes with a few seamers, has been in effective over the past three seasons, caused the main problems. He took four for 54 off 15 overs as Police managed to get in 44 overs.
Opener Ron Bates had earlier threatened to spur his team to victory by lashing 63 with eight fours and a six as he and captain Brian Johnson (28) put on 47 for the third wicket.
All-rounder Antonio Mayers contributed 28 as Cable & Wireless collapsed after reaching 162 for five at one stage.
Police, who won the toss, scored 175, mainly through the efforts of captain Trevor Griffith, who hit 53 including four fours and three sixes as an opener. Edison Rock made 30 not out and Dwayne Yearwood 21.
Diminutive leg-spinner Ryan Layne snapped up seven for 47 from 15 overs including the wicket of Griffith as he operated from the northern end.
At the close, Cable & Wireless were 101 for six with Bates scoring 29, Johnson 24 and Don O’Neale 22 not out.
O’Neale went on to make 41 not out in a total of 129 all out. Veteran pacer Kenrick Marshall took four for 29 off 21 overs and left-arm spinner Jimmy Small four for 52.
In the Police second innings, Sadiq Hill made 36 not out, Rock 23 and Griffith 20. Medium-pacer Mayers picked up three for 34.
AT BLACK ROCK: FAST BOWLER Ryan Nurse jolted the Carlton batting with a seven-wicket haul on the opening day to set up what turned out to be a nine-wicket triumph for Empire.
Returning to the side after representing the UWI XI in the Red Stripe Bowl championship in Antigua, the tall, strongly-built Nurse took seven for 20 off 16 overs on the trot as the home team were fired out for 75 in 33.4 overs after losing the toss.
Opener Richmail Williams (12) and wicket-keeper Rommel King (10) were the only double-figure contributors.
Nurse’s new ball partner Chesterfield Walcott took two for 19.
Empire responded with 156 for eight declared at the close with Jamal Smith scoring 32 and captain Roland Holder 27.
Shawn Graham scored 19 which gave him exactly 500 runs for the season.
Shirley Clarke, with his underrated off-breaks, took four for 31 and pacer Callitos Lopez, two for 59.
Empire declared at the overnight total and Carlton were putting up a spirited fight in the second innings, reaching 97 for one before collapsing dramatically to 144 – batting with Williams absent.
Opener Jason Clarke scored 50 with six fours and two sixes and fellow left-hander Kirk Gibson made 36 in a second wicket stand of 71.
This time, it was the off-spin of Smith, known more for his wicket-keeping and a product of the Combined Schools and the Barbados under-19 team as recently as this year who caused the main damage with four for 45.
Graham’s leg-breaks earned him two for 18.
Needing 64 to win, Empire ended on 66 for one in 15.1 overs with Jason Haynes scoring 37 not out.
AT COLERIDGE-PARRY, ASHTON HALL: Nicholas Squires and Mark Trotman both hit solid half-centuries as Combined Schools opted for batting practice against Wanderers in their rain-ruined match which ended in a no-decision.
After rain allowed just 2.3 overs on the opening day with the Schools on 13 without loss, Martin Nurse's side batted all day to end on 263 for seven.
Squires hit 85 and fellow Lodge schoolmate Trotman made 60, with five threes and five fours as the pair featured in a third wicket partnership of 126 following the dismissals of openers Nurse (13) and Renaldo Parris (nine) in quick succession. Nicholas Stanford contributed 38 not out.
The pace trio of Dadrian Forde, Hendy Bryan and Anton Maynard each took two wickets for 36, 43 and 52 runs.
AT KENSINGTON OVAL: SPARTAN underlined their fighting qualities this season by taking first innings points over Pickwick when it seemed unlikely going into the final day’s play.
From an overnight 86 for five which soon turned to 90 for six as they chased Pickwick’s 238, Spartan were rescued by manager/player Livy Puckerin and talented all-rounder Ryan Wiggins, who both hit half-centuries.
The pair came together after Damien Maynard was run out and buckled down to gradually take the initiative away from the home side. They blossomed to play some fine strokes in a partnership of 98 before Puckerin drove leg-spinner Camilus Alexander into the hands of cover shortly after lunch. He made 60 including six fours and a six in a shade over two hours off110 balls.
Hattian Graham soon followed for five off left-arm spinner Scofield Hewitt to create some excitement but Wiggins and captain Dave Marshall ensured there would be no further setbacks by featuring in a partnership of 67 which allowed Spartan to declare at 261 for nine on Marshall’s dismissal for 17.
Wiggins gave Spartan the leading in telling style, lifting Hewitt over extra-cover for six en route to 71 not out which took 171 minutes, 151 balls and contained seven fours and a six.
Off-spinner Rommel Small, Alexander and Hewitt each took two wickets for 61, 69 and 88 runs.
Pickwick were 112 for four in their second innings. Joseph Harris scored 58 not out to follow up his unbeaten 88 in the first innings and Mike Matthews got 26.
Harris’ first innings knock came off 112 balls and included eight fours and two sixes.
Captain Rondelle Yearwood, who opened, made 52 in 109 minutes off 104 balls with two fours and a six. He and Jason Hinds (32) added 78 for the first wicket. Kerry Holder scored 23.
Leg-spinner Marshall took six for 93 off 29 overs and with a solitary wicket in the second innings, became the third bowler behind Banks’ left-arm spinner Anderson Sealy and Winston Reid to grab 50 wickets for the season.
AT BAYFIELD: THERE was disappointment for Banks, who were led on first innings.
After winning the toss, Winston Reid’s team put St. Catherine in and bowled them out for 174. Dale Mason, who opened, scored 44, Patrick Browne 33 and Shawn Sargeant and Brian Shepherd 29 each.
Left-arm spinner Anderson Sealy took six for 98 off 22.2 overs – the seventh time for the season he had hauled in five or more wickets in an innings. Reid, with whom he again shared the new ball, took two for 47.
At the close, Banks were 40 for two with both wickets going to Derrick Bishop, the St. Catherine captain and left-spinner who represented the UWI XI in this year’s Red Stripe Bowl championship.
With half of their side down and the score 74, Banks were under some pressure but the innings was revived by Rico Prescod and Reid, who put on 60 before the last five wickets crashed for 25 runs to give St. Catherine a lead of 15.
Prescod topscored with 43 before he was run out, attacking opener Donovan Lovell got 38 with three chances and Reid 22.
Bishop took four for 43 and medium-pacer Ulric Batson, three for 21.
St. Catherine were 127 for seven in the second innings. Mason scored 31, Kenroy Williams 28 and Bishop 20.
Sealy took four for 66 to complete his third ten-wicket haul of the season, while Reid had two for 35.
AT BECKLES ROAD: BDFSP secured first innings points on the first day and the match was drawn despite 17 wickets falling on the last day.
Having been put in, YMPC were bowled out for 104. William Lashley made 21 as left-arm spinner Dane Currency snapped up five for 27 and leg-spinner Deon Pinder, four for 24.
BDFSP responded with 138 for seven declared. Captain Carlo Morris made 38 and opener Shane Mayers 23 retired hurt. Fast bowler Roderick Lovell took three for 26 and his new ball partner Calvin Watson two for 33.
From an overnight 19 without loss, YMPC made 180 in the second innings. Skipper Adrian Jones scored 40, Ryan O’Neale 24, Jason Codrington and Watson 21 each and Eric Batson 20.
Currency again impressed with six for 44 for a match haul of 11 for 71, while Pinder took two for 48.
Needing 147 for victory, BDFSP ended on 113 for seven. Morris scored 28, Mayers 25 and Tennyson Roach 22 not out.
Fast bowler Damien Carvalho took three for 43, Lovell two for 22 and off-spinner William Lashley, two for 31.
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