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SERIES 6, AUGUST 16, 17
Third straight win for Spartan
Wendell Coppin, Jason Parris slam hundreds
SPARTAN romped to their third straight win, sending a clear message that they had no intention of easing up, while opening up an eight-point lead over their closest rivals Banks.
Dave Marshall’s team defeated neighbours Police by seven wickets at Weymouth ‘A’.
Banks and Empire were also winners. Banks beat BCL by eight wickets at Blenheim ‘A’ as Winston Reid claimed 11 wickets for 79, while Empire crushed BDFSP by an innings and one run at Bank Hall.
Two more centuries were scored. YMPC all-rounder Wendell Coppin produced an awesome display against Combined Schools at the Lodge ground in Society as he raced to an unbeaten 154 in a match which produced over 700 runs in the first two innings, while burly Empire opener Jason Parris scored 122 not out.
Left-arm spinner Anderson Sealy of Banks became the first bowler to take 50 wickets for the season.
AT BLENHEIM ‘A’: THE Winston Reid-Anderson Sealy show continued as Banks romped to victory by eight wickets.
Put in on a firm pitch, BCL were bowled out for 189. Opener Randy Thomas, playing his first match of the season after attending the Shell Academy in Grenada, topscored with 36. Jarvis Forde contributed 28, and newcomer Rommel Corbin and Cumberbatch 23 each.
Reid took seven for 47 off 34.1 overs and Sealy, with whom he shared the new ball as has become a habit, three for 124 off 35 overs.
After being 42 for four, Banks reached 172 for six at the close as BCL hurt their own cause by dropping four catches.
Rico Prescod, a new player, was unbeaten on 74 including ten boundaries. Veteran Barry Callender made 33.
BCL struck back early on the final day to limit Banks to just a two-run lead. Prescod failed to add to his overnight score, falling victim to off-spinner Dwayne Lynch, who took five for 63 off 20.3 overs.
BCL made 161 in the second innings, mainly through the efforts of Lynch, with 56 and Corbin (37) – the pair adding 67 for the fourth wicket.
Reid took four for 32 off 26 overs and Sealy four for 90 to take his tally of wickets for the season to 51.
Needing 160 for victory, Banks were piloted by a whirlwind 80 not out from Callender in an hour with eight sixes and three fours.
Callender and Orion Bostic (39 not out) put on 78 as Banks achieved the target in only 19.5 overs, helped by several dropped catches.
AT BLACK ROCK: CARLTON and Maple produced the first no-decision of the season, helped by rain.
Solid batting on the opening day carried Carlton to 306 for five declared. It was set up by a first wicket stand of 67 between captain Shirley Clarke and Dale Richards and boosted significantly by Clarke and Kurt Wilkinson in a second wicket partnership of 142.
Wilkinson was dismissed for 95 off 126 balls including ten boundaries, while Clarke made 78 from 141 deliveries.
Vonrick Nurse hit 53, Richards 37 and Kirk Gibson 37 not out as he and Nurse put on 73 for the fourth wicket.
From an overnight 44 for one, Maple ended on 192 for seven following three stoppages for rain which led to seepage of the covers onto the pitch.
Ricky Waldron, a 20-year-old left-hander, scored 66 not out, Kirk Straughn 28 and Andy Payne 24. Off-spinner Ryan Austin took three for 71.
AT LODGE ‘A’, SOCIETY: AFTER totalling 306 on being sent in, the Combined Schools would have fancied their chances of taking first innings against YMPC.
But they ran into Wendell Coppin, an experienced player who is also his team’s coach and former captain. Coppin went to the crease with the score 174 for six and proceeded to plunder his third century at this level off only 91 balls on the eve of his 37th birthday.
All told, he faced 117 balls in his 154 not out which was highlighted by powerful drives and included 20 fours and six sixes in two-and-a-half hours.
Coppin and all-rounder Calvin Watson (53 not out) added 172 for the eighth wicket as YMPC reached 398 for seven.
Opener Jason Codrington hit 78 and William Lashley 38 in a second wicket stand of 73. Steve Pinder took three for 97.
The Schools’ total was built on an opening partnership of 105 between left-hander Nicholas Squires (58) and Jeremy Brathwaite (37). Skipper Cyprian Payne contributed 34 and Mark Trotman 31.
Off-spinner Coppin took four for 40 and pacer Watson three for 58.
AT BANK HALL: EMPIRE wasted no time in destroying BDFSP by an innings and one run after lunch on the final day.
The BDFSP were under pressure once they collapsed from 74 for one to 141 all out after being put in on a hard surface.
Opener Corey Clarke topscored with 49 and all-rounder Brian Johnson got 30. Seamer Ian Perryman took five for 42 off 15.2 overs.
Jason Parris then struck 122 not out with 26 threes and three fours. He added 185 for the unfinished second wicket with Shawn Graham, whose contribution was 81 not out including 13 threes and three fours as Empire responded with 245 for one at the close. Jason Haynes made 31.
Having declared at their overnight score, Empire were then put on course for victory by fast bowler Ryan Nurse, who took seven for 26 off 12 overs as BDFSP were fired out for 103.
AT KENSINGTON OVAL: CABLE & WIRELESS took first innings points following a century first wicket partnership between Ron Bates and Mwanghi Broomes.
Responding to Pickwick’s 165 – batting with two players short, Cable & Wireless declared at 173 for seven, having come within seven runs of the lead with five wickets intact by the close of the opening day.
Bates hit 65 with six fours and left-hander Broomes, a graduate of the Shell Academy in Grenada this year, scored 54 as the pair put on 114.
Both were victims of Kerry Holder, who took five for 56 off 11 overs to follow an even 50, which included four boundaries.
Jason Hinds’ 38 was the next best Pickwick score after they won the toss and were soon put under pressure by Antonio Thomas who ended with five for 53 from 13.2 overs.
Pickwick would have been further disappointed that Schofield Hewitt and Omar Blackman were absent.
The home side lost their first three wickets for 40 runs in the second innings but a half-century from captain Rondelle Yearwood steadied the innings as the match headed for a draw with the final score 172 for seven.
Yearwood scored 52 including five boundaries. Jason Gilkes was unbeaten on 26 and Jaibarri Wickham 22 not out. Junior Holder took three for 22.
AT WEYMOUTH ‘A’: TALENTED middle order batsman Rohan Nurse was agonizingly run out three short of a century and left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn undermined the Police second innings batting to set up a win for Spartan by seven wickets.
Nurse’s 97 was in a total of 187 all out after he started the final day on 77 with the score 162 for seven, chasing 176. Jimmy Small took four for 59.
Fast bowler Jason Bennett, in his first match of the season after returning from the Shell Academy in Grenada, took five for 27 in 9.3 overs including the scalp of Police captain Trevor Griffith, who was bowled for 48. Edison Rock contributed 38 and Stephenson Herbert 31.
Police disappointed in their second innings, falling for 114. Sadiq Hill scored 39 while Benn grabbed five for 30 off seven overs.
Corey Yearwood struck 53 and Dion Lovell 31 in a second wicket stand of 67 as Spartan, set 104 in 50 overs, got the target in 23.2.
AT DAYRELLS ROAD: HAVING gained a first innings lead of 79, St. Catherine were unable to penetrate the Wanderers batting and had to be content with three points.
Derick Bishop’s side would have been thinking of full points after bowling the home team out for 114 after losing the toss. Captain Dwayne Nurse topscored with 31 and Ian Bradshaw made 27.
Leg-spinner Kayode Pantophlet took three for nine as Wanderers lost their last six wickets for 22 runs while veteran pacer Dayne Maynard had three for 30.
St. Catherine closed on 100 for five and went on to total 193 all out. Pantophlet was again in the picture, scoring 44 as he and Corey Scantlebury (34) added 55 for the sixth wicket.
Ravi Shankar took three for 45 and left-arm seamer Bradshaw three for 66.
The experienced Owen Birch then batted defiantly in scoring 51 and along with knocks of 28 not out from Bradshaw, Avery Greene (29) and Hendy Bryan (21), Wanderers ended on 170 for seven.
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