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SERIES 7, AUGUST 30, 31
VICTORY FOR ST. CATHERINE ONLY
Wilkinson slams career-best 161 not out for Carlton off Wanderers
ST. CATHERINE were the only winners as Spartan took first innings honours against Banks in the top-of-the-table clash, thus moving ten points clear at the head in the mid-season table.
In beating hapless BCL by ten wickets at Blenheim ‘A’, St. Catherine registered their first win of the season to join Maple in joint fifth position on 22 points.
Apart from Spartan, who moved to 39 points, there were also first innings points for YMPC, Pickwick, BDFSP and Carlton over Cable & Wireless, Combined Schools, Police and Wanderers.
Maple and Empire had the disappointment of not a ball being bowled at Trents because of soggy areas on the field despite relatively sunny conditions on both days.
Carlton’s Barbados batsman Kurt Wilkinson slammed a career-best 161 not out at Dayrells Road and along with Combined Schools captain Martin Nurse, passed 600 runs for the season.
YMPC captain Adrian Jones joined the 500-run club following two half-centuries at Wildey.
AT BLENHEIM ‘A’:
KENROY Williams, one of several emerging talented all-rounders in the championship, proved telling with both bat and ball to help St. Catherine to a ten-wicket win.
Having gone to the crease with St. Catherine on seven for two after they were put in on an easy-paced pitch, Williams first led a recovery with Dale Mason and went on to stroke the topscore of 64 in a total of 229.
Williams’ former Deighton Griffith School and Barbados under-19 team-mate Derrick Bishop also made his presence felt with 60.
With Mason (27), Williams added 59 for the third wicket. Using his feet skillfully, Williams batted for two hours, while captain Bishop was at the crease for 75 minutes, facing 60 balls.
Williams and Kayode Pantophlet (45) put on 63 for the fifth wicket, and Pantophlet and Bishop added 54 for the sixth. Fast bowler Roger Cumberbatch took four for 43.
Bishop then returned to snap up two wickets with his usually tight left-arm spin as the home team reached 92 for five at the close. Among his victims was Kamal Turney, who made an enterprising 46 with five fours and two sixes.
The pressure was sustained from early on the final day with Bishop grabbing four more wickets for figures of six for 41 off 15.2 overs in a BCL total of 118.
Following-on with a deficit of 111, BCL rallied to 157 all out. Jarvis Forde scored 39 and Randy Thomas 36 as the pair featured in a third wicket partnership of 70 before three wickets fell for four runs. Bryan Neblett made 31.
Williams’ off-breaks earned him six for 53 off 23.2 overs while Bishop took three for 54.
St. Catherine raced to their target of 47 in only 6.3 overs with Rico Weekes scoring 23 not out and Mason 22 not out.
AT WILDEY:
CAPTAIN Adrian Jones hit two solid half-centuries for YMPC and leg-spinner Ryan Layne grabbed six wickets for Cable & Wireless who were led on first innings.
Opener Jones made 86 in a total of 233 after YMPC were put in on a hard surface. He put on 87 for the second wicket with William Lashley who scored 26. Middle order batsman Eric Batson contributed 28 before he was run out and Wendell Coppin, 24.
Layne took six for 59 off 17 overs including the scalps of Jones, Lashley and Coppin.
From an overnight 68 for three, Cable & Wireless fell for 196. The last six wickets tumbled for 43 runs. Captain Brian Johnson, who was topscorer with 58, put on 80 for the fourth wicket with Layne (31).
The reliable Don O’Neale made 54 not out. Fast bowler Joseph took three for 53.
YMPC were 128 for one in their second innings. Jones scored 61 not out to move to 502 runs for the season after he and Lonsdale Blake (26) added 85 for the first wicket.
AT LODGE ‘A’ SOCIETY:
AFTER conceding a first innings lead of 180, Combined Schools showed their fighting spirit to hold Pickwick to a draw after they were forced to follow-on as their captain Martin Nurse fell just four runs short of his second century of the season.
In reply to a total of 269 for nine declared, the Schools were dismissed for 89 in 35.1 overs. Middle order batsman Nicholai Parris scored 36. Left-arm bowler Schofield Hewitt took four for 15.
But left-hander Nurse, who missed the previous two matches while captaining Barbados in the regional under-19 tournament in Guyana, atoned for a “duck” in the first innings by slamming 96 in a total of 165 for three to push his aggregate for the season to 638.
Nurse easily dominated an opening stand of 62 with Renaldo Parris (14) and following the quick dismissal of Nicholas Squires without scoring, he and Omar Phillips put on 98 for the third wicket. Phillips made 45 not out.
The heavy-set Nurse was at the crease for two-and-three-quarter hours, faced 131 balls and struck five fours and four sixes before hitting a full toss from Mike Matthews into the hands of deep square-leg.
Pickwick, who won the toss, batted steadily for the entire first day in reaching 236 for seven before rain swept across the ground and ended play after 56 overs.
Captain Rondelle Yearwood, who opened the innings, scored 91 in three-and-a-quarter hours. He received 142 balls and hit four boundaries and three sixes.
Yearwood and the experienced Matthews added 103 for the third wicket. Matthews scored 56 in 90 minutes from 72 balls, hitting nine boundaries.
Ryan Arthur (36) featured in a fifth wicket stand of 75 with Yearwood. Anthony Hurley got 22.
Pickwick’s total was further helped by Jaibari Wickham (26) and Kerry Holder (20). Both were victims of fast bowler Ruel Brathwaite, who took four for 71.
AT TRENTS:
IT was very disappointing for both Maple and Empire that soggy areas on the field, caused by rain, prevented a ball from being bowled despite generally sunny conditions on both days.
This has been a problem at the west coast venue over the years where the ground tends to hold water in vital areas, mainly at the bowlers’ run-ups.
For Maple, it was the second consecutive match to end in a no-decision though the circumstances were different in terms of play. Against Carlton at Black Rock, rain came late on the last day with Maple on 192 for seven in reply to Carlton’s 306 for five declared.
AT WEYMOUTH ‘A’:
A COMBINATION of pace and spin bowled BDFSP to first innings points against Police.
In response to 201 following BDFSP’s luck of the toss, Police were bowled out for 153 from an overnight 45 for three.
Pacer Marlon Blagrove, who took the three wickets on the first evening, ended with three for 34, Barbados fast bowler Tino Best, three for 38 and off-spinner Jason Smith, three for 39.
Opener Dwayne Brathwaite and wicket-keeper Stephenson Herbert were joint topscorers with 28 and Brian Corbin got 25.
The BDFSP first innings total showed five batsmen getting into the 20s apart from Paul Alleyne’s 34 at No. 8 and 33 from Dadrian Forde. Left-arm spinner Sadiq Hill took four for 47.
In their second innings of 134 for two, Forde scored 50 not out, Carlo Morris was unbeaten on 37 and Lamar Wiggins made 28.
AT QUEEN’S PARK:
AS expected, spin bowling featured prominently in a match which Banks were desperate to win to close the gap on front-runners Spartan but in the end managed just one point.
Having been sent in, Spartan made 205 after being 101 for one as left-arm spinner Anderson Sealy continued his big wicket-taking, even though conceding over 100 runs in an innings for the fourth time this season. Sealy took eight for 115 off 35 overs including opener and topscorer Corey Yearwood, who made 56 after a first wicket stand of 69 with Wayne Blackman (23).
Ryan Wiggins scored 28, Sulieman Benn 26 and Philo Wallace and Hattian Graham, 21 each.
Going into the final day on 46 for three, Banks seemed to be putting up a fight through overnight pair Richard Carter and Marlon Hoyte. But after leg-spinner Dave Marshall broke the partnership of exactly 50, there was a collapse.
The last seven wickets tumbled for 36 runs and Banks crumbled for 122. Carter made 57 after resuming on 28. Barry Callender contributed 20.
Marshall took four for 14 and left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn, three for 18.
Spartan declared their second innings at 102 for three with Wallace scoring 47 not out and Blackman 41.
Requiring 186 for victory, Banks were under some pressure at 47 for four but they fought gallantly to close on 81 for five. Mike Maynard made 27 and Orion Bostic 21.
AT DAYRELLS ROAD:
KURT Wilkinson was unquestionably dominant in recording his second century of the season as Carlton opted for batting practice after taking first innings points over Wanderers.
Wilkinson’s career-best, unbeaten 161 helped to lift Carlton to 298 for six, responding to 185. He batted for just under five hours, faced 206 balls and struck 13 fours and two sixes. It carried his aggregate for the season to 601.
Carlton were 82 for four after starting the final day on 32 for one but Wilkinson and Rommel King took matters into their own hands by adding 160 for the fifth wicket. King scored 53 off 80 deliveries with four boundaries and a six. Sean Armstrong picked up three for 76.
Wanderers were saved embarrassment after winning the toss and tottering on 35 for five, through all-rounder Ian Bradshaw and wicket-keeper Corey Glasgow. The pair featured in a sixth wicket stand of 84 after coming together in the second over after lunch.
Bradshaw hit 82 in three-and-a-half hours with four boundaries and three sixes. He received 218 balls. Fellow left-hander Glasgow scored 39.
Off-spinner Ryan Austin took four for 68 and left-arm pacer Deon Asgill three for 18.
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