Jamaica Scorpions suffered a seven-wicket defeat against leaders and four-time defending champions Guyana Jaguars on the final day of seventh-round matches in the West Indies Championship at the Guyana National Stadium on Sunday.
It was the fourth defeat for Jamaica Scorpions this season. The Scorpions had lost their first three matches but bounced back to win two straight heading into the seventh round of matches.
Test batsmen Leon Johnson and Vishaul Singh shared 78 – unbroken – for the fourth wicket to guide Jaguars home as they remained on course for their fifth straight Championship title.
Johnson was unbeaten on 61 that included 10 fours and a six from 86 balls, and Singh was not out on 26, as they guide the Jags past their target of 169 for victory. Jaguars replied with 171-3 after they resumed the day on 25-0.
Openers Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Chandrapaul Hemraj had given the Jaguars a solid start with a 57-run partnership, but the home team stumbled to 93 for three before the left-handed pair of Johnson and Singh ensured their side ended their losing streak.
Final scores in the match are:- Jamaica Scorpions 358 & 132, Guyana Jaguars 321 & 171-3.
OVER AT KENSINGTON OVAL IN BARBADOS: Barbados Pride captain Jonathan Carter struck a career-best, fifth first-class hundred, as his side defied the odds and stunned Trinidad & Tobago Red Force with a four-wicket, come-from-behind victory.
Carter hit an unbeaten 149, as the Pride recovered from a disastrous morning period in the contest to complete the fourth-highest successful run chase in West Indies first-class history to collect their third win of the season.
Chasing a victory target of 323, Pride replied with 326-6 after resuming the final day on 15-0.
He also lashed 14 fours in his innings which spanned 185 balls in just over 4 ½ hours at the crease during which he shared 128 for the sixth wicket with former West Indes Under-19 World Cup-winning star Shamar Springer and 94 – unbroken – for the seventh wicket with wicketkeeper/batsman Tevyn Walcott.
Final scores in the match are: Trinidad & Tobago Red Force 358 & 247-6 declared, Barbados Pride 282 & 326-6.
AT WINDSOR PARK IN DOMINICA: Off-spinner Rahkeem Cornwall and fast-medium bowler Quinton Boatswain combined for eight wickets to top Sunil Ambris’ seventh first-class hundred and trigger a dramatic Windward Islands Volcanoes batting collapse that handed Leeward Islands Hurricanes a 12-run victory.
Cornwall continued his impressive form this season, taking 5-79 from 27 overs, and Boatswain captured 3-5 in 2.4 overs, as the Volcanoes failed to build on a defiant, undefeated 102 from Ambris and were bowled out for 228, chasing a victory target of 241. They had resumed the final day on 10-0.
But in a spectacular turn of events, the Volcanoes lost their last five wickets for six, with their last four batsmen all scoring ducks.
Final scores in the match are: Leeward Islands Hurricanes 271 & 199, Windward Island Volcanoes 230 & 228.