Je­lani Beck­les

The Wind­ward Is­lands were mes­merised by a cun­ning ex­hi­bi­tion of spin yes­ter­day as left-arm spin­ner Akeal Ho­sein fin­ished with match fig­ures of 11/67 to give Trinidad and To­ba­go an em­phat­ic 186-run win in the four-day re­gion­al tour­na­ment at the Queen's Park Oval.

Ho­sein, who took 6/33 in the first in­nings, con­tin­ued his fan­tas­tic form with fig­ures of 10-1-34-5 in the sec­ond in­nings to dis­miss the vis­i­tors for 124 in chase of a mas­sive 311 for vic­to­ry.

Fast bowler Shan­non Gabriel test­ed the top or­der of the Wind­wards with pace and bounce ear­ly in their sec­ond in­nings. Af­ter cap­tain Rayad Em­rit gave Gabriel the ball from the south­ern end of the ground, wick­ets be­gan to tum­ble. Gabriel first dis­turbed the fur­ni­ture of Ty­rone Theophille for eight. Short­ly af­ter, Dal­ton Polius was back in the pavil­ion as he found the edge to give Yan­nic Cari­ah a sim­ple catch in sec­ond slip. This left the Wind­wards on 47/2.

Open­ing bats­man De­von Smith who bat­ted through­out the first in­nings, again looked sol­id, tak­ing the Wind­wards to 60/2 at the tea break with 34 to his name. Ked­dy Lesporis was with Smith on five. Gabriel's im­pres­sive fig­ures at the tea break read 8-4-19-2.

Im­me­di­ate­ly af­ter tea, Ho­sein, T&T's hero in the first in­nings, re­moved Lesporis (nine) and Romel Cur­ren­cy (two) to re­duce the Wind­wards to 68/4. Wick­ets con­tin­ued to fall as Smith re­mained un­fazed.

How­ev­er, short­ly af­ter bring­ing up his half-cen­tu­ry, Smith lost his wick­et for a valiant 55, a knock that in­clud­ed nine fours. Leg spin­ner Im­ran Khan got the prized wick­et of Smith as Adri­an Barath took a smart catch at short leg. The score was 101/7 and T&T's vic­to­ry was in sight.

Ho­sein and Khan fin­ished off pro­ceed­ings, grab­bing the fi­nal three wick­ets to­geth­er to end the match in­side three days. Khan end­ed with 3/16.

Ear­li­er, the low­er or­der of the T&T bat­ting added a valu­able 83 runs to their overnight sec­ond in­nings score of 127/7 to de­stroy the Wind­wards chances of a come­back. Cari­ah led the T&T re­sis­tance, but was un­for­tu­nate­ly dis­missed right af­ter lunch for a well played 49, a knock that in­clud­ed six fours. Mar­lon Richards struck 21. Dar­ren Bra­vo was the home team's top scor­er, adding 12 to his overnight 57. Bra­vo's watch­ful 69-run knock came off 188 balls and in­clud­ed 10 fours, end­ing his re­cent poor run of form. Ken­roy Pe­ters (3/37) and Nelon Pas­cal (3/40) both snatched three wick­ets for the Wind­wards.

SCORE­BOARD

T&T vs WIND­WARDS

T&T lst Inns � 222

Wind­wards lst Inns � 122

T&T 2nd Inns (o/n) 127/7

A Barath c L James b N Pas­cal 6

E Lewis lbw b D John­son 0

D Bra­vo c T Theophille b K Pe­ters 69

J Mo­hammed lbw b D John­son 6

S Kat­wa­roo+ b L Se­bastien 2

I khan lbw b K Pe­ters 25

A Ho­sein lbw b K Pe­ters 0

R Em­rit lbw b N Pas­cal 18

Y Cari­ah c R Cur­ren­cy b A Bobb 49

M Richards c T Theophille b N Pas­cal 21

S Gabriel not out 0

Ex­tras 4nb 1w 8lb 1b 14

To­tal (all out) 210

Fall of Wk­ts: 2, 8, 28, 32, 59, 59, 106, 167, 209, 210

Bowl­ing: N Pas­cal 14-1-40-3, D John­son 11-6-24-2, A Bobb 13-4-31-1, L Se­bastien 21-7-54-1, K Pe­ters 13-4-37-3, D Polius 7-2-15-0

Wind­wards 2nd Inns

D Smith c A Barath b I khan 55

T Theophille b S Gabriel 8

D Polius c Y Cari­ah b S Gabriel 10

K Lesporis c D Bra­vo b A Ho­sein 9

R Cur­ren­cy lbw b A Ho­sein 2

L Se­bastien b A Ho­sein 0

L James+ c J Mo­hammed b A Ho­sein 5

A Bobb c A Barath b I khan 14

K Pe­ters not out 7

D John­son c Y Cari­ah b A Ho­sein 0

N Pas­cal b I Khan 11

Ex­tras 1w 2lb 3

To­tal (all out) 124

FOW: 22, 47, 64, 68, 70, 80, 101, 112, 113, 124

Bowl­ing: S Gabriel 8-4-19-2, M Richards 3-0-13-0, R Em­rit 5-1-14-0, A Ho­sein 10-1-34-5, J Mo­hammed 7-3-16-0, Y Cari­ah 4-0-10-0, I khan 5.1-2-16-3 Re­sult: T&T won by 186 runs?