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Thursday, July 24, 2025

Bravo, Lewis defy Bishoo career-best haul

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GEORGE­TOWN–Test bats­man Dar­ren Bra­vo and rook­ie open­er Evin Lewis struck at­tack­ing half-cen­turies to de­fy leg-spin­ner De­ven­dra Bishoo's ca­reer-best sev­en-wick­et haul, and give T&T the im­pe­tus, on the open­ing day of their fi­nal round Re­gion­al Four-Day match against host Guyana yes­ter­day.Bra­vo scored 61, while Lewis got 64, two in­nings that al­lowed T&T to bat out the en­tire day and post 274 for eight at the Guyana Na­tion­al Sta­di­um, af­ter they chose to bat first.The left-hand­ed pair put on 93 for the sec­ond wick­et, lift­ing T&T from 35 for one when West In­dies lim­it­ed overs right-han­der Lendl Sim­mons loose­ly drove fast bowler Keon Joseph to Vishal Singh at cov­er to fall for 12.

Bra­vo, whose form has been in­con­sis­tent, hit nine fours and a six off 112 balls in a knock that spanned two hours and 21 min­utes.Not to be out­done, the free-scor­ing Lewis count­ed eight fours and two six­es off just 88 balls in 144 min­utes at the crease.Bishoo, how­ev­er, led the Guyana fight­back with sev­en for 67, re­mov­ing both Bra­vo and Lewis be­fore run­ning through the mid­dle or­der.Lewis looked in great touch from ear­ly, pulling seam­er Chris Barn­well for his first six and punch­ing Joseph through cov­er sweet­ly, as T&T marched to 44 for one in the first hour.Af­ter the break, Lewis again pun­ished Barn­well for be­ing too short, pulling him for yet an­oth­er six to raise T&T's 50 in the 15th over of the in­nings.With both bats­men en­trenched, T&T strolled to 116 for one at lunch but lost Lewis af­ter­ward when he was trapped on the crease by Bishoo.

Bra­vo fol­lowed with the score on 147 when he missed a straight one from Bishoo and was ad­judged lbw.Im­ran Khan then ex­tend­ed his good form with an un­beat­en 37 while cap­tain Rayad Em­rit got 26, to keep the in­nings alive.In St John's, An­tigua, Cap­tain Kraigg Brath­waite and fel­low open­er Omar Phillips stroked half-cen­turies as Bar­ba­dos forced Lee­ward Is­lands against the ropes.At the close at the Vi­vian Richards Crick­et Ground, Bar­ba­dos were 167 for one in re­ply to Lee­wards' pal­try first in­nings score of 94, with Brath­waite un­beat­en on 73.He post­ed 146 for the first wick­et with left-han­der Omar Phillips who stroked an at­trac­tive 79, be­fore per­ish­ing late in the fi­nal ses­sion.In Cave Hill, Bar­ba­dos, an un­bro­ken, half-cen­tu­ry open­ing stand be­tween Sha­caya Thomas and Kyle Corbin re­in­forced Com­bined Cam­pus­es & Col­leges' (CCC) ear­ly ad­van­tage in their bat­tle with Ja­maica for the last se­mi-fi­nal slot.Thomas was not out on 33 and Corbin was not out on 21, as CCC reached 59 with­out loss, re­ply­ing to the Ja­maicans' first in­nings to­tal of 182, at the close on the open­ing day of the sev­enth round match.

Scores:

Ja­maica vs CCC

At 3Ws Oval: CCC trail by 123 runs with all ten first in­nings wick­ets in­tact.

JA­MAICA 182 (Carl­ton Baugh 57, Jerome Tay­lor 39; Ray­mon Reifer 3-24, Akeem De­war 2-24, Jomel War­ri­can 2-42, Ryan Austin 2-70) vs CCC 59 with­out loss (Sha­caya Thomas 33 not out, Kyle Corbin 21 not out).

Lee­wards vs Bar­ba­dos

At Vi­vian Richards Crick­et Ground: Bar­ba­dos lead Lee­wards by 73 runs with nine wick­ets in­tact.

LEE­WARD IS­LANDS 94 (De­von Thomas 30; Ash­ley Nurse 4-24) vs BAR­BA­DOS 167 for one (Omar Phillips 79, Kraigg Brath­waite 73 not out)


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