ST JOHN’S, An­tigua – at Coolidge Crick­et Ground, Trinidad and To­ba­go reg­is­tered their sec­ond straight win via a three-wick­et vic­to­ry over the win­less Wind­ward Is­lands.

There were al­so vic­to­ries for Bar­ba­dos, and Ja­maica re­spec­tive­ly.

The Wind­ward Is­lands pro­duced a dis­ap­point­ing bat­ting per­for­mance that saw them lim­it­ed to 183 for nine in their 50 overs af­ter choos­ing to bat first.

De­spite los­ing some late wick­ets, T&T were al­ways on track to se­cure vic­to­ry, even­tu­al­ly end­ing on 184 for sev­en in 38.5 overs.

The Wind­ward Is­lands owed their even­tu­al to­tal to a fight­ing half cen­tu­ry from Tyler Ven­ner, which res­cued them from se­ri­ous trou­ble at 73 for six.

Ven­ner scored 62 off 96 balls, and to­geth­er with the tailen­ders got their side up to a de­cent tar­get.

He shared a 46-run stand with Kevin Joseph, who made 17 and al­so added 41 with num­ber nine bat­ter Kaza­do Hen­ry, who scored an un­beat­en 15, be­fore even­tu­al­ly los­ing his wick­et in the last over.

For T&T, Daniel Hold­er (3-28), Bren­dan Boodoo (2-18) and Daron Dhan­raj (2-26) were the main de­stroy­ers.

Boodoo then re­turned to score a cru­cial half cen­tu­ry, while al­so shar­ing a 57-run stand with Tariq Richards that set them on the way to vic­to­ry at 101 for two in the 18th over.

Medi­um pac­er Ar­avin­da Bish­op tried to de­rail the chase by snap­ping up three quick wick­ets, in­clud­ing that of Richards for 43, that saw T&T slip to 170 for six.

Boodoo al­so lost his wick­et for the top­score of 67 off 81 balls dur­ing that pe­ri­od, to give the Wind­ward Is­lands a faint hope of snatch­ing an un­like­ly vic­to­ry.

It was not to be, how­ev­er, as Chris­tiano Ra­manan scored an un­beat­en 23 to car­ry his team over the fin­ish line.

Bish­op claimed 3-38 from his 10 overs.

<Champs keep wi­in­ing at Lib­er­ta Sports Club>

De­fend­ing cham­pi­ons Bar­ba­dos pro­duced yet an­oth­er spec­tac­u­lar bat­ting per­for­mance on their way to record­ing their sec­ond suc­ces­sive win in the CWI Ris­ing Stars Un­der-19 Men’s 50-over Cham­pi­onship, yes­ter­day.

Led by a sen­sa­tion­al dou­ble cen­tu­ry by cap­tain Gad­son Bowens, Bar­ba­dos post­ed a record-break­ing to­tal of 439 for eight on their way to a 258-run win over the Lee­ward Is­lands.

Bar­ba­dos cap­tain Gad­son Bowens scored a mem­o­rable dou­ble cen­tu­ry to pro­pel his side to a mam­moth 258-run vic­to­ry over a hap­less Lee­ward Is­lands.

Bat­ting at the top of the or­der, Bowens blast­ed 209 off just 122 balls, while strik­ing 22 fours and 13 six­es, as Bar­ba­dos scored an un­be­liev­able 439 for eight in their 20 overs.

It set the record for the high­est to­tal in the com­pe­ti­tion’s his­to­ry, best­ing the 392 for nine which they scored against the Wind­ward Is­lands in Sat­ur­day’s open­ing round.

The Lee­ward Is­lands did put up a fight ini­tial­ly, be­fore col­laps­ing to be all out for 181 in 23.5 overs.

But the day un­doubt­ed­ly be­longed to Bowens, whose knock is now the high­est in­di­vid­ual score in the tour­na­ment.

To­geth­er with open­er Damarko Wig­gins, who scored a pa­tient 53 off 95 balls, the two shared an open­ing stand of 194 in 29 overs that set the tone for what was to come.

Af­ter Wig­gins was dis­missed by Ron­dre Daniel, Bowens added 67 runs with Jor­dan Gra­ham, who made 20, be­fore he be­came the third wick­et to fall to make the score 317 for three in the 41st over.

What fol­lowed af­ter his dis­missal was tru­ly re­mark­able, as Jahi­di Hinds blast­ed an un­beat­en 53 off 19 balls with five six­es and two four, R’Jai Git­tens slammed 40 from 17 balls, while Ke­lani Clarke scored a quick­fire 31, as Bar­ba­dos blud­geoned 122 runs from the last 10 overs.

Matthew Miller was the pick of the Lee­ward Is­lands’ bowlers with 4-48.

In their chase, Tanez Fran­cis and Ku­nal Tilokani both scored speedy half cen­turies which car­ried them to 76 for one in­side six overs.

Af­ter Tilokani was dis­missed for 59 off 21 balls, Fran­cis and J’Quan Athanaze main­tained the mo­men­tum dur­ing a 46-run part­ner­ship in four overs.

How­ev­er, once Athanaze was dis­missed by Zarrell Hard­ing for 17, the in­nings went down­hill with Hinds run­ning through the mid­dle or­der with his medi­um pace.

When Fran­cis was dis­missed for 55 off 38 balls, they had slumped to 147 for five, a po­si­tion they would not re­cov­er from.

Hinds fin­ished with 4-39, Justin Par­ris took 2-3 and Hard­ing 2-60.

<Ja­maica de­feat­ed Guyana by 10 wick­ets>

At Bethes­da Sports Ground: Ja­maica got their first win of the com­pe­ti­tion cour­tesy of a com­pre­hen­sive 10-wick­et de­feat of Guyana.

Af­ter elect­ing to bat first, Guyana suf­fered a spec­tac­u­lar mid­dle or­der col­lapse to be bowled out for 225 in 44.4 overs.

Ja­maica’s open­ing pair of Odane Binns, who fin­ished on 104 not out off 109 balls and Tyson Gor­don Jr, who was un­beat­en on 83 off 115 balls, was sel­dom both­ered on their way to romp­ing to 229 with­out loss in 37 overs.

Guyana looked well on their way to post­ing a for­mi­da­ble to­tal when Parmesh­war Ram and Shamar Ap­ple were at the crease dur­ing an 82-run part­ner­ship that el­e­vat­ed them to 175 for two in the 31st over.

But Jah­dae Moore’s five-wick­et haul to­tal­ly changed the com­plex­ion of the match, as Guyana lost their last eight wick­ets for just 50 runs.

Medi­um pac­er Peri­co Hen­ry start­ed the col­lapse by hav­ing Ram caught for the top­score of 78 from 93 balls, with spin­ner Geo­van­ni Grey claim­ing the wick­et of Ro­mario Ramde­hol for 18, to leave the score 204 for four.

Moore then went to work, dis­miss­ing Ap­ple for an even 50 off 72 balls, while al­so pick­ing up the wick­ets of Dhanesh Per­saud, Joshua Bu­dram, Feaaz Baksh and Jonathan Men­tore to end the in­nings.

He fin­ished with fig­ures of 5-36, while Hen­ry took 2-51.

Binns and Gor­don Jr then made light work of their tar­get, car­ry­ing their side to vic­to­ry with 13 overs to spare.

Binns struck nine fours and five six­es, while Gor­don Jr hit 10 fours, while Guyana, who are yet to win a match, al­so con­tributed to their own down­fall by send­ing down 42 ex­tras.

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Ris­ing Stars Men’s 50-over Cham­pi­onship – 2nd round

Yes­ter­day’s Re­sults

At Coolidge Crick­et Ground: Trinidad and To­ba­go de­feat­ed Wind­ward Is­lands by three wick­ets.

WIND­WARD IS­LANDS 182-9 in 50 overs (Tyler Ven­ner 62, Johnathan Daniel 27, Kevin Joseph 16, Kaza­do Hen­ry 15 not out, Theo Ed­ward 13, Earsin­ho Fontaine 12; Daniel Hold­er 3-28, Bren­dan Boodoo 2-18, Daron Dhan­raj 2-26) vs T&T 187-7 in 38.5 overs (Bren­dan Boodoo 67, Tariq Richards 43, Chris­tiano Ra­manan 23 not out, Levi Ghan­ny 18; Ar­avin­da Bish­op 3-38).

At Lib­er­ta Sports Club: Bar­ba­dos de­feat­ed Lee­ward Is­lands by 258 runs.

BAR­BA­DOS 439-8 in 50 overs (Gad­son Bowens 209, Damarko Wig­gins 54, Jahi­di Hinds 53 not out, R’Jai Git­tens 40, Ke­lani Clarke 31, Jor­dan Gra­ham 20; Matthew Miller 4-68) vs LEE­WARD IS­LANDS 181 in 23.5 overs (Ku­nal Tilokani 59, Tanez Fran­cis 55, J’Quan Athanaze 17, Jathan Ed­ward 16 not out, Law­shorn Bergan 10; Jahi­di Hinds 4-39, Justin Par­ris 2-3, Zarell Hard­ing 2-60).

At Bethes­da Sports Ground: Ja­maica de­feat­ed Guyana by 10 wick­ets.

GUYANA 225 in 44.4 overs (Parmesh­war Ram 78, Shamar Ap­ple 50, Khush See­gob­in 38, Ro­mario Ramde­hol 18; Jah­dae Moore 5-36, Peri­co Hen­ry 2-51) vs JA­MAICA 229-0 in 37 overs (Odane Binns 104 not out, Tyson Gor­don Jr 83 not out).

(CMC)