West In­dies Un­der-19s beat Cana­da U19s by 71 runs on the Duck­worth/Lewis method in their rain-abort­ed ICC 2010 Youth World Cup prac­tice match at Warn­er Park yes­ter­day. The star of the show was Bar­ba­di­an Kraigg Brath­waite who struck an un­beat­en 108 to lead the West In­dies to an im­pres­sive 231 for four off 44 overs.

Lend­ing good sup­port was cap­tain An­dre Creary with an even 50 and John Camp­bell with 26. The pick of the bowlers for Cana­da was Hi­ral Pa­tel who took 2/24. Cana­da chas­ing 232 runs for vic­to­ry at a run rate off 5.27 per over, was in trou­ble at 74 for four, when the heav­ens opened up. By that time 24.4 overs had been bowled and West In­dies were de­clared win­ners by 71 runs.

Pa­tel re­turned with the bat to be the top scor­er for Cana­da with 23, while there was a wick­et apiece for West In­dies bowlers Jomel War­ri­can and Patrick Har­ty. Both teams are prepar­ing for the up­com­ing In­ter­na­tion­al Crick­et Coun­cil (ICC) Un­der-19 World Cup in New Zealand. The West In­dies are cur­rent­ly in camp in St Kitts and af­ter the camp ends on Sun­day the fi­nal team for the World Cup will be re­leased.

scores

WINDIES U19s:

231-4 off 44 overs (Kraigg Brath­waite 108 not out, An­dre Creary 50, John Camp­bell 26; Hi­ral Pa­tel 2-24).

CANA­DA U19s:

74-4 off 24.4 overs (Hi­ral Pa­tel 23; Jomel War­ri­can 1-11, Patrick Har­ty 1-21)