BASSETERRE – Left-hander Jyd Goolie scored his second first-class hundred to anchor the T&T Red Force to 329 all out against Cricket West Indies Academy in the West Indies Championship in St Kitts, on Thursday.
Meanwhile, an enterprising sixth first-class hundred from Chadwick Walton, and a career-best spell from Ashmead Nedd were the two eye-popping performances on the second day of action.
Walton, a former West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman, slammed a boundary-studded 163, and hosts Jamaica Scorpions reached 259 for six, replying to the Combined Campuses & Colleges Marooners first innings total of 307, at the close on the second day of the second round of matches.
Nedd, a former West Indies Under-19 left-arm spinner and son of former Guyana off-spinner Gavin Nedd, bagged six for 78 from 36.4 overs for the Cricket West Indies Academy against the Red Force.
Goolie defied him and the rest of the Academy attack with 113 to help the Red Force to a first innings lead of 166.
At the same time, left-arm spinner Daniel Doram and pacer Jeremiah Louis shared seven wickets and bowled hosts Leeward Islands Hurricanes to a 141-run, first innings lead against defending champions Guyana Harpy Eagles in the other match taking place in St Kitts.
And, the Windward Islands Volcanoes used consistent batting down the order to defy a destructive spell from Test left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican to gain a 111-run, first innings lead against Barbados Pride in the other match taking place in Jamaica between two teams that won their first-round matches.
AT THE CONAREE CRICKET CENTRE: Fellow left-arm spinner Joshua Bishop supported Nedd with three for 116 from 40 overs, but they failed to inspire CWI Academy, and the emerging players’ side were wobbling on 84 for three in their second innings at the close, still 82 runs behind.
Off-spinner Bryan Charles grabbed the scalps of former West Indies Under-19 captain Ackeem Auguste for 34 and Barbadian left-handed opener Rashawn Worrell for 12 late in the day to finish with two for seven from six overs, and the Academy were battling to avoid defeat.
Earlier, Goolie led the Red Force batting with a knock that included 10 fours and two sixes from 248 balls after they continued from their overnight total of 128 for three.
He shared 91 for the fourth wicket with Amir Jangoo, and he had a pair of 41-run stands with Terrance Hinds and Anderson Phillip that beefed up the Red Force total.
Jangoo made 40, Charles was not out on 25, Hinds got 22, and Phillip added 16, and they were among a group of batsmen that got starts and did not carry on.
AT SABINA PARK: Familiarity bred contempt, and Walton belted 16 fours and five sixes from 245 balls against his former team and shared a century opening stand with Carlos Brown to lead a strong reply for the Scorpions.
The pair shared 169 for the first wicket before teenaged leg-spinner Zishan Motara bowled Brown for 48 and the Scorpions reached 172 for one at tea.
The hosts lost five wickets – including the Test batting trio of Kirk McKenzie, Nkrumah Bonner, and Jermaine Blackwood for nine, six, and eight respectively – in a dramatic final session to undermine the hard work of the openers.
Motara triggered the slide with the scalps of Bonner and Blackwood before he got Walton off the final delivery for the day and ended with four for 69 from 22.1 overs.
Earlier, Motara resisted the Scorpions' attack to score 28 and share 58 for the eighth wicket with his captain Jonathan Carter, who was undefeated on 135 and helped propel the composite side to 307 in their first innings.
AT WARNER PARK: Doram ended with four for 40 from 12.3 overs, and Louis finished with three for 42 from 14 overs, and Hurricanes bowled out Harpy Eagles for 188 in their first innings.
All-rounder Ronaldo Alimohamed followed up a career-best spell earlier in the day to lead the way for the visitors with 40, and spin-bowling stalwart Veerasammy Permaul made 34.
Louis carved up the Harpy Eagles' struggling top order and had them wobbling on 73 for five before Doram gutted the bottom half of the batting either side of the seventh-wicket stand of 59 between Alimohamed and Permaul.
Starting the day on 299 for six, Hurricanes were dismissed for 352 in their first innings with their burly captain Rahkeem Cornwall indulging himself with 54 off 64 balls that included nine fours and one six.
Alimohamed, bowling fast-medium, was the pick of the Harpy Eagles bowlers with five for 69 from 19.5 overs playing in only his second first-class match.
AT KENSINGTON PARK: Warrican defied the strong Volcanoes top-order showing and ended with five 59 from 24.1 overs, but he failed to inspire his teammates, and Barbados Pride limped to 72 for four at the close.
All but pacer Ryan John of the five Volcanoes bowlers used have taken a wicket, and Jonathan Drakes made 20 and was the only Pride batsman to score that many.
Earlier, Trinidadian left-hander Jeremy Solozano, discarded West Indies batsman Sunil Ambris, and former West Indies Under-19 captain Kimani Melius hit half-centuries before Volcanoes were bowled out for 325, replying to the Pride first innings total of 214.
Solozano ended with the top score of 86, adding only 23 to his overnight score, Ambris made 72, and Melius finished with 56, adding only four to his overnight score.
Volcanoes also got solid contributions of 32 from Johann Jeremiah, 29 from Barbadian all-rounder Shamar Springer, and 26 from West Indies Test batsman Kavem Hodge.
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Summarised scores
At Warner Park in Basseterre, St Kitts: Leeward Islands Hurricanes lead Guyana Harpy Eagles by 216 with nine second innings wickets standing.
HURRICANES 352 (Mikyle Louis 113, Jahmar Hamilton 77, Rahkeem Cornwall 54, Terrence Warde 23, Hayden Walsh Jr 20 not out; Ronaldo Alimohamed 19.5-2-69-5) and 52 for one (Mikyle Louis 37 not out) vs EAGLES 188 (Ronaldo Alimohamed 41, Veerasammy Permaul 34, Kevin Sinclair 29; Daniel Doram 4-40, Jeremiah Louis 3-42).
At Conaree Cricket Centre in Basseterre, St Kitts: Cricket West Indies Academy trail T&T Red Force by 82 with seven second innings wickets standing.
CWI ACADEMY 163 (Teddy Bishop 65, Joshua Bishop 32, Johann Layne 27; Jayden Seales 3-26, Anderson Phillip 3-63) and 84 for three (Mbeki Joseph 34 not out, Ackeem Auguste 34; Bryan Charles 2-7) vs RED FORCE 329 (Jyd Goolie 113, Vikash Mohan 54, Amir Jangoo 40, Cephas Cooper 28, Bryan Charles 25, Terrance Hinds 22; Ashmead Nedd 36.4-9-78-6, Joshua Bishop 3-116).
At Kensington Park in Kingston, Jamaica: Barbados Pride trail Windward Islands Volcanoes by 39 with six second innings wickets standing.
PRIDE 214 (Kevin Wickham 74, Shane Dowrich 37; Ryan John 4-47, Darel Cyrus 2-41) and 72 for four (Jonathan Drakes 20) vs VOLCANOES 325 (Jeremy Solozano 86, Sunil Ambris 72, Kimani Melius 53, Johann Jeremiah 32, Shamar Springer 29, Kavem Hodge 26; Jomel Warrican 24.1-7-59-5, Chemar Holder 2-60).
At Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica: Jamaica Scorpions trail Combined Campuses & Colleges Marooners by 48 with four first innings wickets standing.
MAROONERS 307 (Jonathan Carter 135, Shamarh Brooks 36, Sion Hackett 30, Zishan Motara 28; Gordon Bryan 3-66, Ojay Shields 3-78, Abhijai Mansingh 2-37) vs SCORPIONS 259 for six (Chadwick Walton 163, Carlos Brown 48; Zishan Motara 4-69).