ST JOHN’S, An­tigua – The fifth round of the West In­dies Cham­pi­onship bowled off on Wednes­day with thrilling per­for­mances across four venues.

At the icon­ic Kens­ing­ton Oval in Bar­ba­dos, T&T Red Force seized con­trol against host Bar­ba­dos Pride, while the Lee­ward Is­lands Hur­ri­canes and Ja­maica Scor­pi­ons post­ed im­pos­ing to­tals in their re­spec­tive match­es.

The Red Force as­sert­ed their dom­i­nance over the Pride, fin­ish­ing the day with a com­mand­ing lead of 96 runs and six wick­ets still in hand. The Pride were bun­dled out for a pal­try 86 in just 26.2 overs, with pac­er An­der­son Phillip lead­ing the charge for the Red Force by bag­ging 4-36. Joshua James weighed in with 3-8 and Jay­den Seales snared 2-32, dis­man­tling the Pride’s bat­ting line­up. On­ly Ke­mar Roach (21) and Shai Hope (16) of­fered any re­al re­sis­tance.

In re­ply, the Red Force reached 182-4 at stumps, thanks to a sol­id half-cen­tu­ry from Kamil Pooran 60 and an un­beat­en 37 from Amir Jan­goo. Cephas Coop­er al­so chipped in with 32, as Ja­son Hold­er took 2-35 for the Pride.

At the Sir Vi­vian Richards Sta­di­um in North Sound, the Lee­ward Is­lands Hur­ri­canes put on a bat­ting mas­ter­class, amass­ing 367-5 against the Com­bined Cam­pus­es and Col­leges. Jew­el An­drew stole the show with a mag­nif­i­cent 122, while Justin Greaves re­mained un­beat­en on 102.

The pair bat­ted su­perbly by adding 200 runs for the fifth wick­et be­fore An­drew fell to Ro­mario Greaves af­ter hit­ting 12 fours and three six­es in his 139-ball knock. Greaves has so far stroked sev­en fours in his 196 ball knock.

Kari­ma Gore (65) and Kadeem Hen­ry (35), al­so con­tributed to the Hur­ri­canes’ im­pos­ing to­tal. Chemar Hold­er has so far claimed 2-85.

Over at the Coolidge Crick­et Ground in An­tigua, the Ja­maica Scor­pi­ons flexed their bat­ting mus­cles, post­ing 332-7 against the West In­dies Acad­e­my thanks to a sol­id cen­tu­ry from re­turn­ing cap­tain John Camp­bell.

The left-hand­ed open­er Camp­bell hit 101, which in­clud­ed 15 fours and two six­es in 126 balls. He was ably sup­port­ed by Javelle Glenn who made 68 and Odean Smith 51. Brad Barnes re­mained un­beat­en on 44, en­sur­ing the Scor­pi­ons fin­ished the day in a strong po­si­tion. Akeem Au­guste has so far tak­en 2-45 and Je­di­ah Blades 2-46.

At the Guyana Na­tion­al Sta­di­um in Prov­i­dence, Rain played spoil­er for most of the day, as the Wind­ward Is­lands Vol­ca­noes end­ed at 77-2 in their clash against Guyana Harpy Ea­gles. Je­re­my Solozano is un­beat­en on 43, while Kavem Hodge con­tributed 17.

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Sum­marised scores

At the Kens­ing­ton Oval in Bar­ba­dos: T&T Red Force lead Bar­ba­dos Pride by 96 runs with 6 wick­ets re­main­ing.

PRIDE 86 all out in 26.2 overs (Ke­mar Roach 21, Shai Hope 16. An­der­son Phillip 4-36, Joshua James 3-8, Jay­den Seales 2-32) vs RED FORCE 182-4 in 51 overs (Kamil Pooran 60, Amir Jan­goo 37 not out, Cephas Coop­er 32. Ja­son Hold­er 2-35)

At the Sir Vi­vian Richards Sta­di­um, North Sound: Lee­ward Is­lands Hur­ri­canes are 367 for 5 against the Com­bined Cam­pus­es and Col­leges.

HUR­RI­CANES 367-5 in 86 overs (Jew­el An­drew 122, Justin Greaves 102 not out, Kari­ma Gore 65, Kadeem Hen­ry 35. Chemar Hold­er 2-85 vs CCC.

At the Coolidge Crick­et Ground in An­tigua: Ja­maica Scor­pi­ons are 332 for 7 against the West In­dies Acad­e­my.

SCOR­PI­ONS 332-7 in 83 overs (John Camp­bell 101, Javelle Glenn 68, Odean Smith 51, Brad Barnes 44 not out. Akeem Au­guste 2-45, Je­di­ah Blades 2-46) vs Acad­e­my.

At the Guyana Na­tion­al Sta­di­um in Prov­i­dence: Wind­ward Is­lands Vol­ca­noes are 77 for 2 against Guyana Harpy Ea­gles.

VOL­CA­NOES 77-2 in 27 overs (Je­re­my Solozano 43 not out, Kavem Hodge 17. Ronal­do Al­imo­hamed 1-15) vs HARPY EA­GLES.