ST JOHN’S, An­tigua – Pac­ers Jay­den Seales and An­der­son Phillip shared six wick­ets as Trinidad and To­ba­go Red Force dom­i­nat­ed day one of their match against West In­dies Acad­e­my at Cona­ree Sports Club in Bas­seterre, on Wednes­day.

Af­ter be­ing asked to bowl first, new ball pac­ers Seales (3-26) and Phillip (3-63) send WI Acad­e­my tum­bling just be­fore the Team in­ter­val.

Ted­dy Bish­op, fresh from mak­ing his in­ter­na­tion­al de­but in Aus­tralia ear­li­er this month, top-scored with 65 off 74 de­liv­er­ies with a dozen fours while Joshua Bish­op (32 not out) and Jo­hann Layne (27) propped up the low­er or­der.

Open­er Vikash Mo­han then struck a maid­en first-class half-cen­tu­ry with 54 to lead Red Force’s re­ply, the right-han­der count­ing 10 fours in a breezy 87-ball in­nings.

Fel­low open­er Cephas Coop­er struck 28 while left-han­der Amir Jan­goo fin­ished un­beat­en on 24, left-arm spin­ner Bish­op ac­count­ing for both open­ers to fin­ish with two for 35.

Rook­ie open­er Mikyle Louis struck a maid­en first-class hun­dred while vet­er­an left-han­der Jonathan Carter notched his sixth, to head­line the open­ing day of the sec­ond round of match­es in the West In­dies Cham­pi­onship on Wednes­day.

At Warn­er Park in St Kitts, the 23-year-old Louis spear­head­ed Lee­ward Is­lands Hur­ri­canes’ dom­i­na­tion of reign­ing cham­pi­ons Guyana Harpy Ea­gles, with a knock of 113 as the hosts piled up 299 for six.

The 36-year-old Carter, mean­while, gath­ered an un­beat­en 108 at Sabi­na Park in Kingston as Com­bined Cam­pus­es and Col­leges fin­ished the day on 260 for sev­en against Ja­maica Scor­pi­ons.

Al­so in Ja­maica at Kens­ing­ton Park, Je­re­my Solozano and Ki­mani Melius struck un­beat­en half-cen­turies to lead a strong Wind­ward Is­lands Vol­ca­noes re­ply, af­ter Bar­ba­dos Pride was dis­missed for 214.

Vol­ca­noes end­ed on 123 with­out loss.

At Cona­ree Sports Club in St Kitts, T&T Red Force was clos­ing in on first in­nings lead af­ter bowl­ing out West In­dies Acad­e­my for 163 and clos­ing the day on 128 for three.

Louis, who scored a fifty on first-class de­but last week, im­pressed yet again at the top of the or­der in an in­nings which re­quired 221 de­liv­er­ies and in­clud­ed 10 fours and five six­es.

Jah­mar Hamil­ton fol­lowed up his half-cen­tu­ry in the first round with 77 while cap­tain Rah­keem Corn­wall blast­ed a typ­i­cal­ly cav­a­lier un­beat­en 39 off 54 balls with half-dozen fours and a six.

Opt­ing to bat first, Hur­ri­canes flour­ished when Louis put on 33 for the first wick­et with Kofi James (12) and a fur­ther 31 for the sec­ond wick­et with Kea­cy Car­ty (13).

Louis and Ter­rance Warde (23) then en­gaged in a 54-run, third-wick­et part­ner­ship which took the hosts to lunch on 90 for two, be­fore Warde and debu­tant Jew­el An­drew (0) fell in the space of three de­liv­er­ies with three runs added, to leave the in­nings perched on 121 for four.

Warde played across one from seam­er Ronal­do Al­imo­hamed (2-49) and was lbw while 17-year-old An­drew, just back from the Un­der-19 World Cup in South Africa, skied the first de­liv­ery he faced to cov­er off left-arm spin­ner Antony Adams.

In need of a part­ner­ship, Hur­ri­canes were gal­va­nized by a 119-run, fifth wick­et stand be­tween Louis and Hamil­ton, the lat­ter of whom faced 122 de­liv­er­ies and struck 11 fours and a six.

Vet­er­an left-arm spin­ner Veerasam­my Per­maul even­tu­al­ly got the break­through when he pinned Louis lbw on the back foot.

Carter grabbed a share of the head­lines when he struck a dozen fours in a knock last­ing 182 balls, to res­cue CCC af­ter they were sent in.

With his side stum­bling at 50 for three, Carter put on 38 for the fourth wick­et with Test bats­man Shamarh Brooks (36), 34 for the fifth with De­mario Richards (8) be­fore adding a fur­ther 63 in a sev­enth-wick­et stand with Sion Hack­ett who made a breezy 30 off 46 de­liv­er­ies.

Carter, in his 95th first-class game, then en­sured his side end­ed the day strong­ly when he an­chored an un­bro­ken 55-run, eighth-wick­et part­ner­ship with Zis­han Mo­tara who was un­beat­en on 28.

Mean­while, Solozano struck an un­beat­en 63 off 110 balls with eight fours while Melius hit an un­beat­en 52 off 113 balls with four fours, to de­ny Pride any suc­cess.

Kevin Wick­ham had ear­li­er top-scored with 74 for Pride af­ter they were asked to bat, the right-han­der fac­ing 104 de­liv­er­ies and lash­ing 10 fours.

Re­tired Test glove­man Shane Dowrich chipped in with 37, post­ing 88 for the sixth wick­et with Wick­ham to pull Pride around from 53 for five af­ter fast bowler Ryan John (4-47) had hurt the top or­der.

(CMC)

Sum­marised Scores

At Warn­er Park (BAS­SETERRE): Hur­ri­canes won the toss and bat­ted.

LEE­WARD IS­LANDS HUR­RI­CANES 299 for six (Mikyle Louis 113, Jah­mar Hamil­ton 77, Rah­keem Corn­wall 39 not out; Ronal­do Al­imo­hamed 2-49) vs GUYANA HARPY EA­GLES

At Cona­ree Sports Club (BAS­SETERRE): Red Force trail WI Acad­e­my by 35 runs with sev­en wick­ets in­tact.

WEST IN­DIES ACAD­E­MY 163 (Ted­dy Bish­op 65, Joshua Bish­op 32; Jay­den Seales 3-26, An­der­son Phillip 3-63)

TRINIDAD & TO­BA­GO RED FORCE 128 for three (Vikash Mo­han 54, Cephas Coop­er 28, Amir Jan­goo 24 not out; Joshua Bish­op 2-35)

At Kens­ing­ton Park (KINGSTON): Vol­ca­noes trail by 91 runs with all 10 first in­nings wick­ets in­tact.

BAR­BA­DOS PRIDE 214 (Kevin Wick­ham 74, Shane Dowrich 37; Ryan John 4-47, Darel Cyrus 2-41)

WIND­WARD IS­LANDS VOL­CA­NOES 123 with­out loss (Je­re­my Solozano 63 not out, Ki­mani Melius 52 not out)

At Sabi­na Park (KINGSTON): Scor­pi­ons won the toss and bowled

COM­BINED CAM­PUS­ES & COL­LEGES MA­ROON­ERS 260 for sev­en (Jonathan Carter 108 not out, Shamarh Brooks 36, Sion Hack­ett 30, Zis­han Mo­tara 28 not out) vs JA­MAICA SCOR­PI­ONS