A unbroken ninth wicket stand of 34 between Horace Blair (34) and Paul McSween (14) rescued the Windwards in their second round match against T&T here yesterday. The pair came together with their team precariously placed on 68 for eight and a lead 129 and stayed together to the close to give their team a lead of 161 going into today’s final day.
T&T vs WI
Windwards 1st Inns 183
T&T 1st Inns (o/n 29-1)
J. Solozano c wkp Blair b McSween 22
B. Christmas c Robinson b Jordan 5
A. Gobin c Robinson b Edward 19
E. Nicholson lbw b Edward 29
V. Mohan run out 2
N. Pooran c wk Blair b Browne 19
A.Simmons lbw b Dember 0
A. Small c wk Blair b Dember 0
J. Ali lbw b Edward 9
T. Robertson c McSween b Browne 0
N. Motilal not out 10
Extras (lb1, nb5, w1) 7
TOTAL (all out, 52 overs) 122
Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2- 33, 3-76, 4-81, 5-90, 6-90, 7-90, 8-103, 9-103, 10-122.
Bowling: Browne 10.4-2-25-2 (nb1), Jordan 7.2-1-16-1 (nb1, w1), McSween 12-3-31-1 (nb3), Edward 13-0-28-3, Dember 9-1-21-2.
WINDWARDS 2nd Inns
G. Pope st Pooran b Gobin 17
T. Gabriel b Robertson 5
J. Robinson b Gobin 1
R. Cato c Mohan b Gobin 0
H. Blair not out 34
L. Edward lbw b Gobin 0
K. George lbw b Ali 20
R. Jordan lbw b Ali 0
K. Dember c Robinson b Motilal 6
P. McSween not out 14
Extras (b2, nb1) 3
TOTAL (8 wkts, 50 overs) 100
Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2- 16, 3- 16, 4-25, 5- 25, 6- 55, 7-55, 8-68.
Bowling: Robertson 8-2-14-1, Gobin 10-5-11-4, Mohan 9-4-11-0, Simmons 8-2-23-0 (nb1), Ali 10-2-19-2, Motilal 5-2-20-1.
Position: Windwards lead by 161 runs.
At Bayfield: Barbados lead by 65 runs overall.
LEEWARD ISLANDS 160 (Akeem Saunders 74, Dymon Parris 34; Darnell Greenidge 4-15, Akeem Jordan 3-22) and 59 for three (Duan Webb 25)
BARBADOS 284 for five decl. (Shai Hope 141not out, Craig St Hill 73, Jonathan Drakes 20; Tristan Hanley 2-74)
At Foursquare Oval: Guyana lead overall by 70 runs.
GUYANA 164 (Brian Sattaur 76, Tagenarine Chanderpaul 34, Ricardo Adams 20; James McDonald 4-19, Delbert Gayle 3-30, Christopher Powell 2-25) and 73 for three (Brian Sattaur 32)
JAMAICA 167 (Oshane Walters 59, Brian Gayle 42, Aldaine Thomas 32 not out; Shawn Pereira 4-67, Ricardo Adams 3-13, Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai 2-43)