Stoute locks Police away

ICBL Empire’s all-rounder Kevin Stoute took four for 39 as Police suffered their third straight loss when they went under by an innings and 60 runs to the Bank Hall side yesterday.
Resuming from an overnight 26 for three and still in deficit by 192 runs, Police were dismissed for a paltry 158 about an hour before lunch.
It meant they finished second-last with 71 points and have been demoted to the Upper Intermediate competition. Empire’s victory carried them to fourth position with 117 points.
Roger Williams who started on 11 rushed to 46, including 11 threes from 54 balls before he was caught off medium-pacer Stoute.
He added 47 for the fourth wicket with his overnight partner Ramon Harewood who made 16.
Stoute also accounted for Larry Babb and Brian Corbin. Corbin was caught by Jason Hinds moving to his right at first slip.
Dion Brome delayed the inevitable smashing 56 at better than a run-a-ball, laced with ten fours and threes. Ryan Hinds and Carleon Brome supported with two wickets each for 10 and 13, respectively.
AT WILDEY: A half-century fourth-wicket stand between Brian Johnson and Aubrey Towler helped earn LIME a draw after conceding a whopping 144-run first innings lead to St Catherine.
The pair came together with LIME struggling on 29 for three after St Catherine declared at 326 for eight off 75.2 overs.
Despite the crisis that was looming Johnson batted enterprisingly, clouting four sixes all over the extra cover region. Johnson’s innings was also punctuated with four fours as he dominated the partnership of 73 with Towler.  
The diminutive right-hander was bowled by a quick delivery from Marlon Franklyn for 23 but Johnson remained until the game was abandoned. His unbeaten 69 came off 95 balls, in 136 minutes.
The early damage was done by left-arm spinner Derek Bishop who took three for 29 to take his tally for the season to 51 wickets.
Earlier Joel Leacock pushed his aggregate for the season to 613 runs with an innings of 43 after St Catherine resumed on 225 for five in reply to LIME’s 182 all out. Patrick Browne made 47 while Nikolai Charles took three for 103 to finish the season on 51 wickets. (PH)
AT THE DESMOND HAYNES OVAL:
Leg spinner Dario Vaughn took his second six-wicket haul and ended with match figures of  13 for 164 to lead Carlton to victory by 78 runs over Wanderers.
Wanderers resuming from their overnight score of 209 for six were bowled out for 266 a deficit of 69.
Carlton in chase of quick runs declared their second innings at 188 for 9. Kirk Gibson got 44 while Kevin Ramsay knocked up 35.
 Wanderers, given a target of 257 in 24 overs, were well paced by a fine half-century by opener Jason Greene and the big hitting Jason Holder batting high in the order. But once Greene was stumped by Richard Greaves off Vaughn, the innings collapsed with the damage being done by Dario Vaughn.
 Vaughn did exceptionally well taking 7 for 118 and followed it up with six for 46. Greene was good for 57 which included five fours and three sixes. (AI)
 
AT FOURSQUARE OVAL:
Tino Best collected a hat-trick and finished with a career-best seven wickets for 32 runs from 9.1 overs to upstage Tariq Hoyte, and set up ESA Field Pickwick for a hard-fought, four-wicket victory over Banks.
Best had Trinidadian left-hander Marlon Barclay caught at third slip for five fending a rising ball, and gained palpable lbw verdicts over Renaldo Holder and Orion Bostic to complete the hat-trick, as Banks, trailing by 27 on first innings, were dismissed for 126 in their second innings about 25 minutes after tea.
 The Pickwick and Barbados fast bowler ended with 10 for 68.
Chasing 100 for victory, Pickwick batted like the prevailing heavy weather, as Hoyte snared four for 37 from 8.5 overs before Jamar Yearwood formalised the result with a four to long-on off the same bowler.
Earlier, Hoyte grabbed the last four wickets, as Pickwick were dismissed for 247, in reply to Banks’ first innings total of 220. The Banks off-spinner ended with six for 37 from 14.2 overs for match figures of 10 for 74. (AR)
 
At  Trents: Mother Nature claimed the final say on the respective seasons of CGI Maple and Caribbean Lumber YMPC as a mid-morning shower that left the bowlers’ run-up at the northern end impaired forced the abandonment of play without a ball being bowled yesterday.
Umpires Vincent Bullen and Andrew Sandiford carried out three inspections and after bringing forward the tea break by half an hour called it a day  2:30 p.m. (WAH)