GEORGETOWN – Barbados needed just half an hour to take thelast Guyana wicket and claim an emphatic innings and 52-run win on the third day of their final-round WICB Regional Under-19 Championship match here yesterday.
Off-spinner Chaim Holder grabbed the last wicket when he prised out Lloydel Lewis for nine as Guyana, starting the day on 143 for nine, were all out for 158 at Everest.
Barbados finished third on 36.5 points after Jamaica claimed their second title in three years with a convincing innings and 77-run win over last year’s champions Windward Islands, inside two days on Friday.
Trinidad and Tobago were second with 39.5 points after their massive innings and 122-run victory.
Starting the day still 67 runs adrift of avoiding an innings defeat and with little hope of saving the match, Guyana’s last pair of Lewis and Gudadesh Motie (16 not out) extended their stand to 22 runs before being separated.
Lewis, who resumed on five, edged the first ball of Holder’s third over for wicketkeeper Mario Rampersaud to pouch the catch.
Barbados’ victory was set up on Friday by captain and Test batsman Kraigg Brathwaite whose unbeaten 146 formed the foundation of their 297 for eight declared.
Guyana were dismissed for a paltry 87 in their first innings on Thursday’s opening day.
Trinidad and Tobago required just 20 minutes to take the final three wickets and wrap up a comprehensive innings victory over the Leewards Islands at Bourda.
Resuming at 106 for seven, facing a second innings deficit of 250, the Leewards were no match for Trinidad and Tobago on the third and final day of their fifth-round match.
The victory was a well-earned one for Trinidd and Tobago who collected 12.2 points to end on 39.5 points and finish second behind Jamaica, who moved to an unassailable 43.7 points.
The Leewards got 0.3 points from the match and ended bottom of the table on ten points.
Left-arm spinner Javon Ali took the first two wickets to fall and the last man was run out.
Ali pulled off a remarkable catch off his own bowling – a one-handed diving effort to his right to send back Nino Henry for 27, and in the next over bowled Tristan Handley for 12.
Last man Dymon Parris did not hang around and was run out without scoring.
The match will be remembered for the brilliant 187 retired hurt made by Trinidad and Tobago’s Emmanuel Lett who, in his second match at this level, batted for close to six hours before he lost fluids and could not continue shortly before tea on the second day. (CMC)
