KINGSTON – Donovan Pagon and Brenton Parchment hammered half-centuries but discarded West Indies left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn’s five-wicket haul kept Barbados in the contest on the opening day of the Regional Four-Day final here yesterday.
At the close of a competitive day at Sabina Park, Jamaica were fighting back on 266 for eight, after they lost four wickets for 32 runs to slump to 186 for five at tea.
Pagon top-scored with 71 while opener Parchment got 58, as they combined in a second-wicket stand of 108 to put Jamaica in a strong position after lunch.
However, Benn tore through the middle order to finish with five for 90 as Jamaica stumbled to the second break, only to be propped up afterwards by a 27-run ninth-wicket stand between Nikita Miller and Sheldon Cotterell. Miller was unbeaten on 29, with Cotterell on 15.
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