BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – West Indies U19s, bolstered by an attacking 49 from Evin Lewis, wrapped up their second consecutive practice match win yesterday, whipping Canada by six wickets in their ICC 2010 Youth World Cup warm-up game at Warner Park.
Batting first, Canada U19s scored 128 all out in 41.4 overs and the young Windies endured two rain stoppages before surging to victory at 132 for four off 26.4 overs.
Coming off their 71-run defeat in Monday’s rain-affected first match, Canada won the toss and struggled after electing to bat.
Akeem Dewar bagged three for 27 off 10 overs and his leg-spin partner Yannic Cariah claimed two for 20 off his 10 overs to smother the North Americans’ batting effort.
Darius D’Souza (26) and Hiral Patel (25) were Canada’s chief scorers, while opening bowlers Keon Joseph (1-22) and Nelson Bolan (1-28), Jermaine Blackwood (1-17) and Yannick Ottley (1-12) shared the other wickets.
West Indies U19s rushed to 51 for one off seven overs at the lunch break.
Rain held up play for 40 minutes after lunch and stalled play again when the Windies U19s were on course for victory at 81 for two after 14 overs. The players were off the field for an hour and 10 minutes and the home side duly wrapped up the authoritative victory on the resumption with more than 23 overs to spare.
The left-handed opener Lewis struck three fours and four sixes before falling one short of his half-century and Trevon Griffith scored 21, with two fours and two sixes.
Captain Ottley (15) and John Campbell (16), both run-out, were the other wickets to fall.
Carriah (9) and Dewar (14) were the not-out batsmen when victory was achieved.
Standout performers in Monday’s 71-run victory, Andre Creary and Kraigg Brathwaite, did not play yesterday.
Canada will play a St Kitts U23 team this weekend before completing their tour.
Both teams will begin their 2010 Youth World Cup campaign on January 15 – West Indies facing Pakistan at Fitzherbert Park and Canada tackling Zimbabwe at the Queen Elizabeth II Ground.
West Indies will then tackle Bangladesh on January 17 and Papua New Guinea two days later in their remaining Group D matches in Napier. The West Indies 15-man squad to New Zealand is expected to be named later this week
