TRELAWNY, Jamaica, CMC – Rain wreaked havoc on Barbados’ final game in the WICB One-Day Championship, forcing their contest with the High Performance Centre to finish in a no-result yesterday.
The adverse weathered brought a premature end to the HPC’s innings at 154 for five off 40 overs, after they were sent in by Barbados at the Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium.
Set 148 to win off 25 overs under the Duckworth/Lewis Method, Barbados were languishing on 27 for four after 11.3 overs when the rains returned to bring an end to the encounter.
Barbados finished on top of Group B with 10 points and will face hosts Jamaica in the second semi-final on Friday.
HPC, meanwhile, finished on six points and without a win in their debut year in the tournament.
Opener Rajendra Chandrika top scored with 52 from 89 balls with three fours and put on 32 for the first wicket with Kieran Powell (15), to give HPC a decent start.
When the left-handed Powell gloved a lifter from pacer Javon Searles through to wicketkeeper Carlo Morris in the sixth over, Chandrika added another 46 for the second wicket with Devon Thomas who scored 31 from 30 balls.
The right-handed Thomas stroked two fours and a six off Searles which brought up HPC’s fifty, before giving seamer Kevin Stoute his only wicket at 78 for two.
Nkrumah Bonner fell cheaply for one six runs later but Chandrika put on 38 for the fourth wicket with captain Shamarh Brooks who was unbeaten on 19 when they rains came.
Dale Richards’ ridiculous run out with just two runs on the board signalled a chaotic start to Barbados’ reply as they lost wickets steadily before the weather put them out of their misery.
SCOREBOARD
HPC
R Chandrika run out 52
K Powell c Richards b Searles 15
+D Thomas c Hinds b Stoute 31
N Bonner c wkp Morris b Graham 1
*S Brooks not out 19
S Dowrich st Morris b Hinds 6
S Thomas not out 10
Extras (b7, w8, nb5)
TOTAL (5 wkts, 40 overs) 154
Did not bat: J Holder, K Cottoy, V Permaul, S Gabriel.
Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-78, 3-84, 4-122, 5-137.
Bowling: Best 3-1-14-0, Searles 5-0-28-1, Graham 10-0-25-1, Stoute 6-0-30-1, Hinds 9-3-19-1, Carter 7-0-31-0.
BARBADOS (target: 148 from 25 overs)
D Richards run out 2
J Haynes c wkp Thomas b Holder 0
K Edwards b Permaul 6
K Stoute run out 5
J Carter not out 6
D Smith not out 2
Extras (lb3, w3) 6
TOTAL (4 wkts, 11.3 overs) 27
Did not bat: *R Hinds, +C Morris, M Graham, T Best, J Searles.
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-3, 3-19, 4-19.
Bowling: Gabriel 3-0-9-0, Holder 2-0-4-1, Permaul 3-0-4-1, Cottoy 3-0-5-0, Bonner 0.3-0-2-0.
Result: No-result.
Points: Barbados 2, HPC 2.
Toss: Barbados.
Umpires: Norman Malcolm, Peter Nero.
