CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – A half-century from Nkrumah Bonner typified defiant batting from the Combined Campuses & Colleges, which earned them a draw with the England Lions in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.
Bonner completed a fine all-round day, when he batted for 112 minutes, faced 91 balls, and struck 10 boundaries in the top score of 72 to help the CCC reach 204 for seven in their second innings, after they were set 302 for victory in their on the final day of their fourth round match at the Three Ws Oval.
Bonner and compatriot Shacoya Thomas added 99 for the sixth wicket to make things safe for the CCC before the match drew to a tame conclusion.
The result meant that the Lions earned six points and move to 30, and the CCC collect three points, which takes them to 27.
Bonner, bowling his leg-spin, had ended with four wickets for 27 runs from five overs, when the Lions declared their second innings on 256 for seven about 35 minutes before lunch.
Craig Kieswetter finished with the top score of 103 for the Lions, Jimmy Adams hit 72, and Adam Gale made 48, but the rest of the batting literally gave their wickets away, as the visitors chased quick runs to hasten the declaration.
Left-arm spinner Kavesh Kantasingh benefitted from their careless batting, grabbing three for 79 from 24 overs.
Scoreboard
ENGLAND LIONS 1st Innings 373
COMBINED CAMPUSES & COLLEGES 1st Innings 328
ENGLAND LIONS 2nd Innings
(overnight 168 without loss)
C. Kieswetter st Corbin b Kantasingh 103
J. Adams c *Phillips b Kantasingh 72
A. Gale c R. Reifer b Bonner 48
*J. Hildreth c Brathwaite b Kantasingh 10
J. Taylor c Thomas b Bonner 7
+J. Bairstow c Brathwaite b Bonner 0
A. Rashid lbw b Bonner 0
C. Woakes not out 2
J. Harris not out 2
Extras (lb4, w5, nb3) 12
TOTAL (7 wkts decl’d, 57 overs ) 256
Fall of wickets: 1-170, 2-199, 3-227, 4-250, 5-250, 6-250, 7-253
Bowling: McClean 8-0-41-0; Brathwaite 5-1-22-0 (w2); Kantasingh 24-2-79-3; Austin 9-0-62-0 (nb2); Bonner 5-1-27-4 (nb1); R. Reifer 6-0-21-0 (w3)
COMBINED CAMPUSES & COLLEGES 2nd Innings (target: 302)
*O. Phillips lbw b Harris 2
R. Currency c Briggs b Woakes 34
+K. Corbin lbw b Harris 0
K. Ottley c Woakes b Chambers 14
R. Reifer lbw b Woakes 26
S. Thomas lbw b Chambers 22
N. Bonner c *Hildreth b Briggs 72
C. Brathwaite not out 11
K. McClean not out 11
Extras (b9, lb3) 12
TOTAL (7 wkts, 71 overs) 204
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-17, 3-44, 4-77, 5-81, 6-180, 7-188
Bowling: Woakes 16-3-42-2; Harris 15-3-29-2; Chambers 11-2-21-2; Briggs 16-4-56-1; Rashid 12-5-41-0; *Hildreth 1-0-3-0
Result: Match drawn
Points: England Lions 6, CCC 3
Man-of-the-Match: J. Adams (England Lions)
Umpires: G. Brathwaite, C. Duncan
Matchreferee: A. Griffith
Reserve umpire: L. Reifer Jr
