CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Sunil Narine continued to weave his web around leaden-footed, unsure batsmen, almost singlehandedly bowling Trinidad & Tobago to an emphatic, 172-run victory over Combined Campuses & Colleges in the Regional 4-Day Tournament on Sunday.
The T&T off-spinner enhanced his growing reputation with a career-best eight wickets for 17 runs from 14.1 overs, as CCC, chasing 287 for victory, were dismissed for 114 in their second innings on the third day of their day/night first round match at the Three Ws Oval.
Narine, playing in only his third first-class match for the Red Fury, ended with the amazing match figures of 13 for 39 from 30.1 overs, making him a shoo-in for the Man-of-the-Match award, after the CCC, led by Jason Holder’s 27, offered only token resistance.
Fast bowler Shannon Gabriel, playing on familiar turf having been a graduate of the West Indies High Performance Centre based at this ground, supported with two for 31 from 12 overs.
The 23-year-old Narine formalised the result about 50 minutes before the scheduled close on a rain-marred evening, when fittingly Ryan Austin, the T&T-born Barbadian off-spinner, drove him to mid-on and was caught.
The result meant that T&T, eyeing their first R4T title in six years, gained 12 points and CCC, last year’s beaten finalist, ended with no points.
Red Fury have drawn a bye for the second round, starting on Friday, when the CCC hosts Leeward Islands at the same venue with both sides looking for a point.
Scoreboard
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 1st Innings 229
COMBINED CAMPUSES & COLLEGES 1st Innings 111
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 2nd Innings
(overnight 106 for five)
L. Simmons c wkpr Walton b Holder 9
A. Barath c wkpr Walton b Holder 1
J. Mohammed lbw b Bonner 31
D.M. Bravo b Holder 1
D.J. Bravo c Corbin b Austin 13
*+D. Ramdin b Holder 40
K. Pollard c wkpr Walton b Dawes 9
R. Emrit c Holder b Austin 1
S. Narine not out 34
Y. Cariah lbw b Holder 0
S. Gabriel run out 11
Extras (b6, lb4, w1, nb7) 18
TOTAL (all out, 51 overs) 168
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-17, 3-36, 4-82, 5-92, 6-107, 7-116, 8-133, 9-133; NB: Simmons retired hurt at 0-0 and returned at 7-116
Bowling: McClean 6-1-19-0 (w1); Holder 16-5-48-5; Austin 15-3-52-2 (nb4); Dawes 9-2-24-1 (nb3); Bonner 5-1-15-1
COMBINED CAMPUSES & COLLEGES 2nd Innings (target: 287)
*R. Currency lbw b Gabriel 17
Y. Ottley c wkpr *Ramdin b Gabriel 13
R. Reifer c wkpr *Ramdin b Narine 9
K. Corbin lbw b Narine 8
N. Bonner b Narine 2
+C. Walton c Barath b Narine 0
K. McClean c wkpr *Ramdin b Narine 3
J. Holder c Mohammed b Narine 27
R. Austin c Emrit b Narine 3
J. Dawes not out 0
Extras (b10, lb1, w3, nb10) 24
TOTAL (all out, 44.1 overs) 114
Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-41, 3-49, 4-66, 5-66, 6-67, 7-78, 8-79, 9-112; NB: Corbin retired hurt at 3-64 and returned at 7-78
Bowling: Gabriel 12-2-31-2 (nb8); Emrit 9-1-23-0 (w2); Narine 14.1-7-17-8; D.J. Bravo 5-0-17-0 (nb2, w1); Cariah 4-1-15-0
Result: T&T won by 172 runs
Points: T&T 12, CCC 0
Man-of-the-Match: S. Narine (T&T)
Umpires: G. Brathwaite, G. Greaves
Matchreferee: A. Griffith
Reserve umpire: J. Blades