CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Two wickets, including that of West Indies opener Kieran Powell, in the final 20 minutes loosened Leeward Islands’ grip against Combined Campuses and Colleges in the Regional Four-Day Championship here yesterday.
Leewards reached 62 for three, replying to CCC’s first innings total of 180, with their captain Sylvester Joseph not out on two and Devon Thomas not out on six at the close on the opening day of their fourth round match at the Three Ws Oval.
Left-hander Powell made 28 and Orlando Peters got 14, sharing 53 for the second wicket, before they fell in the space of 18 deliveries to undermine the visitors’ push to gain first innings points for the first time this season.
Steady bowling, led by Larry Joseph and Gavin Tonge, gave Leewards early control, as CCC, sent in to bat on a hard, true pitch, posted a respectable total after they slumped to 95 for six at lunch.
Left-hander Raymon Reifer held the innings together with a circumspect 45 and Shacaya Thomas made 35, but no other batsman reached 20.
Off-spinner Joseph was the pick of the Leewards’ bowling, taking three for 32 from 16.3 overs, Tonge grabbed three for 55 from 16 overs and leg-spinner Anthony Martin was the most economical with two for 36 from 26 overs.
Scoreboard
COMBINED CAMPUSES & COLLEGES 1st Innings
S. Thomas b Martin 35
A. Alleyne c wkp Thomas b Tonge 19
*K. Corbin c Powell b Tonge 0
R. Reifer c Peters b Tonge 45
F. Reifer lbw b Willett 1
+C. Walton c L. Joseph b Martin 5
A. Dewar run out 18
R. Austin c Hodge b L. Joseph 15
K. McClean c Peters b L. Joseph 11
D. Davis lbw b L. Joseph 5
K. Williams not out 17
Extras (b4, lb3, w2) 9
TOTAL (all out, 73.3 overs) 180
Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-35, 3-59, 4-60, 5-66, 6-93, 7-135, 8-143, 9-159
Bowling: Tonge 16-4-55-3 (w1); Willett 12-0-39-1 (w1); Martin 26-10-36-2; L. Joseph 16.3-4-32-3; Liburd 3-1-11-0
LEEWARD ISLANDS 1st Innings
M. Hodge c Dewar b Williams 0
K. Powell c Corbin b Austin 28
O. Peters run out 14
*S. Joseph not out 2
+D. Thomas not out 6
Extras (b4, lb3, nb5) 12
TOTAL (3 wkts, 28 overs) 62
To bat: S. Liburd, A. Saunders, T. Willett, L. Joseph, G. Tonge, A. Martin
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-53, 3-55
Bowling: Williams 5-2-9-1 (nb1); McClean 3-2-11-0 (nb1); Davis 11-6-16-0; Austin 9-2-19-1 (nb3)
Position: Leewards trail by 118 runs with seven first innings wickets standing
Toss: Leewards
Umpires: N. Cook, N. Shivsankar
