COUVA, Trinidad, CMC- Windward Islands Volcanoes cruised to a comfortable seven wicket win over Trinidad and Tobago Red Force on the final day of their final round game of the Regional four-day championship at the National Cricket Centre here yesterday.
Volcanoes ended their season on a high as they rode a century stand between opener Tyrone Theophile and middle order batsman Sunil Ambris after losing three wickets before lunch.
Chasing a victory target of 166, Windwards, resuming from their overnight score of eight without loss, coasted to 169 for three by mid-afternoon as the curtains came down on a long four-day season.
Theophile spearheaded the chase with a powerful knock of 83 not out while Ambris was unbeaten on 54. Volcanoes stumbled on the chase, slipping to 68 for the loss of three wickets including the prolific opener Devon Smith for four.
However Theophile and Ambris started their partnership before lunch and managed to pull Volcanoes back on course and improve their position to 113 by the break, reaching 57 and 25 respectively.
Theophile batted through the innings clobbering ten fours and a six while Ambris counted ten boundaries in his unbeaten innings.
Earlier, Theophile dominated a second wicket stand of 48 with Jerlani Robinson who scored 19.
Volcanoes picked up 17 points for their win but they were not sufficient to surpass Red Force in the final point’s standings.
Volcanoes closed the season on 64 points in fifth position, below Red Force whose four points from the match took them to 81 points and fourth position on the table.
Guyana Jaguars defeated Jamaica Scorpions by an innings and 54 runs on Sunday to win their second straight Regional Four Day title.
SCOREBOARD
RED FORCE 1st innings 211
VOLCANOES 1st Innings 289
RED FORCE 2nd Innings 243
VOLCANOES 2nd Innings 169
(Overnight eight without loss)
D Smith c S katwaroo b R Emrit 4
T Theophile not out 83
Jerlani Robinson c I Khan b J Jagessar 19
Gidron Pope c Y Ottley b I Khan 4
Sunil Ambris not out 54
Did not bat: Liam Sebastien, Kavem Hodge, Kyle Mayers,Keron Cottoy, Larry Edwards, Delom Johnson.
Extras (1b 4lb) 5
TOTAL (3 wickets) 169
Fall of wicket: 1-9, 2-57, 3-68
Bowling: Deonarine 5-2-8-0,Richards 4-0-19-0,Emrit 10-2-16-1, Khan 10-0-37-1,Jagessar 12-0-49-1,Ottley 6.1-0-35-0.
Result:Volcanoes win by seven wickets
Points:Volcanoes 17, Red Force 4.
Man-of-the-Match:Tyrone Theophile
Toss: Red Force.
Umpires: Peter Nero, Gregory Brathwaite.