Guyanese all-rounder Kevlon Anderson yesterday stroked an unbeaten century to help the West Indies beat Scotland by 126 runs at Pretoria, South Africa in their final warm up of the International Cricket Council Under-19 World Cup.
After winning the toss, the Caribbean side elected to bat and posted 322 for 6 from their allotted overs before restricting Scotland to 196 in 48 overs.
Anderson catapulted West Indies over the 300-run mark with an unbeaten 101 which came in 72 balls and featured three sixes along with five fours.
The right handed batsman was integral to a fifth wicket partnership worth 90 runs with Daniel Beckford who scored a 43-ball 27 before he was bowled by Liam Naylor. Anderson went on to forge an unbroken 46-run partnership for the sixth wicket with Matthew Forde who scored 20 not out from 11 balls.
Earlier, the foundation was set as skipper, Kimani Melius (67) and Leonardo Julien (65) shared in a 127-run partnership for the second wicket.
Charlie Preet, Jamie Cairns, Jasper Davidson, Naylor and Rory Hanley picked up one wicket each for Scotland.
Meanwhile, Scotland’s chase was hindered by the West Indian medium pacers Joshua James (3-22) and Forde (1-17) before the spinners stifled their middle order.Off-spinners, Avinash Mahabirsingh (2-11) and Matthew Patrick (2-39) along with left-arm orthodox, Ashmead Nedd (2-39) were the principal wicket-takers.
Syed Shah top scored with 49 from 69 balls, highlighted by five boundaries but was only supported by Ben and Jasper Davidson with 34 and 32 respectively.
West Indies are in group B alongside, Australia, England and Nigeria who they will play on January 18, 20 and 23 respectively.
