A drawn encounter for Guyana Jaguars and a loss for Barbados Pride did little to the points table of the West Indies Championship after round seven concluded on Sunday.
Jaguars secured a draw against Leeward Islands Hurricanes to gain 6.8 points and bring their total up to 85.8. However, while not being enough to close in the gap on Pride, it kept them in contention of winning their sixth straight title.
Pride, despite a 147-run defeat at the hands of Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, extended their lead slightly after earning 7.8 points to maintain their lead on the board with 116 points, 30.2 ahead of the defending champions.
After, the last round, Jaguars vice-captain Vishaul Singh said that he believes that the results of the round kept them in the hunt despite not coming out with the win. He posited that the loss Pride suffered, sets up a crucial encounter in round eight where his side will host Pride in a day/night match from Thursday.
Windward Islands Volcanoes (73.6 points) remain in third while Red Force closed in the gap with 72.2 points.
Jamaica Scorpions slipped further down to fifth with 68.6 and Hurricanes are condemned to last place with 48.4 points.
Jaguars’ frontline spinner, Veerasammy Permaul continues to enjoy a fruitful run and now is one wicket short of his 50th for the season. Permaul is comfortably ahead of Pride’s Chemar Holder and Red Force’s Akeal Hossain with 34 and 33 wickets respectively.
Hurricanes’ Rahkeem Cornwall picked up seven wickets against Jaguars to move his tally to 30 while Pride’s Keon Harding has 29 wickets under his belt.
With the bat, Kyle Mayers remained at the top of the table with 630 runs. He is followed by Volcanoes’ Devon Smith (567) and Scorpions’ Jermaine Blackwood (520) as the only other two batsmen with over 500 runs.
For the Jaguars, their captain Leon Johnson is their leading run getter with 460. Christopher Barnwell has 424 while Vishaul Singh has 378.
