ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Test left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican countered Jonathan Carter’s 27th first class fifty with a four-wicket haul to give Barbados Pride command of their first round encounter against Combined Campuses and Colleges in the West Indies Championship yesterday.
The 31-year-old Warrican, who played the last of his 15 Tests for West Indies last July, claimed four for 29 as CCC were dismissed for 185 after resuming the penultimate day at Chedwin Park in Spanish Town, Jamaica on ten for one.
Veteran Carter top-scored with 59 while 20-year-old Shaqkere Parris, in only his fourth first class outing, struck 44, but debutant Demario Richards was the only other batsman to pass 20 with 28.
Forced to follow on by 159 runs, CCC finished on 96 for two, still 63 runs in arrears heading into Saturday’s final day.
Test batsman Shamarh Brooks was unbeaten on 44 while opener Kirstan Kallicharan made 24.
Looking to challenge Pride’s first innings total of 344 for eight declared, CCC found themselves floundering on 36 for four inside the first hour before Carter and Parris came to their rescue in a 53-run, fifth wicket stand.
The 36-year-old left-handed Carter struck half-dozen fours off 131 balls while Parris faced 108 deliveries and also counted six fours.
When Warrican got Parris to hole out in the deep, Carter added a further 64 for the sixth wicket with Richards, before Warrican intervened again, having the latter taken at short leg to end the resistance.
Batting again, CCC lost Parris cheaply but Brooks pulled the innings around, first in a 37-run, second wicket partnership with Kallicharan and then in a 42-run, unbroken third wicket stand with Shatrughan Rambaran (15 not out).
At Warner Park in Basseterre, St Kitts, West Indies Academy secured first innings lead over Leeward Islands Hurricanes thanks to a lower rally from Joshua Bishop.
Resuming the morning on 60 for two in reply to the Hurricanes’ first innings of 137, the Academy were dismissed for 177 – an important lead of 40 runs.
Bishop, entering at number nine, blasted a cavalier 48 from 47 balls while Mbeki Joseph contributed 42 in the top order, after resuming from his overnight 30.
The right-handed Bishop punched eight fours and a brace of sixes while Joseph struck half-dozen fours in a 64-ball knock.
Seasoned pacer Jeremiah Louis finished with five for 29 while left-arm seamer Javier Spencer claimed three for 43.
Batting a second time, Hurricanes closed on 124 for four, courtesy of Mikyle Louis’s 55 and 35 from Kofi James, as the pace duo of Johann Layne (2-26) and Nyeem Young (2-40) grabbed two wickets apiece.
They lost Joshua Grant lbw to Layne without scoring in the fifth over of the innings with four runs on the board but Louis, who struck nine fours off 102 balls, posted 68 for the second wicket with James to repair the damage.
Layne and Young then struck key blows as Hurricanes slumped to 102 for four before limping to the close.
At Conaree in St Kitts, a wet outfield resulting from rain ruled out play for the second straight day in the match between Trinidad and Tobago Red Force and Guyana Harpy Eagles.
