Louis century puts Leewards in command against Guyana

Ronaldo Alimohamed (left) provided the first breakthrough for the Harpy Eagles unit as he dismissed Kofi James for 12

At stumps yesterday on day one at Warner Park in St. Kitts, Leeward Islands Hurricanes 23-year-old opener Mikyle Louis played a mature innings, belying his age enroute to a maiden first-class century, to hand his side control in their second-round encounter against defending champions, the Guyana Harpy Eagles.

Louis, in just his second first-class outing, made the Harpy Eagles bowling attack toil under brilliant sunshine for 221 deliveries, while wicketkeeper batsman Jahmar Hamilton also came up with the goods, batting his way to a polished 77 to put the Hurricanes in command on 299-6 by stumps.

Kofi James gave the Harpy Eagles an early breakthrough, falling caught off the bowling of Alimohamed for 13; his replacement, Keacy Carthy, did not have a long stay either, falling to Kevin Sinclair for the same score as James.