Harty bags four as Scorpions hit back

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC

Jamaica Scorpions were six without loss in their second innings, trailing by 69, after left-arm spinner Patrick Harty defied half-centuries from Shayne Moseley and Shane Dowrich to restrict Barbados Pride 216 all out, replying to his side’s first-innings total of 140.

Harty ended with four for 23 from 12.5 overs to lead the Scorpions bowling and keep his side in the contest at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua on a day that started late due to adverse weather.

Test pacer Marquino Mindley who took two for 25 from 12 overs, and Abhijai Mansingh who captured two for 30 from 10 overs with his leg-spin, supported Harty’s effort and enabled the Scorpions to gain full bowling bonus points.

Left-hander Moseley made the top score of 82, and Dowrich, the out-of-favour West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman and Pride captain, was not out on 64 – and were the only two batsmen that made it past the high-water mark of 30.

Moseley added 41 to his overnight score and shared 74 with Dowrich before he fell to Mansingh, and there was little substance and stability from the rest of the batting though Dowrich did his best to shepherd them the rest of the way.

Scorpions openers Leroy Lugg, not out two, and Tevin Gilzene, not out four, survived a brief period before stumps were drawn. At North Sound in Antigua, Darren Bravo of the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force struck 10 fours and two sixes from 229 balls in just over five hours at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground as his team reached 369 for eight against the Leeward Islands Hurricanes.

Long-serving leg-spin all-rounder Imran Khan, batting at eight, again gave proof of his ability with the willow, reaching 67 not out at the close. Yannic Cariah made 52, and Terrance Hinds, batting at nine, made 51, to enable Red Force to claim four of the five batting bonus points.

TRUNCATED DAY

Bravo forged a 101-run stand with Cariah on another truncated day to set the tone for the rest of the Red Force batting, and they took their cue from the 35-year-old left-hander to put their side in a favourable place in a match, where only 114 out of a possible 180 overs have been bowled over the first two days.

When pacer Sheeno Berridge bowled Bravo, Red Force were 227 for six, but Khan anchored successive half-century stands with former Hurricanes wicketkeeper-batsman Amir Jangoo and Hinds to reinforce their command.

Pacer Jeremiah Louis has been the most successful Hurricanes bowler, taking three for 56 from 23 overs, and Berridge and left-arm pacer Colin Archibald have taken two wickets apiece.

At the National Cricket Stadium in St George’s, Grenada: Windward Islands Volcanoes 294 (Alick Athanaze 141, Ryan John 51 not out; Veerasammy Permaul 4-70) and 48 for two. Guyana Harpy Eagles 169 (Veerasammy Permaul 53, Kevin Sinclair 23; Justin Greaves 5-24).