BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC) – Maiden first- class centuries from Ashley Nurse and Carlos Brathwaite, followed by a devastating bowling performance from Barbados, combined to destroy Trinidad and Tobago on the second day of their fourth round encounter in the Regional Four-Day Championship here yesterday.Nurse slammed 130 not out while Brathwaite got 109 as Barbados, resuming the day on 243 for five, racked up 479 for eight declared, in a sensational batting display at Kensington Oval.
Brathwaite then returned with the ball to snap up three for 15 from seven overs, supporting left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn who claimed four for 31, as T&T crashed to 120 all out in reply.
Jason Mohammed top scored with 43 and captain Rayad Emrit finished on 25 not out, to be two of only three T&T players in double figures.
Following on by 359 runs, Trinidad and Tobago fared better in their second innings, reaching 44 without loss at the close, with Evin Lewis unbeaten on 37.
The day belonged to Nurse and Brathwaite who batted superbly to put Barbados in control of the encounter.
Wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich added just three to his overnight 50 before departing with the score on 284, but this paved the way for Brathwaite and Nurse as they proceeded to add 190 for the eighth wicket.
Nurse cracked 16 fours and four sixes off just 111 balls in a whirlwind knock while Brathwaite faced 136 deliveries in 215 minutes at the crease, and counted six fours and two sixes.
The pair took Barbados to lunch at 427 for seven, with Nurse on 99 and Brathwaite on 90, before both completed their milestones after the break.
Nurse was first to the mark, raising three figures off 85 balls and Brathwaite followed soon afterward, turning leg-spinner Imran Khan to square leg for a single to reach his century off 128 balls.
Once Brathwaite fell, becoming Jason Mohammed’s second wicket, Barbados declared their innings.
Fast bowler Shannon Gabriel finished with four for 69, Mohammed two for 61 and Imran Khan, two for 132.
In reply, T&T then marched to 32 without loss but the innings went into decline once the new ball pair of Jason Holder and Miguel Cummins were replaced by Brathwaite and Benn.
Adrian Barath was first to fall, taken at second slip by Nurse off Brathwaite for 20 and Lewis (5) found himself short of his ground, run out by good work by Jonathan Carter, with just one added to the total.
Brathwaite then threw the innings into turmoil when he got the prized wicket of Darren Bravo for four, caught behind cutting and then removed Jonathan Augustus lbw next ball without scoring, to leave T&T on 45 for four at tea.
Benn took charge after the break, ripping through the T&T middle order and only Mohammed, in a counter-attacking knock, showed any real resistance.
Mohammed hit eight fours and a six off 64 balls before he was eighth out to Benn at 90 for eight and Emrit then ensured T&T passed the 100-run mark, with a breezy 16-ball knock that included two fours and two sixes.
Carlos Brathwaite and Ashley Nurse salute the fans after both batsmen recorded maiden first-class centuries during day two of the WICB Regional 4Day match at Kensington Oval.. Photo by WICB Media/Randy Brooks of Brooks Latouche Photography.

BARBADOS 1st Innings
(overnight 243 for five)
*K Brathwaite lbw b Gabriel 0
O Phillips c Barath b Khan 67
K Edwards b Gabriel 41
J Carter lbw b Mohammed 45
R Chase c wkp Katwaroo b Khan 12
+S Dowrich c Augustus b S Gabriel 53
C Brathwaite c Emrit b Mohammed 109
J Holder lbw b Gabriel 5
A Nurse not out 130
Extras (b6, lb8, w1, nb2) 17
TOTAL (8 wkts decl., 124.5 overs) 479
Did not bat: S Benn, M Cummins.
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-73, 3-155, 4-164, 5-202, 6-284, 7-289, 8-479.
Bowling: Gabriel 22-8-69-4, Emrit 23-5-79-0, Cruikshank 15-2-72-0, Khan 36-5-132-2, Cariah 10-0-52-0, Mohammed 18.5-2-61-2.
T&T 1st Innings
A Barath c Nurse b C Brathwaite 20
E Lewis run out 5
D Bravo c wkp Dowrich b C Brathwaite 4
J Mohammed lbw b Benn 43
J Augustus lbw b C Brathwaite 0
Y Cariah c Carter b Benn 3
+S Katwaroo c Chase b Benn 1
D Cruikshank c Nurse b Benn 0
I Khan c Phillips b Nurse 5
*R Emrit not out 25
S Gabriel c & b Nurse 5
Extras (b4, nb5) 9
TOTAL (all out, 37 overs) 120
Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-33, 3-45, 4-45, 5-54, 6-60, 7-64, 8-90, 9-94, 10-120.
Bowling: Holder 5-2-10-0, Cummins 7-0-33-0, Benn 14-6-31-4, Brathwaite 7-3-15-3, Nurse 4-1-27-2.
T&T 2nd Innings (following-on)
A Barath not out 6
E Lewis not out 37
Extras (nb1) 1
TOTAL (without loss, 14 overs) 44
Bowling: Benn 7-4-17-0, Cummins 2-0-9-0, Nurse 4-0-17-0, Chase 1-0-1-0.
Position: T&T trail by 315 runs.