PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) – An incisive burst from seamer Carlos Brathwaite wrecked Trinidad and Tobago Red Force’s top order and left them in tatters on the second day of their opening round match against Barbados Pride here yesterday.

Responding to Barbados’s 360 all out, T&T were playing positively at 22 without loss before Brathwaite intervened with three quick wickets to rock the innings. The hosts never recovered and stumbled to the close at 89 for seven, still 271 runs behind on first innings.
Brathwaite has so far taken three for eight from nine immaculate overs while West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach has picked two for 25, including the precious wicket of West Indies Test captain Denesh Ramdin without scoring.
Yannick Cariah has so far top-scored for Red Force with 26 while opener Lendl Simmons scored 24.
When bad light stopped play, Imran Khan was not out on 13 and captain Rayad Emrit, on two.
Earlier, captain and opener Kraigg Brathwaite extended his overnight 115 not out to 182, as Barbados imposed themselves on the contest at Queen’s Park Oval.
Resuming the day on 209 for four, Barbados flourished through Brathwaite and wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich, who made 76. The pair added 217 runs for the fifth wicket, a partnership that put the game firmly in Barbados’ favour.
Overall, Brathwaite faced 361 balls and batted just over 7-1/2 hours, counting 17 fours while Dowrich, resuming the day on exactly 50, struck ten fours in an innings consuming 207 balls and lasting a shade over four hours.
When Dowrich and Carlos Brathwaite (0) fell in the same over to leg-spinner Imran Khan, Kraigg Brathwaite anchored two small partnerships to see his side past the 300-run mark.
He first added 33 for the seventh wicket with Jason Holder (17) and then put on a further 48 for the eighth wicket with Ashley Nurse who blasted three fours and two sixes in an attacking 29.
Speedster Marlon Richards finished with three for 51, Imran Khan picked up three for 75 while left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein claimed two for 56.
Carlos Brathwaite then took centre stage, sending back Evin Lewis for ten and Yannick Ottley for a first ball ‘duck’, both to catches at the wicket as T&T crashed to 22 for two.
The West Indies A captain then bowled Jason Mohammed for three to send T&T to tea at 43 for three. Off the first ball after the break, Simmons was caught at first slip by Dwayne Smith off Roach and two balls later, Ramdin was bowled by one that swung back from the Windies pacer.
Tottering at 42 for five, T&T tried to fight back through a 20-run, sixth wicket stand between Cariah and Hosein, who made nine.
However, off-spinner Nurse prised out Hosein to set T&T back again.

BARBADOS 1st Innings
(overnight 209 for four)
*K Brathwaite c Khan b Hosein 182
O Phillips c wkp Ramdin b Richards 9
D Smith c wkp Ramdin b Richards 10
J Carter c wkp Ramdin b M Richards 0
R Chase lbw b Gabriel 24
+S Dowrich c Lewis b Khan 76
C Brathwaite c Simmons b Khan 0
J Holder c and b Emrit 17
A Nurse c Simmons b Hosein 29
K Roach not out 1
J Warrican st Ramdin b Khan 9
Extras (b1, lb1, w1) 3
TOTAL (all out, 126.2 overs) 360
Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-36, 3-40, 4-44, 5-261, 6-261, 7-294, 8-342, 9-349, 10-360.
Bowling: Gabriel 19-3-61-1, Richards 21-8-51-3 (w1), Emrit 16-3-49-1, Hosein 25-7-56-2, Khan 24.2-3-75-3, Mohammed 7-2-22-0, Ottley 4-0-7-0, Cariah 6-0-23-0, Simmons 6-0-14-0.

T&T 1st Innings
L Simmons c Smith b Roach 25
E Lewis c wkp Dowrich b C Brathwaite 10
Y Ottley c wkp Dowrich b C Brathwaite 0
J Mohammed b C Brathwaite 3
Y Cariah c Phillips b Warrican 26
+D Ramdin b Roach 0
A Hosein c Holder b Nurse 9
I Khan not out 13
R Emrit not out 2
Extras (nb1) 1
TOTAL (7 wkts, 40 overs) 89
To bat: S Gabriel, M Richards.
Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-22, 3-34, 4-42, 5-42, 6-62, 7-84.
Bowling: Roach 9-4-25-2, Holder 9-5-17-0, C Brathwaite 9-4-8-3, Nurse 8-0-22-1, Smith 3-0-7-0, Warrican 2-0-10-1.
Position: Red Force trail by 271 runs with three wickets intact.