THE Trinidad and Tobago Red Force and the Jamaica Scorpions could make no headway against each other in their Windies Professional Cricket League 4Day game at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy on Sunday.

The game, after a high-scoring affair in the first innings, petered out to a draw, with the Red Force on 84-3 in chase of 192 for victory.
The Scorpions had started the affair on the front foot, scoring 431 courtesy of 169 from Fabian Allen and 98 from Brandon King.
However, the Red Force would respond in kind, through the efforts of Yannic Cariah, 127, and Tion Webster, 178.

The Red Force’s 380-7 declared, though impressive, maybe took too much time, so though they skittled out the Scorpions in the second innings for 141, finding a win in the time remaining was very unlikely.
Imran Khan was the man who threatened to make a game of the situation, bagging 6-59 in that second innings against skipper Paul Pamer Jr, who scored 52 valuable runs.
Palmer’s innings soaked up 184 deliveries and along with Derval Green, 30, may have saved the match.
Chasing down 192 was never going to be easy and despite Denesh Ramdin’s unbeaten 31 from 42 deliveries, the Red Force never got close, still needing a further 108 for victory at stumps.

SCORPIONS 1st innings 431
Red Force 1st innings 380-7 decl.
Scorpions 2nd innings
(overnight 29 for one)
T Griffith c Richards b Primus 10
G Garvey b Imran Khan 20
A Fudadin c wkp Jangoo b Imran Khan 8
B King lbw b Richards 3
*P Palmer lbw b K Pierre 52
D Green c and b Imran Khan 30
+R Morris c Solozano b Imran Khan 5
F Allen b Imran Khan 0
D Bulli lbw b Imran Khan 3
J Dawes not out 2
P Harrison c Charles b Pierre 3
Extras (b3, nb2) 5
TOTAL (all out, 83 overs) 141
Fall of wicket: 1-18, 2-37, 3-40, 4-48, 5-100, 6-106, 7-106, 8-119, 9-137, 10-141.
Bowling: Richards 11-6-13-1, Primus 5-2-16-1, Imran Khan 37-12-59-6, Pierre 19-5-40-2, Charles 11-7-10-0.
RED FORCE 2nd Innings (target: 193 runs)
+A Jangoo c wkp Morris b Green 8
J Solozano b Green 17
R Primus run out 9
*D Ramdin not out 31
T Webster not out 15
Extras (b1, w3) 4
TOTAL (3 wkts, 19 overs) 84
Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-29, 3-46.
Bowling: Green 9-0-55-2, Dawes 7-0-23-0, Harrison 2-0-2-0, King 1-0-3-0.