TAROUBA, Trinidad (CMC) – Barbados Pride expectedly cruised to an easy victory over Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, defeating them by seven wickets in their fifth round match in the Regional Four-Day Championships at the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium here yesterday.

Having started the day in full control of the match by restricting the Red Force to 62 for six at the end of the second day’s play, Pride skittled out the home side for just 103, with medium pacer Shamar Springer claiming three of the four wickets to fall.

Needing just 58 runs for victory after securing a 45-run first-innings lead, the visitors then romped to an easy win, finishing on 58 for three in 17 overs.
With fast bowler Marquino Mindley having done the damage the previous evening by taking four quick wickets, Springer followed in his footsteps.

Red Force’s duo of Imran Khan and Odean Smith frustrated the opposition during a 52-run seventh-wicket partnership to give their side a slim chance of posting a defendable total.
They came together with their side tottering on 46 for six and carried the score to 98 without much alarm as they mixed stout defence with occasional aggression.

But once Kevin Stoute who ended the match with eight wickets had breached Khan’s defence, to have him clean-bowled, for 25, the rest of the tail folded quickly.
Without another run added, Springer dismissed Smith for the top score of 28 and followed that up with the wickets of Khary Pierre for a duck and Anderson Philip, who was bowled, for two.

Springer ended with figures of 4 for 24, Mindley took four for 47 and Stoute snagged the other two wickets.

Defending a total of 57 was always going to be tough for the Red Force, but Philip came out firing on all cylinders, claiming the cheap wickets of Shayne Moseley for three and Aaron Jones for seven to leave Pride 16 for two.

Captain Jonathan Carter, however, came to his side’s rescue with an unbeaten 25 to help see his team to a predictable victory.

RED FORCE 1st innings 170

PRIDE 1st innings 215

RED FORCE 1st innings (o/n 62 for six)

1. Hope c Walcott b Springer 6
2. Solozano c Carter b Mindley 5
3. Jangoo c Carter b Mindley 4
4. Mohammed c Alleyne b Mindley 10
5. Ramdin c Walcott b Stoute 9
6. Cariah lbw b Mindley 6
7. Khan b Stoute 25
8. Smith c Carter b Springer 28
9. Pierre c Mindley b Springer 0
10. St Clair not out 3
11. Philip b Springer 2

Extras: (nb-3) 3

Total: (all out, 48.4 overs) 103

Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-10, 3-21, 4-33, 5-41, 6-46, 7-98, 8-98, 9-99.

Bowling: Mindley 18-6-47-4, Harding 8-5-10-0, Stoute 10-4-22-2, Springer 12.4-2-24-4.

BARBADOS 2nd innings

1. Moseley c Ramdin b Philip 3
2. Alleyne c Ramdin b Pierre 22
3. Jones lbw b Philip 7
4. Carter not out 25
5. Kirton not out 0

Extras: (lb-1) 1

Total: (3 wkts, 17.1 overs) 58

Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-16, 3-54.

Bowling: Philip 7-2-21-2, St Clair 4-1-8-0, Smith 4-0-16-0, Pierre 2-1-8-1, 0.1-0-4-0.