ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) – A four-wicket haul by Larry Edwards helped the Windward Islands Volcanoes secure a slim 13-run first-nnings lead, but a strong bowling effort by the Jamaica Scorpions ensured honours were shared at the end of the penultimate day of their Regional Four-Day match at the Grenada National Stadium here yesterday.

Edwards grabbed four wickets for 79 runs to help earn the Volcanoes an unlikely first-innings lead, but Dennis Bulli hit back by grabbing four wickets to help keep the game in the balance.

Chadwick Walton’s fifth first-class century had looked to be enough to help the Scorpions overtake the Volcanoes’ first-innings total of 285.
Surprisingly though, the Scorpions fell just short with Edwards accounting for the final four wickets to fall.

Walton had resumed on 113, but added just 12 runs to his overnight total before being adjudged leg-before-wicket to Kavem Hodge.
Kenroy Williams too became a victim of Hodge to be out for 21 as the Scorpions slipped to 231 for six.

Edwards then struck to remove Aldaine Thomas for six, Bulli for 15, Jerome Taylor for a two-ball duck and finally Derval Green for 24 to wrap up the innings.
After Derval Green and Jerome Taylor struck in quick succession to dismiss Taryck Gabriel and Tyrone Theophile respectively, to reduce the Volcanoes to 37 for two, Bulli claimed two crucial scalps.

First, he had Devon Smith stumped for 47 then captain Kirk Edwards leg-before-wicket for 21.
It required a 58-run stand between Hodge and Alick Athanaze to rescue their side from trouble, with the two carrying the score up to 147 before Athanaze was bowled by Kenroy Williams for a well-played 27.

Bulli was back in the thick of things soon after, accounting for the wickets of Dennis Smith and Hodge, who scored 52 from 75 balls, laced with seven boundaries and one six.
It allowed the Scorpions to restrict Volcanoes to 198 for nine, an overall lead of 211 and a chance of victory heading into today’s final day.

VOLCANOES 1st innings 285

SCORPIONS 1st innings (o/n 212 for four)

1. Walton lbw b Hodge 125
2. Williams c wkp. DD Smith b Lewis 6
3. King b Jordan 52
4. Fudadin c Theophile b Jordan 8
5. Palmer Jr run-out 9
6. Thomas c Smith b Edward 6
7. Williams c Theophile b Hodge 21
8. Green b Edward 24
9. Bulli c Smith b Edward 15
10. Taylor c Theophile b Edward 0
11. Levy not out 0

Extras: (b-2, lb-3, nb-1) 6

Total: (all out, 111.5 overs) 272

Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-132, 3-150, 4-180, 5-214, 6-231, 7-231, 8-265, 9-265.

Bowling: Lewis 16-2-43-1, Thomas 7-0-28-0, Edward 38.5-11-79-4, Hodge 27-4-51-2, Theophile 7-0-30-0, Jordan 16-3-36-2.

VOLCANOES 2nd innings

D.Smith stp. Thomas b Bulli 47

1. Gabriel lbw b Green 4
2. Theophile c Bulli b Taylor 9
3. Edwards lbw b Bulli 21
4. Hodge c King b Bulli 52
5. Athanaze b Williams 27
6. Smith c Taylor b Bulli 6
7. Jordan lbw b Walton 16
8. Thomas c & b Walton 0
9. Edwards not out 5
10. Lewis not out 0

Extras: (b-2, lb-9) 11

Total: (9 wkts, 57 overs) 198

Bowling: Taylor 7-0-32-1, Green 8-1-30-1, Levy 5-1-11-0, Williams 17-1-50-1, Bulli 16-0-54-4, Walton 4-0-10-2.

Position: Volcanoes lead by 211 runs with one wicket in hand.