Red Force, Jaguars atop points table

… Boatswain, Lewis head individual stats

FOLLOWING the completion of 12 matches in the CG Insurance Super50 Cup which is being hosted in Antigua, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Red Force head the points table with the Guyana Jaguars narrowly behind.
The tournament which began on February 7 has the undefeated T&T ahead with 16 points from four matches while Guyana, also undefeated, have 12 points from three encounters. These two tournament favourites are scheduled to go head-to-head today.

Third-place occupants Windward Islands (WI) Volcanoes are on eight points after claiming two wins and losing an equal number while Barbados Pride are fourth with four points after securing only one win in their four encounters.
Leeward Islands (LI) Hurricanes and Jamaica Scorpions are also both on four points after each securing just one win in four matches. However, according to the Net Run Rate (NRR), Hurricanes are fifth while Scorpions sit in the cellar.
After Friday’s game between Volcanoes and Scorpions, all teams except Jaguars have completed four matches.

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Trinidad and Tobago’s Evin Lewis and Leeward Islands’ Quinton Boatswain lead the individual stats for batsmen and bowlers, respectively.
Boatswain heads the most wickets list with 11 while Guyana’s Gudakesh Motie is second with nine. Prior to Friday’s match, Boatswain and Motie were tied on nine wickets but the entire statistics showed that the latter has been the more economical of the two after both playing three matches.
What is even more impressive is the fact that these two have also both claimed 2 four-wicket hauls in the tournament.
Hayden Walsh of Hurricanes and Volcanoes’ Larry Edwards are tied at third with seven wickets each while the wicket-takers at the six-wicket mark include Guyana’s Nial Smith, LI’s Ashmead Nedd, T&T’s Anderson Phillip, Kieron Pollard and Ravi Rampaul and Barbados’ Jason Holder, Chemar Holder and Akeem Jordan.
In the batting department, Lewis sits atop the ranks with 233 runs at an average of 58.25 and has cultivated a high score of 107. Trailing closely in second is LI’s Nitish

Kumar who also has 233 runs to his tally, but has played 5 innings in comparison to Lewis’ four innings.
Kumar’s average is 46.60 and he also has the second highest score of the tournament with 112. Jason Mohammed sits at third after accumulating 203 runs from his four innings with a high score of 122 and sporting an average of 67.66.
Occupying the fourth place slot is Barbados’ Shamar Brooks (198) – two runs shy of the 200-run mark. Following closely are Sunil Ambris (190), Justin Greaves (184), Jonathan Carter (179), Keacy Carty (167), Kieron Powell (166) and Christopher Barnwell (158).
On the centurion list, Lewis and Mohammed are accompanied by Kumar (112), Barnwell (107) and Carty (123*).
Following today’s table-topping match, just three matches remain in the preliminary round before the final four engage battle on February 24 and 25.