PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) – Out-of-favour Test off-spinner Rahkeem Cornwall completed a 11-wicket match haul as Leeward Islands Hurricanes hammered Windward Islands Volcanoes by 228 runs here Saturday.
The 29-year-old picked up six for 45 on the final day of the fourth round encounter at Queen’s Park Oval, a spell that sent Volcanoes crashing to 184 all out before lunch.
Captain Kavem Hodge, unbeaten at the start on 25, top-scored with 43 but there was little resistance from the middle and lower order as Volcanoes lost their last seven wickets for 57 runs after resuming on 127 for three.
Cornwall, overlooked for the last Test series against England, grabbed three of the wickets to fall on Saturday while left-arm spinner Daniel Doram (3-13) picked up two scalps.
Following his first innings five for 61, Cornwall finished the game with 11 for 106 to move his tally for the season to 21 wickets.
Cornwall struck as early as the second over of the day when the left-handed Ackeem Auguste (18) offered no shot to one which went on with the arm and was bowled before Volcanoes had added a single run.
Boosted by the strike, Cornwall then ripped out the Volcanoes middle order. He trapped Keron Cottoy lbw on the back foot for six and then also hit Hodge plumb on the back foot, after the right-hander had faced 141 balls and counted half-dozen fours.
Cornwall then removed the last recognised batsman Denis Smith for seven, the right-hander charging from his crease, missing wild heave and having his stumps shattered.