Rain forces lack of play on day two between harpy eagles and Red force
Conisistnet rains made play impossible on day two of the Cricket West Indies Championship four day match between the Guyana Harpy Eagles and the Trinidad Red Force in St Kitts.

Elsewhere, an enterprising third first-class hundred from former West Indies Under-19 batsman Kevin Wickham enabled Barbados Pride to make up for lost time against Combined Campuses & Colleges.

The 20-year-old cracked eight fours and nine sixes in a fluent 139 from 135 balls to become the second century-maker for the season, and Pride declared their first innings on 341 for eight about 45 minutes before the scheduled close on the second day of their first-round match in Jamaica before the Marooners grinded to 10 for one when stumps were drawn.

A destructive opening burst from pacer Darius Martin followed up consistent batting down the order led by half-centuries from Johann Jeremiah, Shamar Springer, and Ryan John and put Windward Islands Volcanoes on track for a possible three-day win against hosts Jamaica Scorpions.

Martin ended the day with three for 29 from seven overs, and Scorpions limped to 76 for four in their second innings before stumps were drawn, still trailing by 106, after they had dismissed Volcanoes for 341 in their first innings.
There was no play in the other two matches in the first round because of adverse weather in St Kitts.

AT CHEDWIN PARK: Wickham maximised the docile pitch and the small boundaries to lead the Pride batting onslaught with his first hundred for them in this tournament.

He reached the milestone from 120 balls with a six over mid-wicket off Trinidadian off-spinner Shatrughan Rambaran inside the first hour after tea before teenaged leg-spinner Zishan Motara bowled him round his legs with Pride intent on scoring quickly to hasten the declaration.

Jonathan Drakes piled on the pressure with 84, retired West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman Shane Dowrich cracked 41, and opener Zachary McCaskie, a West Indies Test selectee on the Tour of Australia, made 30.

Pacer Akeem Jordan, another West Indies Test selectee on the Tour of Australia, then gave Pride their only success in about an hour-and-a-quarter of play before stumps were drawn when he bowled Trinidadian opener Kirstan Kallicharan for seven after the former West Indies Under-19 World Cup winner shared a painstaking opening stand of nine in 16 overs with Shaqkere Parris.

At the close, Parris, a former West Indies Under-19 opener, was not out on two and discarded West Indies batsman Shamarh Brooks was not out on zero.
After a ruptured water main flooded parts of the outfield and forced the abandonment of the first day, Pride had no second thoughts about winning the toss and deciding to bat and their batsmen made merry before lunch.

The Marooners still managed to chip away at their top order and restricted them to 105 for three at the interval with Pride and West Indies Test captain Kraigg Brathwaite going inside the first hour for seven before fellow opener Shayne Moseley departed for 10 and McCaskie too, fell in the second hour.

After lunch, Drakes made scoring look easy and shared 112 for the fourth wicket with Wickham before off-spinner Romario Greaves held a sharp return catch in his second over to send him on his way and got the big-hitting Roshon Primus caught at slip for five in his fourth over.

Pride were 198 for five, and Dowrich came out to join Wickham and carried them to tea on 218 for five before he exploded after the break, and the pair added 75 for the sixth wicket in quick time.
Blades bowled Dowrich off the inside edge with Pride 273 for six, and Wickham was within reach of his hundred, and he accelerated to get them past 300 and to the declaration.

AT SABINA PARK: Scorpions again failed to ease worries about the competence of their batting after Martin struck with his second delivery and got opener Carlos Brown caught at third slip for a duck in the second over of the innings.
He followed up with the scalp of West Indies Test left-hander Kirk McKenzie squared up and caught at gully also for a third-ball duck with the final delivery of the same over.

Scorpions were seven for two, and opener Chadwick Walton resisted for close to half-hour with discarded West Indies Test vice-captain Jermaine Blackwood before Martin bowled him for 20 with a delivery that moved back and appeared to keep low.

Blackwood stayed long enough to get Scorpions past 50 with Nkrumah Bonner, another Test discard, before Volcanoes first innings bowling hero Ryan John got him caught low down at second slip for 16 and the home team found themselves in a hole on 70 for four.

Earlier, Jeremiah led the way with 80, Springer made 71, and John added 57, and Volcanoes gained a first innings lead of 182 after they had bowled Scorpions out for 159 the previous day.

Four wickets – two apiece to off-spinner Peat Salmon and pacer Gordon Bryan – had Volcanoes unsettled on 219 for six at lunch after Ambris, Jeremiah, Shadrach Descarte, and Barbadian wicketkeeper-batsman Tevyn Walcott fell in entertaining period before the interval.

After lunch, a stand of 118 for the seventh wicket between John and Springer, two members of the 2016 West Indies Under-19 World Cup winning squad, snuffed the life out of the Scorpions fight-back and gave Volcanoes the edge.

After John was caught on the fine leg boundary off Bryan, there was token resistance from the rest of the visitors’ batting.
Bryan was the pick of the Scorpions bowlers, ending with four for 64 from 23 overs, Salmon supported with three for 78 from 31 overs, and Marquino Mindley bagged two for 60 from 22.2 overs.

AT CONAREE CRICKET CENTRE: Trinidad & Tobago Red Force were set to resume from their overnight total of 215 for four against defending champions Guyana Harpy Eagles with Jason Mohammed not out on exactly 100 and opener Vikash Mohan not out on 20, but constant rain meant no play was possible.

AT WARNER PARK: Mbeki Joseph was not on 30 and his captain Ackeem Auguste was not out on 15, and the Cricket West Indies Academy were to continue from their bedtime total of 60 for two, replying to a first innings total of 137 for hosts Leeward Islands Hurricanes, but constant rain meant no play was possible.