West Indies Men’s U-19 Super50 Cup…

CMC – Tidy spells from the trio of pacer Kyron King, and spinners Nathan Sealy and Zishan Motara enabled newly-minted two-day champions Barbados to stay on course for the double, with a nine-wicket win against Guyana in the top-of-the-table clash in the West Indies Men’s Under-19 Super50 Cup on Sunday in St. Vincent.

A hundred from West Indies Under-19 and ‘A’ Team batsman Jordan Johnson failed to inspire Jamaica, and Leeward Islands claimed a 19-run win, while Trinidad & Tobago defied a tidy all-round performance from Kirt Murray, and clinched a one-wicket win against hosts Windward Islands in a nail-biting finish.

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Sealy, a member of the West Indies Under-19 team at the last ICC Men’s Under-19 World Cup in South Africa, was the pick of the Barbadian bowlers taking three for six from seven overs, and the Guyanese were dismissed for 58 in 33.4 overs after they were put in to bat.

King supported with three for seven from 6.4 overs, and leg-spinner Motara, a member of the Combined Campuses & Colleges Marooners during the last senior West Indies Championship, bagged three for 13 from his allotted 10 overs.

No Guyanese batsman reached 20, but opener Rampertab Ramnauth led the way with 15, and their captain Mavendra Dindyal got 11.
Opener Zion Brathwaite then hit 28 not-out, and Joshua Morris was not-out on 23, and Barbados required only 47 balls to complete the run chase, and remain unbeaten after four consecutive wins, while Guyana slid to their first defeat.

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Johnson cracked 12 fours and six sixes in a dominant 106 off 83 balls, but no other Jamaican batsman reached 20.

The left-hander dominated stands of 72 with Kev’Aundre Virgo for the second wicket and 80 with Steve Wedderburn for the third wicket, but none of the other Jamaica batsmen fired, and the Leewards bowlers, led by Is-rael Morton, defied Johnson to help clinch the win.

Earlier, opener Michael Palmer hit the top score of 74 from 87 balls and West Indies Under-19 wicketkeeper-batsman Jewel Andrew cracked 54 from 65 balls, and Leewards finished on 208 for nine from their 50 overs after they decided to bat.

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A resolute 40 not-out from Fareez Ali enabled T&T to reach their target of 97 in a low-scoring contest against the Windwards.

Lee John and Murray grabbed three wickets apiece, and T&T stumbled to 62 for eight in the 22nd over, but Ali held his nerve and ushered the two-island republic youth over the finish line with two small partnerships with tail-enders Kevin Kanhai and Aneal Rooplal.

Earlier, Murray led the way with 29, but Windwards were bowled out for 96 in 35.5 overs after they decided to bat.
The tournament continues tomorrow when Guyana meet Windwards at Park Hill, Jamaica face T&T at Arnos Vale, and Leewards play Barbados at Cumberland.