ON a truncated opening day of the fifth round of the Cricket West Indies four-day Championship, where 63 overs were lost to rain, the Windward Volcanoes reached 77-2 against Guyana Harpy Eagles when play was called for the day at 17:00hrs
Only seven overs were bowled in the first two sessions of the opening day due to the morning showers after the Windwards won the toss and elected to bat on a good track in overcast conditions.
Test off-spinner Kevin Sinclair struck in the first over when he bowled nineteen-year-old Stephon Pascal for a duck at 8-1.

Jermaine Solozano and Kevin Hodge took the score to 14 when rain stopped play and no play was possible until after Tea.
After the delay, Hodge (17) edged Renaldo Ali-Mohammed to wicket-keeper Tevin Imlach at 57-2.

The left-handed Solozano was unbeaten seven short of his 13th first-class fifty. His 43 lasted 89 balls and included five fours. With him was skipper Alick Athanaze on nine.

Play is scheduled to resume at 09:30hrs today, to make up for the time lost yesterday. (Sean Devers)