PORT OF SPAIN, (CMC) – WITH just one more preliminary round remaining in the CG United Super50 Cup, the Barbados Pride, Trinidad and Tobago Red Force and Windward Islands Volcanoes are in a three-way fight for a place in Saturday’s final with US$100,000 at stake for the winners.
The competition has been marred by bad weather at the three venues, with play being possible in only two rounds of matches following Tuesday’s rained- out fourth round.
The Pride sit atop the standings on 29 points having won two matches with the other two ending in no-results.
They will face the unlucky Guyana Harpy Eagles in their final preliminary round match today, with victory guaranteeing them of a place in the final for a second straight year.
Unfortunately for the Harpy Eagles, rain has allowed the completion of just one of their four matches, with the other three ending in no-results.
Meanwhile, the Red Force has the same record as the Pride, but has only picked up 10 bonus points compared to the Pride’s 17, and therefore occupy second place on 22 points.
A win in their final game against the fourth-placed Leeward Islands Hurricanes would also book them a spot in the final.
The Volcanoes are the only other team that stands a realistic chance of qualifying for the final, as they sit in third place on 17 points, with one win, one loss and two no-results.
They would have been hoping to leapfrog the Red Force in the standings, but their crucial fourth round match against the home side at the Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground on Tuesday was abandoned without a ball being bowled.
The Volcanoes will play the last-placed Jamaica Scorpions on Thursday in a must-win contest, while also needing the Red Force or Pride to either lose their games or for them to be rained out if they are to have a chance of finishing in the top two.
Despite occupying fourth, the Hurricanes are well off the pace on just eight points, one ahead of the fifth-placed Harpy Eagles and two points more than the Scorpions.