Barbados sprung a surprise 3-wicket defeat on defending U-19 Regional Champs Guyana, as round three of the 2018 Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional U-19 3-Day Championship ended in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Kevelon Anderson
Match 8 at the Park Hill Playing Field saw good performances from both sides, Guyana batting first were knocked over for 203 despite Kevelon Anderson’s gutsy 71 with 10 fours and a six which helped lay the foundation for the total. Windies U-19 wicket-keeper/batsman Joshua Persaud hit a brick 39 from 30 deliveries with eight fours and a solitary maximum, while Kevin Sinclair continued his form with a useful 33.
Camarie Boyce starred for Barbados with 3-27 while Nyeem Young was the next best bowler with 2-47. Barbados’ first innings saw Nico Reifer, the young opener, top-scoring with 69 while contributions came from Kadeem Allen and Matthew Forde who scored 35 apiece and Jaden Edmund, 28.
Spin did the job for the champs with left-arm spinner and match MVP Kelvin Umrao bagging 5-83 and Windies U-19 spinner Ashmead Nedd chipping in with two wickets to keep the Bajans to 214-10. Batting a second time, the Guyanese crumbled for 142 despite some fight from Anderson, who returned to top score with 44, and openers Javed Karim (31) and Sachin Singh (37).
Kelvin Umrao
Young and Boyce did the damage, with the former adding four more scalps to his collection as he snapped up magical figures of 4-6 while Boyce grabbed three wickets to take his total to six. With a meagre target for victory in Barbados’ sights, Reifer followed up his first innings top-score with another handy knock of 39 while his partner, Shian Brathwaite’s 22 was enough to get them over the ropes.
Other third round results:
Trinidad and Tobago beat Jamaica by 10 wickets
Jamaica 190/9 declared; 267 TT – 400/2
Leeward Islands beat Windward Islands by 6 wickets
Leeward Islands 156 and 60/4
Windward Islands 115 and 98
