Headley-Weekes Tri-Series 2023: West Indies Academy in command
– after McKenzie double- century, Wickham hundred
Kevlon Anderson was dismissed in the 20s, after his hundred in the first match
Twenty-two-year-old Jamaican Kirk McKenzie has slammed a maiden double-century, while Barbadian Kevin Wickham has stroked his maiden hundred, as West Indies Academy assumed command over Team Weekes.
Playing in match two of this Headley-Weekes first-class Tri Series in Antigua, West Indies Academy ended day three on 378-4 in 121 overs, replying to Team Weekes’s 401 all out in 99.2 overs.
Kirk McKenzie on his way to a double
McKenzie, playing in only his sixth first-class match, hit an unbeaten 209 from 365 balls. His innings included 25 fours and one six, while Wickham was unbeaten on 104 from 223 balls in an innings decorated with eight fours and one six.
West Indies Academy resumed the third day on 89-2 in 29.3 overs. Kevlon Anderson made only 26, and Guyanese Tevin Imlach was out for a duck. Both batsmen were removed by Kevin Sinclair.
Kevin Wickham scored a maiden hundred
At 142-4, Wickham joined McKenzie, and the duo got on top of the bowling of Dominic Drakes, Kevin Sinclair, Nial Smith, Jair McCalister and Veerasammy Permaul. They added an unbroken 236 runs for the fifth wicket.
McCalister had 2-69 from 15 overs, while Sinclair had 2-71 from his 21 overs. The final day will bowl off from 10:00h Eastern Caribbean Time today at Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua.
