Jaguars slump to 2nd place after Scorpions’ defeat

WICB PCL Regional 4-Day Championship…

Five times’ defending champions of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) PCL Regional 4-Day Tournament, the Guyana Jaguars, have again been dislodged from the apex of this season’s points standings following their loss to the Jamaica Scorpions in round 4 play on Sunday at the National Stadium at Providence in Guyana.
The Barbados Pride have now assumed that lead following their massive victory over the Leeward Islands Hurricanes by an innings and 81 runs, their score of 398 being enough to overshadow the Hurricanes’ scores of 181 and 136-9.
Pride are at the apex with 65 points, while Jaguars sit in 2nd position with 49 points, accumulated from two wins and an equal amount of losses. The Trinidad & Tobago Red Force are in 3rd place with 41.2 points, following their fourth-round draw against the Windward Islands Volcanoes. That draw meant the sides had to share match points, thus the Volcanoes, with 40.4 points, are in 4th place and are closely tailing the Red Force.
Jamaica’s win against Guyana will definitely boost their confidence following their shaky start to this season. This win now aggregates with a loss and two draws to produce a combined total of 36.8 points, which places them at 5th place. The other team in the tournament, Hurricanes, played to their third loss in four games; and with only one win to their credit, they are at the bottom of the points’ table with 29.2 points.
The fifth round of this tournament continues this Thursday, February 13, across the Caribbean. Pride will meet Red Force in Barbados, Scorpions host the Hurricanes, and Guyana meet the Volcanoes in Grenada.