West Indies Championships: Rain plays spoil sport on Day 2

It was rain, rain and more rain in St. Kitts and Nevis on Thursday, as heavenly showers put a damper on the West Indies Regional 4-Day Championships which bowled off on Wednesday.
For the Guyana Harpy Eagles, who are taking on the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force at the Conaree Cricket Center, no play was possible as it rained through the morning session. By afternoon, the day’s play was suspended.
The Red Force ended Day 1 on 214-5, after Jason Mohamed patiently constructed his 12th first-class century. Tion Webster added to the Trinidadians’ resistance with a half century. For the Harpy Eagles, Ronsford Beaton and Veerasammy Permaul picked up two wickets each.

Over at Warner Park, also in St. Kitts, the situation was the same, as the West Indies Academy were hampered from continuing their dominance over the Leeward Islands Hurricanes.
On day 1, a combined effort from the Academy bowlers routed the Hurricanes cheaply. Joshua James picked up 3-11 from 7 overs, while Guyanese Ashmead Nedd took 2-3 from 10.2 overs, inclusive of 7 maidens. Johann Layne and captain Nyeem Young also picked up two wickets to assist in bowling out the Hurricanes for 137 runs.
A late spur from Jeremiah Louis was the highlight of the Hurricanes’ innings, as he hit 45 from 123 balls. The next best score came off the bat of Terrence Warde who struck 28 from 68 balls.

In reply, the West Indies Academy were 60-2 before close of play, after losing Rashawn Worrell and Kadeem Alleyne for 13 and 4 runs respectively. Nonetheless, Mbeki Joseph and Ackeem Auguste were unbeaten on 30 and 15 respectively.
Rain at Warner Park meant that the scores would remain the same if play is to resume today. Should the weather hold, both games will resume at 10:00hrs local time, and they are being streamed live on West Indies’ YouTube page.