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B'dos Tightens the Screws on Windies 'B'

With a place in the semi-finals a slight possibility, Barbados turned up the pressure on the West Indies 'B', led by a five-wicket haul from Sulieman Benn and a huge first innings total. At the end of the second day's play, Windies 'B' were tottering on 150 for nine, replying to Barbados' 557 for 7 declared.


In the other key match, Guyana clamped down on the Leewards at Albion, Jamaica was beating up on Bangladesh 'A' and young sensation Devon Smith was leading the Windwards charge to first innings points over Trinidad and Tobago.

SUMMARISED SCORES


Barbados v West Indies 'B'


West Indies 'B', replying to the Barbados first innings score of 557 for seven declared, were 150 for nine at Kensington Oval.


Scores: Barbados 557-7 declared (Ryan Hinds 166, Kurt Wilkinson 135, Sherwin Campbell 107, Floyd Reifer 54, Courtney Browne 52 not out; Camilus Alexander 2-81, Antonio Mayers 2-92, Chaka Hodge 2-139).


West Indies 'B' 150-9 (Donovan Pagon 37, Roland Holder 27; Sulieman Benn 5-63, Pedro Collins 3-29).


Guyana v Leewards


The Leeward Islands, replying to Guyana's first innings score of 442, were 135 for three at Albion.


Scores: Guyana 442 (Lennox Cush 154, Shivnarine Chanderpaul 140, Neil McGarrell 54, Ramnaresh Sarwan 32; Adam Sanford 4-103, Kerry Jeremy 3-65, Goldwin Prince 2-129).


Leewards 135-3 (Runako Morton 56 not out, Alex Adams 51; Mahendra Nagamootoo 2-38).


T&T v Windwards

br /> The Windward Islands, replying to Trinidad and Tobago's first innings score of 380 all out, were 171 for two at Guaracara Park.


Scores: Trinidad & Tobago 380 (Dwayne Bravo 122, Richard Smith 72, Imran Jan 53, Lendl Simmons 47 not out; Deighton Butler 3-73, Shane Shillingford 2-68, Cameron Cuffy 2-81, Fernix Thomas 2-83).


Windwards 171-2 (Devon Smith 74 not out, Junior Murray 32 not out; Mukesh Persad 1-23)


Jamaica v Bangladesh 'A'


Bangladesh 'A', following on 202 runs behind, were 15 for one in their second innings at Chedwin Park.


Scores: Jamaica 368 (Ricardo Powell 86, Wavell Hinds 78, Gareth Breese 72, Darren Powell 38, Robert Samuels 31; Tarik Khan 4-70, Mosaddek Hossain 3-133).


Bangladesh 'A' 166 (Hannan Sarkar 55, Akram Khan 46; Darren Powell 3-39, Ryan Cunningham 3-39, David Bernard 2-8, Gareth Breese 2-23) and 15-1 (Darren Powell 1-1)