PCL Round 10, day 2
Hurricanes vs Pride
Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 19 - (www.bcacricket.org) - Leeward Islands Hurricanes, with a first innings deficit of 317, were 18 for one off nine overs in their second innings - still 299 runs in arrears - at the close of play on the second day of their 10th and final round WICB PCL first-class match against Barbados Pride at Warner Park today.
The not out batsmen were Kacey Carty on two and nightwatchman Jeremiah Louis on seven.
Jaguars vs Scorpions
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Test batsman Jermaine Blackwood struck a half-century to prop up Jamaica Scorpions after they suffered a batting slump to leave Guyana Jaguars in command of their final round Regional four-day championship game here Saturday.
Replying to the hosts’ 420 all out, Scorpions finished the second day at the National Stadium here on 171 for five – still 249 runs adrift.
Blackwood, batting at number three, top-scored with 62 while Devon Thomas stroked an unbeaten 40 and Shacaya Thomas, 32.
Scorpions were cruising at 70 for one before losing four wickets for 50 runs to crash to 120 for five, with left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie claiming three of the wickets to fall to finish with three for 33.
Volcanoes vs Red Force
A brave fightback by the T&T Red Force on day two led by leg spinner Imran Khan gave the home team some optimism going into the third day’s play today against the Windward Islands Volcanoes in the last round of the Regional Four-Day tournament at the National Cricket Centre in Couva.
Yesterday, however, belonged to former West Indies opening batsman Devon Smith, who cracked another first class hundred. Smith scored 127 off 197 deliveries, slamming 21 fours in his 242-minute stay at the crease. He guided the Windward Islands from 33/0 overnight to 289 all out, a lead of 78 runs on first innings.
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