Guyana respond with strong batting performance against WI Academy
Pride 262 for 9 (Boucher 80, Bishop 79*, Phillip 4-51) trail T&T 333 all out (Cooper 93, Da Silva 70; Springer 3-40) by 71 runs
The Trinidad and Tobago Red Force are closing in on a first-innings lead in their West Indies Championship playoff contest against Barbados Pride at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua and Barbuda. T&T restricted the Pride to 262 for nine at stumps on Day 2, still 71 runs adrift of their first-innings total of 333 all out.
The Red Force seamers had the Pride reeling at 47 for six early in the innings. It took significant contributions from the lower-order to bring Barbados back into the contest, with Leniko Boucher and Shamar Springer (51) sharing in an 88-run partnership for the seventh wicket before the former put on 103 runs in an eighth-wicket stand with Joshua Bishop (79*).
The Pride lost top-scorer Boucher (80) and Johann Layne (4) in the last half-hour of the day’s play to slip from 243 for seven.
T&T, starting the day at 298 for seven, lost their final three wickets for 35 runs and were dismissed in 111.2 overs.
Shamar Springer led Barbados’ attack with figures of 3 for 40, while there were two wickets apiece for Kyle Mayers (2/39), Johann Layne (2/5
, and Roston Chase (2/66).
