Guyana get innings win over WI Academy in warm-up action
T&T 333 & 280 (Cooper 102, Khary Pierre 64; Bishop 6-87) defeat Pride 296 & 177 (Moseley 39, Springer 25; Pierre 5-54) by 140 runs
The Trinidad and Tobago Red Force are through to the West Indies Championship final after defeating the Barbados Pride by 140 runs on a thrilling final day in their playoff contest at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua and Barbuda.
Needing 318 runs in just about two sessions for victory, the Pride recovered from the early loss of Kraigg Brathwaite, nicked off by Jayden Seales for 4, with an even 50-run second-wicket stand between Shayne Moseley (39) and Jonathan Drakes (14).
They would then, however, lose five wickets for 76 runs, as Khary Pierre and Bryan Charles spun through the middle and lower order.
A 37-run seventh-wicket partnership between Shamar Springer (25) and Leniko Boucher (20) provided a glimmer of hope for the Pride before Pierre (5/54) and Charles (4/62) completed the win for the Red Force, accounting for nine wickets between them.
T&T earlier added 71 runs to their overnight total to begin the day, losing their three remaining wickets to be dismissed for 280 in 97.4 overs. Khary Pierre, who resumed batting on nine, notched a half-century (64) and shared a crucial 61-run tenth-wicket stand with Seales (9*).
Centurion Cephas Cooper (102) added just one to his overnight score, while Joshua Bishop completed his five-wicket haul, claiming 6 for 87. Roston Chase grabbed 3 for 67.
