Rangers, Spartans and Gladiola win – Barbados Today

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WestThe Andlers easily defeated the Signia Globe Financial Inc BCA Juniors team in the second series of the BCA Elite Division Three-Day Championship on Sunday.

When play resumed that day, only one run was needed to win and captain Ian Boyce took six wickets in the first innings of the day’s play, having already taken three wickets in the first innings.

The youth team was bowled out for 112 and lost the match with an innings score of 104.

Boyce finished with figures of 6/24 while Shomari Gittens was the top scorer for the junior team with 33 points.

Fraction

Rangers won 315-4 (52.1 innings) (Seth Agard 100 not out – 153 balls, 8 fours; Jonathan Drakes 97 – 48 balls, 6 fours, 6 sixes; Davion Hoyt 52 – 80 balls, 5 fours, 2 sixes; Raymond Reifer 40; Shomary Gittens 3-41).

BCA Juniors 99 All Out (27.1 innings) (Reviera Cottle 56 – 60, 6 fours, 3 sixes; Tyreil Sargeant 14; Kyron King 3-17, Isaiah Folkes 3-19, Ian Boyce 3-39) and 112 All Out (37.3 innings) (Shomari Gittens 33, Tyrell Sargeant 32; Ian Boyce 6-24, Jourdan Niles 2-17).

Key points: Rangers 20 (12 straight wins, 4 hits, 4 pitches), BCA Youth 0.

At Queen’s Park

At the end of the game against Wildey, the Fusionz Boutique Spartan team won by 89 points.

Akil Greenidge of Sparta opened the innings at 94/3 and hit a half-century on 59 with a lead of 211. They finished the innings at 165/6.

Chasing 283 runs for victory, Wildey’s Demetrius Richards and Craig St Hill put together a solid 113-run partnership before St Hill was dismissed for 51 and Richards continued to work hard, scoring 72 but was caught by the keeper at 165/6.

With victory in sight and time running out, Spartans applied pressure and took the last 4 wickets before the end of the match, with Wilder getting out for 194 runs.

Andre Marshall was the top bowler with figures of 3/57.

Fraction

Spartans 205 all out (52.1 innings) (Akeem Springer 54 – 56 balls, 6 fours, 4 sixes; Shammah Brooks 38, Mikhail Austin 36, Shavon Brooks 28, Achilles Brown 19, Joshua Drakes 13; Jerome Jones 5-50, Tariq O’Neill 3-68) and declared 165-6 (34.2 innings) (Akeel Greenidge 59 – 92 balls, 9 fours; Shammah Brooks 31, Tauren Gibson 23, Mikhail Austin 22, Achilles Brown 16 not out; Jerome Jones 2-35, Jaden Roberts 2-41, Deswin Currency 2-58).

Wildey 88 All Out (35 innings) (Craig St. Hill 30, Zachary McCaskie 10, Demetrius Richards 10, Deswin Currency 10; Damario Goodman 5-20, Stefon King 2-23, Andre Marshall 2-43) and 194 All Out (63.1 innings) (Demetrius Richards 72 – 125 balls, 4 fours, 1 six; Craig St. Hill 51 – 81 balls, 1 four, 3 sixes; Jayden Roberts 16, Nimar Bolden 12, Deswin Currency 12, Shanaldo Taylor 11; Andre Marshall 3-57, Joshua Drakes 2-14, Damario Goodman 2-38).

Key points: Sparta 18 (12 direct wins, 2 batting, 4 bowling), Wilder 4 (4 bowling).

At Rice

Superb Blend Gladiola chased 90 runs in their second innings batting and beat Yorkshire by 4 wickets.

Left-arm spin bowler Giovante Depeiza led the way in the match, taking 13 wickets for 78 runs, taking 8/37 wickets in the first innings and 5/41 in the second.

Ryshon Williams top-scored for Yorkshire, scoring 70 runs.

Fraction

Yorkshire were all out for 129 (30.4 innings) (Jamal Smith 54, Shem Watson 25, Zidane Harwood 15, Shakeel Richards 13; Giovent De Pesa 8-37) and all out for 158 (39.3 innings) (Ryshawn Williams 70, Shem Watson 29, Indar Persaud 17, Ravindra Persaud 16, Shakeel Richards 15; Giovent De Pesa 5-41 (match data 13-78), Jaden Lord 2-15).

Gladiola announced 198-7 (44.2 innings) (Randy Thomas 53, Shamario Depesa 45, Geovot Depesa 37, Rivaldo Clarke 22, Anton Lucas-Jones 18, Matthew Jones 13; Ravindra Persaud 3-46, Indar Persaud 2-48, Steve Pinder 2-56) and 90-6 (25.1 innings) (Rivaldo Clarke 21, Matthew Jones 21, Randy Thomas 19, Shamario Depesa 16; Indar Persaud 3-38, Ravindra Persaud 2-27).

Points: Gladiola 18 (outright win 12, batting 2, bowling 4), Yorkshire 2 (bowling 2).

In the bank lobby

Barbadian batsman Kevin Wickham scored a hundred to help home team Empire to top the batting tally against the ESA Field Pickwick.

Wickham batted patiently in the day’s match, scoring 65. He scored exactly 100 runs in 168 balls and was dismissed immediately after hitting his hundred.

The match ended in a dull draw, with Empire batting all day and scoring 333/7.

Joshua Haynes (57) and Sian Brathwaite (51) both scored half-centuries for Empire.

Fraction

ESA Field Pickwick 212 All Out (55 1/3 innings) (Ajani Waterman 51, Rasheed Edwin 44 not out, Trevino Alleyne 34, Preston Clarke 22, Shamar Forde 12; Camarie Boyce 3-57, Jarion Hoyte 2-27, Shaquille Cumberbatch 2-36).

Empire 333-7 (79.5 overs) (Kevin Wickham 100 – 168 balls, 5 fours; Joshua Haynes 57 – 79 balls, 4 fours; Sian Brathwaite 51 not out – 61 balls, 3 fours; Kofi Hurdle 38, Hakeem Perriman 29, Rashad Worrell 21, Corey Hoyt 16; Jatario Prescod 3-69).

Points: Empire 11 (3 for first innings lead, 4 for batting, 4 for bowling), Pickwick 5 (1 for first innings loss, 2 for batting, 2 for bowling).

At 3Ws Oval – Match Draw

Bayview Hospital YMPC declared 354-8 (67.2 innings) (Kemar Smith 94 – 85 balls, 166 minutes, 7 fours, 3 sixes; Dwayne Smith 80 – 73 balls, 126 minutes, 4 fours, 3 sixes; Edwin Currency-Barnett 77 – 59 balls, 11 fours, 1 six; Jai Clarke 30, Kemal Smith 27, Rashad Willoughby 17; Romario Greaves 2-48, Javed Leacock 2-53, Joshua Bishop 2-99) and declared 39-5 (12 innings) (Raymond Kellman 16; Johann Layne 4-17).

UWI 221 all out (46.4 innings) (Demario Richards 64 – 6 fours, 2 sixes; Kyle Corbin 32, Matthew Forde 29, Romario Greaves 22, Joshua Bishop 17 not out, Dameir Evelyn 15, Amari Goodrich 15, Shakere Parris 14; Kemar Smith 6-60, Damian Davis 3-72) and 103-5 (19.3 innings) (Joshua Bishop 38 not out, Matthew Forde 28, Dameir Evelyn 17 not out, Kyle Corbin 15; Dewayne Smith 2-23, Damian Davis 2-35).

Key points: Yangtze Evening News 11 (1^{English Stone} Innings lead 3, batting 4, bowling 4), UWI 6 (lost 1^{English Stone} Innings 1, Batting 2, Pitching 3).

The standings after the second series:

Empire 29, ESA Field Pickwick Pickwick 23, Wanderers 23, Superb Blend Gladiola 23, Fusionz Boutique Spartan 22, UWI 22, Yorkshire 20, Bayview Hospital YMPC 15, Wildey 11, BCA Youth 4.