KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (CMC):
SIXTEEN WICKETS tumbled for 213 runs yesterday as Trinidad and Tobago and Windward Islands set up an intriguing third and possibly, last day of their Carib Beer Series match at the Arnos Vale Playing Field today.
Windwards, resuming from 23 for eight overnight, added a further 40 to be all out for 63 and then routed Trinidad and Tobago for a paltry 104, as inept
batting from both sides continued to be the main feature of the game.
Set 202 for victory, Windwards were struggling on 69 for four at the close on the second day with Sergio Fedee unbeaten on 30 and Liam Sebastien, on six.
However, while they worked themselves back into contention after dismissing Trinidad and Tobago in the post-lunch session for their eventual score of 104, they batted themselves into trouble as their batsmen fell to poor shots.
Opener Devon Smith was bowled leg stump, first ball of the innings by Richard Kelly trying to whip through the onside and Craig Emmanuel (18) was outfoxed by Dave Mohammed and smartly stumped by Denesh Ramdin.
Hyron Shallow meanwhile guided a half volley to Reyad Emrit at gully and Junior Murray (11) touched a wide ball to Ramdin, essaying a cut.
ANXIOUS MOMENTS
Fedee and Sebastien, who survived several anxious moments against the Trinidad spin arsenal, will resume today with their side needing another 133 runs with six wickets in hand, on a pitch which is keeping increasingly low and taking some spin.
The Windwards, who conceded a first innings lead of 97, shot out their opponents in 33.5 overs with Shane Shillingford
(4-20), Deighton Butler (2-20), Darren Sammy (2-17) and Rawl Lewis (2-31) sharing the wickets.
Resuming from a lunch time position of 11 without loss, Trinidad were rocked in the very first over when Butler removed Sherwin Ganga for five, and his brother Daren Ganga without scoring, in the space of two balls. Sherwin drove loosely to mid-on where Shallow took a comfortable catch while Daren touched a leg-cutter to wicketkeeper Murray.
There was then a steady procession to and from the pavilion as most of the Trinidad batsmen aided their demise by some injudicious strokes. They also looked to be hard done by two decisions when Simmons, for the second time in the match was adjudged caught at the wicket and Jan was given out lbw, after appearing to have edged the ball onto his pad.
Kelly, who struck two sixes and two fours in his topscore of 26, was among the culprits as he lofted Shillingford to long-on the very next ball after hitting the bowler into the stands in the same area. Jan was adjudged lbw for 22 and Emrit scored 14.
WINDWARDS RALLY
Earlier, the Windward Islands tailenders had rallied from the overnight 23 for eight to 63 all out, in reply to the T&T first innings score of 160.
Seamer, Kelly added another wicket to his tally on Thursday to end with six for 31.
Windwards, who resumed with Murray and Shillingford at the crease and in danger of falling for the lowest score ever in regional cricket, recovered to make their eventual score due to some sensible late order batting.
