BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich narrowly missed out on his fourth first class hundred while Roston Chase and tail-ender Kemar Roach notched half-centuries, as Barbados Pride took command of their final round game against Leeward Islands Hurricanes here Saturday.
Resuming from their overnight 145 for four, Pride piled up 436 all out at Warner Park, courtesy of 96 from Dowrich, 62 from Chase and a career-best 53 from Roach.
Part-time off-spinner Chase then removed the resurgent Kieran Powell for eight with the score on 11, to leave the hosts struggling on 18 for one at the close – still requiring a further 299 runs to make Pride bat again.
Pride resumed the second day here needing to push on strongly and did so thanks to a 96-run fifth wicket partnership between Dowrich and Chase.
Dowrich, resuming on 17, hit six fours and a six in an innings lasting 230 balls in a shade over 5-1/4 hours while Chase, starting the day on 22, faced 95 balls in two hours and hammered seven fours and two sixes.
Chase, who went past 700 runs for the season during his innings, was the only wicket to fall in the session, taken at mid-wicket by Jeremiah Louis off medium pacer Orlando Peters.
He now has 710 runs for the season.
Dowrich then inspired three successive half-century partnerships which took Hurricanes completely out of the game.
First, he put on 61 for the sixth wicket with left-hander Jonathan Carter who scored a breezy 36, added a further 68 for the seventh wicket with Kevin Stoute who made an equally attractive 42 before posting 51 for the eighth wicket with Roach.
Unbeaten on 18 at lunch with Pride on 232 for five, Carter was eventually bowled by off-spinner Rahkeem Cornwall who was the best Hurricanes bowler with five for 155.
Stoute, meanwhile, struck five fours off 71 deliveries before edging a drive behind off medium pacer Sherwin Peters at 330 for seven.
With three figures in sight, Dowrich was eighth out, chasing a wide ball from medium pacer Louis (2-58) and nicking a catch to Cornwall at first slip. When Jomel Warrican was bowled without scoring off the very next ball, Hurricanes were hopeful of cleaning up the tail swiftly.
But Roach ensured the tail wagged. He struck four fours and three sixes off 68 deliveries and added 55 for the last wicket with Miguel Cummins who finished on 29 not out from from 18 balls, with two fours and two sixes.
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Scores:
HURRICANES 119 all out (Jahmar Hamilton 42, Kieran Powell 33; Jomel Warrican 3-33, Kemar Roach 2-21, Miguel Cummins 2-30) and 18 for one.
PRIDE 436 (Shane Dowrich 96, Roston Chase 62, Kemar Roach 53, Omar Phillips 42, Kevin Stoute 42, Kraigg Brathwaite 31; Rahkeem Cornwall 5-155, Jeremiah Louis 2-58)
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HURRICANES 1st Innings 119
PRIDE 1st Innings (overnight 145 for four)
*K Brathwaite lbw b Cornwall 31
O Phillips c Cornwall b Taylor 42
S Hope c wkp Hamilton b Cornwall 27
S Brooks c Powell b Cornwall 2
R Chase c Louis b O. Peters 62
+S Dowrich c Cornwall b Louis 96
J Carter b Cornwall 36
K Stoute c wkp Hamilton b S. Peters 42
K Roach c Taylor b Cornwall 53
J Warrican b Louis 0
M Cummins. not out 29
Extras (b5, lb3, nb8) 16
TOTAL (all out, 122.3 overs) 436
Fall of wickets: 1-64, 2-84, 3-96, 4-105, 5-201, 6-262, 7-330, 8-381, 9-381, 10-436
Bowling: Cornwall 47.3-7-155-5 (nb4), Joseph 5-1-12-0, Louis 13-1-58-2, Tonge 14-1-48-0, Taylor 17-2-64-1, S Peters 16-2-56-1 (nb3), Powell 1-0-8-0, O Peters 9-2-27-1 (nb1).
HURRICANES 2nd Innings
K Powell c Brathwaite b Chase 8
K Carty not out 2
J Louis not out 7
Extras ((nb1) 1
TOTAL (1 wkt, 9 overs) 18
Fall of wicket: 1-11.
Bowling: Chase 4-2-8-1, Roach 2-0-3-0 (nb1), Warrican 2-1-4-0, Cummins 1-0-3-0.
Position: Hurricanes trail by 299 runs.
Umpires: Nigel Duguid, Martin Saggers.