GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC - Disciplined bowling led by a five-wicket haul by left-arm experienced Vincentian seamer Kenroy Peters helped the Windward Islands to a nine-wicket victory over Barbados in the opening round of the Regional Four-Day Cricket Tournament at the Beausejour Cricket Ground on Sunday.
Barbados started the day, in what was the third of the day/night fixture, on 11 without loss after being led by 39 runs by the Windwards. They went to the close Saturday night facing just one over of the second innings.
The Windwards had just declared their first innings on 252 for nine having dismissed the Barbadians for 213 in their first innings.
Captain Kraigg Brathwaite, who topscored with 82 in his team's first innings, was their leading scorer for the second straight innings. This time his contribution was a mere15 and was the second wicket to fall and the first for Peters who finished with five for 16 off 12 overs.
Only two other Barbadian batsmen got to double figures, opener Rashidi Boucher with 14 and number three Roston Chase who also struck 14 before Peters and Nelon Pascal ploughed through the Barbadian batting order resulting in their last eight wickets tumbling for 38 runs.
Pascal finished with three for 42 and Delorn Johnson, with the wickets of Chase and Jonathan Carter, finished with two for 28. The Windwards’ bowlers were disciplined in their line and lengths but several of the Barbadian batsmen succumbed to poor shot selection.
Needing 52 for victory, the Windwards raced to their target in just 11 overs. Johnson Charles, who partnered Devon Smith in opening the innings, was particularly severe on all bowlers plundering 33 in 49 minutes off 37 balls with seven fours.
Smith was the only victim to the Barbadians, leg before wicket to Miguel Cummins for two.
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Summary Scores:
Barbados 1st Innings: 213 All Out (80.5 Overs). Kraigg Brathwaite* 82, Carlos Brathwaite 44, Tino Best 19, Kevin Stoute 19; Nelon Pascal 15-2-61-5, Kenroy Peters 19-9-29-2, Delorn Johnson 22-6-53-1, Liam Sebastien 16-3-34-0.
Windward Islands 1st Innings: 252/9 Declared (66.3 Overs). Lindon James+ 62*, Liam Sebastien* 62, Keddy Lesporis 43, Andre Fletcher 21; Miguel Cummins 11-0-49-4, Jonathan Carter 11-0-49-4, Kevin Stoute 5-1-21-1, Tino Best 10-2-51-1.
Barbados 2nd Innings: 90 all Out (32.4 Overs). Kraigg Brathwaite* 15, Rashidi Boucher 14, Roston Chase 14, Shane Dowrich 9; Kenroy Peters 12-0-6-16-5, Nelon Pascal 11.4-3-42-3, Delorn Johnson 9-1-28-2.
Windward Islands 2nd Innings: 52/1 (11 Overs). Johnson Charles 32*, Tyron Theophile 8*, Devon Smith 2; Miguel Cummings 4-0-16-1, Carlos Brathwaite 1-1-0-0, Tino Best 4-1-15-0, , Jonathan Carter 2-1-13-0.
Windward Islands won by 9 wickets
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Barbados 1st Innings
Kraigg Brathwaite* c Polius b Bobb 82
R Boucher c James b Pascal 2
R Chase c Smith b Johnson 0
J Carter c Smith b Peters 16
K Stoute c James b Pascal 19
S Dowrich+ c Smith b Peters 6
Carlos Brathwaite c James b Pascal 44
A Nurse c James b Pascal 0
S Benn b Pascal 0
T Best c Lesporis b Bobb 19
M Cummins not out 0
Total: 213 All Out (80.5 Overs)
Extras: (1B, 7LB, 6WD, 5NB) 19
Fall of Wickets: 1-7 (Boucher, 2.5 ov), 2-10 (Chase, 5.1 ov), 3-28 (Carter, 10.4 ov), 4-64 (Stoute, 19.1 ov), 5-86 (Dowrich, 30.4 ov), 6-175 (Carlos Brathwaite, 67.2 ov), 7-175 (Nurse, 68 ov), 8-175 (Benn, 69.4 ov), 9-206 (Best, 79 ov), 10-213 (Kraigg Brathwaite, 80.5 ov)
Windward Islands 1st Innings Bowling: Nelon Pascal 15-2-61-5, Delorn Johnson 22-6-53-1, Kenroy Peters 19-9-29-2, Alston Bobb 8.5-0-27-0, Liam Sebastien 16-3-34-0.
Windward Islands 1st Innings
D Smith c Boucher b Cummings 12
T Theophile LBW Cummings 13
J Charles c Carter b Stoute 20
A Fletcher c +Dowrich b Best 21
K Lesporis run out 43
L Sebastien* c +Dowrich b Carter 62
L James+ not out 62
A Bobb LBW Carter 0
K Peters c Benn b Cummings 4
D Johnson b Cummings 0
N Pascal not out 3
Total: 252/9 Declared (66.3 Overs)
Extras: (4B, 4LB, 3WD, 1NB) 12
Fall of Wickets: 1-28 (Smith, 7.1 ov), 2-28 (Theophile, 7.2 ov), 3-70 (Fletcher, 16.5 ov), 4-70 (Charles, 17.3 ov), 5-145 (Lesporis, 32.6 ov), 6-218 (Sebastien, 54.4 ov), 7-218 (Bobb, 54.6 ov), 8-236 (Peters, 63.2 ov), 9-236 (Johnson, 63.5 ov)
Barbados 1st Innings Bowling: Tino Best 10-2-51-1, Miguel Cummins 11-0-49-4, Carlos Brathwaite 10-1-37-0, Kevin Stoute 5-1-21-1, Sulieman Benn 14-3-41-0, Ashley Nurse 10-3-22-0, Jonathan Carter 6.3-1-23-2.
Barbados 2nd Innings (Trail; 39)
K Brathwaite* c Theophile b Peters 15
R Boucher c James b Johnson 14
R Chase c James b Johnson 14
J Carter c Theophile b Pascal 6
K Stoute c Lesporis b Pascal 6
S Dorwich+ c Theophile b Peters 9
Carlos Brathwaite c Sebastien b Peters 6
A Nurse c Bobb b Peters 8
S Benn not out 3
T Best c Bobb b Peters 0
M Cummings c Sebastien b Pascal 3
Total: 90 All Out (32.4 Overs)
Extras: (4LB, 2WD) 6
Windward Islands 2nd Innings Bowling: Delorn Johnson 9-1-28-2, Nelon Pascal 11.4-3-42-3, Kenroy Peters 12-0-6-16-5.
Windward Islands 2nd Innings (Target; 52)
Devon Smith LBW Cummings 2
Johnson Charles not out 32
Tyron Theophile not out 8
Total: 52/1 (11 Overs)
Extras: (4B, 4LB, 2NB) 10
Fall of Wicket: 1-8 (Smith, 3.1 ov)
Barbados 2nd Innings Bowling: Tino Best 4-1-15-0, Miguel Cummings 4-0-16-1, Jonathan Carter 2-1-13-0, Carlos Brathwaite 1-1-0-0.
Result: Windward Islands won by 9 wickets
Points: Windward Islands 17 (12 points for the win + 3 bowling points + 2 batting points) | Barbados 4 (1 batting point + 3 bowling points)
Toss: Windward Islands won the toss and elected to field
Umpires: Leslie Reifer & Patrick Gustard
Standby Umpire: Francis Maurice
Match Referee: Patrick Felix