WICB Media Release.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Leaders Jamaica will return to action this weekend on home soil, where they will face Windward Islands in the fourth round of the Regional 4-Day Tournament, starting on Friday at Sabina Park in Kingston.
The Jamaicans will be looking to continue their dominance over the Windwards since the turn of the century, having won eight of the 17 matches contested during that period.
This includes three wins in the last four matches, but the Windwards will take heart in the knowledge that they have won in their opponents’ backyard as recently as five years ago, when they earned a hard-fought, three-wicket victory at the Trelawny Multiplex.
In a rare occurrence, the island of Barbados will host two matches this week, starting five hours apart.
National team Barbados – under the leadership of Test opener Kraigg Brathwaite – will host long-standing sports rivals Trinidad & Tobago at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown in a day-time fixture.
A few kilometres north, Combined Campuses & Colleges, which is domiciled at the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies, will tackle Guyana under the lights at the Three Ws Oval.
The rivalry between Barbados and T&T dates back to the foundations of the game in the region, but the hosts have an enviable record against the two-island republic in this format, including four straight victories in the last two years.
T&T however, are fresh from two confidence-boosting victories against Windward and Leeward Islands, and a few of their players have now had the experience of playing in their opponents’ club competition, so they should be fairly familiar with the opposition, if not entirely the conditions.
In the bottom-of-the-table clash, both CCC and Guyana will be looking to earn their first victory of the season – and both have reason to feel confident against each other.
CCC have not lost any of the three previous home matches they have played against the Guyanese, who will be looking to extend their winning streak against their hosts to three straight.
Squads
COMBINED CAMPUSES & COLLEGES (from): Steven Jacobs (captain), Anthony Alleyne, Ryan Austin, Kyle Corbin, Akeem Dewar, Kavem Hodge, Kevin McClean, Floyd Reifer, Raymon Reifer, Shacaya Thomas, Chadwick Walton, Jomel Warrican, Kesrick Williams
GUYANA (from): Leon Johnson (captain), Christopher Barnwell, Devendra Bishoo, Anthony Bramble, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Assad Fudadin, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Raun Johnson, Keon Joseph, Amir Khan, Veerasammy Permaul
JAMAICA (from): Tamar Lambert (captain), Carlton Baugh Jr, David Bernard Jr, Jermaine Blackwood, Nkrumah Bonner, Brian Buchanan, John Campbell, Damion Jacobs, Andre McCarthy, Jamie Merchant, Horace Miller, Nikita Miller, Jerome Taylor
WINDWARD ISLANDS (from): Liam Sebastien (captain), Sunil Ambris, Alston Bobb, Romel Currency, Lindon James, Delorn Johnson, Keddy Lesporis, Mervin Matthew, Nelon Pascal, Kenroy Peters, Shane Shillingford, Devon Smith, Tyrone Theophile
BARBADOS (from): Kraigg Brathwaite (captain), Sulieman Benn, Tino Best, Carlos Brathwaite, Jonathan Carter, Roston Chase, Miguel Cummins, Shane Dowrich, Kirk Edwards, Jason Holder, Ashley Nurse, Omar Phillips, Kevin Stoute
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (from): Rayad Emrit (captain), Jonathan Augustus, Adrian Barath, Darren Bravo, Yannic Cariah, Daron Cruickshank, Shannon Gabriel, Ricky Jaipaul, Stephen Katwaroo, Imran Khan, Evin Lewis, Jason Mohammed, Marlon Richards
OFFICIAL POINTS STANDINGS
(After the third round)
Abbreviations: Pts-total points, M-matches, W-won, L-lost, D-drawn, Bat-batting points, Bowl-bowling points
PENDING MILESTONES
Ryan Austin has taken 281 wickets for Barbados and Combined Campuses & Colleges and requires 19 to capture 300 wickets in the Regional 4-Day Tournament.
Carlton Baugh Jr (JAM) has scored 4,999 runs and requires 1 run to score 5,000 in his first-class career
Dave Bernard Jr has scored 3,944 runs and requires 56 runs to score 4,000 for Jamaica in the Regional 4-Day Tournament, He has also taken 190 wickets and requires 10 to capture 200 wickets, becoming the third player to complete the double of 2,000 runs and 200 wickets in the Regional 4-Day Tournament.
Sulieman Benn (BAR) has taken 294 wickets and requires 6 to capture 300 wickets in his overall first-class career. He has also scored 1,878 runs and requires 122 to score 2,000 in his overall first-class career, thus completing the first-class double of 2,000 runs and 200 wickets.
Devendra Bishoo (GUY) has taken 185 wickets and requires 15 to capture 200 wickets in his overall first-class career
Darren Bravo (T&T) has scored 3,791 runs and requires 209 to score 4,000 in his overall first-class career
Jonathan Carter (BAR) has 1,732 runs and requires 268 to score 2,000 in his overall first-class career
Shivnarine Chanderpaul has scored 4,662 runs and requires 338 runs to become the first player from Guyana to score 5,000 runs in the Regional 4-Day Tournament
Shannon Gabriel (T&T) has taken 99 wickets and requires 1 to capture 100 in his overall first-class career
Tamar Lambert (JAM) has scored 3,965 runs and requires 35 runs to score 4,000 in his first-class career. He has also scored 3,813 runs and requires 187 runs to score 4,000 for Jamaica in the Regional 4-Day Tournament.
Nikita Miller has taken 255 wickets and requires 10 to become the leading bowler for Jamaica in the Regional 4-Day Tournament
Floyd Reifer (CCC) has scored 6,673 runs and requires 327 runs to become the first player to score 7,000 in the Regional 4-Day Tournament
Liam Sebastien (WWD) has taken 89 wickets and requires 11 to capture 100 in his overall first-class career
Shane Shillingford has taken 289 wickets for Windward Islands and requires 11 to capture 300 wickets in the Regional 4-Day Tournament
RESULTS OF MATCHES
Round 1
Friday, February 28 to Monday, March 3
Windward Islands beat Barbados by 9 wickets – Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Jamaica beat Guyana by 7 wickets – Sabina Park, Jamaica
Saturday, March 1 to Tuesday, March 4
Leeward Islands beat Combined Campuses & Colleges by 72 runs – Warner Park, St. Kitts
Round 2
Friday, March 7 to Monday, March 10
Trinidad & Tobago beat Windward Islands by 186 runs – Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad
Guyana lost to Barbados by 136 runs – Guyana National Stadium, Guyana
Leeward Islands lost to Jamaica by 3 wickets – Warner Park
Round 3
Thursday, March 13 to Sunday, March 16
Guyana drew with Windward Islands – Guyana National Stadium
Friday, March 14 to Monday, March 17
Combined Campuses & Colleges drew with Barbados – Three Ws Oval, Barbados
Trinidad & Tobago beat Leeward Islands by an innings and 107 runs – Queen’s Park Oval
SCHEDULE OF MATCHES
(All scheduled start times are local times; NOTE–Jamaica is 1 hour behind the Eastern Caribbean)
Round 4
Friday, March 21 to Monday, March 24
Combined Campuses & Colleges vs Guyana – Three Ws Oval (3 pm daily)
Jamaica vs Windward Islands – Sabina Park (10 am daily)
Barbados vs Trinidad & Tobago – Kensington Oval, Barbados (10 am daily)
Round 5
Friday, March 28 to Monday, March 31
Jamaica vs Barbados – Sabina Park (10 am daily)
Trinidad & Tobago vs Combined Campuses & Colleges – Queen’s Park Oval (3 pm daily)
Windward Islands vs Leeward Islands – Queen’s Park, Grenada (10 am daily)
Round 6
Friday, April 4 to Monday, April 7
Trinidad & Tobago vs Jamaica – Queen’s Park Oval (10 am daily)
Windward Islands vs Combined Campuses & Colleges – Arnos Vale Multiplex, St. Vincent (10 am daily)
Leeward Islands vs Guyana – Vivian Richards Cricket Ground, Antigua (10 am daily)
Round 7
Friday, April 11 to Monday, April 14
Guyana vs Trinidad & Tobago – Guyana National Stadium (10 am daily)
Leeward Islands vs Barbados – Vivian Richards Cricket Ground (10 am daily)
Combined Campuses & Colleges vs Jamaica – Three Ws Oval (10 am daily)
Semi-finals
Saturday, April 19 to Tuesday, April 22
Semi-final 1: 1st vs 4th – To be hosted in the territory of 1st
Semi-final 2: 2nd vs 3rd – To be hosted in the territory of 2nd
The Final
Friday, April 25 to Monday, April 28
Winner Semi-final 1 vs Winner Semi-final 2 – To be hosted by higher placed team from the preliminary round
NOTES
Follow “live” tweet updates on Twitter: @WindiesRegional
Match reports and other tournament details available here: www.windiescricket.com
Photographs from selected matches – for editorial use only – available here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/windiescricket/
Video streaming
To view Barbados vs T&T, click here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wimatchone
To view Jamaica vs Windwards, click here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wimatchtwo
To view CCC vs Guyana, click here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wimatchthree
WICB Media Release.