Bridgetown-Leeward Islands captain Akeem Saunders, played an unbeaten innings of 68 to put his team in a strong position against T&T on the first day of the fifth and final round of matches in the West Indies Cricket Board's Under-19 three-day tournament yesterday. Saunders batted 4 ½ hours as his side enjoyed their best day of the tournament. The West Indies Under-19 representative faced 199 balls and hit seven fours to guide his side to 221-4 off 83 overs on a placid pitch at Kensington Oval. Saunders has so far added an unbroken 73 for the fifth wicket with the forthright Deno Baker, who is 41 not out. Earlier in the day the skipper added 86 for the third wicket with opener Darren Hobson, who made 53 off 166 balls, including two straight sixes.
T&T's pacer Philton Williams worked up some pace to end the day with 3-56 off 18 overs. In a top of the table clash, Barbados bowled exceptionally well to take all 10 Guyana wickets .The Bajans restricted the visitors to 136 off 79 overs at the Desmond Haynes Oval-the last four wickets fell for the addition of just seven runs. Over at the Weymouth Complex, Windward Islands rebounded from defeat against Guyana in the last round to dominate Jamaica. Off-spinner Kenneth Dember took six wickets for 45 off 14.5 overs as the defending champions were bowled out for 116 late in the day.
SCOREBOARD
Leewards vs T&T
LEEWARDS 1st Inns
D. Hobson run out *53
D. Webbe c Christmas b Williams* 17
S. Tuitt c wkp Pooran b Williams *10
A. Saunders not out *68
A. Hodge c wkp Pooran b Williams *8
D. Baker not out *41
Extras (b6, lb7, w2, nb4) *19
Penalty runs*5
TOTAL (4 wkts, 83 overs)* 221
Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-46, 3-132, 4-158.
Bowling: Robertson 15-4-40-0, Williams 18-2-56-3, Solozano 6-1-16-0, Ali 13-2-31-0, Daniel 11-2-32-0, Simmons 16-4-19-0, Christmas 4-0-9-0.
Toss: Leewards
Umpires: L Reifer, D Ramdhanie.
Othe Scores
At Desmond Haynes Oval: Barbados vs Guyana
Guyana 136 all out (Shawn Pereira 33, Tagenarine Chanderpaul 25; Darnell Greenidge 3-28, Chad Williams 3-39, Akeem Jordan 2-24, Chaim Holder 2-34)
At Weymouth: Jamaica vs Windward Islands
Jamaica 116 all out (Delbert Gayle 38, Brandon King 20; Kenneth Dember 6-45, Preston McSween 2-14) 22-0