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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Cooper, Mohan pace Red Force with half-centuries

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Cephas Cooper

Cephas Cooper

ST JOHN’S, An­tigua—Jer­maine Black­wood scored the first cen­tu­ry of the 2025 West In­dies Cham­pi­onship as bats­men dom­i­nat­ed the open­ing day con­tests in the four ter­ri­to­ries.

While Black­wood stroked an un­beat­en 101 to help the Ja­maica Scor­pi­ons reach 291 for sev­en against the Wind­ward Is­land Vol­ca­noes, eight oth­er bat­ters scored half cen­turies to put their teams in strong po­si­tions.

At the Bri­an Lara Crick­et Acad­e­my: De­spite rain on­ly al­low­ing 54 overs to be bowled, Trinidad and To­ba­go Red Force still end­ed the day in the as­cen­dan­cy at 171 for two against the Com­bined Cam­pus­es and Col­leges thanks to open­ers Cephas Coop­er, who scored 80 and Vikash Mo­han who made 66.

Much of the morn­ing and af­ter­noon ses­sion was lost due to per­sis­tent show­ers, but Coop­er and Mo­han put on 139 runs for the first wick­et to give their side a sol­id start.

At Arnos Vale: For­mer West In­dies bats­man Jer­maine Black­wood scored a pa­tient cen­tu­ry to help res­cue the Ja­maica Scor­pi­ons in their match against the Wind­ward Is­lands Vol­ca­noes.

Black­wood end­ed the day un­beat­en on 101 from 198 balls and to­geth­er with Daniel Beck­ford who made a pas­sive 39 from 101 balls, staged a re­cov­ery af­ter the Scor­pi­ons had slipped to 164 for five.

Cap­tain John Camp­bell cracked 79 from 91 balls at the top of the or­der.

So far, leg spin­ner Darel Cyrus has tak­en 2-26.

At the Coolidge Crick­et Ground: Jah­mar Hamil­ton scored a cru­cial, un­beat­en 67 and Kari­ma Gore made 59 to lead the Lee­ward Is­lands Hur­ri­canes to a strong po­si­tion of 290 for six against the West In­dies Acad­e­my.

Hamil­ton and Gore came to­geth­er with the Hur­ri­canes in a spot of both­er at 128 for four af­ter left-arm spin­ner Joshua Bish­op had ripped through the top or­der.

The pair added 110 runs to car­ry their side to rel­a­tive safe­ty and fol­low­ing Gore’s dis­missal, Hamil­ton teamed up with Hay­den Walsh Jr to add 38 valu­able runs to keep the Scor­pi­ons in the dri­vers’ seat.

Bish­op has so far tak­en 4-81.

At the Guyana Na­tion­al Sta­di­um: The Bar­ba­dos Pride pro­duced a sol­id bat­ting ef­fort to en­sure the de­fend­ing cham­pi­ons Guyana Harpy Ea­gles toiled all day.

De­spite half cen­turies from open­er Zachary Mc­Cask­ie, who made 64 and Jonathan Drakes who scored 70, a de­ci­sive spell of spin bowl­ing by off spin­ner Richie Look­nauth put Guyana in con­trol of the match with the vis­i­tors strug­gling on 191 for six.

But a counter at­tack­ing knock of 82 from 91 balls by Matthew Forde, to­geth­er with some res­olute bat­ting by the Pride’s low­er or­der turned the con­test around in the evening ses­sion.

Forde put on 119 for the sev­enth wick­et with Chaim Hold­er, who made 35 and then fast bowler Chemar Hold­er blast­ed 29 from 30 balls with two six­es and two fours to en­sure the Pride fin­ished with a flour­ish.

Look­nauth led the way for Guyana with Richie Look­nauth 4-69, while Ronal­do Al­imo­hamed and Veerasam­my Per­maul took two wick­ets apiece. (CMC)

SUM­MARISED SCORES

At the Bri­an Lara Crick­et Acad­e­my

Trinidad &To­ba­go Red Force vs Com­bined Cam­pus­es & Col­leges.

RED FORCE 165-2 in 49.4 overs (Cephas Coop­er 80, Vikash Mo­han 66, Jyd Goolie 13 not out).

At Arnos Vale

Wind­ward Is­lands Vol­ca­noes vs Ja­maica Scor­pi­ons.

SCOR­PI­ONS 291-7 in 87 overs (Jer­maine Black­wood 101 not out, John Camp­bell 79, Daniel Beck­ford 39, Odean Smith 16, Car­los Brown 12; Darel Cyrus 2-26).

At the Coolidge Crick­et Ground

West In­dies Acad­e­my vs Lee­ward Is­lands Hur­ri­canes.

HUR­RI­CANES 290-6 in 90 overs (Jah­mar Hamil­ton 67 not out, Kari­ma Gore 59, Kadeem Hen­ry 48, Joshua Grant 34, Shel­ton Forbes 22, Hay­den Walsh Jr 21, Rah­keem Corn­wall 13 not out; Joshua Bish­op 4-81).

At the Guyana Na­tion­al Sta­di­um

Guyana Harpy Ea­gles vs Bar­ba­dos Pride.

PRIDE 346 in 84.3 overs (Matthew Forde 82, Jonathan Drakes 70, Zachary Mc­Cask­ie 64, Chaim Hold­er 35, Chemar Hold­er 29, Leniko Bouch­er 19, Demetrius Richards 13; Richie Look­nauth 4-69, Ronal­do Al­imo­hamed 2-37, Veerasam­my Per­maul 2-87).

(CMC)


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