BAS­SETERRE – Bar­ba­dos Pride reg­is­tered an im­prob­a­ble come-from-be­hind three-wick­et vic­to­ry over the Lee­ward Is­lands Hur­ri­canes on Sat­ur­day to fin­ish sec­ond in the West In­dies Cham­pi­onship and claim the US$100,000 run­ner-up prize.

De­spite con­ced­ing a first in­nings lead of 129 runs, the Pride fought back to skit­tle out the home side for just 99 runs in their sec­ond in­nings to give them­selves a chance of push­ing for vic­to­ry at Warn­er Park in St Kitts.

Kyle May­ers (45), Jonathan Drakes (42) and cap­tain Kraigg Brath­waite (40), then scored im­por­tant knocks to see the Pride to 233 for sev­en in a tense fin­ish.

The win pro­pelled the Pride from third to sec­ond on 121.2 points, just be­hind de­fend­ing cham­pi­ons Guyana Harpy Ea­gles (126.6), and ahead of the Trinidad & To­ba­go Red Force (111).

The match was set up for an en­thralling fin­ish head­ing in­to Sat­ur­day’s fi­nal day with the Hur­ri­canes pre­car­i­ous­ly placed at 76 for eight, fol­low­ing a de­ci­sive bowl­ing spell from pac­er Ra­mon Sim­monds.

Sim­monds con­tin­ued where he left off the pre­vi­ous day by bowl­ing Os­hane Thomas be­fore leg spin­ner Jomel War­ri­can wrapped up the in­nings by trap­ping last man Javier Spencer lbw for four.

Sim­monds end­ed with the im­pres­sive fig­ures of 6-27, while medi­um pac­er Shaquille Cum­ber­batch fin­ished with 3-17.

Set 228 for vic­to­ry, the Pride were giv­en a sol­id start by open­ers Brath­waite and Shayne Mose­ley, who put on 50 runs for the first wick­et.

How­ev­er, Hur­ri­canes cap­tain Rah­keem Corn­wall grabbed the wick­ets of Mose­ley, Brath­waite and Kevin Wick­ham for 23, to leave the score 111 for three.

Drakes and May­ers then added 42 cru­cial runs for the fourth wick­et to put the Pride back in the as­cen­dan­cy, un­til two quick wick­ets left the game in the bal­ance.

First, Drakes was need­less­ly run out and then left-arm spin­ner Kari­ma Gore dis­missed Leniko Bouch­er for just two to see the Pride slip to 158 for five.

But Matthew Forde joined May­ers at the crease, and the two put on an in­valu­able 41 runs to in­stall them as favourites once again.

There were still some nerves in the Pride camp when May­ers and Forde, who made 26, fell with 10 runs still re­quired.

But Cum­ber­batch and War­ri­can held on to see their team to vic­to­ry, with Cum­ber­batch end­ing the match in style by hit­ting spin­ner Daniel Do­ram out of the ground.

Corn­wall claimed 3-32 and Gore took 2-63.

CMC

Sum­marised scores

At Warn­er Park in St. Kitts: Bar­ba­dos Pride de­feat Lee­ward Is­lands Hur­ri­canes by three wick­ets.

HUR­RI­CANES 444-9 & 99 in 43.4 overs (Kea­cy Car­ty 37, Hay­den Walsh Jr 18 not out, Jah­mar Hamil­ton 12; Ra­mon Sim­monds 6-27, Shaquille Cum­ber­batch 3-17).

PRIDE 315 & 233-7 in 76.5 overs (Kyle May­ers 45, Jonathan Drakes 42, Kraigg Brath­waite 40, Matthew Forde 26, Kevin Wick­ham 23, Shayne Mose­ley 13, Shaquille Cum­ber­batch 13 not out; Rah­keem Corn­wall 3-32, Kari­ma Gore 2-63).