BRIDGETOWN, Bar­ba­dos – Open­er Shayne Mose­ley struck his fifth first class hun­dred and left-arm spin­ner Jomel War­ri­can snatched two late wick­ets to trig­ger a Wind­ward Is­lands Vol­ca­noes col­lapse, as Bar­ba­dos Pride took con­trol of their fi­nal round con­test in the West In­dies Cham­pi­onship.

Re­sum­ing Thurs­day’s sec­ond morn­ing at Queen’s Park Oval on 48 with­out loss in re­ply to Vol­ca­noes’ first in­nings of 237 all out, Pride were led by the left-han­der Mose­ley’s 112 as they were even­tu­al­ly dis­missed for 227.

Be­hind by 10 runs, Pride then scythed through the Vol­ca­noes top or­der be­fore War­ri­can grabbed two wick­ets in the third over be­fore the close, the in­nings end­ing on 14 for four.

At the Guyana Na­tion­al Sta­di­um, lead­ers Guyana Harpy Ea­gles were forced to trail Lee­ward Is­lands Hur­ri­canes by 125 runs on first in­nings af­ter the vis­i­tors were dis­missed for 247.

In their sec­ond turn at the crease, the hosts fin­ished on 48 for one, still be­hind by 77 runs head­ing in­to Fri­day’s penul­ti­mate day.

At the Bri­an Lara Acad­e­my in San Fer­nan­do, the Ja­maica Scor­pi­ons were star­ing at yet an­oth­er pos­si­ble de­feat af­ter fol­low­ing on by 177 runs and clos­ing on 199 for five – a lead of on­ly 22 runs.

Mose­ley, how­ev­er, took cen­tre stage, pro­duc­ing a knock which re­quired 184 balls and just over four hours, and in­clud­ed 17 fours and a six.

The 28-year-old, un­beat­en on 26 at the start, sur­vived the loss of of part­ner Zachary Mc­Cask­ie (21) to the third ball of the day from left-arm seam­er Pre­ston Mc­Sween (2-50) with­out a run added, to put on a cru­cial 101 for the sec­ond wick­et with rook­ie Rashawn Wor­rell (35).

He added a fur­ther 30 for the third wick­et with Jonathan Drakes (16) be­fore he was one of the last sev­en wick­ets to tum­ble for just 48 runs, left-arm spin­ner Lar­ry Ed­wards ac­count­ing for five of those wick­ets to fin­ish with six for 43.

Mose­ley even­tu­al­ly per­ished when he flirt­ed with a wide de­liv­ery from pac­er Sher­mon Lewis and edged be­hind.

Vol­ca­noes’ hopes of build­ing on that mo­men­tum were quick­ly dashed as Jo­hann Je­re­mi­ah fell with­out scor­ing in the sec­ond over.

Three wick­ets then went down with the score on 10 in the space of sev­en balls – War­ri­can bowl­ing both Ke­mani Melius (7) and cap­tain Al­ick Athanaze (0) in the same over.

In George­town, Hur­ri­canes got a top score of 58 from cap­tain Jah­mar Hamil­ton af­ter re­sum­ing on 133 for five – a small ad­van­tage of 11 runs.

Hamil­ton, un­beat­en overnight on 35, stretched his sixth wick­et stand with Kofi James to 81 be­fore be­com­ing the morn­ing’s first ca­su­al­ty, tug­ging a re­turn catch to off-spin­ner Kevin Sin­clair (2-45).

James, on nine at the start, fol­lowed with 10 runs added to leave the in­nings stut­ter­ing on 195 for sev­en, and it was left to Rah­keem Corn­wall (24) and Je­re­mi­ah Louis (20) to gal­vanise the low­er or­der in a 43-run, eighth wick­et stand.

Fast bowler Nial Smith fin­ished with four for 33 while vet­er­an left-arm spin­ner Veer­sam­my Per­maul end­ed with three for 51.

In re­ply, Harpy Ea­gles lost Matthew Nan­du with three with on­ly six runs on the board but Test left-han­der Tage­nar­ine Chan­der­paul (20 not out) patched up the in­nings in a 38-run, un­bro­ken sec­ond wick­et stand with Kevlon An­der­son (19 not out).

Scor­pi­ons, mean­while, ex­tend­ed their poor run in the tour­na­ment af­ter re­sum­ing the morn­ing on five for one, dis­missed for 125 in their first in­nings with medi­um pac­er Tion Web­ster snatch­ing five for 36.

The in­nings was reel­ing at 50 for sev­en be­fore Der­val Green (39) and Jeav­or Roy­al (27) com­bined in an eighth wick­et part­ner­ship of 62 to help the to­tal past the 100-run mark.

Trail­ing by 177 runs, Scor­pi­ons were in ear­ly trou­ble at eight for one in the sec­ond over of their sec­ond in­nings be­fore Test vice-cap­tain Jer­maine Black­wood (68) and Leroy Lugg (66) belt­ed half-cen­turies to bail their side out of trou­ble.

Black­wood punched nine fours off 137 balls in just un­der three hours while Lugg blast­ed nine fours and three six­es in an en­ter­tain­ing 57-ball cameo, the pair post­ing 112 for the sec­ond wick­et.

When Lugg edged a boom­ing dri­ve at Phillip and was tak­en be­hind, Black­wood put on a fur­ther 50 for the third wick­et with Car­los Brown (16) be­fore Scor­pi­ons col­lapsed, los­ing three wick­ets for 29 runs.

SCORES

At Queen’s Park Oval, T&T

Vol­ca­noes lead by 24 runs with six sec­ond in­nings in­tact.

WIND­WARD IS­LANDS VOL­CA­NOES 237 (Al­ick Athanaze 59, Tevyn Wal­cott 55, Ryan John 41, Sunil Am­bris 28; Akeem Jor­dan 5-44, Roshon Primus 2-44, Jomel War­ri­can 2-57) and 14 for four (Jomel War­ri­can 2-0) vs BAR­BA­DOS PRIDE 227 (Shayne Mose­ley 112, Rashawn Wor­rell 35; Lar­ry Ed­ward 6-45).

At the Guyana Na­tion­al Sta­di­um, Guyana

Harpy Ea­gles trail by 77 runs with nine sec­ond in­nings wick­ets in­tact.

GUYANA HARPY EA­GLES 122 (Matthew Nan­du 22; Rah­keem Corn­wall 4-27, Col­in Archibald 2-27, Javier Spencer 2-35) and 48 for one (Tage­nar­ine Chan­der­paul 20 not out) vs LEE­WARD IS­LANDS HUR­RI­CANES 247 (Jah­mar Hamil­ton 58, Kofi James 42, Kier­an Pow­ell 39, Kea­cy Car­ty 23; Nial Smith 4-33, Veerasam­my Per­maul 3-51).

At the Bri­an Lara Crick­et Acad­e­my, T&T

Scor­pi­ons, fol­low­ing on, lead by 22 runs with five sec­ond in­nings wick­ets in­tact.

TRINIDAD & TO­BA­GO RED FORCE 302 (Ter­rance Hinds 94, An­der­son Phillip 63, Joshua Da Sil­va 39, Tion Web­ster 30; Der­val Green 3-56, Mar­quino Mind­ley 2-56, Jeav­or Roy­al 2-60, Ojay Shields 2-72) vs JA­MAICA SCOR­PI­ONS 125 (Der­val Green 39, Jeav­or Roy­al 27; Tion Web­ster 5-36, Ter­rance Hinds 3-40) and 199 for five (Jer­maine Black­wood 68, Leroy Lugg 66; An­der­son Phillip 2-21, Bryan Charles 2-68).

(CMC)