da pinup bet： Reigning champions Barbados continued their woeful form with the batinto the fourth round of the ongoing Busta Cup, losing to Trinidad &Tobago at Trinidad, the hosts pulling off a four-wicket win that rodeon a stronger batting performance than
Staff Reporter19-Feb-2002Reigning champions Barbados continued their woeful form with the batinto the fourth round of the ongoing Busta Cup, losing to Trinidad &Tobago at Trinidad, the hosts pulling off a four-wicket win that rodeon a stronger batting performance than anything else.Winning the toss, Barbados opted to bat, but they could only put up174 in 18.5 overs, with none of the batsmen crossing the 40-run mark.That put the visitors on the back foot right away, and although IanBradshaw took four wickets in bowling Trinidad & Tobago out for 210,his batting colleagues could not strike form in the second inningseither.Skipper Philo Wallace struck 52 at the top of the order, but thebatting crumbled again, and Barbados were shot out for 229, leavingthe home side with a target of 194. Captain Richard Smith echoedWallace’s effort, but went one degree better, seeing his side homewith an unbeaten 59. His efforts earned him the Man of the Match awardin his side’s win.At Jamaica, Leeward Islands were demolished by the hosts, losing by133 runs in a match that saw the home side’s bowling dominate thecontest. Put in to bat, Jamaica made 257 in 104.5 overs, a slow rateof scoring but an effective total nonetheless. Kerry Jeremy took fivewickets for Leewards, but aside from Stuart Williams’ 57, none of thebatsmen could buckle down to their task, resulting in the visitorsbeing dismissed for just 162, with Gareth Breese scalping six batsmen.It was then Keith Hibbert’s turn to star with the bat, and he did soby making 81 out of the 133 runs on the board when he was dismissed.Skipper Robert Samuels made a more sedate 51 and Breese supplementedhis bowling by an unbeaten 53, taking Jamaica to 233 for ninedeclared.Chasing 329 was never on the cards, but Laurie Williams took 5-20 off11.2 overs, breaking into the lower middle order and bundling LeewardIslands out for 195 in 83.2 overs. Breese received the Man of theMatch award for his sterling batting and bowling efforts.After promising much in their third round match, Bangladesh ‘A’ wentback to their shoddy ways, losing by an innings and 143 runs to aGuyana on the rampage. Putting their rivals in to bat, Bangladesh ‘A’struggled for 340 runs to just break the first-wicket partnership.Azeemul Haniff made a massive 235, while fellow opener SewnarineChattergoon scored 143. Chattergoon fell first, but Haniff stuckaround through a minor collapse to take Guyana to 456/5 declared injust 126 overs.The visitors were always going to struggle to even save the game, andtheir first-innings collapse did not help. With leggie MahendraNagamootoo taking 4-45, Bangladesh ‘A’ fell for 184, a total out ofwhich skipper Akram Khan made 72. Following on, they did even worse,Akram Khan’s 42 being the only decent effort in a total of 129.Nagamootoo took four more wickets, but Haniff’s double century baggedhim the Man of the Match award.The final match of the fourth round saw Windward Islands beat WestIndies ‘B’ by seven wickets at Grenada. Winning the toss, Windwardsput their rivals in to bat, and opening bowler Fernix Thomas took fourwickets to ensure that they did not regret the decision. West Indies’B’ were bowled out for 211, and their bowlers then took some stickfrom Windwards bats Junior Murray, Kester Sylvester, Rawl Lewis. WhileSylvester and Lewis made half-centuries, Murray hit 103, boosting hisside’s total to 356.The reply from West Indies ‘B’, though strong, was not enough. Someenergetic lower-order batting saw them reach 291 in their secondinnings, with C Hodge’s 65 being the highest score. Windwards, then,were set a total of 147, and opener Kirsten Casimir hit an unbeaten 57to lift his team to a seven-wicket victory. Murray’s hundred got himthe Man of the Match award.