WILDEY, Barbados (CMC):

Jamaica captured a com-fortable 70-run first-innings lead over front-runners Barbados and were pressing for victory in the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge yesterday.

Defending a total of 255, Jamaica dismissed Barbados for 185 and used the final session to extend the lead by reaching 128 for four when stumps were drawn on the second day of their fifth and final-round match at the Cable and Wireless Sports Club with the help of an impressive half-century from Kennar Lewis.

Fourth-placed Jamaica, who have no chance of winning the title, achieved first-innings lead with the help of contributions from a five-man attack, and then a fluent 58 off 79 balls from No. 3 Lewis allowed them to hold a lead of 198 ahead of the final day.

Leg-spinner Donovan Nelson, who removed top-scorer Dario Cummins for 33 on the stroke of lunch, finished with three wickets for 43 runs off 22 overs, while pacers Gifton Wray and Romeo Dunka, along with off-spinner Jermaine Blackwood, each collected two wickets.

The day was marred by controversy at the end of the Barbados innings when the final wicket fell in the seventh over sent down by left-arm fast bowler Dunka in the post-lunch session.

Under tournament rules, no fast or fast medium bowler is allowed to bowl more than six overs in a session.

While protests by Barbados led to a delay in the start of Jamaica's second innings, Barbados did not receive a reprieve.

At the Melrose Sports Club: Windward Islands completed an innings and 58 runs victory over the Leeward Islands just before the scheduled close on the second day of their match.

Brief scores:

LEEWARD ISLANDS 175 (Kenroy David 71, Adelvin Phillip 25, Kadeem Phillip 21; Wayne Harper 3-33, Kenroy Cottoy 3-34) and 78 (Clinton Payne 22; Kerron Cottoy 3-34, Oscar George 2-8, Delorn Johnson 2-17).

WINDWARD ISLANDS 311 (Denis Louis 90, Delorn Johnson 50, Kevan Hodge 47, Wayne Harper 37; Tevin Osbourne 6-60, Kieran Powell 2-76).

At the Lester Vaughan School: Trinidad & Tobago, replying to Guyana's first innings total of 227, reached 336 for nine when stumps were drawn on the second day of their match.

Brief scores:

GUYANA 227 (Trevon Griffith 48, Anthony Bramble 41, Dilon Heyliger 36, Eugene La Fleur 30, Seon Hetmeyer 27; Yannick Ottley 3-24, Kjorn Ottley 2-37, Omesh Ramotaur 2-39).

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 336 for nine (Adrian Barath 96, Akeem Mitchell 61 not out, Yannick Ottley 45, Kjorn Ottley 42, Evin Lewis 30, Rixon Maniram 22; Keon Joseph 3-74, Jonathan Foo 2-27, Herman Latcha 2-41).