Jamaica hold on
Published: Wednesday | March 25, 2009
Jamaica's Carlton Baugh Jr rocks back to play a shot, while Combined Campuses and Colleges wicketkeeper, Chadwick Walton (left), reacts on the final day of their WICB regional four-day championship match at Sabina Park yesterday. - Ricardo Makyn/Staff Photographer
The Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) tried and tried and tried, but in the end, there was no stopping leaders and champions Jamaica from securing a draw in their 11th-round WICB regional four-day cricket clash at Sabina Park yesterday.
Set an imposing 312 after the CCC declared their second innings at 369-7 midway in the morning session, Jamaica, behind defiant knocks from in-form wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh Jr and David Bernard Jr, closed yesterday's fourth and final day on 190-7.
The total, 122 runs shy of the victory target, allowed Jamaica to secure six valuable points as they inched six points closer to claiming the championship.
Unbeaten 58
Baugh, who has now scored two centuries and a half-century since his return to the Jamaica team three weeks ago, made an uncharacteristic, but patient, unbeaten 58 off 123 balls, while Bernard, who has looked good all season with both bat and ball and is in a candidate for all-rounder of the championship, made 47.
Bernard, who came to crease with Jamaica in dire straits at 45-4, shared in two important partnerships, 57 with Wavell Hinds and 64 with Baugh, as Jamaica were put on the back foot by fast bowler Kevin McClean.
The oustanding McLean ended with 3-37, while first innings destroyer, Trinidadian left-arm spinner, Kavesh Katansingh, took 2-34 for match figures of 6-103.
"The CCC, as they have been doing all season, proved that they belong in this competition by playing some good cricket over the four days. They really pushed us to the limit," said Jamaica's captain Tamar Lambert.
"We are still in a good position to win the championship. The only team we have to worry about now is the Leewards. We still have another six points to get and the hope is that we can get them against the Windwards at the Trelawny Stadium," he added.
Man of the Match and CCC captain-coach, Floyd Reifer, said he was proud of his team's effort.
"I thought we played really well. After giving them a total of over 300 runs, I thought we had the game to win. But in the end, the Jamaicans fought their way out," he said.
AT KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: The match between the Windward Islands and Trinidad and Tobago ended in a draw at Arnos Vale yesterday.
SCORES:
T&T 361 (Sherwin Ganga 98, Jason Mohammed 80, Daren Ganga 45, Adrian Barath 30, Ravi Rampaul 23; Shane Shillingford 3-67, Deighton Butler 2-49, Kenroy Peters 2-54, Ray Casimir 2-69) and 168 (Amit Jaggernauth 28, Adrian Barath 27, Ravi Rampaul 24, Darren Bravo 22, Gibran Mohammed 20; Nelon Pascal 5-57, Kenroy Peters 2-23, Deighton Butler 2-41).
WINDWARDS 257 (Donwell Hector 99, Rawl Lewis 85, Andre Fletcher 22; Sherwin Ganga 4-26, Ravi Rampaul 4-47, Amit Jaggernauth 2-59) and 165-7 (Rawl Lewis 66 not out, Donwell Hector 42 not out; Ravi Rampaul 4-35).
CCC 1st Innings 171 (N Parris 53; G Wallace 3-19)
JAMAICA 1st Innings 229 (Brenton Parchment 52; Kavesh Kantasingh 4-79)
CCC 2nd Innings
(overnight 324 for six)
| O Phillips lbw b B. Brown | 15 |
| K Corbin lbw b O. Brown | 38 |
| N Parris b B. Brown | 8 |
| J Smith lbw b B. Brown | 46 |
| F Reifer lbw b Richardson | 140 |
| K Wilkinson lbw b Nash | 19 |
| +C Walton b B. Brown | 45 |
| K McClean not out | 20 |
| K Catlin c Bernard b B. Brown | 1 |
| Extras: (b12, lb6, w6, nb8, pen. 5) | 37 |
| TOTAL: (8 wkts decl, 120.3 overs) | 369 |
Fall of wickets: 1-63, 2-65, 3-74, 4-209, 5-265, 6-313, 7-363, 8-369. Bowling: Richardson 19-0-81-1, Bernard 17-2-81-0, B Brown 36.3-13-59-5, O Brown 18-3-49-1, Wallace 10-1-24-0, Parchment 1-1-0-0, Lambert 10-1-31-0, Nash 9-1-21-1. JAMAICA 2nd Innings B Parchment c wkp Walton b Catlin | 30 |
| D Pagon c Parris b McClean | 0 |
| T Lambert c Phillips b McClean | 10 |
| B Nash c Austin b McClean | 2 |
| W Hinds c wkp Walton b Austin | 31 |
| D Bernard c Parris b Kantasingh | 47 |
| +C Baugh not out | 58 |
| B Brown lbw b Kantasingh | 0 |
| G Wallace not out | 0 |
| Extras: (b3, lb1, w3, nb5) | 12 |
| TOTAL: (7 wkts, 84 overs) | 190 |
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-36, 3-38, 4-45, 5-102, 6-166, 7-182. Bowling: McClean 12-1-37-3, Wilkinson 3-0-19-0, Kantasingh 30-15-34-2, Catlin 10-1-22-1, Austin 26-8-59-1, Parris 2-0-6-0, Smith 1-0-9-0. Result: Match drawn. Points: Jamaica 6, CCC 3. Man-of-the-Match: Floyd Reifer (CCC). Toss: CCC. Umpires: Norman Malcolm, Evelyn Jones.
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