Cricket fans were treated to a batting spectacle in the Jamaican Super-Cricket League at Melbourne Oval yesterday as the hosts, replying to St Elizabeth Warriors' 241, closed the day on 307-6, this for a first-innings lead of 66 runs.

Winning the toss and electing to bat, St Elizabeth first posted what was a credible first-innings total helped by 92 from former national youth representative, Damian Ebanks. However, thanks to centuries from Donovan Pagon (101) and former national youth opener, Jon-Ross Campbell, the Kangaroos sprung right back to claim honours at the end of the first day.

Pagon was scoring his second hundred in as many weeks while 19-year-old Campbell, who literally matched the national player, boundary for boundary, made 104. Off-spinner Davian Davidson has so far taken 2-77 for the Warriors, who today will be hoping to limit the Kangaroos.

Earlier, when the Warriors batted, leg-spinner Damian Jacobs, who took seven wickets and scored a boundary-studded century last week, followed up with a 6-75 haul, which knocked the wind out of the visitors.

Other results

In other results, defending champions St Catherine Saints and Manchester Lions claimed first innings over Kingston Tigers and the Westmoreland Wanderers, respectively.

At Chedwin Park, the Tigers batted first and posted a meagre 159 with their overseas professional Rawl Lewis, playing in his first match, getting 37, Domain Wilson 36, and last weekend's century-maker Chadwick Walton, 27, against leg-spinner Odean Brown 4-60, Bevon Brown 3-30 and Gavin Wallace, 2-20.

The Saints in reply reached 194-8 with Danza Hyatt scoring 58 and Tamar Lambert 44 against in-form left-arm orthodox spinner, Paul Harrison 3-45 and the leg-spinner Lewis, who claimed 3-56.

At St Elizabeth Technical, Westmoreland Wanderers, with Grenadian Andre Fletcher in their line-up, made 120 with Maverick Perry making 32 and Nicoy Samuels 24 against left-arm seamer Krishmar Santokie, 4-40.

Manchester, in reply, posted 149-3 with former national opener Maurice Kepple getting 35 and Gary Graham 57 not out.