da betcris： Defending champions Barbados started their campaign to retain thetitle in fine style when they beat Guyana by 162 runs in the openinground of the tournament
da spicy bet： Staff Reporter29-Jan-2002Defending champions Barbados started their campaign to retain thetitle in fine style when they beat Guyana by 162 runs in the openinground of the tournament. Put in to bat, Barbados scored 304, propelledlargely by captain and opener Phillo Wallace’s 99 and KJ Wilkinson’s92. The run of nineties continued in Guyana’s innings when AndrePercival made 96 in a total of 231.Although the home side, in their second innings, did not see any bigscores, consistent performances all down the order saw them rack up328/8 declared, setting Guyana a mammoth target of 402. It onlyremained to be seen whether Guyana would draw the match or lose it;Barbados forced the second option on them, with Ryan Austin taking5-68 in Guyana’s collapse to 239. Ian Bradshaw was named Man of theMatch for his haul of seven wickets.At Port of Spain, a Lara-less Trinidad & Tobago drew with minnowsLeeward Islands, the former picking up six points from the match andthe latter three. Put in to bat, the hosts made 354 in their firstessay, with Lincoln Roberts hitting a fine 117 and forming themainstay of his innings. In reply, Leeward Islands scored 301, RunakoMorton scoring 104 of those runs.Although Trinidad & Tobago were quick to score 267 and then setLeewards a target of 321, they did not allow themselves enough time tobowl the visitors out. They also did not contend with Stuart Williams,who made an unbeaten 113 at the top of the order, holding his teamtogether to see them through to 178/2 in 49 overs. Williams, by virtueof scoring 86 in the first innings as well, was named Man of the Matchfor his fine batting.A match that evoked much interest was the West Indies ‘B’ vsBangladesh ‘A’ tie at St Kitts. The hype lived up to its name, withthe home side finally triumphed by 59 runs. Batting first, they couldonly register 195 runs as some incisive Bangladeshi bowling scythedthrough the middle order. And when Bangladesh then made 278 in theirown first innings, the odds seemed to favour the visitors decisively.But West Indies ‘B’ fared better in their second essay, making 261.Set a target of 179, Bangladesh were expected to win easily, but theyinstead collapsed in the familiar manner of their senior team. Nobatsman could make more than 30, and the visitors were bowled out for119 in 58 overs. This is only the second time that a non-regional teamhas been included in the Busta competition, but the interest generatedby the move seems to indicate that it is a good one.The final first-round match at Grenada saw Windward Islands pick sixpoints from a drawn match with Jamaica. Batting first after winningthe toss, Jamaica scored 178; their opponents then batted solidly topile up 356. Junior Murray made 105, while opener DS Smith hit 84.Jamaica did not do much better in their second innings, making 174/5in the 97 overs that they played out. Windward Islands, who werepushing for an innings victory, struggled to break through someresolute blocking from Mario Ventura (55*) and Robert Samuels (40),and the match was accordingly drawn.
