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Regional First-Class cricket Jamaica squeeze past Barbados in thriller, to face Winward Islands in final

Apr 23, 2014 Sports

The deplorable batting in this year’s Regional First-Class four-day cricket tournament continued yesterday at the Kensington Oval with Jamaica losing seven wickets for 61 runs as they narrowly squeezed past reining league Champions Barbados by one wicket in the semi-finals of the knock-out phase of the only First-Class tournament in the Caribbean. Scores: Barbados (245 & 223), Jamaica (302 & 167-9).
Set 167 to win with eight wickets in hand on a hard pitch and in brilliant sunshine, the Jamaicans began the final day on 106-2 and completely lost their way despite 64 from Jermaine Blackwood and 43 from Andrew McCarthy; 28-year-old medium pacer Kevin Stout grabbed 5-29 to register his second five wicket haul at this level.
He got support from left-arm spinner Suleiman Benn, who opened the bowling with Fidel Edwards and had 3-78. The 22-year-old Blackwood, who stoked eight fours and a six in his 121-minute half-century, the fifth in his career, put together 91 for the third wicket with McCarthy after they joined forces on Monday with the score 20-2.
McCarthy, who reached the boundary four times and batted for 83 minutes, was removed at 111-3 by the towering Benn. When Blackwood fell to Stoute at 123-4 and Carlton Baugh (1) was run out six runs later the Bajans knew that if they could get rid of Tamar Lambert, who scored his first ton in five years with a cultured 121 in the first innings, they would have a chance of securing a sensational come-from-behind victory.
The Jamaican Captain batted for just under an hour for 10 before he fell to Stoute at 133-6, and Barbados, with a record 22 First-Class titles to their name, were back in the contest with Stoute picking off three quick wickets as Jamaica catapulted to 155-9.
The handful of spectators present on a working day in Barbados, urged the home team on, but David Bernard (14) who batted for 86 minutes and last man Nikita Miller (3) who joined him with victory 12 runs away, stayed together for 41 minutes as Barbados tried everything in a futile attempt to win the match.

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