Chanderpaul half century top notch on final day

CMC – A RESOLUTE half-century from West Indies Test opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul was the main attraction when the second Headley-Weekes Tri-Series match between Team Weekes and West Indies Academy ended in a draw on Saturday in Antigua.

before Bishop scalped him and Chanderpaul to end with two for two from four overs.

The Academy gained 11 points from the match, keeping them on top of the standings with 29, and making them a shoo-in for the tournament trophy, having completed both of their matches.

Academy’s strong reply.

Wickham added only 17 to his bedtime score his Pride teammate McAllister bowled him for 121 almost six overs later. He counted only nine fours and one six from 270 balls in 317 minutes at the crease.

McAllister got Barbadian all-rounder Nyeem Young lbw for 14 in his next over, and Permaul cleaned up the tail, removing Bishop, McKenny Clarke, and Ashmeade Nedd cheaply in the space of 26 balls.

grabbed five for 34 from 13 overs and ended with match figures of eight for 67, and Warwicks were bowled out for 141 in their second innings on the third day of their Division 1 match at Edgbaston in Birmingham.

Blessed with ideal conditions to favour seam and swing, Roach reached his milestone when he got Warwicks captain, Will Rhodes, lbw for five in his fourth over for his third wicket before lunch that sent the hosts crashing to 22 for four at lunch.

There was no way back from there for Warwicks with Australian pacer Dan Worrall taking three for 55 from 15 overs to end the contest with seven for 93 –and with Roach account for all but five of the wickets Surrey took in the match.

Commenting on Roach’s achievement, former West Indies fast bowler Sir Curtly Ambrose hailed the durability of the Barbadian paceman and urged him to keep on been a top-class performer. He should be proud of the accomplishment, and I urge him to stay fit and look to get more wickets under his belt.”

Ed Barnard propped up the Warwicks batting with a resolute 49 – his best score for the club – and Chris Rushworth, batting at 10, made 22.

Needing 11 to win, Surrey knocked off the runs in two overs for their second win in three matches to move to the top of the standings with 52 points.

After Surrey resumed on 211 for eight, their script went perfectly to plan, and they attacked judiciously to gain a 131run lead, in reply to the Warwicks first innings total of 150.

The Surrey tail wagged to add 70 in 10 overs and lift the total to 281 all out thanks to a top score of 88 from Jamie Smith and a merry 35 off 24 balls from Worrall.

In between showers that prompted a near twohour long delay, Chanderpaul gathered 53, and Team Weekes reached 107 for three in their second innings when the decision was taken to end the match on the final day of the four-day, first-class contest at the Coolidge Cricket Ground.

Chanderpaul propped up his side’s batting with a knock that included six fours from 117 balls in two hours, 40 minutes at the crease, after Team Weekes had dismissed the Academy earlier for 435 to concede a first innings lead of 34.

The son of former Guyana captain and West Indies left-handed batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul shared 70 for the first wicket with Barbados Pride opener Zachary McCaskie either side of the long rain delay before three wickets – two to Pride left-arm spinner Joshua Bishop – brought the match to a dramatic close.

McCaskie made 31 before left-arm pace bowling Pride teammate Ramon Simmonds bowled him, and Leeward Hurricanes batsman Keacy Carty got 21

Team Weekes gets off the mark in the standings with nine, placing them in second, four ahead of Team Headley, against whom they play the final match in the tournament, starting on Wednesday at the same venue.

Earlier, the Academy lost their last six wickets for 35 in the span of 77 balls after they resumed from their overnight total of 378 for four.

Long-serving Guyana Harpy Eagles left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul was the chief wrecker and ended with three for 106 from 40.5 overs, and Pride pacer Jair McAllister snared two scalps to finish with four for 84 from 20 overs, making him the most successful Team Weekes bowler.

Academy opener Neil McKenzie added only 12 to his overnight score before he fell to Harpy Eagles pacer Niall Smith for 221 in the 10th over of the day.

The Jamaica Scorpions left-hander batted for 502 minutes, faced 386 balls, and struck 26 fours and one six, and he shared 259 with overnight partner Kevin Wickham for the fifth wicket that set the foundation for the

Scoreboard

lb4, w1, nb1) 13

TOTAL (all out, 142.5 overs) 435

Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-59, 3-140, 4-142, 5-401, 6-421, 7-426, 8-428, 9-428.

Bowling: Smith 25-6-61-1 (nb1); Drakes 28-6-86-0; McAllister 20-1-84-4 (w1); Sinclair 21-2-71-2; Permaul 40.5-6-106-3; Athanaze 8-1-16-0.

TEAM WEEKES 2nd Innings

T Chanderpaul c Anderson b Bishop 53

Z McCaskie b Simmonds 31

K Carty c Anderson b Bishop 21

*A Athanaze not out 1 B King not out 0

Extras (w1) 1

TOTAL (3 wkts, 41 overs) 107

Fall of wickets: 1-70, 2-106, 3-107.

Bowling: Young 13-3-33-0; Simmonds 7-4-14-1 (w1); Clarke 5-1-26-0; Wickham 6-1-25-0; Nedd 6-3-7-0; Bishop 4-2-2-2.

Result: Match drawn.

Points: WI Academy 11, Team Weekes 9. Umpires: N Duguid L Reifer.