PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Captain Nyeem Younger snatched a five-wicket haul, and in-form Teddy Bishop struck one other half-century as West Indies Academy shocked title-holders Jamaica Scorpions with a six-wicket victory in a rain-affected contest right here Wednesday.
Selecting to bat first at Queen’s Park Oval, Scorpions rallied to 263 for 9 off their 50 overs, due to Kirk McKenzie’s high rating of 84 from 102 balls and captain Rovman Powell’s 53 off 55 deliveries.
Seamer Younger, 23, prevented any precise acceleration on the again finish of the innings, nonetheless, claiming 5 of the final six wickets to fall to finish with 5 for 49.
Rain then halted play, with the Academy effectively positioned on 131 for 3 after 25 overs, and when the skies cleared, the event facet discovered themselves dealing with a revised goal of 236 off 42 overs.
Unbeaten on 37 then, the 20-year-old Bishop marshaled the rest of the chase with a accountable run-a-ball 67 not out as West Indies Academy comfortably overhauled their goal with 27 balls to spare.
The best-hander, who struck three fours and two sixes, discovered a dependable ally in Kevin Wickham (37), with whom he added 70 for the fourth wicket earlier than anchoring a match-winning 42-run, unbroken fifth wicket partnership with Ackeem Auguste (15 not out).
Leonardo Julien had earlier struck 52 off 48 deliveries to provoke the early levels of the chase, laying the muse for the Academy’s first marketing campaign win.
The loss was their second for Scorpions – preserving them winless within the Regional Super50 Cup – following their 47-run defeat to Barbados Pleasure final week.
They misplaced Jermaine Blackwood cheaply within the fourth over for 3 with 11 runs on the board however bounced again by a collection of partnerships impressed by McKenzie.
The 22-year-old left-hander, who struck 5 fours and two sixes, posted 31 for the second wicket with Chadwick Walton (17), 43 for the third wicket with Andre McCarthy (15) earlier than placing on 102 with Powell for the fourth wicket.
Powell lashed a half-dozen fours and a six however fell together with McKenzie in 12 balls, each knocked over by Younger, who then scythed by the decrease order.
At 48 for 2 within the twelfth over in reply, the Academy wanted a lift and acquired it first by Julien after which the polished Bishop.
Julien, already with a fifty within the match, counted a half-dozen fours and a six whereas including 67 for the third wicket with Bishop, who then took command of the again finish of the chase along with his second fifty of the marketing campaign.
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