ST AUGUSTINE, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies Academy pulled off one more coup after they produced a composed all-round efficiency to thrash Guyana Harpy Eagles by 92 runs within the Regional Super50 Cup right here Wednesday.
After recovering from 135 for seven within the thirty second over to submit a aggressive 263 all out off their allotted 50 overs, the Academy then mowed down favorites Harpy Eagles for a paltry 171 within the thirty sixth over to march to their third win in six video games and improve their quest for a semi-final spot.
Matthew Forde, higher recognized for his tempo bowling, led the Academy’s brave effort with the bat, top-scoring with 52 from 55 deliveries. On the identical time, the spectacular Teddy Bishop prolonged his respectable kind with 48 from 46 balls – simply falling in need of his third fifty of the marketing campaign.
Captain Nyeem Younger chipped in with a breezy 42 from 44 balls. On the identical time, Joshua Bishop (33) and Kevin Wickham (32) lent assist because the Academy dug deep to maintain themselves within the recreation after off-spinner Kevin Sinclair (2-36), left-arm spinners Veerasammy Permaul (2-38) and Gudakesh Motie (2-39) and quick bowler Shamar Joseph (2-59) threatened to undermine the innings cheaply.
In reply, Harpy Eagles by no means actually threatened. Sinclair top-scored with 46 from 56 deliveries, Permaul bought 32 from 28 balls, and Kevlon Anderson chipped in with 27 from 31 balls, however they had been those to cross 20.
The unlikely hero was Ackeem Auguste, the part-time leg-spinner claiming 4 for 47 whereas Younger snared three for 18 from 4 overs of tempo.
Opting to bat first on the Frank Worrell Memorial Floor, the Academy endured a nightmare begin, shedding opener Kimani Melius and Leonardo Julien with out scoring to successive deliveries within the first over from Sinclair, to be two down with out a run on the board.
Nonetheless, Bishop led the revival, lashing eight fours and posting 54 for the third wicket with Matthew Nandu (15) and 29 for the fourth with Wickham.
When he perished within the fifteenth over, Wickham and Auguste placed on 32 for the fifth wicket earlier than three wickets tumbled for 20 runs to depart the innings in strife.
Forde, who counted 4 fours and two sixes, then added an important 59 for the eighth wicket with Younger earlier than posting an extra 49 for the ninth wicket with Bishop.
Younger struck two fours and two sixes earlier than falling within the forty third, whereas Bishop blasted two fours and three sixes in a 23-ball cameo.
There was no signal of the carnage to comply with when Anderson and Chandrapaul Hemraj (16) placed on 45 off 43 deliveries for the primary wicket to provide Harpy Eagles a powerful begin.
However Younger tore by way of the highest order with a three-wicket burst to depart the innings tottering on 69 for 4 within the thirteenth over, and although Sinclair and Tevin Imlach (17) posted 33 for the fifth, one other collapse quickly ensued.
Sinclair, who smacked a half-dozen fours and a six, carried the struggle, however the final six wickets tumbled for simply 69 runs.
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