TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Opener Justin Greaves narrowly missed out on his second hundred of the Super50 Cup. Nonetheless, he fastidiously guided Leeward Islands Hurricanes to a four-wicket win over Barbados Delight right here Thursday to guarantee his aspect of a semi-final spot.
Chasing a revised goal of 192 beneath lights on the Brian Lara Stadium after Delight had been dismissed for a disappointing 196 within the forty second over, Hurricanes reached their goal with 11 balls to spare to take the factors beneath Duckworth-Lewis-Stern.
The suitable-handed Greaves was the architect of the chase, top-scoring with a Man-of-the-Match unbeaten 95 from 120 deliveries to grow to be the primary participant to go 300 runs for the match.
He now has 328 runs.
Crucially, he placed on 59 for the second wicket with Keacy Carty (18) after Kieran Powell fell cheaply for 4, posted 65 for the fourth wicket with Terrance Warde (22) earlier than watching Hayden Walsh lash a nine-ball unbeaten 21 to dominate a 28-run, unbroken seventh wicket partnership.
It was Walsh who offered the much-needed impetus in direction of the tip. With Delight conserving the sport shut, the left-hander belted two fours and a six to take Hurricanes over the road.
“Within the assembly final evening, coach [Stuart Williams] informed us to let somebody within the high 4 bat proper by to the tip, whether or not we have been batting first or chasing,” mentioned Greaves, who struck 121 on Tuesday in opposition to Windward Islands Volcanoes.
“Kieran [Powell] going early within the first over, after which Keacy Carty struggled a bit, however my intention was at all times to bat till the tip of the innings.”
Requested to bat, Delight was stalled by a prolonged rain break at 48 for 3 after ten overs. With the competition decreased to 42 overs per aspect following the resumption, captain Shai Hope top-scored with 55 from 76 deliveries, whereas Roston Chase struck 45 from 58 balls.
However regardless of a breezy 28 off 32 balls from Roshon Primus, Delight struggled to seek out the mandatory momentum and misplaced their final six wickets for simply 58 runs.
Quick bowling captain Alzarri Joseph (3-34) and leg-spinner Walsh (3-43) picked up three wickets to guide the Hurricanes assault.
“I believed that we batted properly in patches, however clearly, we didn’t have sufficient runs on the board,” Hope mentioned.
“[We lost] essential wickets at essential occasions there, however I nonetheless thought we had sufficient on the board to combat with.
“You may see the fellas fought arduous within the again finish there to try to make a sport of it, so I’m nonetheless happy with the fellows.”
The victory was the Hurricanes’ third, permitting them to leapfrog unbeaten hosts Trinidad and Tobago Pink Drive on the high of the desk on 42 factors.
Pink Drive lies second on 40 whereas Delight (37) and West Indies Academy (31) occupy the opposite semi-final spots, with all eight groups having performed six matches.
“We’re nonetheless level-headed as a result of we’ve got yet one more sport to go and semi-finals and finals if we make it by, but it surely’s a very good factor to be on the high of the desk,” Joseph mentioned.
“Ultimately, we gained, however I believe we slowed up fairly a bit and put ourselves in a spot to chase it (goal). It ought to’ve been gained rather a lot earlier.”
Delight’s batting effort was underpinned by an 85-run stand between Hope and Chase, which pulled the innings round from the discomfort of 19 for 3 within the fifth over after Joseph had struck twice.
Hope punched 4 fours and a six earlier than steering an innocuous supply from pacer Oshane Thomas to Walsh at gully within the thirtieth over. On the similar time, Chase perished seven overs earlier, toe-ending a lofted stroke into the deep off left-arm spinner Daniel Doram, whose 9 overs value simply 19 runs.
Their dismissals modified the tone of the innings as Delight struggled after that, scoring at solely 5 runs per over.
Hurricanes have been set again early of their reply when the left-handed Powell fell to the second ball of the innings from pacer Akeem Jordan, however Greaves put his head down in a high-class innings which produced 9 fours and a six.
Chase, who snatched 4 for 34 along with his off-spin, triggered a slide in direction of the tip as Hurricanes misplaced three wickets for 22 runs off 29 deliveries to be 164 for six within the thirty seventh over.
However Walsh eased the stress significantly by taking 13 runs from the fortieth over from off-spinner Kemar Smith, clearing the ropes at mid-wicket earlier than drilling a 4 to the straight boundary.
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