ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Joshua Bishop clobbered a wide ranging maiden hundred in his third first-class match as West Indies Academy took management of their opening sport in opposition to Eire Academy this Sunday.
Coming into at quantity eight, the 23-year-old belted 9 fours and eight sixes in a shocking 69-ball unbeaten 102, which propelled the hosts to 409 all out of their first innings at Coolidge Cricket Floor in response to Eire Academy’s 213.
Teddy Bishop transformed his in a single day 48 into 90, and Kevlon Anderson turned his unbeaten 20 initially into 79. On the identical time, 20-year-old Johann Layne adopted up his three-wicket haul on Saturday with a vigorous 50-ball 56 at quantity 10.
Armed with a lead of 196, WI Academy shortly decreased the Irish to 29 for 3, captain Nyeem Younger snatching two wickets to complete with two for 15 from six overs of medium tempo.
Heading into Monday’s penultimate day, Eire Academy nonetheless requires 167 runs to drive the hosts to bat once more.
Resuming on 76 for 2, WI Academy flourished courtesy of Teddy Bishop and Anderson, extending their third-wicket partnership to an enterprising 152.
Bishop struck 13 fours and 6 off 159 balls, whereas Anderson confronted 149 deliveries and counted 9 fours, preserving the Irish with out important success within the first session.
When Bishop was yorked by hard-working seamer Matthew Foster (3-81) ten balls earlier than lunch, Anderson placed on an additional 48 for the fourth wicket with Kevin Wickham (33) following the resumption earlier than he, too, adopted, chopping left-arm spinner Mike Frost (4-89) to first slip.
His demise noticed the hosts lose 4 wickets for 52 runs to slide to 263 for seven, a lead of solely 50 on the primary innings, however Joshua Bishop entered to show the competition firmly in his facet’s favor.
The appropriate-handed Bishop blocked his first 4 deliveries earlier than launching the fifth to the straight boundary, opening the floodgates that noticed runs circulation freely.
He reached his first fifty off 27 balls with 5 fours and 4 sixes and raced to triple figures off 38 balls after being unbeaten on tea at 71 with WI Academy on 316 for eight.
Importantly, Bishop placed on 38 for the eighth wicket with Ashmead Nedd (6) and 84 for the ninth wicket with Layne, who lashed a half-dozen fours and three sixes in his cameo.
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