ST JOHN’S, An­tigua – The Guyana Harpy Ea­gles con­tin­ue their rich vein of form in the on­go­ing West In­dies Cham­pi­onship, as they chalked up their fourth win, fol­low­ing an im­pres­sive 10-wick­et vic­to­ry over the Wind­ward Is­land Vol­ca­noes on the third day of their en­counter at the Guyana Na­tion­al Sta­di­um.

The Lee­ward Is­lands Hur­ri­canes al­so en­sured they wrapped up their con­test against the Com­bined Cam­pus­es and Col­leges fol­low­ing a crush­ing 373-run win in­side three days.

At the Guyana Na­tion­al Sta­di­um, the Harpy Ea­gles out­classed the Vol­ca­noes in all de­part­ments, thanks large­ly to some stand-out per­for­mances from their top-or­der bat­ters, fol­lowed by some crafty bowl­ing from their spin­ners

Re­sum­ing their first in­nings at 159 for three, chas­ing 213 post­ed by the Vol­ca­noes, the Harpy Ea­gles on the back of a fine cen­tu­ry from Tevin Im­lach, post­ed 324 all out.

Im­lach, who was 40 overnight, bat­ted his way to his sec­ond cen­tu­ry of this year’s com­pe­ti­tion and his fifth first-class ton over­all.

The right-han­der faced 201 balls and hit eight bound­aries whilst adding cru­cial runs in part­ner­ships. He was the last wick­et to fall go­ing caught off medi­um pac­er Gilon Tyson.

Ke­mol Sa­vory with 49 and Ray­mond Perez 33, pro­vid­ed valu­able con­tri­bu­tions, against Tyson who was the pick of the bowlers with 3-51. Darel Cyrus chipped in 3-82, while Ken­neth Dem­ber al­so bagged three wick­ets which went for 3-92 runs.

Bat­ting a sec­ond time, the Vol­ca­noes didn’t do them­selves any favour fac­ing a deficit of 111 runs, as they were skit­tled out for 135, thanks to dev­as­tat­ing spells from left-arm spin­ners Gu­dakesh Motie and Veerasam­my Per­maul.

Per­maul start­ed the de­mo­li­tion by re­mov­ing open­er Je­re­my So­lazano for 17, then wick­ets be­gan to tum­ble as the Vol­ca­noes moved from 92 for three, to 135 all out, with the last sev­en wick­ets go­ing for 43 runs.

Kavem Hodge showed some re­sis­tance with 40 while Stephan Pas­cal made 22, but Motie was un­playable, claim­ing a sen­sa­tion­al 6-38, while Per­maul added three more wick­ets to his tal­ly.

Chas­ing a mea­gre tar­get of 28, the Harpy Ea­gles’ open­ers Matthew Nan­du 18 not out and Ray­mond Perez 10 not out, made light work of the to­tal, seal­ing a 10-wick­et vic­to­ry.

At the Sir Vi­vian Richards Sta­di­um in An­tigua, the Lee­ward Is­lands Hur­ri­canes de­liv­ered a mas­ter­class in their com­pre­hen­sive win over the CCC.In the mean­time, the clash be­tween the West In­dies Acad­e­my and Ja­maica Scor­pi­ons at Coolidge re­mains fine­ly poised head­ing in­to the fi­nal day, fol­low­ing a spir­it­ed per­for­mance from the Acad­e­my side on Fri­day.

Re­sum­ing day three at 110-2, the Ja­maica Scor­pi­ons held a com­mand­ing lead of 274 runs. How­ev­er, their in­nings un­rav­elled as they were bowled out for 191 in just 53.4 overs, set­ting the Acad­e­my a chal­leng­ing tar­get of 356 for vic­to­ry.

Bran­don King, who re­sumed on 58, added 19 more runs to his tal­ly, fin­ish­ing as the Scor­pi­ons’ top scor­er with a sol­id 77 off 115 balls, in­clud­ing 11 fours and two six­es. Javelle Glenn pro­vid­ed sup­port with a steady 39.

The Acad­e­my’s bowlers were in­stru­men­tal in turn­ing the tide with Joshua Bish­op lead­ing the charge with an im­pres­sive 5-35 from 15 overs, while Jo­hann Layne com­ple­ment­ed him with 4-50 from 16 overs.

In re­sponse, the Acad­e­my end­ed the day at 256-5 af­ter 59 overs, need­ing an­oth­er 100 runs to clinch vic­to­ry on Sat­ur­day’s fi­nal day. Car­lon Bowen-Tuck­ett 46 not out and Joshua Bish­op 25 not out, will re­sume at the crease.

The Acad­e­my’s chase got off to a shaky start as open­er Mbe­ki Joseph fell ear­ly for 14. How­ev­er, cap­tain Ac­k­eem Au­guste and Ted­dy Bish­op stead­ied the ship with a cru­cial 124-run part­ner­ship for the sec­ond wick­et.

Bish­op con­tributed a well-craft­ed 57 off 87 balls, in­clud­ing eight fours, be­fore be­ing dis­missed. Au­guste con­tin­ued to an­chor the in­nings, scor­ing a flu­ent 77 off 108 balls, fea­tur­ing nine fours and a six, be­fore falling to Brad Barnes with the score at 173.

Ri­val­do Clarke 10 and Jor­dan John­son 12 were the oth­er bats­men to de­part be­fore stumps. Barnes and Ojay Shields have been the pick of the Scor­pi­ons’ bowlers, shar­ing four wick­ets be­tween them.

Re­sum­ing their sec­ond in­nings on 94 for one with a 349 run lead, the Hur­ri­canes de­clared their sec­ond in­nings on 249 for sev­en,and set CCC a whop­ping 505 runs to win.

Jew­el An­drew picked up where he left off, fol­low­ing up his first in­nings cen­tu­ry with a dogged 65. Jah­mar Hamil­ton chipped in with 42 not out against three wick­ets each for Chemar Hold­er and Akeem Jor­dan.

Set an im­prob­a­ble tar­get, CCC col­lapsed to 131-9 in their sec­ond in­nings. Kyle Corbin 58 not out, fought valiant­ly, but the speedy Os­hane Thomas with a ca­reer-best 5-36 and Alzarri Joseph 3-19, en­sured there was no es­cape for Col­lege men.

CMC

Sum­marised scores

At the Guyana Na­tion­al Sta­di­um in Guyana: Guyana Harpy Ea­gles de­feat the Wind­ward Is­lands Vol­ca­noes by 10 wick­ets

HARPY EA­GLES 324 in 83.2 overs (Tevin Im­lach 113, Ke­mol Sa­vory 49, Ray­mond Perez 33; Gilon Tyson 3-51, Darel Cyrus 3-82, Ken­neth Dem­ber 3-92) & 28-0 in 4.3 overs (Matthew Nan­du 18 not out, Ray­mond Perez 10 not out).

VOL­CA­NOES 213 in 61.5 overs (Je­re­my Solozano 83, Al­ick Athanaze 39, Sunil Am­bris 33, Kavem Hodge 17, Shadrack Descarte 15; Veerasam­my Per­maul 4-55, Gu­dakesh Motie 3-44, Kevin Sin­clair 2-54) & 135 in 47.5 (Kavem Hodge 40, Stephan Pas­cal 22. Gu­dakesh Motie 6-38, Veerasam­my Per­maul 3-46.

At Sir Vi­vian Richards Sta­di­um in An­tigua: Lee­ward Is­lands Hur­ri­canes de­feat CCC by 373 runs

HUR­RI­CANES 425 in 98.5 overs (Jew­el An­drew 122, Justin Greaves 104, Kari­ma Gore 65, Kadeem Hen­ry 35, Alzarri Joseph 19, Jah­mar Hamil­ton 15, Kea­cy Car­ty 14, Rah­keem Corn­wall 10; Chemar Hold­er 5-107, Akeem Jor­dan 3-77) & 249-7 dec’d in 53 overs (Jew­el An­drew 65, Jah­mar Hamil­ton 42 not out, Kadeem Hen­ry 41, Mikyle Louis 39).

CCC 170-9 dec’d in 44 overs (Ro­mario Greaves 39 not out, Jo­hann Je­re­mi­ah 31, Chemar Hold­er 26, Kier­an Pow­ell 25, Kalvin Mar­cus 10 not out, Kyle Corbin 10; Alzarri Joseph 6-35, Justin Greaves 2-13) & 131-9 in 43.1 (Kyle Corbin 58 not out, Chemar Hold­er 25; Os­hane Thomas 5-36, Alzarri Joseph 3-19).

At Coolidge Crick­et Ground in An­tigua: West In­dies Acad­e­my re­quires 100 runs to beat the Ja­maica Scor­pi­ons with 5 wick­ets re­main­ing.

SCOR­PI­ONS 375 in 95.2 overs (John Camp­bell 101, Javelle Glenn 68, Odean Smith 51, Brad Barnes 50, Jer­maine Black­wood 31, Jeav­or Roy­al 30, Bran­don King 14; Je­di­ah Blades 4-64, Akeem Au­guste 2-45) & 191 in 53.4 overs (Bran­don King 77, Javelle Glenn 39, Kirk McKen­zie 19; Joshua Bish­op 5-35, Jo­hann Layne 4-50).

WI ACAD­E­MY 211 in 46.5 overs (Car­lon Bowen-Tuck­ett 57, Mbe­ki Joseph 54, Ted­dy Bish­op 30, Je­di­ah Blades 22, Jor­dan John­son 16, Ri­val­do Clarke 10, Joshua Bish­op 10; Brad Barnes 3-25, Ojay Shields 3-40, Mar­quino Mind­ley 2-32) & 256-5 in 59 over (Akeem Au­guste 77, Ted­dy Bish­op 57, Car­lon Bowen-Tuck­ett 46 not out, Joshua Bish­op 25 not out; Ojay Shields 2-31, Brad Barnes 2-70).