Trinidad and To­ba­go Red Force held the up­per hand last evening on day one of the sec­ond round match of the Crick­et West In­dies Re­gion­al Four Day Cham­pi­onships against Wind­ward Is­lands Vol­canos at Arnos Vale, St Vin­cent on Wednes­day.

Khary Pierre (4-17) and Yan­nic Cari­ah (4-30) led the at­tack as the home team scored on­ly 166 af­ter they chose to bat first.

Re­turn­ing West In­dies fast bowler Jay­den Seales start­ed the ball rolling when he trapped Stephen Pas­cal leg be­fore wick­et for 9 and Joshua James re­moved for­mer Red Force open­er, Trinida­di­an Je­re­mey Solozano for six to leave the home team 37 for two.

James’s catch to dis­miss Vol­canos cap­tain Sunil Am­bris was the high­light of the day, run­ning from mid off to a straight long off and grasp­ing the skied ball with a dive.

Kavem Hodge was the shin­ing light of Vol­ca­noes with 126 to score his 6th first class hun­dred in his first match since re­turn­ing with the West In­dies team from Pak­istan.

Up to press time Trinidad and To­ba­go Red Force were 118 for 1 in 31 overs.

Hur­ri­canes fight back de­spite Camp­bell’s cen­tu­ry

In St John’s An­tigua – John Camp­bell stroked an im­pres­sive cen­tu­ry but the Scor­pi­ons still shared ho­n­ours with the Lee­ward Is­land Hur­ri­canes, while Com­bined Cam­pus­es and Col­leges’ (CCC) bats­men pro­duced a sol­id out­ing against the Guyana Harpy Ea­gles on the open­ing day of the sec­ond round of match­es in the West In­dies Cham­pi­onship, yes­ter­day.

At the Sir Vi­vian Richards Sta­di­um – Skip­per Camp­bell scored his sev­enth first class hun­dred and Brad Barnes hit an un­beat­en half cen­tu­ry for the Scor­pi­ons, but they re­lin­quished con­trol of their con­test against the Hur­ri­canes af­ter suf­fer­ing a low­er or­der col­lapse to end the day on 306 for nine.

Camp­bell made 126 from just 150 balls and the Scor­pi­ons were cruis­ing at 199 for two at one stage, be­fore pac­er Je­re­mi­ah Louis and spin­ners Rah­keem Corn­wall and Hay­den Walsh Jr bowled the Hur­ri­canes back in­to the match.

Camp­bell shared an open­ing part­ner­ship of 79 with Car­los Brown who made 22 and then 84 with Kirk McKen­zie for the sec­ond wick­et to put the Scor­pi­ons in the dri­ver’s seat at 163 for one.

When Louis dis­missed McKen­zie for 33, Jer­maine Black­wood added 36 with his cap­tain to help the Scor­pi­ons fur­ther tight­en their grip.

But when Corn­wall bowled Black­wood for 10, the Scor­pi­ons lost their next sev­en wick­ets for on­ly 107 runs.

Left-arm pac­er Col­in Archibald picked up the prized wick­et of Camp­bell, Walsh Jr dis­missed Daniel Beck­ford for four and bowled Odean Smith for 17 to make the score 249 for six.

Corn­wall then trapped Jeav­or Roy­al lbw for 14 and Louis re­turned to pick up the wick­ets of Gor­don Bryan and Mar­quino Mind­ley for one and two re­spec­tive­ly.

How­ev­er, Barnes re­mained stead­fast as wick­ets fell around him, to end on 53 not out from 116 balls.

Louis has so far tak­en 3-35, Corn­wall 3-71 and Walsh Jr 2-78.

At the Guyana Na­tion­al Sta­di­um in Guyana – Jo­hann Je­re­mi­ah, Kyle Corbin and Shaqkere Par­ris all scored half cen­turies and the CCC end­ed the open­ing day on 279 for six against the de­fend­ing cham­pi­ons, the Guyana Harpy Ea­gles.

It was a spir­it­ed fight­back by the vis­i­tors af­ter they lost two ear­ly wick­ets and looked in dan­ger of be­ing skit­tled out.

West In­dies fast bowler Shamar Joseph had open­er Damel Eve­lyn caught be­hind for five and Ronal­do Al­imo­hamed had Sadique Hen­ry lbw for 10, to leave CCC 30 for two in­side the first hour.

But Je­re­mi­ah found a wor­thy part­ner in Par­ris, and the two added 128 runs for the third wick­et to help steady the in­nings.

Par­ris fell to vet­er­an spin­ner Veerasam­my Per­maul af­ter scor­ing 56 and short­ly af­ter Al­imo­hamed dis­missed Je­re­mi­ah for a well-played 84, to see CCC slip to 170 for four.

Corbin, with the help of De­mario Richards came to their side’s res­cue, shar­ing an 83-run part­ner­ship for the fifth wick­et.

How­ev­er, Per­maul struck again by dis­miss­ing Richards for 40 and Al­imo­hamed grabbed the wick­et of Ab­hi­jai Mans­ingh just be­fore the close of play.

Corbin is not out on 62 from 146 balls and will be the key if the CCC is to post a healthy first in­nings to­tal.

Al­imo­hamed end­ed with fig­ures of 3-37, while Veerasam­my Per­maul took 2-67. (CMC Sto­ries)

SUM­MARISED SCORES

At the Guyana Na­tion­al Sta­di­um in Guyana: Guyana Harpy Ea­gles vs Com­bined Cam­pus­es and Col­leges.

CCC 279-6 in 90 overs (Jo­hann Je­re­mi­ah 84, Kyle Corbin 62 not out, Shaqkere Par­ris 56, De­mario Richards 40, Ab­hi­jai Mans­ingh 14, Sadique Hen­ry 10; Ronal­do Al­imo­hamed 3-37, Veerasam­my Per­maul 2-67).

At the Sir Vi­vian Richards Sta­di­um in An­tigua: Lee­ward Is­lands Hur­ri­canes vs Ja­maica Scor­pi­ons.

SCOR­PI­ONS 306-9 in 88 overs (John Camp­bell 126, Brad Barnes 53 not out, Kirk McKen­zie 33, Car­los Brown 22, Odean Smith 17, Jeav­or Roy­al 14, Jer­maine Black­wood 10; Je­re­mi­ah Louis 3-35, Rah­keem Corn­wall 3-71, Hay­den Walsh Jr 2-78).

Arnos Vale, St Vin­cent - Wind­ward Is­lands Vol­canos 166 (51.1 overs) ( Kavem Hodge 126; Khary Pierre 4-17; Yan­nic Cari­ah 4-30) vs Trinidad and To­ba­go Red Force 118 /1( 31 overs) Up to Press Time. ( Cephas Coop­er 61*; Amir Jan­goo 52*; Dar­rius Mar­tin 1-43).