West Indies batsman Kirk McKenzie stood resolute on Friday, leading a Jamaica Scorpions’ batting renaissance against Guyana Harpy Eagles in the fourth round of the West Indies Four-Day Championship at Sabin Park in Kingston.
Faced with a daunting task of scoring 489 for an outright win, Scorpions, who were skittled out for 44 in the first innings, closed the penultimate day on 179-3. The will start the final day needing 310 for victory.
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The left-handed McKenzie, who had played six Test matches will resume on 104, an innings that has spanned 147 balls and included nine fours and five sixes.
It is McKenzie’s second First-Class hundred.
After first innings destroyer Ronaldo Alimohamed removed Odain McCatty for five, McKenzie and Brandon King put on 132 to frustrate the Harpy Eagles.
King made his 17th First-Class fifty- a compact 53 off 110 balls (8x4s)- but was dismissed soon after by Alimohamed, who now has eight wickets in the match.
Left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie added the wicket of Jermaine Blackwood for a four-ball duck, but that was the last success for the defending champions as Javelle Glenn (five not out) kept McKenzie’s company to the close.
Harpy Eagles, resuming on 68-1, declared on 192-3 when Kevlon Anderson reached his third fifty.
The right-hander followed up his first innings 116 with an unbeaten 50 off 85 balls (3x4s), with Kemol Savory unbeaten on 25 off 45 (2x4s).
Opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul made a patient 74, his first half-century of the season.
The left-hander faced 172 balls and struck three fours and a six, while skipper Tevin Imlach made 31 off 100 balls (1×6).
Bowling for Scorpions, Marquino Mindley (1-13), Odean Smith (1-23) and Brad Barnes (1-81) were the wicket-takers.
Below are the summarised scores of the other three matches:
At Daren Sammy Cricket Ground: Leeward Hurricanes 195 all out from 51.1 overs (Mikyle Louis 84, Jahmar Hamilton 40; Gilon Tyson 5-45, Ryan John 4-42) and 225 all out from 61.2 overs (Justin Greaves 67, Mikyle Louis 39, Cameron Pennyfeather 39; Shadrack Descarte 3-58) lost to Windward Volcanoes 480 from 116.3 overs from 81 overs (Shadrack Descarte 119, Ryan John 109, Kenneth Dember 75, Sunil Ambris 35, Gian Benjamin 30; Oshane Thomas 4-66, Justin Greaves 3-102) by an innings and 60 runs
At Coolidge Cricket Ground: West Indies Academy 268 all out from 61.1 overs (Joshua Bishop 102, Carlon Bowen-Tuckett 71, Ackeem Auguste 49; Yannic Cariah 3-37, Khary Pierre 3-66) trail Trinidad and Tobago Red Force 309 all out 89.4 overs (Joshua Da Silva 120, Khary Pierre 42, Jason Mohammed 32; Johann Layne 5-56, Jediah Blades 2-69) and 218-9 from 62 overs (Cephas Cooper 55, Yannic Cariah 54; Kelvin Pitman 4-38) by 254 runs
At Kensington Oval: Combined Campuses and Colleges 262 all out from 81.1 overs (Damel Evelyn 110, Kieran Powell 45; Roston Chase 5-70, Jomel Warrican 3-76, Jason Holder 1-14) and 193 all out from 56.1 overs (Akeem Jordan 50; Jomel Warrican 5-59) lost to Barbados Pride 428 all out from 90.4 overs (Roston Chase 122, Kevin Wickham 95, Jason Holder 39, Kraigg Brathwaite 38; Kalvin Marcus 3-81, Akeem Jordan 2-74, Damion Joachim 2-81) and 28-0 (Kraigg Brathwaite 15*, Zachary McCaskie 13*) by 10 wickets
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