Barbados cruise again in TCL Group cricket

GEORGETOWN: Barbados recorded another big win in the TCL Group West Indies Challenge Cup limited overs cricket competition, by overpowering minnows Canada by 108 runs at Enmore yesterday.

Winning the toss and batting first, Barbados were bowled out for a modest 158, as off-spinner Francis Keshvani took five wickets for 19 runs. Kirk Edwards top scored with 48 as he struck three fours in facing 99 balls, with Kevin Stoute contributing 36 and captain Martin Nurse 26. In their turn at the crease, off-spinner Renaldo Parris and medium fast bowler Andre Gill shared six wickets to limit the Canadians to 80 off 41.4 overs. Parris took three for three off 5.4 overs, and Gill three for 16 from six overs to wreck the Canadians’ innings. None of the Canadian batsmen could get into the twenties as they easily capitulated to the Barbadians. In another match Guyana’s captain Assad Fudadin stroked an unbeaten half century and led his side to a comfortable seven-wicket triumph over the Leeward Islands at Everest. The Leewards, electing to bat, struggled to 139 all out off 46 overs, and Guyana coasted to 140 for three off 36 overs in reply for their second win from two matches. Fudadin was not out on 75 at the end, and Guyana will meet Barbados today in a top-of-the-table clash to decide Group “A” honours.