Reifer leads Barbados Carib Beer fightback

CRAB HILL, Barbados: Jamaica, set 200 runs to win, were 69 for six in their second innings when stumps were drawn on the penultimate day of the final in the Carib Beer 2004 Cricket Series yesterday. Resuming on 149 for five wickets only 33 runs ahead and seeming about to surrender their title, Floyd Reifer led a tremendous Barbados fightback with 83 to lift his team’s second innings total to 315 all out.

And skipper Courtney Browne hit a defiant 47, while Ryan Hinds chipped in with a valuable 25. Starting their quest for victory, the Jamaicans ran into some devastating bowling by pacers Corey Collymore who took three wickets for 19 runs, and Ian Bradshaw who took two for three. Jamaica still require another 131 runs for victory with only four wickets standing.

Summarised scores: BARBADOS 142 - Ryan Hinds 43, Tino Best 30, Andrew Richardson 3/29,  Daren Powell 3/36, Nehemiah Perry 2/15, Chris Gayle 2/33 and 315 - Floyd Reifer 83, Sherwin Campbell 49, Courtney Browne 47, Martin Nurse 32, Ryan Hinds 25, Andrew Richardson 3/78, Daren Powell 2/52 vs JAMAICA 258 - Chris Gayle 76, Tamar Lambert 33, Keith Hibbert 32, Donovon Pagon 20, Pedro Collins 4/56, Ian Bradshaw 3/58, Corey Collymore 2/46 and 69 for six - Tamar Lambert 21, Corey Collymore 3/19, Ian Bradshaw 2/3).