Cornwall puts Leewards on top

Leewards Island 346 for 5 (Cornwall 98*, Jeffers 67, Joseph 60, Williams 51) v Jamaica
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Wilden Cornwall, the Leewards allrounder, led from the front to bring up his highest first-class score of 98 and take his team to a strong position at 346 for 5 against Jamaica. After winning the toss, the Leewards batsmen destroyed Jamaica with splendid performances by Shane Jeffers, who made 67, Sylvester Joseph (60) and the long-standing Stuart Williams, who made 51. The Leewards batsmen were particularly harsh on Odean Brown, who conceded 77 runs from 14 overs, and Nikita Miller, who took two wickets for 80 from 32 overs. Cornwall, who batted for 117 minutes, struck 11 fours and a huge six off Marlon Samuels. Williams looked set for a bigger score when he mistimed a delivery from Miller and gave the bowler a simple return catch.

Guyana 254 for 4 (Ramdass 112, Deonarine 59) v Trinidad & Tobago
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Ryan Ramdass brought up his second consecutive century to take Guyana to a comfortable position at 254 for 4 against Trinidad and Tobago on the opening day of the round six Carib Beer Series in Guyana. Ramdass, on 112, was well-supported by Narsingh Deonarine (59) as the two put on a formidable partnership of 127 after the loss of early wickets. Guyana, electing to bat after winning the toss, lost Sewnarine Chattergoon, the opener, cheaply for 3 and Ramnaresh Sarwan - back in the squad after playing the VB Series - shortly after for 19. Ramdass, who hit 11 fours and a solitary straight six, was offered two chances before he miscued and skied Amit Juggernath to mid-off. For T&T, Jaggernauth was the pick of the bowlers as he bagged 3 for 82. At stumps, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, on 32, and Assad Fudadin (20), were the not out batsmen.

Barbodos 310 (Smith 104, Browne 45) v Windward Islands
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Dwayne Smith's sparkling century added some respectability to the Barbodos total as they were all out for 304 against Windward Islands at St.Vincent. Smith's 104 took the initiative away from Windwards, who made early inroads into the top order, and had Barbodos reeling at 60 for 3. Ryan Hinds, who made 31, was involved in a century stand for the fourth wicket with Smith. Courtney Browne hit 45 and valuable contributions from Patrick Browne (38) and Ryan Layne (32), making his debut, helped the total past 300. Kenroy Peters was the most successful of the Windwards bowler with 3 for 52. Darren Sammy, with 2 for 59, and Deighton Butler, with 2 for 77, gave him good support.