Banks helps Leeward Islands claw back

Leeward Islands 196 and 46 for 1 lead Jamaica 223 (Lambert 51, Banks 5-76) by 19 runs
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A fine performance from Omari Banks helped Leeward Islands claw their way back into the game after Jamaica looked like they were running away with it. They looked set to wrest a sizeable first-innings lead but Banks, who finished with five for 76, triggered the collapse, restricting Jamaica to 223 at Kensington Park.

Resuming on 35 for 1, Jamaica started disastrously, losing Danza Hyatt (7) without a run being scored. Tamar Lambert joined Xavier Marshall and the pair dug deep and put on 62 vital runs, and guided Jamaica out of trouble. Banks took the crucial wicket of Marshall for 36 but David Bernard Jr and Lambert took the score past 140 before Tonito Willet dismissed Lambert for 51 a few minutes before lunch.

Bernard and Gareth Breese put together a useful partnership and, at 180 for 4, Leeward Islands faced the prospect of conceding a substantial lead. Banks decided to change that and dismissed Breese (18) and Carlton Baugh Jr in quick time. Bernard (45) watched as Carl Simon trapped Nikita Simon leg before for 1 before he became Banks' fourth victim. The last pair, Andrew Richardson and Jerome Taylor, then stretched the lead to 27 runs as the innings folded for 223.

Leward Islands wiped out the defecit and ended the day on 46 for 1, having lost Austin Richards (18) to a run-out just before close.