Bajans close in on Busta Cup

Barbados are one win away from regaining the Busta Cup.

Their remarkable six-wicket victory over the Leeward Islands on Monday lifted them from fifth place to joint second in the Busta Cricket Series.

England A head the table with 51 points, six more than Barbados and Guyana. But, under the rules of the competition, England A are ineligible to win the Busta Cup.

They can only compete for the Busta International Shield, for which the semifinalists will be the top four teams after the seventh round of preliminary matches.

The Cup is to go to the highest placed Caribbean team after the preliminaries matches.

Victories for both Barbados and Guyana in their final-round matches will carry them to 57 points, but Barbados will be declared winners of the Cup by virtue of recording more wins.

After Monday's sixth-round matches, Barbados had won three matches and Guyana two.

In the final round of matches starting Friday, Barbados oppose Trinidad and Tobago at Kensington Oval, while Guyana meet pointless Windward Islands at Bourda.