2018 Super 50, January 30-February 25

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At Kensington Oval on Thursday, the Windwards beat Trinidad by three wickets with more than three overs to spare. Tion Webster hit 58 and Denesh Ramdin 50 as Trinidad made 254-8, offspinner Shane Shillingford taking 3-54. Kyle Mayers then topscored with 53 as the Windwards chased down the target with the loss of seven wickets. Spinners Sunil Narine (4-42) and Imran Khan (3-51) did most damage for Trinidad.

at Lucas Street, Hampshire crushed the CCC by nine wickets. Brad Taylor took 4-26 and Gareth Berg 3-28 to dismiss the CCC for a paltry 124 all out, Kjorn Ottley topscoring with 50. Jimmy adams hit 66 not and Joe Weatherley 56 not out as Hants knocked off the target with 22 overs to spare.

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At the Viv Richards stadium on Friday, Kent beat the US by 30 runs. Callum Haggett and Grant Stewart hit 40s to lead Kent to 172-9, restricted by an all-round American performance, with two wickets each for Elmore Hutchinson, Saurabh Netravalkar, Nosthrush Kenjige and Roy Silva. Imran qayyum then captured 4-33 to dismiss the US for 142 all out, Silva topscoring with 50.

at Coolidge, in a virtual knockout match, Guyana beat Jamaica by four wickets and just over an over remaining on D/L after rain interruptions at Coolidge. Chadwick Walton hit 104 to lead Jamaica to 264-8, while there were two wickets each for spinners Ramaal Lewis and Chanderpaul Hemraj. Hemraj then hit 80 and Chris Barnwell 56 to take Guyana to victory for the loss of six wickets. Offspinner Pete Salmon took 4-28 for Jamaica.

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On Saturday, the Windwards joined Barbados and Guyana in the semi-finals, when they crushed Hampshire by 136 runs at the 3W's Oval. Andre Fletcher hammered a run-a-ball 132, including five fours and eight sixes, to propel the Windwards to 293 all out. He received support from another veteran, Devon Smith, who made 84. Pacers Chris Wood (5-38) and Fidel Edwards (4-51) took the wickets for Hampshire. Kavem Hodge then took 4-24 and Shane Shillingford 3-45 to dismiss Hants for a mere 157 all out, Lewis McManus topscoring with 35.

At Kensington Oval, the CCC pulled off an upset six-wicket win over Barbados, who had already reached the last four. Roston Chase topscored with 48 as Barbados limped to 196-9, against Jermaine Levy's 3-28. Kyle Corbin then struck 66 and Yannick Ottley 54 not out to take CCC to victory with more than six overs to spare. Left-arm spinner Joshua Bishop took two wickets for Barbados.

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On Sunday at North Sound, Jamaica beat the US by 80 runs. Trevon Griffith hit 80 and Fabian Allen 62 not out to lead Jamaica to 259-8, while spinner Saurabh Netravalkar took 4-45. Pacer Odean Smith and spinners Chris Lamont and Andre McCarthy then took two wickets each to restrict the Americans to 179-9, Jaskaran Malhotra topscoring with 70.

At Coolidge, Kent took the last semi-final spot when they beat the Leewards by 23 runs on D/L, after several rain interruptions. Sean Dickson hit 72 and Daniel Bell-Drummond 66 to take Kent to 266-9 against the medium pace of Orlando Peters, who captured 5-49. Despite knocks of 69 from Kasey Carty and 62 from Montcin Hodge, the Leewards lost wickets regularly, and finished on 196-6 after 42 overs. Spinner adam Riley took 4-40 for Kent.

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Wed Feb 21 (50 ovs) 14:00 local (18:00 GMT)
1st Semi Final - Barbados v Kent
Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua

Thu Feb 22 (50 ovs) 14:00 local (18:00 GMT)
2nd Semi Final - Guyana v Windward Islands
Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua

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In the first semi-final at Coolidge, Barbados beat Kent by 13 runs on D/L. Kraigg Brathwaite compiled 105 from 135 balls, and he was supported by knocks of 62 from 70 from Omar Phillips, and 81 from 74 from Roston Chase, as Barbados reached 263-3. There were two wickets each for Dominic Drakes and Hayden Walsh Jr to restrict Kent to 216-8 from 43 overs, Sean Dickson topscoring with 51.

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In the second semi-final at Coolidge, the Windwards beat Guyana by 52 runs on D/L. Tyrone Theophile hit 107 from 104 balls, including nine fours and four sixes, to lead the Windwards to an imposing 286-7. He received support from Kavem Hodge, who made 57, while off spinner Ramaal Lewis took 3-54. Hodge then captured 3-49 with his slow left-armers to dismiss Guyana for 231 all out, tailender Shefane Rutherford topscoring with 49.

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I just want to send my best wishes to Massa Mike In what must be a tough period for him. Seeing Warri put an end to Miller's test career will have been very hard to watch for him, especially when it came against his own country!!!

Keep your head up old boy!!!!...Di COTR was just too strong fi Miller to overcome in di end, just like most of your senior boyfriends .

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Oh yes, afCrow, because the Test team has won series after series without Miller, haven't they?

What's Warrican'ts Test bowling average again?

The Jamaica bowling attack badly missed Miller after the West Indies selectors tried to make up for their indefensible ignoring of Miller by inviting him to the World Cup preliminaries in southern africa. Without Miller, the Jamaica bowling looked toothless. The youngsters are seriously wanting.

The Windwards beat Barbados by three wickets with just three balls to spare in an exciting final at Coolidge on Saturday.

Shane Shillingford, Obed McCoy and Larry Edward took two wickets each to restrict Barbados to 232-9, Jonathan Carter topscoring with 80. Roland Cato then struck 54 to guide the Windwards to a seven-wicket win. Pacer Dominic Drakes captured 3-38 for Barbados.