Regional Super 50 2018

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At Tarouba, Guyana crushed the Windwards by 93 runs. Spinners Larry Edwards (4-34) and Shane Shillingford (3-47) bowled Guyana out for 231, despite half-centuries from Trevon Griffith (64) and Sherfane Rutherford (69). However, spinners Ramaal Lewis (4-25) and Veerasammy Permaul (3-32) skittled the Windwards out for a paltry 138, Tyrone Theophile topscoring with 32.

At Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad beat the West Indies 'B' team by 70 runs. Half-centuries from Jason Mohammed (83), Lendl Simmons (75) and Denesh Ramdin (55) carried Trinidad to 318-9, against spinner Bryan Charles, who took 3-48. Offspinner Sunil Narine then took 3-38, and there were two wickets each pacers Ravi Rampaul and Dwayne Bravo, as they bowled the WI 'B' team out for 248, Keagan Simmons making 60 and Alzarri Joseph 51 not out.

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At Cave Hill, Jamaica crushed the Leewards by seven wickets with more than 16 overs to spare. Pacer Derval Green took 4-44 to restrict the Leewards to 214-9, Devon Thomas topscoring with 71. John Campbell then hit 81 and Jermaine Blackwood 65 not out as the Jamaicans made easy work of the target.

At Kensington Oval, Barbados notched up their first win of the tournament by beating the USA by three wickets with eight overs to spare. Pacers Shamar Springer (3-21) and Miguel Cummins (2-18) restricted the Americans to 196-9, Steven Taylor topscoring with 64. Barbados laboured to victory, thanks to 30s from Shamarh Brooks and Justin Greaves, and a knock of 29 not out from Springer. Taylor took 2-40 and Usman Ashraf 2-23.

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At the Brian Lara stadium, Guyana beat Trinidad by 75 runs. Trevon Griffith hit 70 and Raymon Reifer 68 to take Guyana to an imposing 291-8 against Ravi Rampaul's 3-56. Clinton Pestano took 3-47 and Ramaal Lewis 3-33 to dismiss Trinidad for 216, Lendl Simmons topscoring with 70.

In Port-of-Spain, Canada pulled off a shock 18-run win over the Windwards. There were 30s from Dhaliwal, Jacobs and Wijeratne as Canada made 206-9 against Tyrone Theophile's 3-33. Eranga then took 6-21 to dismiss the Windwards for 188, Roland Cato topscoring with 50.

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At the 3W's stadium, the CCC pulled off a shock six-wicket win over Jamaica in a low-scoring encounter. Yannick Ottley took 4-11 and Keron Cottoy three wickets for three runs to dismiss the Jamaicans for a paltry 82 all out, John Campbell the only batsman to make any significant contribution with 34. Kyle Corbin then hit 43 as the CCC laboured to overhaul the target for the loss of four wickets. Left-arm spinner Nikita Miller took 2-34.

In a close encounter in Bridgetown, Barbados beat the Leewards by three wickets with just two balls remaining. Medium pacer Kevin Stoute took 5-38 to restrict the Leewards to 226-9, Akeem Saunders topscoring with 63 not out, as there were 40s from Rahkeem Cornwall and Orlando Peters. Jonathan Carter then hit 79 not out as the Barbadians chased down the target, against Sheldon Cottrell (2-43) and Cornwall (2-30).

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Canada pulled off a shock 18-run win over the Windwards.

Poor Dots! Cursed by VOR and AfCrow! I feel for them!

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It gets worse....

At Queen's Park Oval, Guyana beat Canada by four wickets with more than 10 overs to spare. Veerasammy Permaul took 2-26 to restrict Canada to 205-7, Kumar topscoring with 51. Raymon Reifer then hit 61 not out and Anthony Bramble 44 as Guyana chased down the target for the loss of six wickets. Dutta took 3-41.

At Tarouba, the Windwards went down to another embarrassing loss, beaten by the West Indies 'B' team by three wickets with three overs to spare. pacers Alzarri Joseph took 3-54 and Chemar Holder 2-37 to restrict the Windwards to 227-9. Kavem Hodge made 78, Emmanuel Stewart 56, and Ryan John 44, but there was not much else for the Windwards. Larry Edward took 4-47 and Hodge 2-15 to reduce the WI 'B' team to 80-5, but wicketkeeper Tevin Imlach hit a patient 57 not out, and tailenders Odean Smith and Jeavor Royal hit 64 and 44 not out to take the WIndies 'B' team to victory.

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At Cave Hill, Barbados beat the USA by four wickets with 15 overs to spare. Left-arm pacer Dominic Drakes took 4-44 to restrict the Americans to 212-8, Manank Patel topscoring with 80. Shane Moseley and Jonathan Carter then hit 60s as the Bajans chased down the target against Nosthush Kenjige (2-54) and Usman Ashraf (2-34).

In Bridgetown, rain saved the Leewards from defeat and created a no-result. Jermaine Blackwood struck a round 100 from 115 balls, including eight fours and two sixes, to lead Jamaica to an imposing 299-6. He was supported by John Campbell, who made 61, and there were 40s from Andre McCarthy and Brandon King. Rahkeem Cornwall took 2-53 and Jeremiah Louis 2-34. Rain washed out the Leewards' reply in the first over.

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At Port-of-Spain, rain forced the abandonment of the match between the West Indies 'B' and Canada without a ball being bowled.

At the Brian Lara stadium, Trinidad crushed a hapless Windwards by seven wickets with more than 40 overs to spare. Imran Khan took 3-13, and the legspinner was supported by Khary Pierre, who took two wickets for seven runs, and Rayad Emrit, who captured two wickets for eight runs, as they skittled the Windwards out for an embarrassing 78 all out. Gideon Pope topscored with 37. Kavem Hodge took 3-48 to reduce Trinidad to 23-3, until Lendl Simmons and Nicholas Pooran saw the hosts home with unbeaten knocks of 52 and 25 respectively.

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In their rain-affected match at the 3W's stadium, the Leewards won a cellar battle with the USA by 47 runs on D/L. The portly Rahkeem Cornwall struck 125 not out from just 93 balls, including six fours and ten sixes, to lead the Leewards to 248-7 off 49 overs. He was supported by captain and wicketkeeper Devon Thomas, who made 43. Pacer Kyle Phillip took 3-62. Cornwall then took 2-13 and Orlando Peters 2-11 to restrict the Americans to 130-7 off 36 overs. Chasing a target of 178, the USA never got close, captain and wicketkeeper Jaskaran Malhotra topscoring with 40.

At Kensington Oval, the CCC joined Jamaica, Trinidad and Guyana in the semi-finals, when they crushed a hapless Barbados by 125 runs. There were half-centuries from Jonathan Drakes (70), Amir Jangoo (62) and Kjorn Ottley (57), as the CCC piled up an imposing 259-7 against medium pacers Shamar Springer (3-48) and Kevin Stoute (2-40). Spinner Yannick Ottley then took 3-24, and medium pacer Carlos Brathwaite 3-12, to dismiss Barbados for a paltry 134 all out, Jonathan Carter topscoring with 26.

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October is the tail-end of the hurricane season, and usually the rainiest month in the Caribbean. Hence, three matches were washed out and abandoned this weekend. They were Guyana vs Windwards at Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad vs West Indies 'B' at the Brian Lara stadium, and CCC vs USA at Cave Hill.

At Kensington Oval, Barbados left it too late in the tournament to secure a consolation 39-run win over Jamaica. Jonathan Carter hit 82, Shamarh Brooks 60, and Leniko Boucher 46, as Barbados piled up 246-5 against one wicket each for Jerome Taylor, Reynard Leveridge, Derval Green and Chris Lamont. Pacers Shamar Springer (5-30) and Keon Harding (3-58) then dismissed Jamaica for 207 all out, the only batsmen offering any resistance being Andre McCarthy with 83 and Nkrumah Bonner with 41.

Jamaica have already qualified for the semi-finals, while Barbados will not advance to the knockout stage of the competition they are hosting.