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Apr 14, 2012 Sports
Kingston, Jamaica – (www.bcacricket.org) – Jamaica were 266 for eight of 90 overs in their first innings at the close of play after winning the toss against Barbados on the opening day of the 2012 West Indies first-class championship final at Sabina Park here yesterday.
The not out batsmen were Nikita Miller on 29 and Sheldon Cotterell, 15. Brenton Parchment hit 58 while Donovan Pagon top scored with 71. Sulieman Benn, the former West Indies spinner, bagged 5 wickets, while Carlos Braithwaite claimed 3.
Xavier Marshall was caught at the wicket by Shane Dowrich from a cut off fast medium Carlos Brathwaite for 19 (46-1) the first wicket to fall; Brenton Parchment was brilliantly caught at long-off by Brathwaite, running back, off left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn for 58 (154-2); Donovan Pagon was caught at short extra-cover by skipper Shamarh Brooks off Benn for 71 (158-3).
Skipper Tamar Lambert was caught then by Dowrich off one which bounced from Benn for 13 (186-4); Danza Hyatt was bowled leg stump off the inside edge by Brathwaite as he essayed a drive, for 15 (186-5); David Bernard was caught at long-leg by substitute Justin Greaves off Brathwaite for four (195-6); Horace Miller, trying to play through the onside, was caught at cover by Greaves off Benn for 18 (222-7) and Andrew Richardson was caught at long-on by Javon Searles off Benn for seven (239-8).
Benn has five for 90 off 29 overs including five maidens and Brathwaite, three for 38 off 17 overs with three maidens.
Marshall was badly missed on 19 at midwicket by Rashidi Boucher, playing his first match of the season, from a pull off Brathwaite’s first over after he replaced pacer Searles from the northern end.
Pagon was dropped on 17 in the slips by Dwayne Smith off Searles in the second ball after lunch. Parchment reached his half-century in 150 minutes off 111 balls with six fours.
The action continues today.
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