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BARBADOS ROYALS BOOK A SPOT IN CPL FINAL

Led by an impressive 91 runs by their opening batsman Rahkeem Cornwall The Barbados Royals booked their spot in the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) final scheduled for Friday.

The Barbados Royals crushed the Guyana Amazon Warriors by 87 runs at Providence Stadium, Guyana as they were sent in to bat first and posted 195/5, tying the highest score in CPL this season.

Cornwall struck 11 sixes and two fours off just 54 balls on his to the topscore of the game, 91 runs.

Cornwall shared in a 56-run opening partnership with Kyle Mayers who was dismissed just after the power play for 26 runs off 20 balls.

Azam Khan who scored 52 runs off 35 balls and struck four sixes and three fours cam ein at number four and he and Cornwall put on a 90-run partnership which came off 51 balls.

Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and chose to field, but Barbados Royals would go on to score the joint-highest total of this season by reaching an imposing 195/5. Opener Rahkeem Cornwall starred in the innings, launching 11 sixes in his innings of 91, while Azam Khan supported with his own half-century.
In reply the Warriors could only muster 108 runs as they were bowled out in the 18^th over.

Ramon Simmonds was the spearhead of the bowling attack for the Barbados Royals as he took three wickets for 17 runs, while Cornwall and Mujeeb Ur Rahman each took two wickets. Kyle Mayers bowled one over for two runs, while Jason Holder, and Hayden Walsh Jr took one wicket each.

Summaries Scores

Barbados Royals 195/5 (R Cornwall 91, A Khan 52; R Shepherd 2/29, K Sinclair 1/8)

beat Guyana Amazon Warriors 108 all out (S Hetmyer 37, S Hope 21; R Simmonds 3/17, R Cornwall 2/10) by 87 runs

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FIRST DAY ADVANTAGE FOR RED FORCE

Trinidad and Tobago Red Force held the advantage over Barbados Pride at the end of the first day of their four day match at Kensington Oval on Wednesday.

At the close of play the Red Force were 182 for four wickets, a lead of 86 runs.

Openers Cephas Cooper (32) and Kamil Pooran (50) posted 104 for the first wicket before Cooper was bowled by Roach.

Amir Jangoo and Yannick Cariah are unbeaten on 37 and 19 respectively. Jason Holder dismissed two batsmen for 35 runs.

Earlier Barbados Pride was bowled out for 86 after the Red Force won the toss and elected to field. The Pride lost their first wicket with the score on seven when the captain and opening batsman Kraigg Brathwaite and opening batsman was bowled by medium pacer Anderson Phillip for five.

Three runs later the in-form batsman Jonathan Drakes was bowled by Jayden Seales for three. Opener Zachary McCaskie (11) and Roston Chase (11) added 25 runs for the fourth wicket until McCaskie was caught at second slip off seamer Joshua James to leave the Pride reeling at 35 for four wickets.

Barbados’ woes continued when Chase was dismissed with no addition to the score.The Pride’s batsmen wickets continue to fall like ripe mangoes in season; and they were bowled out for their lowest total of the season. Kemar Roach, batting at number nine, top-scored with 21, and Shai Hope was run-out for 16. Phillip captured four wickets for 36 runs, and Seales took two for 32.

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GET READY FOR THE NATIONAL SENIOR GAMES

Look out for further details and registration over the coming weeks. The National Senior Games Track and Field Meet takes place at the Usain Bolt Complex begins June 9th 2025.

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BARBADOS PRIDE WINS ON DAY THREE

Article by David Harris

Barbados Pride defeated the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) on the third day of the fourth round match in Cricket West Indies Four Day Championships at Kensington Oval on Friday afternoon.

Chasing a paltry 28 runs to record their third successive victory for the Championship; Barbados scored the runs without losing a wicket; the openers Kraigg Brathwalte and Zachary McCaskie were unbeaten on 15 and 13 respectively.
CCC started the day trailing Barbados by 162 runs on two runs for one wicket, and were dismissed for 193 runs.

Man of the Match Roston Chase and left –arm spinner Joel Warrican spun a weave around the CCC batsmen.

Warrican captured five wickets for 59 runs and Chase picked up two wickets 69 runs.

CCC lost nine wickets for 132 runs but Akeem Jordan (50) and Chemar Holder who was unbeaten on 20 added 61 runs for the tenth wicket.

Kamil Pooran made 36, Shaqkere Parris got 35.

On Thursday (the second day of the match) Barbados scored 428 in reply to CCC’s total of 262.

Roston Chase made a sublime 122 and Kevin Wickham contributed a stylish 95; medium pacer Kalvin Marcus took three wickets.

Barbados won the match with a day to spare.