Harpy Eagles extend lead over Red Force in WI Championship

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC):

WITH JUST three preliminary rounds remaining, the unbeaten Guyana Harpy Eagles have extended their lead at the top of the table in the West Indies Championship.

The defending champions trounced the Jamaica Scorpions by 214 runs in the just-concluded fourth round to register their third win and move to 81.2 points.

They are still closely followed by the also unbeaten Trinidad and Tobago Red Force on 77.8 points after they registered a 125-run victory over the West Indies Academy in the last round.

Barbados Pride reeled off their third consecutive win after their opening round defeat and are currently in third position on 73 points.

The Leeward Islands Hurricanes have fallen to fourth place on 54.4 points after suffering an innings-and-60-run defeat at the hands of the Windward Islands Volcanoes, which enabled the latter to climb to fifth position on 42 points.

The Scorpions are sixth on 35.6 points after falling to their third straight loss, while the winless Combined Campuses and Colleges (20.6) and West Indies Academy (19.8) occupy the cellar positions.

In the crucial fifth round that begins tomorrow, the Pride take on the Red Force, the Harpy Eagles clash with the Volcanoes, the Hurricanes and CCC do battle, while the Scorpions go up against the West Indies Academy.