Scorpions face uphill task

The Jamaica Scorpions will have to bat out of their skins if they are to get a positive result against the Guyana Harpy Eagles on today’s fourth and final day of their West Indies Championship sixth-round match at Sabina Park.

Today the home side will resume on 123 for two in their second innings, still needing 296 runs to win with eight wickets in hand. Opener Kirk McKenzie is unbeaten on 39 and captain Brandon King on 13.

The third day saw total domination from the Harpy Eagles who wrapped up the Scorpions’ first innings early for their overnight 153 and the visitors chose not to enforce the follow-on and decided to put some quick runs on the board to add to their 271-run lead.

Captain Tevin Imlach decided to lead from the front as he made a top score of 44 from 77 balls in the Harpy Eagles’ second-innings score of 147 for four declared.

Kevin Sinclair weighed in with 36 not out as seamer Derval Green claimed two wickets for 39 runs.

Set 419 runs to win, the Scorpions got to 34 before they lost their first wicket when Carlos Brown was caught behind off spinner Sinclair for 10.

Debutant opener Javaughn Buchanan and Kirk McKenzie then steadied things with a 46-run second-wicket stand before Buchanan, on 39, went caught off Veerasammy Permaul. The left-handed Buchanan had batted 101 balls and hit six fours.

McKenzie then found another useful partner in captain King and they batted out the remainder of the day in a 67-run third-wicket partnership to take the Scorpions to stumps.

At Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad: Leeward Islands Hurricanes trail Barbados Pride by 156 with nine second-innings wickets standing.

Pride 542 for nine declared (Kraigg Brathwaite 189, Roston Chase 127, Zachary McCaskie 101; Rahkeem Cornwall 33-3-132-5).

Hurricanes 288 all out (Keacy Carty 127; Roston Chase 3-47, Shaquille Cumberbatch 3-48) and 98 for one (Kieran Powell 52, Mikyle Louis 45 not out).

At Frank Worrell Field in Trinidad: Combined Campuses & Colleges Marooners require another 382 to beat Trinidad and Tobago Red Force with nine second-innings wickets standing.

Red Force 591 for seven declared (Amir Jangoo 218 not out, Jason Mohammed 157; Amari Goodridge 22-6-92-5) and 95 for two declared (Jason Mohammed 41 not out, Amir Jangoo 34 not out).

Marooners 231 all out (Yannick Ottley 56; Anderson Phillip 22-3-71-5) and 67 for one (Damel Evelyn 43 not out).

At the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua: Windward Islands Volcanoes beat Cricket West Indies Academy by 158 runs.

Volcanoes 162 all out (Shamar Springer 31; Joshua Bishop 4-24, Johann Layne 3-30) and 275 all out (Alick Athanaze 89; Joshua Bishop 4-78, Ashmead Nedd 3-65).

CWI Academy 158 all out (Carlon Bowen-Tuckett 36; Gilon Tyson 13.4-0-50-5) and 121 all out (Teddy Bishop 47; Shamar Springer 4-30).