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had taken four for 54 from 23 overs while receiving support from seamer Louis who had two for 27 from 13 overs.

The final session was much of the same as the already crowned champions showed little application, subsequently being bundled out for 187 in the 63rd over. Paul (30) was the first man to go after tea when he pushed Cornwall down to long-on to give the give the off-spinner his fifth wicket of the innings. The other batsmen soon met their demise as well.

Cornwall, who has already take two fivewicket hauls this season, ended with 6 for 68 while Gavin Tongue (2-37) and Louis (2-68) took the wickets to fall.

Hurricanes, in their response, reached 62 without loss from 25 overs, trailing the Jaguars by 125 runs with openers Montcin Hodge on 32 and Chesney Hughes on 29 both looking assured after seeing off the new-ball pair of Reifer and Clinton Pestano while also managing to negate the Guyanese spinners.

Hughes appeared to be in good touch after elegantly easing Pestano down the ground for four which was followed up with a savage hook over the deep backward square boundary for six. He also gave Adams a stern baptism, launching him for a big six over long-on during his first over at this level to give Hurricanes a slim physiologically edge at the close of play.

JAGUARS 1st Innings A Fudadin c Carty b Cornwall B Yadram c Hodge b Cornwall C Hemraj c Taylor b Louis *L Johnson c wkp Hamilton b Tonge R Reifer st Hamilton b Cornwall +A Bramble c Cornwall b Louis K Paul c Tonge b Cornwall S Jacobs c Taylor b Cornwall V Permaul c Saunders b Tonge C Pestano c Peters b Cornwall A Adams not out Extras (b9, lb10, nb2) TOTAL (all out, 62.4 overs) Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-51, 3-51, 4-101, 5-101, 6-136, 7-142, 8-165, 9-175, 10-187. Bowling: Tonge 13-4-37-2 (nb1), Louis 13-5-27-2, Cornwall 26.4-11-68-6 (nb1), Taylor 5-1-17-0, Berridge 3-1-14-0, Peters 2-1-5-0.

HURRICANES 2nd Innings M Hodge not out C Hughes not out Extras (nb1) TOTAL (without loss, 25 overs) To bat: K Carty, A Saunders, +J Hamilton, *R Cornwall, S Peters, J Taylor, E Berridge, J Louis, G Tonge. Bowling: Reifer 6-4-11-0, Pestano 4-1-7-0, Jacobs 5-18-0, Paul 4-1-16-0, Adams 3-1-8-0, Permaul 3-2-2-0. Position: Hurricanes trail by 125 runs with all 10 first innings wickets intact.