Scorpions slump to all-time low
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC): LEFT-ARM SEAMER Kyle Mayers’s career-best haul sent Jamaica Scorpions to a recordequalling low, as Windward Islands Volcanoes took control of their ninth round game in the Regional four-day championship here yesterday.
The 24-year-old Barbadian claimed six for 29 to destroy the Scorpions for 56 in their first innings, after the visitors chose to bat first on the opening day of the contest at Arnos Vale Stadium.
Delorn Johnson, also a leftarm pacer, supported with four for 26 as Scorpions equalled their all-time low in first class cricket achieved in the seventh round at Sabina Park last month.
Only Oraine Williams (15) and wicketkeeper Devon Thomas (10) made it into double figures.
STRONG RESPONSE
In reply, veteran opener Devon Smith and West Indies Twenty20 batsman, Andre Fletcher, hammered half-centuries to carry Volcanoes to 181 for six — already a lead of 125 runs.
Smith ended the day on 66 not out while Fletcher got 57, the pair putting on 104 for the third wicket to pull Volcanoes around from peril at 24 for two.
Smith has so far faced 197 deliveries in a shade over four hours at the crease and counted
seven fours while Fletcher’s innings required 153 balls and included seven fours and a six.
Captain and left-arm spinner Nikita Miller finished with three for 43 while seamer Derval Green chipped in with two for 35.