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to leave the Scorpions in trouble at eight for two in the ninth over.

Blackwood then found a useful partner in Paul Palmer Jr, and the pair added a valuable 40-run partnership for the third wicket to take the Scorpions to lunch at 47 for two.

Immediately after the lunch break, Palmer lost his wicket as he was undone by a beauty from seamer Nial Smith for 15.

Nkrumah Bonner then joined Blackwood and the veteran pair put together the biggest partnership of the innings, 74 runs.

Bonner rode his luck to get to 29 as he was put down twice by opposing captain Leon Johnson.

But with the score on 122, Bonner could not pull his bat away from a Christopher Barnwell delivery and was caught behind.

All this time, Blackwood batted with maturity, bringing up his half-century off 122 balls, including six fours.

After sharing in a 42-run partnership with wicketkeeper Denis Smith, Blackwood would be the fifth wicket to fall as he played around one from Veerasammy Permaul for a top score of 81, which included 10 fours.

Permaul then wrapped up the innings, including picking up the wicket of debutant Pete Salmon for a duck, to claim four for 34 as the Scorpions lower order failed to add much resistance.

There were two wickets each for Smith and Barnwell for the Jaguars, who negotiated the remaining eight overs on the day to close on 17 without loss, still trailing by 170 runs. Chandrapaul Hemraj is unbeaten on 13, and with him his Tagenarine Chanderpaul on four.