Joseph defies Walton hundred to put Jaguars on top
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their last six wickets for just 43 runs. Joseph helped instigate the decline, finishing with seven for 53 to also claim his first five-wicket haul in first class cricket. At the close, Jaguars were motoring at 69 without loss courtesy of a breezy half-century from Shimron Hetmyer who was unbeaten on 51 off 54 deliveries. He struck seven fours and a six while his partner, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, was unbeaten on 14 with a single boundary. Jaguars trail by 186 runs heading into day two of the game.
Walton had earlier given the leaders Scorpions a bright start with another superb innings, to follow up his enterprising form in the Regional Super50.
Coming off a hundred in the semi-final against Trinidad and Tobago Red Force and another against touring England last month, Walton once again got among the runs. All told, the right-hander faced 173 balls in just under 4-1/2 hours at the crease and gathered 11 fours and three sixes. He put on 60 with Blackwood for the second wicket and 78 with King for the fourth, before he was fifth out, signaling the Scorpions decline. SCORPIONS 1st Innings J Campbell c Johnson b Joseph 9 +C Walton c Johnson b Motie 101 J Blackwood c Permaul b Shepherd 29 A McCarthy c wkp Bramble
b Joseph 19 B King c Shepherd b Joseph 30 D Thomas c wkp Bramble b Joseph 26 D Green c wkp Bramble b Shepherd 7 D Jacobs c Johnson b Joseph 15 *N Miller c Reifer b Joseph 5 J Taylor not out 1 M Mindley lbw b Joseph 0 Extras (lb5, w4, nb4) 13 TOTAL (all out, 70.3 overs) 255 Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-75, 3-103, 4-181, 5-212, 6-222, 7-245, 8-254, 9255, 10-255. Bowling: Joseph 15.3-1-53-7 (nb2), Shepherd 16-1-59-2 (w2, nb3), Permaul 13-2-39-0, Reifer 13-1-57-0 (w1), Motie 13-3-42-1.
JAGUARS 1st Innings T Chanderpaul not out S Hetmyer not out Extras (b4) 4 TOTAL ((without loss, 17 overs) 69 To bat: *L Johnson, Vishaul Singh, R Reifer, S Chanderpaul, +A Bramble, R Shepherd, V Permaul, G Motie, K Joseph. Bowling: Taylor 3-0-11-0, Mindley 30-8-0, Campbell 3-0-21-0, Green 3-010-0, Miller 3-1-8-0, Jacobs 2-0-7-0. Position: Jaguars trail by 186 runs with all 10 wickets intact. Toss: Jaguars. Umpires: V Smith, J Wilson