da pinnacle： The Leeward Islands cricket team cruised to a comfortable victory thispast Wednesday at the Antigua Recreation Ground in Antigua over theBermuda National side
Zach Kenworthy11-Oct-2000The Leeward Islands cricket team cruised to a comfortable victory thispast Wednesday at the Antigua Recreation Ground in Antigua over theBermuda National side. Upon winning the toss, the Ridley Jacob ledLeewards elected to field. It proved to be a profitable decision bythe West Indian wicketkeeper as the Bermudans were quickly reduced toan unrecoverable 31 for 5 with Goldwyn Prince and Kerry Jeremy rippinginto their top order. A mini recovery was then staged, however, asJaneiro Tucker (57) and Wendell White (14) managed to put together a63 run partnership for the sixth wicket.The Leeward Islands bowling attack proved to be too much, in the end,for the Bermudans as they crumbled to a modest total of 129 all outfrom 46 overs. Pacer Goldwyn Prince, was the main culprit as he torethe heart out of the Bermudan batting order with a fiery match spellof 4 for 22 from 10 overs. Young Antiguan and West Indies pacer, KerryJeremy, also slotted into the bowling action as he grabbed 3 for 27from his allotted 10 overs. Both off-spinner, Anthony Lake and leftarmer, Keith Arthurton claimed a wicket apiece.In reply, the Leewards cruised, despite loosing a few wickets on theway, to a total of 133 for 5. Wilden Cornwall (21), Stuart Williams(14), Runako Morton (11) and Stlvester Joseph (13) all lost theirwickets in the victory as did Dave Joseph who contributed 36.However, veteran Keith Arthurton (30 not out) and skipper RidleyJacobs (0 not out) saw their side to victory as the Leewards wrappedup a comfortable victory in their first effort of the 2000 Red StripeBowl.The Leewards only match in Anguilla takes place on Sunday the 15thagainst the Windwards. The Leewards will be without star Anguilliancricketers Alex Adams and Omari Banks, who from an Anguillian point ofview were unfortunately not selected. However, the Leewards, hopefullycan carry on with their good form and produce a winning season.