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My thanks too for merging the topics.

BallOil wrote:... At the Demerara Cricket Club: BARBADOS 161 (Neil Browne 26 not out, Kraigg Brathwaite 26, Kyle Mayers 26, Anthony Alleyne 23, Shane Parris 21; Larry Edwards 5-42, Kavem Hodge 3-36) and 312 (Anthony Alleyne 79, Shane Parris 60, Neil Browne 36, Mario Rampersad 50 not out, Justin Greaves 27; Kavem Hodge 4-80, Larry Edward 3-81) WINDWARD ISLANDS 148 (Dwight Thomas 77, Sunil Ambris 24, Emmanuel Peter 21; Justin Greaves 7-40, Kraigg Brathwaite 2-27) and 52 for two (Emmanuel Peter 22 not out)

Am adding Alleyne to the list on the basis of the descriptive adjectives 'typically attractive' used by the writer in this article when talking about the 79 that he made in the match.
Let us see how the rest of the tournament goes for him.

Round one results: Wins for Guyana, Jamaica & Barbados in Under-19

Jamaica beat Trinidad and Tobago by 10 wickets
JAMAICA 320 (Teswayne Creary 77, Donovan Nelson 57, John Campbell 55, Aldaine Thomas 39, Bryan Gayle 33; Derone Davis 5-79, Jovan Ali 4-64) and 19 without loss. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 136 (Stephen Katwaroo 33, Duane Cockburn 28, Isian Rajah 21; Donovan Nelson 4-41, Ramon Senior 2-9) and 202 (Akeal Hosein 98, Derone Davis 25; James McDonald 3-14, Marquino Mindley 2-20, Donovan Nelson 2-62)

Guyana beat Leeward Islands by an innings and 25 runs.
LEEWARD ISLANDS 109 (Rahkeem Cornwall 43; Anthony Adams 4-14, Amir Khan 3-39) and 183 (Rahkeem Cornwall 49, Akeem Saunders 44, Nino Henry 33, Wasim Mintos 21 not out; Gudakesh Moite 4-57, Amir Khan 3-47) GUYANA 317 for nine declared. (Chanderpaul Hemraj 88, Kwame Crosse 61, Clinton Pestano 43, Rensford Beaton 39 not out, Dominique Rikhi 27; Rahkeem Cornwall 4-57, Larry Audain 2-46)

Barbados beat Windward Islands by 94 runs
BARBADOS 161 (Neil Browne 26 not out, Kraigg Brathwaite 26, Kyle Mayers 26, Anthony Alleyne 23, Shane Parris 21; Larry Edwards 5-42, Kavem Hodge 3-36) and 312 (Anthony Alleyne 79, Shane Parris 60, Neil Browne 36, Mario Rampersaud 50 not out, Justin Greaves 27; Kavem Hodge 4-80, Larry Edward 3-81) WINDWARD ISLANDS 148 (Dwight Thomas 77, Sunil Ambris 24, Emmanuel Peter 21; Justin Greaves 7-40, Kraigg Brathwaite 2-27) and 230 (Sunil Ambris 44, Larry Edward 36, Dwight Thomas 23, Emmanuel Peter 22; Chaim Holder 7-60)

Well that's the end of the first set of games and sadly just like at senior level the SPINNERS seem to be dominating the wickets tally,

Thus far

Larry Edwards= left-arm spinner from Winwards has eight wickets in his two innings

Kavem Hodge= another left-arm spinner from Winwards has seven wickets

Chaim Holder= off spinner got a 7fer

Amir Khan= Leggy got six wickets in his two innings

Donovan Nelson= leggy got six wicket in his two innings

Derone Davis= left arm spinner got 5 wickets

Anthony Adams (Guy) , Gudakesh Moite (Guy) and Jovan Ali (Trin) WHO ARE ALL LEFT-ARM SPINNERS got 4fers for their respective teams.

Rakeem Cornwell= off spinner got a 4fer

It has to be said that the joy that the left-arm spinners are having in this competition is rather disturbing, although to be fair from that list Nelson, Khan, Davis and Hodge all play for the WI u19s, so they have international experience,

Anyway lets look at the pacers!!

Justin Greaves= got a 7fer for Bim

James Mcdonald= has got three or four wickets for Jamaica too

Ramon Senior and Marquino Mindley who are both teammates of Mcdonald also got 2 wickets each,

Obviously it can't be easy for the pacers when the spinners are bagging all the wickets for themselves but at the end of the day the cream always rises to the top and Greaves's spell was top class, the Jamaican pacers have also done well too, what's also encouraging is Greaves is said to be around 6'4 and Mcdonald is a massive 6'6!!, and both are quick, other pacers in the competition such as Ronsfeld Beaton and Kyle Mayers (both WI u19 players plus Beaton plays for the Guyana senior team), Ravendra Persuad and Bronte Bess (who both tore up the last u19 contest) are still around so hopefully they'll get some wickets in the next round,

Lets look at the batters now!!.. the 50 and overs knocks

For Jamaica

Teswayne Creary 77
John Campbell 55

For Trinidad

Akeal Hosein 98

For Guyana

Chanderpaul Hemraj 88
Kwame Crosse 61

For Barbados

Anthony Alleyne 79
Shane Parris 60
Mario Rampersaud 50

Winwards

Dwight Thomas 77

Campbell and Cross are WI u19 players so it's no surprise but Alleyne really did impress and it's to be expected considering he plays for Somerset in England and also the WI u19s team too, but what's encouraging is there are a few new names stepping up like Creary, Parris and Thomas, Hemraj and Hosein are also new and were the most impressive by all accounts,

What i'm hoping for in this competition is to see some serious batting talent step up and make waves, and also the pacers, the spin department is well stacked so for a spinner to impress me they'll have to run through a top order at least three times like Amir Khan and Yannic Cariah did last season, since then they've gone on to play FC cricket, so anything can happen after this competition, Chaim Holder certainly made waves with his 7fer for Bim so i guess he's the one to watch right now.

nice analysis Afro....let's see how they do next rounds.. Did you vote in this poll yet? or you going to tell us you selected the winner after the fact

I voted for Bim man!! .

AFRO wrote:I voted for Bim man!! .

you taking the easy way out...

BallOil wrote:

AFRO wrote:I voted for Bim man!! .

you taking the easy way out...

No, i'm taking the OBVIOUS way out!!...you only backing Guyana because that's where you're from bhai!! .

AFRO wrote:

BallOil wrote:

AFRO wrote:I voted for Bim man!! .

you taking the easy way out...

No, i'm taking the OBVIOUS way out!!...you only backing Guyana because that's where you're from bhai!! .

what is wrong with that? you have to rally for the homies, meh navel sting jook deh

BallOil wrote:
what is wrong with that? you have to rally for the homies, meh navel sting jook deh

"What wrong"? well YOU'RE PREDICTING WITH YOUR HEART AND NOT YOUR HEAD THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG!! , if another team is better than the one you're supporting then what's the point of trying to ignore it with blind faith?

AFRO wrote:

BallOil wrote:
what is wrong with that? you have to rally for the homies, meh navel sting jook deh

"What wrong"? well YOU'RE PREDICTING WITH YOUR HEART AND NOT YOUR HEAD THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG!! , if another team is better than the one you're supporting then what's the point of trying to ignore it with blind faith?

for Guyana yes... have to rally round the yutes... WI is another story, they are predictable so I go with better team. Plus, you have to lose with your best team and WI is not even selecting the best XI. So in effect, they beating themselves up. Try it, go in-front the mirror and hit yourself.