Jamaica edged past Leeward Islands by three wickets during a riveting final session under lights at Warner Park. Jamaica were set 218 to win and were at 67 for 1 at tea on the final day. It came down to 151 needed off 26 overs and in the urgency, Jamaica were reduced to 154 for 6. Carlton Baugh and David Bernard added 49 for the seventh wicket to take them closer. Jamaica lost Bernard and it came down to ten needed off 12 before Jamie Merchant hit a six and a four to stun the local crowd.

Leewards were in trouble at 136 for 6 on the opening day after opting to bat. Kieran Powell played the lone hand at the top with 91 and after his departure, a recovery stand of 111 between Tonito Willett (78) and Hayden Walsh (86) took Leewards to 322. Tamar Lambert finished with 4 for 68.

Jamaica managed a first-innings lead of 29 thanks to a century by John Campbell and an unbeaten 45 by Bernard down the order. Campbell fell for 110 before Jamaica slipped to 262 for 7. Bernard and No.11 Andrew Richardson helped Jamaica to 351. Anthony Martin and Gavin Tonge shared seven wickets between them. Powell fell short of a century for the second time in the match when he fell for 86. His knock helped Leewards recover from a shaky 40 for 3. Devon Thomas’ 84 helped Leewards to 246 and Campbell followed up his century with 4 for 15.

Chasing 218, Jamaica lost Horace Miller early before a stand of 67 between Campbell and Nkrumah Bonner brought stability. Tonge, Martin and Kelbert Walters took two wickets each to give Leewards a chance of pulling off a win but Bernard and the lower order helped Jamaica sneak through.

SCORECARD

	Leeward Islands 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MV Hodge	c †Baugh b Richardson	5	45	28	0	0	17.85
	KOA Powell*	c †Baugh b Richardson	91	233	181	14	0	50.27
	MA Richards	c Campbell b Lambert	17	112	84	2	0	20.23
	SC Joseph	b Lambert	5	16	16	1	0	31.25
	DC Thomas	b Taylor	2	12	6	0	0	33.33
	JN Hamilton†	lbw b Taylor	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	TA Willett	c NO Miller b Lambert	78	237	195	9	1	40.00
	HR Walsh	c NO Miller b Taylor	86	272	194	10	2	44.32
	GC Tonge	run out (Taylor)	16	30	36	0	2	44.44
	KO Walters	c Blackwood b Lambert	0	7	9	0	0	0.00
	A Martin	not out	3	18	10	0	0	30.00
	Extras	(b 4, lb 12, nb 3)	19
	Total	(all out; 125.4 overs)	322	(2.56 runs per over)

 

Fall of wickets 1-24 (Hodge, 10.4 ov), 2-92 (Richards, 40.5 ov), 3-106 (Joseph, 44.6 ov), 4-109 (Thomas, 47.2 ov), 5-109 (Hamilton, 47.3 ov), 6-136 (Powell, 59.4 ov), 7-247 (Willett, 106.1 ov), 8-282 (Tonge, 118.3 ov), 9-288 (Walters, 120.5 ov), 10-322 (Walsh, 125.4 ov)

 

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	JE Taylor	21.4	6	41	3	1.89
	AP Richardson	23	3	47	2	2.04
	DE Bernard	15	5	38	0	2.53	(3nb)
	NO Miller	28	4	100	0	3.57
	JH Merchant	9	6	12	0	1.33
	TL Lambert	29	9	68	4	2.34

 

	Jamaica 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JD Campbell	c Walters b Martin	110	278	180	12	3	61.11
	H Miller	b Tonge	22	72	56	4	0	39.28
	NE Bonner	lbw b Martin	24	60	50	6	0	48.00
	TL Lambert*	c Martin b Willett	37	65	57	6	0	64.91
	J Blackwood	c & b Martin	33	93	79	5	0	41.77
	CS Baugh†	c Hodge b Walters	8	30	19	1	0	42.10
	DE Bernard	not out	45	144	97	5	0	46.39
	NO Miller	c Thomas b Martin	6	23	26	1	0	23.07
	JH Merchant	c †Hamilton b Tonge	26	60	58	4	1	44.82
	JE Taylor	c Martin b Walters	8	15	15	2	0	53.33
	AP Richardson	b Tonge	20	30	14	3	1	142.85
	Extras	(lb 4, nb 8)	12
	Total	(all out; 106.5 overs)	351	(3.28 runs per over)

 

Fall of wickets 1-47 (H Miller, 15.5 ov), 2-125 (Bonner, 32.3 ov), 3-186 (Lambert, 47.2 ov), 4-228 (Campbell, 66.2 ov), 5-245 (Blackwood, 71.6 ov), 6-249 (Baugh, 73.2 ov), 7-262 (NO Miller, 80.5 ov), 8-307 (Merchant, 98.5 ov), 9-318 (Taylor, 101.5 ov), 10-351 (Richardson, 106.5 ov)

 

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	GC Tonge	20.5	3	65	3	3.12
	KO Walters	21	4	68	2	3.23
	TA Willett	18	6	70	1	3.88	(8nb)
	HR Walsh	10	0	59	0	5.90
	A Martin	36	9	77	4	2.13
	MA Richards	1	0	8	0	8.00

 

	Leeward Islands 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	KOA Powell*	st †Baugh b NO Miller	86	296	235	4	0	36.59
	MV Hodge	c †Baugh b Richardson	5	10	12	0	0	41.66
	MA Richards	lbw b Taylor	11	37	29	2	0	37.93
	SC Joseph	b Merchant	8	21	13	0	1	61.53
	DC Thomas	lbw b Merchant	94	127	114	11	1	82.45
	JN Hamilton†	b Merchant	4	26	21	1	0	19.04
	TA Willett	c H Miller b Campbell	21	80	71	2	0	29.57
	HR Walsh	b Campbell	2	18	21	0	0	9.52
	GC Tonge	b Campbell	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
	KO Walters	lbw b Campbell	0	10	3	0	0	0.00
	A Martin	not out	1	5	3	0	0	33.33
	Extras	(b 8, lb 4, nb 2)	14
	Total	(all out; 86.5 overs)	246	(2.83 runs per over)

 

Fall of wickets 1-9 (Hodge, 3.2 ov), 2-30 (Richards, 12.6 ov), 3-40 (Joseph, 17.6 ov), 4-182 (Thomas, 52.3 ov), 5-194 (Hamilton, 58.4 ov), 6-242 (Powell, 81.2 ov), 7-244 (Willett, 84.2 ov), 8-244 (Tonge, 84.4 ov), 9-245 (Walsh, 86.1 ov), 10-246 (Walters, 86.5 ov)

 

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	JE Taylor	11	3	38	1	3.45
	AP Richardson	2	1	5	1	2.50
	JH Merchant	26	5	101	3	3.88
	DE Bernard	7	1	18	0	2.57	(2nb)
	NO Miller	29	10	42	1	1.44
	TL Lambert	3	0	15	0	5.00
	JD Campbell	8.5	1	15	4	1.69

 

	Jamaica 2nd innings (target: 218 runs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	H Miller	b Tonge	13	21	19	2	0	68.42
	JD Campbell	b Walters	43	82	44	5	0	97.72
	NE Bonner	lbw b Walters	30	62	35	2	0	85.71
	TL Lambert*	b Martin	15	35	24	1	0	62.50
	J Blackwood	c Walters b Martin	19	73	40	0	0	47.50
	JE Taylor	b Tonge	24	35	18	2	1	133.33
	CS Baugh†	not out	27	30	23	2	1	117.39
	DE Bernard	run out (Thomas)	30	44	24	2	1	125.00
	JH Merchant	not out	10	8	2	1	1	500.00
	Extras	(lb 5, nb 2)	7
	Total	(7 wickets; 37.5 overs)	218	(5.76 runs per over)

 

Did not bat NO Miller, AP Richardson

 

Fall of wickets 1-20 (H Miller, 4.1 ov), 2-87 (Bonner, 15.2 ov), 3-90 (Campbell, 17.1 ov), 4-114 (Lambert, 24.3 ov), 5-148 (Taylor, 29.1 ov), 6-154 (Blackwood, 30.3 ov), 7-203 (Bernard, 36.5 ov)

 

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	GC Tonge	8	0	58	2	7.25
	KO Walters	11.5	0	70	2	5.91
	A Martin	15	0	66	2	4.40
	TA Willett	3	0	19	0	6.33