Three hit half-centuries as Sir Gordon X1 beat Sir Garfield X1 in Match 6 of Legends Cup

Bridgetown, Barbados, October 5 – (www.barbadoscricket.org) – Three batsmen scored half-centuries in Match 6 of the Barbados Cricket Legends 50-over Cup at Kensington Oval today as Sir Gordon Greenidge X1 defeated Sir Garfield Sobers X1 by 12 runs (DLS method).

After winning the toss, the Greenidge X1 made 236 for seven off 42 overs in the Day/Night match.

Skipper Kraigg Brathwaite hit the topscore of 67 off 81 balls with three fours and Kevin Wickham made 61 off 56 deliveries including six fours and two sixes.

The pair featured in a second wicket partnership of 100 off 16 overs after Kraigg and the unrelated Shian Brathwaite, who scored 37 off 43 balls with seven boundaries, added 66 in 11.3 overs.

Off-spinner Romario Greaves was the leading wicket-taker with three for 39 off nine overs.

Captain and left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican took two for 44 off nine overs and pacer Keon Harding, two for 50 off eight overs.

Set a revised target of 242 in 42 overs, the Sobers X1 were bowled out for 229 in 39.5 overs.

Rashawn Worrell topscored with 54 off 71 balls including five fours and two sixes.

Left-hander Worrell and Jai-Bari Yarde, who scored 32 off 27 balls with four fours and two sixes, featured in the best stand of the innings – 56 off seven overs for the first wicket.

Worrell and Nyeem Young, who made 32 off 22 balls with three fours and one six, put on 52 in 4.4 overs for the fifth wicket before Worrell fell.

Left-arm spinner Camarie Boyce took four for 30 off 7.5 overs, leg-spinner Javed Leacock, two for 29 off six overs and off-spinner Chaim Holder, two for 36 off eight overs.

SCORECARD

SIR GORDON GREENIDGE X1

Kraigg Brathwaite c T. Worrell b Harding               67    (81 balls, 3×4)

Shian Brathwaite lbw b Warrican                              37    (43 balls, 7×4)

Kevin Wickham c Harding b Warrican                     61    (56 balls, 6×4, 2×6)

Mikhail Austin c Springer b Greaves                          1     (3 balls)

Damario Richards c Young b Greaves                      16     (15 balls, 1×4, 1×6)

+Tauron Gibson c Clarke b Greaves                         11     (13 balls, 1×6)

Akeem Jordan not out                                                 19     (26 balls, 1×4)

Amari Goodridge b Harding                                        4     (6 balls)

Jayden Roberts not out                                                4     (10 balls)

Extras (b5, lb1, w10)                                                    16

TOTAL (7 wks, 42 overs)                                           236

Did not bat: Chaim Holder, Camarie Boyce.

Fall of wickets: 1-66 (S. Brathwaite, 11.3 ov), 2-166 (Wickham, 27.3), 3-171 (Austin, 28.2), 4-191 (Richards, 32.2), 5-204 (Gibson, 34.5), 6-208 (K. Brathwaite, 35.4), 7-215 (Goodridge, 37.3).

Bowling: Teriq Worrell 4-0-21-0 (w1), Keon Harding 8-0-50-2 (w3), Jomel Warrican 9-2-44-2 (w1), Shamar Springer 6-0-32-0 (w2), Romario Greaves 9-0-39-3, Nyeem Young 4-0-25-0 (w2), Zidane Clarke 2-0-19-0 (w1).

SIR GARFIELD SOBERS X1

Rashawn Worrell c Wickham b McAllister                   54      (71 balls, 5×4, 2×6)

Jai-Bari Yarde c Blades b Jordan                                    32     (27 balls, 4×4, 2×6)

+Jonathan Drakes c Holder b Leacock                          18      (28 balls, 2×4)

Marlon Welcome-Goodman lbw b Leacock                     0     (1 ball)

Shamar Springer c Jordan b Holder                               10      (11 balls, 2×4)

Nyeem Young lbw b Boyce                                               32     (22 balls, 3×4, 1×6)

Rivaldo Clarke c & b Holder                                             16     (22 balls)

Joshua Drakes c Austin b Boyce                                       0     ( 2 balls)

Keon Harding lbw b Boyce                                               14      (33 balls, 1×4)

*Jomel Warrican not out                                                    8      (20 balls)

Romario Greaves c wk Gibson b Boyce                           0      (3 balls)

Extras (b2, lb10, w32, nb1)                                             45

TOTAL (all out, 39.5 overs)                                            229

Fall of wickets: 1-56 (Yarde, 7 ov), 2-98 (Jonathan Drakes, 15.4), 3-98 (Welcome-Goodman, 15.5), 4-120 (Springer, 20.1), 5-172 (R. Worrell, 24.5), 6-194 (Young, 28), 7-200 (Joshua Drakes, 29.4), 8-216 (Clarke, 32.3), 9-229 (Harding, 39.2), 10-229 (Greaves, 39.5).

Bowling: Akeem Jordan 7-0-33-1 (w1), Jediah Blades 3-0-33-0 (w10, nb1), Jair McAllister 5-1-42-1 (w9), Amari Goodridge 3-0-14-0 (w7), Javed Leacock 6-0-29-2, Chaim Holder 8-1-36-2 (w5), Camarie Boyce 7.5-1-30-4.

Result: Sir Gordon Greenidge X1 won by 12 runs (DLS method).

Toss: Sir Gordon Greenidge X1.

Umpires: Shamar Boyce, Kevin Sisnett.

Scorer: Ayana Holder.