Cricket West Indies’ Regional Under-19, Three-day tournament started on Monday in St. Kitts with Guyana scoring 220 all out and having the Leeward Islands 17-1 at the close of play.
Guyana won the toss and decided to bat. Ramnarine Chaturia with 62 lead the batting for Guyana, while Raymond Perez made 48; Kian Pemberton (13-3-51-3) and Zawandi White (28-14-56-3) were the leading wicket takers for the Leeward Islands.
Defending champions Trinidad and Tobago got off to a good start as they cranked up 233 all out in 64.2 overs and had the Windward Islands 68-5 at close of play. Sabia Batoosingh lead the batting for T&T with 60 runs, while Lee Louisy had best bowling figures of 14-2-59-3 for the Windwards.
In the other match for the day, Jamaica was left reeling at 11-2; with Barbados scoring 192 all out. Top batter for Barbados was Shian Brathwaite with 66 runs, while top wicket-takers for Jamaica were David Bird 23-9-53-3 and Kristoph Virgo 19.3-6-43-3.
Matches continue on Tuesday at Conaree, Verchilds and St Pauls, starting at 09:30h.
