Guyana Harpy Eagles and Jamaica Scorpions are locked in an intriguing battle at the close of day three of their West Indies Four-Day Championship match at the National Stadium, Providence, on Friday.
Chasing 458 for victory, Scorpions reached stumps 176-1, needing a further 282 for a come-from-behind victory on the final day.
Tevin Gilzene (81*) and Jermaine Blackwood (66*) have thus far added 166 for the second wicket after Leroy Lugg went for 10, caught behind off the bowling of Ronsford Beaton.
However, the day belonged to Tevin Imlach, who crafted a majestic 136*, his maiden First-Class century, that laid the foundation for the Harpy Eagles in the second innings.
Starting the day on 50, Imlach struck 14 fours and faced 217 balls that led the Eagles to 294-7 declared.
The former West Indies Under-19 player added 175 for the fifth wicket with Tagenarine Chanderpaul, who took his overnight score from 60 to 89.
Marquino Mindley grabbed 6-54 from 16 overs while the medium pace of Blackwood accounted for 1-41 from 10 overs.
With Scorpions needing 94 runs per session to pull off a record chase, the match is interestingly poised heading into the final day which starts at 10:00h.
Summarised scores in other matches:
At Brian Lara Cricket Academy: Leeward Hurricanes 382-9 dec. from 121.5 overs (Kofi James 107, Karima Gore 93, Kieran Powell 75; Sherman Lewis 3-76, Preston McSween 2-68, Kenneth Dember 2-103) & 99-5 from 39 overs (Montcin Hodge 45*, Jahmar Hamilton 22; McSween 2-26) lead Windward Volcanoes 353 all out from 95 overs (Kavem Hodge 137, Alick Athanaze 128; Jeremiah Louis 4-46, Rahkeem Cornwall 4-109) by 128 runs
At Queen’s Park Oval: Trinidad and Tobago Red Force 203 all out from 75.3 overs (Jason Mohammed 55, Tion Webster 46, Joshua DaSilva 32; Chaim Holder 5-71, Jair McAllister 3-31) & 185 all out from 80 overs (Darren Bravo 36, Jyd Goolie 35; Holder 4-63, Akeem Jordan 3-35) Barbados Pride 271 from 85 overs (Zachary McCaskie 92, Roshon Primus 53, Kevin Wickham 27; Imran Khan 4-86, Anderson Phillip 3-80) & 52-2 from 23 overs (McCaskie 29*, Sheyne Moseley 17; Bryan Charles 2-12) lead by 66 runs
