Motie and Sinclair spin Harpy Eagles to massive 212-run win over Scorpions

Spinners Gudakesh Motie and Kevin Sinclair returned identical figures of 3-32 as Guyana Harpy Eagles inflicted a 212-run defeat on Jamaica Scorpions in the sixth-round of the Cricket West Indies Four-Day Championship at Sabina Park on Saturday.

Scorpions started the final day on 123-2 in pursuit of target of 419, but suffered a dramatic collapse, being dismissed for 206 before the lunch break.

Apart from Motie and Sinclair, speedster Isai Thorne took 2-30, while Veerasammy Permaul and Nial Smith picked up a wicket apiece.

Test batsman Kirk McKenzie, who started the day on 39, added just a single to his score before being dismissed, sparking a procession of batsmen to and from the pavilion.

The victory is a remarkable one for the Harpy Eagles, who recovered brilliantly from the first day position of 61-6 to post 424, thanks largely to Kemol Savory’s career-best 155 and a second consecutive century from skipper Tevin Imlach.

This is the Harpy Eagles fourth victory on the trot, after a no-result and a defeat in their first two matches. The resurgence has ignited hopes of a successful title defence.

The Harpy Eagles face the Combined Campuses and Colleges in their final round game, starting April 17.

Below are the summarised scores of the other three matches:

At UWI Spec: Trinidad and Tobago Red Force 591-7 dec. from 123 overs (Amir Jangoo 218, Jason Mohammed 157, Joshua DaSilva 79, Kjorn Ottley 47; Amari Goodridge 5-92, Khesan Ottley 1-84) and 95-2 dec. from 17 overs (Jason Mohammed 41*, Amir Jangoo 34*) defeated Combined Campuses and Colleges 238 all out from 77 overs (Kjorn Ottley 56, Kamil Pooran 40; Terrance Hinds 2-15, Anderson Phillip 5-71) and 325 all out from 108.3 overs (D. Evelyn 73, D. Richards 66, Shamarh Brooks 62, R. Greaves 47; Bryan Charles 4-46, Khary Pierre 3-90) by 123 runs

At Queen’s Park Oval: Barbados Pride 542-9 from 143 overs (Kraigg Brathwaite 189, Roston Chase 127, Zachary McCaskie 101, Kevin Wickham 40; Rahkeem Cornwall 5-132,  Keacy Carty 1-24) and 58-1 from 10.4 overs (Kraigg Brathwaite 30*) defeated Leeward Islands Hurricanes 288 all out from 93.2 overs (Keacy Carty 127, Jewel Andrew 53, Mikyle Louis 52; Roston Chase 3-47, S. Cumberbatch 3-48) and 311 all out from 101.2 overs (Mikyle Louis 80, Keacy Carty 69, Hayden Walsh Jr. 60, Kieran Powell 52; Roston Chase 7-67) by nine wickets

At Coolidge Cricket Ground: Windward Volcanoes 162 all out from 48.3 overs (Shamar Springer 31, Stephan Pascal 26; Joshua Bishop 4-24, Johann Layne 3-30, Kadeem Alleyne 2-20) and 279 all out from 93 overs (Alick Athanaze 89, Shamar Springer 47, Sunil Ambris 41, Kavem Hodge 41; Joshua Bishop 4-78, Ashmead Nedd 3-65) defeated West Indies Academy 158 all out from 39.4 overs (Carlton Bowen-Tuckett 36, Alleyne 35, James 20; Gilon Tyson 5-50, Ryan John 2-50, Springer 2-65) and 121 all out from 34.4 overs (Teddy Bishop 47; Shamar Springer 4-30) by 158 runs