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A collective bowling effort from the West Indies Academy has ensured Team Headley crumble to a seven-wicket defeat within three days of the first match of the Headley-Weekes Tri-Series.
Playing at Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua, Team Headley was bowled out for 122, compliments of three-wicket hauls from Nyeem Young and Kelvin Pitman. West Indies Academy ended victoriously on 59-3 in 19.4 overs.
Team Headley resumed the third day of this four-day first-class match on 27-1. One run into the day, Sunil Ambris was dismissed for 12, bowled by Young. Wickets crumbled at regular intervals until the seventh wicket when Akeem Jordan and Justin Greaves added 50 runs.
At that stage, West Indies Academy were 111-7 after 38.5 overs. The top order of Darren Bravo (12), Sunil Ambris (12), Kavem Hodge (08), Kieran Powell (20), Tevyn Walcott (05) and Joshua Da Silva (03) failed to score big. Greaves was left unbeaten on 30, while Jordan made 28. Young had 3-17 in 10 overs, while Pitman had 3-27 in seven overs. Joshua Bishop had 2-18 in 12 overs.
In the small chase, West Indies Academy lost Kirk McKenzie (00), and Teddy Bishop (00), while Kevlon Anderson made 16.
Keagan Simmons’s unbeaten 31 and Tevin Imlach’s eight took West Indies Academy to victory by seven wickets.
On day two, Kevlon Anderson scored an impressive 153, his maiden first-class hundred. The Berbician-Guyanese has said this is one of the best innings he has ever played.
“It’s one of the best innings I have ever played,” he told CWI Media in a post-play interview. “There was some concentration problems I was having before…I spoke with my skipper Leon Johnson (of Guyana Harpy Eagles) and the mental skills coach, and it really helped a lot in this inning. I just tried to keep things simple and remembered the message passed on from the coach, and I played my game. I kept it simple, and I just waited until the bowlers bowled in my areas, and then made use. Words can’t explain how I feel right now. It’s just the best feeling,” he said.
Summarized scores: Team Headley 259 for 9: Joshua Da Silva 136*
Johann Layne 5 for 39
West Indies Cricket Academy 323 all out: Kelvon Anderson 153
Justin Greaves is 3 for 46
Team Headley 122 all out: Justin Greaves 30*
Young and Pitman 3 wickets each
West Indies Cricket Academy needed 58 runs for victory, 59 for 3: Keagan Simmons 31*
Chaim Holder 3 for 22
West Indies Cricket Academy won by 7 wickets