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.
Editor’s Note: The updated points table will be added when Cricket West Indies makes it available. See below the other completed game of this round. The other two games will be added upon completion.
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
