Barbados beat Windward Islands by one run in a thriller
Nerves were on edge as Barbados defeated the Windward Islands by one run in a dramatic third round match of the KFC Cup
T&T Express
07-Oct-2005
Nerves were on edge as Barbados defeated the Windward Islands by one run in a dramatic third round match of the KFC Cup yesterday.
All and sundry at the Cable & Wireless ground, Wildey, kept their eyes fixed on the middle in fading light when fast bowler Corey Collymore ran in from the south to bowl the third-to-last over with seven runs required and two wickets standing.
Needing 221 for victory off 50 overs, the Windwards recovered significantly from 129 for six in the 34th through an 81-run partnership off 14.1 overs between captain Rawl Lewis with 38 from 56 balls, and Liam Sebastien, the fellow all-rounder, who was left high and dry on 43 without facing a ball in the final over.The pair kept Barbados under pressure with excellent running between the wicket apart from a few telling boundaries and seemingly had victory secured when Collymore plucked out Lewis' leg stump with a yorker off the last ball of the 48th over, leaving the score 210 for seven. Ronald Etienne was then leg before wicket by Sulieman Benn, the left-arm spinner, without scoring as he played across a full-length ball in the next over which yielded four runs.
Mervyn Matthew was bowled off the first delivery of the final over and last man Alvin LaFuille could only find short midwicket three times as a helpless Sebastien looked on. With six runs required off the last delivery, LaFuille managed an edge to the fine-leg boundary - the total ending on 219 for nine - as Barbados celebrated their second win to join their victims on eight points.
Sebastien's only consolation was the man-of-the-match award. Apart from his knock, which took 39 balls and included five fours, he picked up two for 42 with his off-breaks. Earlier, Barbados, powered by opener Dale Richards' 71, scored 220 in 48.4 overs.