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West Indies NAT One Day Tour 2- Division 2 Summaries
West Indies vs South Africa
A lost toss on an uneven deck with humid weather meant that the West Indian side was put into bat. Young keeper Leon Jumadeen had a tough time navigating the Proteas bowling attack and was out soon. Hubern King got into a partnership with Leonard Arthur to get the runs flowing, and all batters contributed with bits of innings. King got 29, Arthur, Len Thomas, Hemraj Walsh got to double digits and Melford Griffith played a beautiful 27. The surprise pack was at the end of the innings when Sugrim Hughes smacked 2 boundaries as he played a 20*(22) making the management ponder over the reason to tour batters. West Indies got a 142 runs on the board, thanks to Hughes hits at the end, a total that seemed pretty middling as the surface showed showed that it wasn't the easiest to bat on.

Debutant Colin Oscopy got a wicket in his very first over to start things off for West Indies. Consistent wickets meant West Indies had reduced South Africa to 58/5 with Michael Stewart, Sugrim Hughes and Troy Joseph all getting scalps. But a mammoth partnership between Gerrit Neethling, who scored a fifty, and Klippies Hodgetts snatched away any and all hope that West Indies had. To really add to the pain, Neethling was dropped once and Hodgetts was dropped twice through the course of the innings as the West Indian fielders simply gave their opponents a chance to win and they nabbed it with both hands, finishing the chase with 7.1 overs to spare.

Other Results in Division 2
Scotland beat Netherlands by 8 wickets.
Kenya beat Bangladesh by 3 wickets.

Fixture on December 1: Netherlands
The World Cup winners will face West Indies on an uneven deck and under humid weather as West Indies would look to beat the streak of 6 consecutive losses against the Dutch in official matches. West Indies are currently placed fourth on the table with one win and one loss as the Scottish side take the third spot owing to better net run rate.
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West Indies NAT One Day Tour 2- Division 2 Summaries
West Indies vs Netherlands
Game 3 of the tour had West Indies facing Netherlands on yet another uneven deck whilst the surrounding weather had high levels of humidity. After six successful chases in the tour thus far, it came as a surprise when Dutch Skipper opted to bat first on winning the toss, handing the West Indians the option they wanted, as they got to bowl first. Thornton Ishmael and Colin Oscopy got a wicket apiece in a rather eventful powerplay as the Dutch batters had pressed on the accelerators and hit quite a few boundaries. 36/2 after ten as neither side were quite jubilated after the first ten. Until the drinks break, medium pacer Satish Phillips got a wicket and Ishmael got another one but West Indies had allowed Netherlands to build decent partnerships around those two wickets as 108/4 at drinks favoured Netherlands and was easily the worst bowling performance West Indies had had thus far. Colin Oscopy bowled a beautiful inswinger to get rid of van der Bilt as the Dutch lost half their attack. A few more fours later, Archie O'Connor got rid of Syste Brinkman and Colin Oscopy ran through the defences of Will Connolly. Young lad Colin Oscopy had really impressed thus far with his ability to knock batter's stumps over, a trait that makes everybody fear quicks. The short-lived partnerships were pushing the Dutch to a decent total as they crossed the 150 barrier. Thornton Ishmael bowled a three-wicket over to end the Dutch innings for 158 and finish his fifer, his first in this format, second at the international level. An over-par total for sure, but an inspiring performance by the lads to not let the tail wag.

West Indies started their innings off with an unbeaten powerplay, a sight that seemed quite unseen and surprising. The combination of an up-and-coming youngster in Leon Jumadeen and a veteran nearing retirement in Len Thomas put up a great show getting the lads to 42/0 in the powerplay. A 47-run partnership ended when Alastair Overeem hit the ball onto the middle of Jumadeen's pad as he got out for a career-best 20 across 5 innings thus far at the international stage. Overeem kept impressing as he got rid of Len Thomas and Henry Harragin in quick succession. Giles Williams and Reynold Nero stopped the constant fall of wickets and got into an innings-saving partnership. At drinks, the West Indian scorecard read 92/3. West Indies were 16 runs lower but the extra wicket in hand and the fact that West Indian quicks performed very impressively with the ball in the second half meant that an easy 68 runs were needed from the next 25 overs.

Giles Williams got into partnerships with Reynold Nero, Hemraj Walsh and Aaron Munilall as he hit the first West Indian fifty of the tour with this performance. He got out for 52, three runs away from the target which Munilall and O'Connor prodded in the next over for the second West Indian victory of the tour thus far.

Other Results in Division 2
Scotland beat Kenya by 1 wicket.
South Africa beat Bangladesh by 3 wickets.

Fixture on December 2: Kenya
After 9 successful chases thus far, West Indies and Kenya face each other in a clashing fixture on Thursday as both sides look to get their third win. An uneven deck will be laid out and the sun is expected to shine bright for the day.

Scenarios
West Indies can count themselves fortunate that they play Scotland and Kenya in their next two fixtures, as the three sides are tied at 8 points after 3 fixtures. West Indies not only have the opportunity to pick up more points for themselves but have the chance to spoil the other side's party alongside as well. One win in the next two fixtures guarantees survival whilst two in two would guarantee West Indies a promotion to Division 1. The next two days promise an exciting amount of action.
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West Indies NAT One Day Tour 2- Division 2 Summaries
West Indies vs Kenya
Day 4 saw West Indies face Kenya on an uneven deck as the weather was sunny. West Indies opted to bowl first and the quicks failed to get West Indies a head start with a few wickets up top. A 15 over stand for 80 runs before the first wicket fell gave Kenya a lead in the fixture. Al-Amin Arap Lang'at scored 66 runs as Kenya managed to keep themselves intact and not collapse, thus taking their score to a rock-solid 210 with Hank de Ranger contributing an efficient 22*(27) towards the latter half. The three seamers had disappointing days on the field but Jason Hislop stoic demeanour in the face of adversity is worth being highlighted as the brave lad kept taking risks and was rewarded with 4 scalps to his name.

The best way to describe the chase would be that it was an encapsulation of a rather wrong mentality for the pitch. Having played on more bowler-friendly uneven decks thus far this week, the West Indian batters had a tough time adjusting and getting runs at a quicker rate. Troy Joseph showed some grit but his strike rate was also nothing to write home about. A poor batting display saw the lads be cleaned up for an abysmal 167 as West Indies fell to their second loss, and took a hit on their net run rate. With this, West Indies near about threw their and Scotland's promotion chances, as Kenya had received a decent boost to their already sky-high net run rate and were all set to accompany the Proteas to Division 1.

West Indies vs Scotland
The final day fixture for West Indies. A loss could've put us in a net run rate battle for relegation and a win could've put us into a net run rate battle for promotion. But, as the results went, a loss for Bangladesh against the Dutch and a win for Kenya over the Proteas in the other two fixtures on the final day implied that this game had no meaning than a glossy bronze medal in the cabinet and two decent points to boost the rankings in the mission toward World Cup qualification.

The fixture was on the fifth and final uneven deck of the tour (but we'd very smartly also play our next 2 friendlies on uneven decks, is addiction real?) and the weather accompanying was heavily humid. Scotland were fielding a departing legend as left-arm quick Isaac Newton was playing his final international fixture at the age of 33. A guard-of-honour was displayed for him before he grabbed the new ball and bowled a classic away swinger to Leon Jumadeen, who smacked it with a cross-batted drive, but unfortunately hit it straight to the fielder. A surprisingly impressive opening pair of Leon Jumadeen and Len Thomas, West Indies' most capped player currently in squad, had another unbeaten powerplay, scoring 42 of the first 10. Len Thomas was dismissed in the eleventh over but Jumadeen kept batting as the young batter was showing some decent talent for the cloud of doubt experts had put him under pre-tour. Isaac Newton was reintroduced and he got rid of Hubern King as he edged one to the keeper for Newton's final wicket at the international stage in the 19th over.

Leon Jumadeen batted past drinks as he hit his maiden fifty at the international level, before he departed for 50. Reynold Nero's innovative style of batting has always allowed him to counter-attack and he impressed yet again with a fantastic 35(42). Aaron Munilall stayed not out but David Gordon's fantastic old-ball skills, especially his three-wicket over meant that 3 tailenders were dismissed for ducks, whilst O'Connor got just 2 and West Indies were returning to the pavilion with 178 on the board.

After four straight dots from Sugrim Hughes, a 3 and a boundary allowed the Scots to get to 7 in the very first over. Archie O'Connor, captaining the side today, came from the other end and bid goodbye to Lewis Docherty who gave a thick outside edge whilst looking for a rather ambitious drive. Archie O'Connor got another wicket during the powerplay and Sugrim Hughes got one after. 11 overs done, Scotland were 44/3, pretty much on par. Stewart Clouston played absolutely magnificently on a rather rugged deck as his marvellous knock of 61 had bought the side to 140/6 with Sugrim Hughes getting rid of him with a beautifully pitched good length ball from around the stumps, hitting his pads in the middle and getting three reds on the ball tracking system. Robin Bruce was cleaned the next ball for Hughes' third wicket. Scotland now needed 39 from 13 overs with 3 wickets in hand.

Davos Seaworth was seeming to take the game away as he played a decent hand down the order, hitting two fours, but fell to O'Connor's classic bait tactic. O'Connor looped a slower one quite wide of the off stump, Seaworth attempted to pick that one and smack it over covers but that led to him handing Jumadeen a relatively easy catch. Two wickets were left, and Jumadeen dropped a high catch, his third drop of the night which really added to the goosebumps in the stands. But an unlikely hero in Satish Phillips shone with his dobbly medium pace as he really yorked Daniel Irvine and sent him packing LBW. Next over, Isaac Newton was runout going for a second and West Indies had a nine-run win to their name.

Performances of the Tour
A tour where we couldn't really capitalise on an opportunity to do even better, but still did better than would've expected of ourselves, given the pitch choices or the pitch draw weren't necessarily in our favour. From the batter's end, the three names that stand out are Giles Williams, Leon Jumadeen and Reynold Nero, the former two for being the only West Indians through the tour to hit a fifty and Nero for his quick and consistent contributions, scoring 110 runs in 161 balls to end the highest run getter from West Indies. Two bowlers really had fantastic tours as Thornton Ishmael led the wicket takers charts with 11 wickets and Archie O'Connor wasn't far behind with eight. To add to that, Reynold Nero, Jason Hislop and Hubern King really impressed with their catching skills, grabbing 4, 3 and 3 catches respectively with Nero ending atop on the most catches as a fielder list.

This concludes the final tour for the Season. It'd've been a dream start to my NAT Tenure had I been able to take the team from Division 3 to 1 inside a season, but our Division 1 dream lives to see another day. The next tour will occur post T20 World Cup and would feature India, Ireland, Scotland, England and Bermuda in Division 2 to start the next season. Thus far, we've had six wins across a Division 2 and a Division 3 tour, and haven't yet had absolutely fantastic returns. Currently, we are placed 12th on the rankings table with 17 points, tied alongside India. The next two tours would require us to stay consistent and not falter so that we do not mess up qualification for NAT One Day World Cup in two seasons' time.

Up next would be the T20 World Cup, where I expect West Indies to be pitted in a tough group alongside England, Australia, New Zealand, India and Scotland. After ending champions and finalists in the previous 2 editions under the fantastic Maiden50, the expectations are going to be sky-rocketing, as I'd love to continue Maiden's legacy.

This was it for this season's tours, thank you for letting us borrow the players from your club setups. West Indies will constantly be playing friendlies in the off season if people would like to visit those matches. England, Scotland, Pakistan, and United States of America would be up next.

Thanks again and cheers:)
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Re: Senior NAT Discussion

Post by MOD-quirkilyalive » Sun Dec 19, 2021 6:16 am

West Indies NAT Twenty-20 World Cup: Squad Announcement
The final venture for the first season of quirkilyalive's management would be the Twenty-20 World Cup. Bound to be held in Bangladesh, quirkilyalive would be looking to follow in Maiden50's footsteps as he managed to grab the title and end second-placed in his two attempts at the biennial competition. West Indies have been placed in a group alongside some of the biggest powerhouses that FTP Cricket has to offer, with the mights of Australia, England, New Zealand, Scotland and India awaiting the West Indian Posse. The eighteen players that the West Indies side have opted on for the upcoming tournament read as:

Aaron Munilall Golden Hacks CC Right-arm Fast Medium/ Right-hand Bat

Archie O'Connor Groundboys Left-arm Fast

Chesney Persaud Never liked the name of my team Left-hand Bat [DEBUT]

Giles Williams Maiden Over CC Right-hand Bat

Hemraj Walsh Aaa Firangi Aaa Right-hand Bat

Henry Harragin BgUINNES RAMs Right-hand Keeper Bat

Hubern King Mohito's Mohican XI Left-hand Bat

Jason Hislop Space Wolves Left-arm Wrist Spin

Leon Jumadeen High Risk High Return Right-hand Keeper Bat

Leonard Arthur Married Eleven Right-hand Bat

Melford Griffith Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club Right-hand Bat

Michael Stewart Herosnzeros Right-arm Fast Medium

Peter Griffin Caribbean Pirates Right-arm Finger Spin

Reynold Nero Queens Park Cricket Club Left-hand Bat

Satish Phillips ChePu 206 Right-arm Medium

Sugrim Hughes Queens Park Cricket Club Right-arm Fast

Thornton Ishmael Mewtwo Strikes Back Right-arm Fast

Troy Joseph Maiden Over CC Right-arm Finger Spin/ Right-hand Bat

It seems worth noting out the players that barely missed out on a spot for the World Cup. Batters Nizam Menzies and Len Thomas, wrist-spinner Kieron Mendonca and medium-pacer Andy Edwards all were in the reckoning but were ultimately not chosen in the favour of other lads. Chesney Persaud, a southpaw with the knack for hitting boundaries at will, will be heading to Bangladesh to make his debut in International Colours. With a few players ageing over 30, it'll be interesting to see if the T20 World Cup could potentially become the last assignment for some with the first One Day Tour not scheduled until Week 6 for the upcoming season.

The five fixtures begin on December 27 as the group stages will run through till New Year's eve.

December 27: West Indies vs New Zealand Flat

December 28: West Indies vs India Green

December 29: West Indies vs England Green

December 30: West Indies vs Scotland Crumbling

December 31: West Indies vs Australia Sticky

The games will begin at 0200 FTP Time as the players will have to battle through the post-christmas daze and the lousiness-inducing cookies they'll be munching on for the holiday. Thanks for allowing us to pluck your players for yet another tour and hope we can get some luck this time around. Thanks and cheers:)
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Post by MOD-quirkilyalive » Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:17 pm

West Indies NAT Twenty-20 World Cup- Summaries
West Indies vs New Zealand
The West Indian squad were in Bangladesh for the Twenty-20 World Cup and their first fixture was against the Kiwis. A flat deck was laid out for the opening fixture and West Indian skipper Troy Joseph opted to bat first upon winning the toss. Opener Hubern King was cleaned for a golden duck by Fergus Worthington in the second over. Leonard Arthur and Melford Griffith reimbursed for the loss of a wicket with an aggressive mindset. The six-over powerplay yielded 46 runs for the loss of both the openers for West Indies. Leonard Arthur and Hemraj Walsh got 30 run innings and Reynold Nero got a decent 22 with Troy Joseph hitting a blasting 26 in the end but none of the batters went on to get a big innings and West Indies were stuck in the innings break defending a barely par 166.

Sugrim Hughes started the first over for West Indies in the World Cup with a beautiful over. First two balls were absolute test match away swingers but the third one was pitched on off stump on good length swinging into the leg stump getting an inside edge that Henry Harragin pouched one with an acrobatic dive to his left. And then ball six was an exactly similar one, but to a southpaw, that knocked his off stump over as New Zealand were 3/2 inside the first over. Michael Stewart got rid of Jon Bon Jones inside the powerplay and Jason Hislop got rid of keeper Sosene Adcock with a beautiful ripper in the middle over. But a couple of sixties from Aimus Cummins and Derek Short as the two combined to get a ninety-two run unbeaten partnership saw the Kiwis cruise toward a successful chase which they finished with 3 balls to go.

Other Results in Group 2
India beat Scotland by 32 runs.
England beat Australia by 4 wickets.

Fixture on December 28: India
Up next, West Indies would look to get their first win of the tournament against India, as the two sides repeat the match up from the finals of the previous season of the World T20 wherein the West Indians collapsed and fell down a couple inches from the trophy. The pitch is green and the forecasted weather is cloudy for the fixture at 0200 FTP Time.
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Post by MOD-quirkilyalive » Tue Dec 28, 2021 7:26 pm

West Indies NAT Twenty-20 World Cup- Summaries
West Indies vs India
On a green deck, Indian Skipper Ghanshyam Moni opted to bat first and he and Sourabh Mohaiemen walked out in their blues as the lads in maroon had skipper Michael Stewart and Sugrim Hughes set up the field. Two slips, a gully, cover, extra cover, mid off, mid on, deep midwicket and skipper Stewart at third man were up. Ball one was full and on the stumps and a straight drive yielded one run as Nero's chase from mid on saved more from being leaked. India started off aggressively as they scored 14 off the first over. Satish Phillips took the ball for over number 2 as his wily swing helped him clean Moni's stumps for wicket one. The powerplay saw India get 38 runs for the loss of one wicket as the two batters on strike had hit a maximum each. Mohaiemen and Balabandhu Venkataraman departed within three balls as Phillips bowled a two wicket over. Michael Stewart then got rid of Srinivasa Natrajan and India were at 64/4 after 10 overs as West Indies seemed to be seeping back into the game. The next five overs saw India get 33 runs and went wicketless but Aaron Munilall's direct hit broke that partnership. Following that, all four remaining overs saw India lose a wicket each as a paltry finish to the innings saw India double their tenth over score and end with 128 on the board.

The chase started with a wicket ball one for India as Pritam Vashisth struck Leon Jumadeen's pad and his loud appeal was met with a raised finger. Debutant Chesney Persaud and Giles Williams built a partnership post the wicket as the two got West Indies to 63/2 with Persaud getting out right before the mid-innings drinks break. Giles Williams followed a couple overs later but Hubern King arrived at his wicket and hit a fantastic 40(26) carrying the team to victory.

Other Results in Group 2
England beat Scotland by 7 wickets.
New Zealand beat Australia by 4 wickets.

Fixture on December 29: England
The next fixture for West Indies are the unbeaten English, a green deck has been laid out and the sun is out and shining.
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West Indies NAT Twenty-20 World Cup
West Indies vs England
A green deck was laid out for the next chapter in the saga of this rivalry as the English called tails correctly and opted to bowl first. Caribbean Openers Melford Griffith and Reynold Nero walked out to open and the two started the innings off on the right foot, hitting Beau O'Leary and Stuart Broad for 40 runs in the first 4 overs. The change in bowling saw Gregory Dudgeon come in and knock both openers out inside an over. West Indies also lost Giles Williams in the final over of the powerplay and were 54/3 post six overs. Hemraj Walsh was caught behind a couple overs after the powerplay but Hubern King and Henry Harragin played impressive innings to get West Indies back on track, despite King's rather disappointing strike rate. Aaron Munilall hit a few boundaries at the death and got West Indies to a rather iffy total of 143 and Munilall and Archie O'Connor walked out knowing it was going to be a challenge to defend this total.

Thornton Ishmael's Twenty-20 excellence has been one to follow and yet again, he displayed his wicket taking prowess with a wicket ball three as his patented rising bouncer caught Kris Moreau off-guard. Archie O'Connor replaced Ishmael from the Church End and a beautiful swinging yorker saw him knock Lachlan Adil over and then go onto smack his base and knock his bails. The 154 kmph bullet was a delight to watch, except for maybe Adil who apparently had a sore toe post-game. Continuing from his end, O'Connor bowled a beautiful away-swinger to catch the new comer Harry Hazard's edge but the ball popped out of Hubern King's hand and the game from West Indies' grasp. England got 45/2 in the powerplay and Satish Phillips bowled a rather awful ball down leg stump but Derreck Claxton's failed attempt at flicking it over fine leg created an opportunity for Henry Harragin behind the stumps. It was a tough one and Harragin put it down owing to the thud he made as he landed post his dive.

Harry Hazard took the role of the aggressor whilst Claxton played second-fiddle and kept putting him on strike. At the 18th over, England needed 17 from two overs, Hazard sat on 83*(64) and Claxton at a cozy 33*(34). Archie O'Connor bowled the penultimate over and sent Claxton packing ball one. Adam Dickinson arrived and drove the next two balls to long on for two each as the equation became 13 off 9 balls. A single by Dickinson followed by a two and a dot meant England needed 10 to win and Hazard was at 85*. Peter Griffin had the ball and his first ball saw a runout. Dickinson departed but Harry Hazard took strike. He swept the next ball for two before cutting the third ball of the over to third man for two more. Ball four, he went for a rather expansive loft, that ended up being a mistimed shot into the ethers of sky, only to land safely and grant him three more. England needed just 2 from 2 now and Griffin fooled Ivan Reeves on the penultimate ball. Two from one ball, Griffin bowls it flat and hitting top of off stump, a ball that revolved in the air for what seemed like a century but was still a rather quick one from the finger-spinner. Reeves sat on his pad and set his bat up for a reverse sweep, "A reverse sweep on the final ball, what is wrong with these batters!," shrieked one old guy very loudly that it will now be seen across social media as a meme and will soon be released as NFT's, something that the writer does not understand but has been told is something, maybe? Back to the reverse sweep, it hit the middle of the bat and went past Harragin and straight to Nero at short fine leg. And for what will be remembered as something that'd have been very comical for all but the West Indian supporters and dugout, the ball nutmegged Nero and ran its course to the boundary line as the English took win number three whilst West Indies sat in a position of distress with a win and a couple of losses.

Other Results in Group 2
Scotland beat Australia by 14 runs.
India beat New Zealand by 17 runs.

Fixture on December 30: Scotland
Day 4 sees a crumbling deck and humid weather welcome the two sides sharing 4 points currently, Scotland and West Indies. Both sides desperately seeking their second victory will reduce any bleak chances they have left at qualification upon their loss, whilst a loss would still imply that things remain dicey and complicated for them.

Scenarios
The league stage is beautifully set up currently as zero teams have confirmed qualification at their hands. For West Indies, winning the next two games is very crucial. Another loss and West Indies would need a lot of results to go their way, majorly being that England should win 5 in 5 and the other spot becomes a net run rate battle at 2 wins then. Given West Indies can get to a maximum of three wins, it is important for West Indies that only one of England, New Zealand or India get to 4 wins, and hence West Indies could probably be a part of a net run rate muddle with an outside chance at qualification at twelve points.
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West Indies NAT Twenty-20 World Cup- Summaries
West Indies vs Scotland
Day 4, a crumbling deck was set and two sides chasing their second win had set foot on the battlefield. West Indian skipper Michael Stewart guessed heads but the word of the coin recited tails. The Scottish skipper David Gordon put West Indies into bat and took the new ball duty for himself. Opening the batting was Leon Jumadeen on strike and Reynold Nero standing on the other end. Ball one, Leon Jumadeen played a beautiful leg glance for a quick single as the pair went onto get three runs for the first over. The two openers got to 37 in the powerplay with Jumadeen scoring 25 runs in quick time. The Scots brought in class wristy Peter Matera and brought their fielders in close to bother Jumadeen with spin. Jumadeen smoked Matera for a boundary but Matera made sure to have the scores settled and sent Jumadeen to the pavilion next ball. Reynold Nero had a lapse in attention and lost himself in the search for an extravagant shot as West Indies fell to 61/2 after ten.

David Gordon's reintroduction saw him getting rid of Chesney Persaud and Daniel Irvine sent Hemraj Walsh and Leonard Arthur packing the following over. West Indies were looking at trouble all of a sudden, being 90/5 at the 15th over mark. Then, keeper Henry Harragin and all-rounder Troy Joseph displayed some beautiful resilience and shifted the pressure to the Scots, getting 48 of the last 5 overs in an unbeaten partnership, with Harragin's 38*(22) including 5 boundaries probably heading into this season's "Memorable Innings" catalogue.

Scotland were set 139 to scale down in twenty overs and their openers came in and attacked from the get-go. 12 off the first over with Lennox Lewis practically pulling a ball for six over long-off had given the Scottish lads a decent start, but Lewis' aggression was short-lived as his failed attempt at another pull, this time over deep square leg, led to him edging the ball high into the air and Peter Griffin taking a dolly at fine leg. Sugrim Hughes came back from the 12-run over and bowled a peach of a ball to get rid of Kevin Malone. Walter Gordon was runout and Peter Griffin got rid of Lewis Docherty for a duck as the Scots stared at 80 more needed off the remaining 10 overs, being 59/4 at drinks.

Chinaman Jason Hislop was introduced over number 11. Over the wicket ball one, he bowled a good length leg spinner on the middle stump that was aptly returned his way from Muhammad Ali. Ali then went onto call the charge against Hislop, stepping out of his crease and slapping Hislop for two fours. Jason Hislop then pitched a ball short and on the leg stump, only for it to turn vicariously and somehow stay flat and hit middle of off stump and Ali had to take the long walk into the stands. Davos Seaworth came in and Hislop bowled him a ball that was practically a yorker, a ball that almost hit the 100 kmph mark. Seaworth missed and the ball hit the middle of his pad and he had to bid adieu.

Farquhar Berrington and Hamish Galt got a few runs but Sugrim Hughes got rid of Galt in the sixteenth over. Having 42 to defend from the final 4 overs, Michael Stewart got rid of Berrington and David Gordon before Jason Hislop came in and got the final wicket and West Indies won the fixture by 34 runs.

Other Results in Group 1
Australia beat India by 15 runs.
New Zealand beat England by 7 wickets.

Fixture on January 31: Australia
The mighty Aussies have had a rather tame tournament but would like to continue the form they picked up against India today as the West Indian lads face them on a sticky pitch tomorrow with cloudy weather being expected.

Scenarios
Aussies picking up their first win and the English being handed their first loss has implied that the fans are set for a fantastic Day 5 of the World Cup. For West Indies, they must beat Australia and get their third win. Ahead of that, they need to hope that atleast one of New Zealand or England lose. Assuming West Indies win, but both England and New Zealand lose, then the three sides and India would be stuck in a net run rate battle at 12 points for the two spots. If only England lose, then New Zealand would take top spot with sixteen points, but India, England and West Indies will battle net run rate out for the second spot. But if only England win, and this is West Indies' best scenario, West Indies would qualify for the semifinals as the Kiwis already rate lower than West Indies on net run rate and India would be left at 8 points and would not be able to make it. If neither of English or Kiwis lose, then the two sides head to the semi finals. Three interesting fixtures will be up tomorrow and a big day heading into the semis.
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Post by MOD-quirkilyalive » Fri Dec 31, 2021 10:56 am

West Indies NAT Twenty-20 World Cup- Summaries
West Indies vs Australia
Y'know what before we get to the dilemma of pain that this hilarious game has been, let us start off well, and listen to the happy stuff before diving head-first into an ocean of ducks. Scotland defeated New Zealand and England defeated India and West Indies had gotten their ideal scenario come true. Now a win meant West Indies were qualifying for the semifinals. On the other hand were Australia, playing for their Trans-Tasman neighbour in New Zealand and being the Kiwi's hope to the semi-finals. The two sides from the finals of the Season 46 World Twenty20 victory for West Indies were faced with a daunting pitch. A sticky deck and cloudy weather saw Aussie Skipper Mile Hore win the toss and opt to bat first. Thornton Ishmael took the new ball and got the first ball to move off the deck from off-stump to being called a wide. Ball two, he kept it straight and on the legs and Kostya Tszyu was out LBW. Over two saw Thornton Ishmael drop Brandon Primmer ball two but Archie O'Connor kept at it and got rid of Preston Western on the final ball. He then went on to get Primmer out in sixth over and Australia were 28/3 after six overs.

A couple of five run over took Australia to 38/3 before Archie O'Connor's reintroduction saw him getting Mile Hore's middle stump uprooted with a beautiful inswinger from around the wicket. Troy Joseph penetrated Tanner Bray's defence and Thornton Ishmael got rid of Pete Hutchinson and Leonardo da Vinci in the over after that. Australia were reduced to 51/7 after 11 overs. Jason Hislop leaked 1 run of the twelfth over and Thornton Ishmael got rid of Rossco Busse with a fantastic yorker to end with the figures of 4-1-7-4. Troy Joseph got wicket number 9 but number 11 batter in Cammo Slack came in and smacked Joseph for two sixes as if he was batting at a flat deck and not the nightmarish monstrosity that this deck had been thus far. Jason Hislop created a chance but Jumadeen missed the stumping but it wasn't much of a worry as Hislop got rid of Slack a couple balls later with a mistimed drive heading Aaron Munilall's direction at short cover.

West Indies were set 72 to chase for a spot in the semi finals, Giles Williams on strike, Chesney Persaud on the other end. Mirko Cro Cop has the ball. Williams pats the ball to third man for a single ball one. Ball two saw Chesney Persaud inside-edge a drive onto the stumps and get out for a golden duck. Leon Jumadeen joined the centre. He struck Leonardo da Vinci for a couple of boundaries as West Indies raced to 15/1 in two overs. Cro Cop continued his spell and leaked a couple more as West Indies were at 17/1 after 3 overs, and then the devil said "he he, he he he" with the punctuation signifying a notable pause in the very childish laugh than villainish honestly.

Leonardo da Vinci bowled a wicket maiden, getting rid of Giles Williams. West Indies 17/2 after four overs. Mirko Cro Cop's third over in the spell saw him spitting fire as Jumadeen was nowhere close to even edging the next two balls before running a single off the third. Mirko Cro Cop bowled a rather short ball to southpaw Reynold Nero that struck his thigh. The umpire adjudged the LBW call not out owing to height. Ball five of the over, Cro Cop placed a ball on the off stump, short stuff as it managed to seam away at the final moment and catch Nero's gloves. A tough catch, but Brandon Primmer's a tall lad and his jump meant that he pouched a blinder of a catch with utter ease. Nero departed for a duck, West Indies 18/3 after five.

Cammo Slack came into bowl the final over of the powerplay and he started off with the wickets of Leon Jumadeen and Leonard Arthur off the first two balls, just leaking a two off the penultimate ball of the over. West Indies, at the end of the powerplay, were 20/5 needing 52 more from the next 14 overs. Melford Griffith got run out in the next over by skipper Mile Hore and make that 20/6. All six of West Indies' batters were back in the den, 4 for ducks, two of those being first-ball ducks.

Over eight was a maiden from Cammo Slack and West Indies were 22/6 after it. Five off the next one, and West Indies get to 27/6 before Rossco Busse got rid of Munilall in the tenth over. West Indies were 33/7, needing 39 more to win. Leonardo da Vinci got rid of Archie O'Connor in the eleventh over, and West Indies got to 34/8. The next six balls from Cammo Slack saw Troy Joseph get three with a two and a one off the sixth ball. 37/8 after 12 overs, needing 35 more to win. Troy Joseph struck da Vinci for a decent four to start with, but da Vinci's clever slower one on stumps caught Joseph's leading edge from the paddle on the knee and gave a looping return catch to da Vinci. Thornton Ishmael was out for a golden duck next ball, edging one to Primmer and West Indies were wrapped up for 41 all out in their pursuit of 71. West Indies fell short by a mammoth 30 runs and failed to get the second spot for the semi finals. Worse, the loss put them at the fifth spot as the Indians and the Aussies overtook on net run rate. 41 will be a haunting number for the next time the lads walk on the field.

Other Results in Group 2
Scotland beat New Zealand by 9 runs.
England beat India by 7 wickets.

Fixtures on January 1:
Sri Lanka will play the English whilst the Bermudans play the Kiwis for a spot in the finals tomorrow 0200 FTP Time. Should be a couple of cracking fixtures:)

Players of the Tour
This ends a rather disappointing tour as we failed to make it to the semi finals. A poor batting performance saw us getting all out for a mere 41 and having to bid adieu. The batters had been rather poor all tour and to encapsulate, our top scorer this tour was Henry Harragin with 81 runs. He was 23rd on the list and our only player in the Top Thirty. Despite that, the lads did decently well, beating India and Scotland, coming pretty close against the Kiwi and the English sides and restricting the Aussie lineup to 71. With the ball in hand, veteran Thornton Ishmael's Twenty-20 numbers are as good as any. Another tour with 7 wickets saw him end in the Top 5 for wickets taken, average and economy rate. Archie O'Connor and Jason Hislop proved their mettle as well, getting 5 wickets apiece.

Thanks again for letting us tour your players for the World Cup and the season as a whole. I'd agree in saying that this season wasn't the best of us, with us barely sneaking promotion in one tour and huffing and puffing our way to survival in the next two. This is also the first World Twenty-20 after two successful ones that we have failed to qualify ahead from the group stages. A tough tour and a tough season, but your support of the National Side is heavily appreciated. Hope we can have a better season next time around. Until then, the West Indies U20 lads have reached Semi-finals with one league match to go. Root for them and watch their games here.

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West Indies NAT Season 50 One Day Tour 1: Division 2
Season 50 and the West Indian squad is set with tickets to Scotland. The Scottish Management have chosen a combination of hard, flat and sticky decks to start the season off with Division 2 standing out as unique as the other two divisions will be fielding a dry, slow and crumbling pitch combination at the abodes of Australia and Bangladesh. West Indies will be facing hosts Scotland, World Twenty-20 champions England and finalists Bermuda, a nemesis from the past in India and the Irish lads. The tour begins on January 31 with West Indies facing hosts Scotland at 0900 FTP Time. The 18 lads heading for the tour are listed below:

Aaron Munilall Golden Hacks CC Right-arm Fast Medium/ Right-hand Bat

Archie O'Connor Groundboys Left-arm Fast

Bertice Cummings Unicorns Left-arm Fast [DEBUT]

Brenton Stephenson Space Wolves Right-hand Bat [DEBUT]

Colin Oscopy Middle Stump Lubricators Right-arm Fast

Giles Williams Maiden Over CC Right-hand Bat

Hubern King Mohito's Mohican XI Left-hand Bat

Jason Hislop Space Wolves Left-arm Wrist Spin

Leon Jumadeen High Risk High Return Right-hand Keeper Bat

Leonard Arthur Married Eleven Right-hand Bat

Melford Griffith Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club Right-hand Bat

Michael Seaforth Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club Left-hand Keeper Bat [DEBUT]

Michael Stewart Herosnzeros Right-arm Fast Medium

Reynold Nero Queens Park Cricket Club Left-hand Bat

Sugrim Hughes Queens Park Cricket Club Right-arm Fast

Thornton Ishmael Snickets II CC Right-arm Fast

Troy Joseph Maiden Over CC Right-arm Finger Spin/ Right-hand Bat

Wayne Trim Space Wolves Left-hand Bat [DEBUT]

The West Indies Management is proud to hand debuts to 4 players in Bertice Cummings, Brenton Stephenson, Michael Seaforth and Wayne Trim. 3 of the 4 debutants are currently being trained under Manager verdi's setups as his total number of tourers have reached 5. Veteran Twenty-20 legend Thornton Ishmael has made the cut for another assignment after discussion at length regarding his age. He also took the manager on and proved his worth with a six wicket haul in the very friendly prior to selection confirmations. Michael Seaforth has replaced veteran keeper Henry Harragin as Seaforth and Leon Jumadeen set out as West Indies' two young keepers for the first assignment of the season. The 7 seamer and 2 spinner bowling attack is accompanied by 7 batters and 2 keepers with chinaman Jason Hislop and finger-spinner Troy Joseph heading charge.

The five West Indies fixtures are:

January 31: West Indies vs Scotland Hard

February 1: West Indies vs Ireland Flat

February 2: West Indies vs India Hard

February 3: West Indies vs England Flat

February 4: West Indies vs Bermuda Hard

Yet again, the management thanks all managers for training West Indian lads and allowing the management to pluck lads from the setups for a week. Here's hoping for a decent bit of good luck for the first tour for Season 50. Cheers:)
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West Indies NAT One Day Tour 1- Division 2 Summaries
West Indies vs Scotland
West Indies were playing Scotland at the Scottish Home Ground to start Season 50 off as skipper Michael Stewart led the side on a windy day with plenty of runs on offer on the hard deck. West Indies handed debut caps to all 4 of the debutants that headed for the tour in Wayne Trim, Brenton Stephenson, Michael Seaforth and Bertice Cummings. Winning the toss, West Indies elected to bat first and Trim opened alongside Melford Griffith. Wayne Trim was dismissed in the third over to Rollie Thunder's fantastic away-swinger which grabbed his edge and flew to point. Robin Bruce got rid of the other opener as West Indies were two down within the powerplay. Some counter-attacking display from southpaw Reynold Nero at 3 saw West Indies get to 62/2 in ten overs with Nero having scored 35*(28) at the end of the tenth. The next few overs saw Scotland pull back as the scoring rates fell down a slope and pressure began surmounting debutant Brenton Stephenson. Experienced leggie Peter Matera irked Stephenson with shorter stuff that Stephenson had a tough time middling and striking for boundaries. He ended up chipping a catch to mid-on as West Indies lost wicket number three. After twenty overs, West Indies were 96/3. Over number 21 saw the introduction of David Gordon and he nabbed the wicket of Leonard Arthur the very second ball with a wide yorker that saw a rather extravagant attempt from Arthur go behind the stumps to the keeper, who failed to catch it cleanly and ended up rebounding the catch over to short third man.

Nero and debutant keeper-batter Michael Seaforth tried to get back into the game as the two were involved in a 53-ball 51 run partnership. Reynold Nero got to 61 runs before his wicket saw Gordon get scalp number two. Michael Seaforth got into another stand with Troy Joseph and scored a fantastic 47(51) on his debut before a communication mishap between the two batters saw Seaforth get run out in the greed of a third run. At his dismissal, West Indies were 188/6 and Troy Joseph carried the team to 226 with his 37 before West Indies lost 4 wickets in three overs and David Gordon ended with 4 wickets.

During the chase, Scotland got 4 runs off the first over from Colin Oscopy but Bertice Cummings started his international career off with an absolute delight of a ball knocking Stewart Clouston's stumps over. What followed that was yet another nightmarish evening for West Indies in the day-night fixture as West Indies got a couple more wickets across three fantastic partnerships. 31 for Kevin Malone before he was run out to a Brenton Stephenson direct hit, southpaw Gerald King's 88 before skipper Michael Stewart was able to nab his wicket, Muhammad Ali's unbeaten run-a-ball boundary fest for 74 runs and Ewen Boak's 25 run contribution to finish the chase off helped the Scots take in the 40th over itself for a thumping victory. West Indies started the season off on quite a poor note as they were pushed to the bottom of the table with a deficit of over 1 on net run rate post the fixture.

Other Results in Division 2
England beat India by 12 runs.
Bermuda beat Ireland by 27 runs.

Fixture on February 1: Ireland
Overcast weather will be headlining the fixture on a flat deck as the West Indian bowlers seem set for a tour that will mentally drain them with pitches that have nothing on offer.
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West Indies NAT One Day Tour 1- Division 2 Summaries
West Indies vs Ireland
A flat deck was laid out under dense clouds as the overcast weather suggested that the seamers had some help to look forward to. Bertice Cummings was handed the skipper's armband on his second fixture as the lad made his captaincy debut today against the Irish lineup. Ireland won the toss and opted to bat first. Sugrim Hughes took the new ball from the Northern End and 7 runs were scored off his first over as Eoghan O'Donnell drove him through covers for a marvellous four. Thornton Ishmael took the ball from the other end and it took the lad 5 balls to do damage. Using the surface to his help, Ishmael bowled a bouncer at 147 clicks that O'Donnell absolutely miffed and his failed pull shot handed Ishmael a return catch. A couple overs later Ishmael got rid of Ethan Egan with an inswinger as Ireland were reduced to 21/2 in 4 overs. Ireland made a comeback for the rest of the powerplay as they got to 44 without losing any further wickets but Bertice Cummings continued his tradition after being introduced as Hughes' change from the Northern End. Bertice Cummings got Conor McLoughlin's wicket the very first ball with a miscued drive landing into Munilall's lap at mid-off. Another bouncer from Ishmael saw him getting rid of Paul Stirling whilst Cummings sent Ethan O'Reilly packing in his second spell. Ireland ended the first half of their innings at 104/5. Thornton Ishmael got his fourth wicket as Ireland fell to 117/6 after 28 overs. Post that, keeper Cormac White and all-rounder Dermot Cusack scripted an Irish comeback with the older ball not doing as much under the clouds as the newer nut tended to and the two got Ireland to 235 despite losing their wickets at the very end.

West Indies started their innings off rather cautiously with two young lads Wayne Trim and Leon Jumadeen not getting carried away with how the pitch looked but rather playing the ball on its behaviour. West Indies were 40/1 after the powerplay, with Jumadeen having succumbed to a yorker in the penultimate over. Wayne Trim scored 32 before he was dismissed by Dylan Maguire. West Indies then needed 162 more from 191 balls and a hero decided to turn back the clocks and get back into form as Melford Griffith took charge of the next partnership and scored a 86* from 97 balls, his sixth fifty at the international level and his highest score in the past 27 appearances. Giles Williams played an able hand of 58(73) and Hubern King smashed two maximums in his short stay of 28 from 19 balls to see the chase through with 26 balls to spare.

Other Results in Division 2
Bermuda beat England by 101 runs.
India beat Scotland by 102 runs.

Fixture on February 2: India
A rich rivalry will see another chapter added to the marvellous tale it is, as the Indian side will face West Indies on a hard deck with the clouds making themselves a notable mention for yet another fixture. Both sides have made comebacks from Day 1 losses and would look to continue their winning ways.
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West Indies NAT One Day Tour 1- Division 2 Summaries
West Indies vs India
Overcast weather graced the ground and a hard deck was in the middle of it all. Indian skipper Ameer Pathan opted to bat first and Sugrim Hughes took the new ball. He didn't take much time to do damage and sent Abhijay Biswas packing in Over number 3. The other opener in Sourabh Mohaiemen got out running off of overthrows after a Reynold Nero direct hit scripted his end. Sugrim Hughes then goes onto get rid of Godric Godhammer with a beautiful delivery pitched in the channel outside off, nicking the edge of the bat and landing safely in keeper Michael Seaforth's palms. In 5 overs, India found themselves in a precarious position at 22/3. Mayur Saraf and Srinivisa Natrajan built a partnership from the colossal collapse of the top order but Saraf got out trying to go big against lone spinner Troy Joseph. Raghav Naik joined the middle and continued the proceedings as the Indian Batters tried to carefully pierce the field for runs. Frustration over the lack of boundaries got rid of Natrajan as well when he overzealously tried to force a on-drive to a ball that was hitting the top of off stump and Troy Joseph had easy pickings at mid-on. Drinks break, India read 112/5.

Sugrim Hughes baffled Aashutosh Tailor with one of the best balls in the tour thus far as he hit his middle and leg stump and sent him packing. Skipper Ameer Pathan and Raghav Naik continued going about things the usual way and the two pushed India to a bigger total as their partnership lasted for more than ten overs before Michael Stewart's slower one was misread by Naik and went on to knock his bails off. 172/7 after 40 overs and Ameer Pathan smacked Sugrim Hughes for two fours right after that. Then at the end of that over, Michael Seaforth grassed a tough diving chance to the leg side to give Pathan another chance. After which, tailender Monish Madan chose to play a different game than the rest of the 21 lads just smacking everything everywhere and scoring 31 runs with 3 fours and a six to push India's total to a contending 225 whilst Troy Joseph, despite the unsupportive weather, got rid of all of Madan's partners in Pathan, Krishnan and Taj D'Argento for a four-wicket haul.

The chase started off with veteran Taj D'Argento getting rid of Hubern King for a golden duck in the second over. Reynold Nero got out to Monish Madan in the next over as both southpaws fell to away swingers being edged to the keeper and gully respectively. After losing two wickets in three overs, Leonard Arthur and Brenton Stephenson built a partnership as both got their highest international scores in their short careers thus far. Stephenson was eventually dismissed for 41 but Arthur played for the long haul and hit a marvellous 92 whilst playing second-fiddle to Michael Seaforth. Michael Seaforth has really announced himself at the big stage with a fine 40-run knock against Scotland in the opening fixture and another knock that is going to be recorded and rewatched by analysts a lot to figure this lad out today. 68 runs off his blade in just 59 balls as he hit 5 fours and 2 sixes in his unbeaten bash making sure that West Indies scaled down the Indian total with 51 balls to spare. His knock, whilst less in runs compared to Arthur, rightfully got the Player of the Match award for the acceleration he provided as a finisher. A knock to remember from both Leonard Arthur and Michael Seaforth today and they'll hope to replicate those in the future as well.

Other Results in Division 2
Ireland beat England by 6 wickets.
Scotland beat Bermuda by 6 wickets.

Fixture on February 3: England
Overcast weather and a flat pitch are the settings for this fixture between the English side and West Indies. The fixture is already up and the England Openers have bashed West Indies all over the park to get to 134/1 at the first innings' drinks break.
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West Indies NAT One Day Tour 1- Division 2 Summaries
West Indies vs England
Yet another day of dense skies as Day 4 welcomed West Indies on a flat deck and with overcast weather to dome them. Skipper Bertice Cummings opted to bowl first after winning the toss and what followed was one of West Indies' toughest days out in the field. A 105-run opening stand lasted for twenty overs before Aimus Hodgkinson inside-edged a Bertice Cummings delivery to the stumps. England just lost one wicket before the drinks break and continued their dominance in the second half as well. Half centuries from all of the top three, with Harry Hazard and Zak Crawley continuing the opening efforts and a brilliant end from Irfan Robbins with a bashing 36* at a strike rate of 164 meant England had scored 271 in their allotted fifty. West Indies went into the innings break with barely any hope left and this chase had become a first innings batting performance now, with West Indies just trying to get as many as they could to avoid a massive net run rate dent with England having scored 50 above what could be considered par on Day 4 of the tour, even on one of the most batter-friendly decks we've had in some time.

An unbeaten powerplay between two veterans in Melford Griffith and Hubern King as they scored at around 4 an over was giving the Posse a few hopes but the moment Melford Griffith was adjudged LBW to Irfan Robbins for a ball that ended up going over the stumps actually, the hopes died and so did the innings. Right-arm finger spinner Gilbert Dodemaide's wily off spin got rid of both southpaws in King and Wayne Trim and the misfortune doubled with the runouts of Brenton Stephenson and Reynold Nero as West Indies were five down in the next ten overs. Leon Jumadeen tried to play the resurrector alongside Aaron Munilall but all he could muster was 22 before the increasing required run rate pressure and the mastery of Stuart Broad saw his back. West Indies were 122/6 after thirty and needed 150 runs in the next twenty with all six batters back in the hut. Aaron Munilall gave his best to reduce the loss margin and went onto score his best international knock ever as his 64 from 69 balls pushed the West Indian total over 200 but yet they succumbed to a 67 run loss in the end, the second one of the tour, and both being rather large ones to drag West Indies' net run rate to the bottom of the eight points lot of 4 sides in the group.

Other Results in Division 2
Ireland beat Scotland by 57 runs.
Bermuda beat India by 2 wickets.

Fixture on February 4: Bermuda
The days of the dark continue with the fourth overcast day in a row as table toppers Bermuda look to solidify their promotion against the desperate West Indies on a hard deck. A win could save us from demotion and straight up put us in a net run rate battle for promotion. A loss and our net run rate is likely to drown us into Division 3. Bermuda have 174 on board and opener Leon Jumadeen and Reynold Nero are out in the middle.
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West Indies NAT One Day Tour 1- Division 2 Summaries
West Indies vs Bermuda
Bermuda won the toss on a hard deck on Day 5 and opted to bat first. It was the fourth day of overcast weather. The West Indian quicks trio in Sugrim Hughes, Thornton Ishmael and Archie O'Connor knew early breakthroughs with the overcast weather are important and they had Bermuda three-down by the end of the powerplay. John Trocard held one end with a 72 but the quicks kept pecking away with wickets from the other. Michael Stewart grabbed a couple as well but Thornton Ishmael led as the hero with his second four-wicket haul of the tour, as Ishmael's performances kept baffling critics who doubt him. Bermuda were cleaned for 174 in 41 overs and didn't have aplenty to defend on the hard deck.

A line up with two spinners and a medium pacer meant West Indies's biggest threat was upfront with a new-ball specialist and a quick opening the attack. Openers Leon Jumadeen and Reynold Nero survived through the powerplay and Brenton Stephenson at #3 smacked a fifty in the middle overs to add to that. Michael Seaforth added to his illustrious tour with another 34*, ending with an average of 149, as he was only dismissed once in the tour. West Indies chased the total down in the 41st over but couldn't overtake Bermuda's net run rate as that was heavily positive whilst West Indies were in the negatives before the tour.

Other Results in Division 2
Scotland beat England by 7 runs.
Ireland beat India by 3 wickets.

Tour Highlights
I'd start with apologies for the delayed writeup. The tour overall exceeded my expectations as the pitches weren't the most helpful for us and I was deathly afraid of a demotion. The batter-friendly pitches were going to test our quicks that were bowling to batters a league above. Aptly, Bermuda and Ireland qualified as Bermuda's batters cut it through for them and Ireland made a graceful comeback after two losses to win the league in quite the fashion and both sides absolutely played in a manner that they deserved to go through. We ended #3 and Scotland #4 as the two of us continue another tour in this division. Failing to promote on net run rate does feel bad but we had 2 big losses to our names and we simply had to accept that we were absolutely rolled over on days that weren't ours.

The player of this tour for West Indies has to be Thornton Ishmael with ten wickets, two four-fers on conditions that weren't necessarily helping him, even though the weather did shine a bright light for the quicks. Debutants Michael Seaforth and Brenton Stephenson ending in top 15 run scorers is definitely a point to take away from the tour. Praise must be added for seamers Archie O'Connor and Michael Stewart who stood up as the experienced lads they are and bowled with quiet economies to help the entire setup as both ended #3 and #4 on the economy list with economies just under 4.

Another survival encapsulates this tour. Thank you for letting us tour your players for the week. The next will be a Twenty-20 tour in Zimbabwe hosted by Kenya with Crumbling, Slow and Dry pitches on offer. Twenty-20's in Zimbabwe bring back happy memories of manager Maiden50 leading us to a Twenty-20 World Cup very recently, an achievement of the highest level that I'd hope to match or repeat as well. Currently we have West Indies U20 playing their trade in Sri Lanka and have won their first two fixtures. Cheer for them in their next three fixtures here.
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