Fusionz Boutique Spartan and Superb Blendz Gladiola have found themselves tied with 73 points at the bottom of the table at the conclusion of the Barbados Cricket Association Elite Three-Day Competition and will await further calculations to determine who will be demoted to the First Division for the 2025 season.
After rain washed out the first two days, the game between Spartan and Bayview Hospital YMPC was reduced to a 40-over contest on the third and final day.
YMPC took full advantage of the decision made by Spartan in asking them to bat first as their opening batters got off to a blistering start. Raymond Kellman scored 83 in 48 balls with five fours and eight sixes while Jevon Grosvenor recorded his maiden top level century with 101 in 90 balls which included four fours and five sixes.
Spartan managed to take eight wickets which earned them the much needed three bowling points but YMPC scored a mammoth total of 268 in 36 overs.
This meant that Spartan would need a minimum of 240 runs to earn three batting points and finish ahead of the relegation pool.
Spartan lost wickets in bunches as they limped to a total of 109 for six in 25.5 overs before fading light ended play which resulted in a no-result and a total of five points in the game.
University of the West Indies (UWI) and IGS Insurance Brokers Yorkshire also finished tied on 73 points. They are safe from relegation as they have won more games outright during the season which covers the first part of the tie breaker per the BCA rules.
Pickwick win big, Wanderers crowned Kings
ESA Field Pickwick claimed 19 points to secure the third position in the standings when they defeated the newly crowned Champions Wanderers by an innings and 27 runs at Foursquare Oval.
After confirming their title on day 2, Wanderers were forced to follow-on when they were bowled out for 217 in their first innings. Off spinner Preston Clarke cleaned up the wickets, taking seven for 89 in 24.4 overs.
Sent in to bat again, it was another off spinner being the main wrecker for Pickwick as Rasheed Edwin claimed six wickets for 54 runs in 10 overs as Wanderers were bowled out for 138.
Rasheed Edwin led Pickwick to a win with his six wicket second innings haul.
Joudan Niles top scored with a quick fire 55 in 18 balls.
Champions Wanderers recorded two batting points in the game and managed to affirm their position at the top of the standings and claim the 2024 Elite title, their first in 42 years.
Wildey dismiss Youth
Wildey recorded an easy nine-wicket victory after they bowled out the SigniaGlobe Financial Inc BCA Youth for 112 on their home turf at the Jeffrey Yarde Complex.
In a match reduced to a one-day, 40-over contest after the first two days were completely rained out, the Youth team won the toss and elected to bat against a team that boasted international players, England fast bowler, Jofra Archer and USA batter Aaron Jones in their playing 11.
The lads began rather shaky when they lost their first two wickets for two runs. During the middle of the innings, leg spinner Zishan Motara and fast bowler Archer combined to cause the Youth team collapse when they went from 71 for three to 75 for eight.
Motara, leading the way with four wickets for 21 runs from six overs while Archer picked up three for 25 in eight overs.
Micah Greenidge and Zion Brathwaite, scoring 34 each, top scored for the Youth team.
Wildey wasted little time chasing the total as they knocked off the runs in 10.1 overs, scoring 118 for one. Nimar Bolden top scored with an unbeaten 56 in 26 balls.
Wildey finished the season on 88 points in second position, nine points below champions Wanderers.
UWI survives demotion
University of the West Indies (UWI) gained maximum batting and bowling points to pull themselves from the pits of demotion in a drawn contest against Superb Blendz Gladiola at the 3Ws Oval.
Shaqkere Parris (63) and Kyle Corbin (62) struck well played 60s as Jonathan Carter scored 49 to lead UWI to a total of 315 and a first innings lead of 110 runs.
Gladiola in their second innings reached 89 for two before the game was called off and ended in a draw.
UWI’S fast bowler Chemar Holder bowling to Gladiola opener Rashawn Worrell.
In other scores:
At Bank Hall: Empire beat IGS Insurance Brokers Yorkshire by an innings and 22 runs.
Empire 226-6 declared (51.1 overs) (Nathan Sealy 81 – 96 balls, nine fours; Kevin Stoute 49).
Yorkshire 92 all out (33.2 overs) (Indal Persaud 25; Dre Springer 3-15) and 112 all out (40.5 overs) (Shakeel Richards 45; Jomel Warrican 4-16, Kobe Williams 4-53).
POINTS TABLE after final series – Wanderers 97, Wildey 88, Pickwick 87, Empire 83, YMPC 81, Yorkshire 73, UWI 73, Spartan 73, Gladiola 73, BCA Youth 29 (exempt from demotion).
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