Solozano hits century for Red Force
Vinode Mamchan
Published: Guardian
Sunday, November 22, 2015
T&T Red Force batsman Jeremy Solozano plays the ball through mid-wicket watched by Jamaica Scorpians’ wicketkeeper Chadwick Walton and slip fielder John Campbell on the first day of the third round match in the WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4-Day Tournament on Friday at Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain. Solozano went on to score a century (110) yesterday. Photo: WICB Ashley Allen
When it is your day, it is your day and Jeremy Solozano found it was his yesterday, as he recovered from two dropped catches to record a century to give T&T a first innings score of 271 on the second day of their PCL Four-day clash at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain.
Replying to the home team score at the end of the day, the Jamaicans were in the hunt at 119 for three.
After Solozano recorded his maiden First Class century to give Red Force to 271 runs to work with, the Jamaicans found the locals bowling to be disciplined and had to fight hard for their runs. Daniel St Clair gave the sparse crowd something to celebrate very early, as he accounted for left hander John Campbell with only three runs on the board.
Opener Paul Palmer and Barbadian Kirk Edwards pushed the score to 46 but both fell within space of 27 runs and the Jamaicans were soon 77/3. Palmer fell to leg-spinner Imran Khan for 35, while Edwards gave Guyanese Narsingh Deonarine his scalp for 19.
After that the veteran Tamar Lambert and Andre McCarthy joined forces to bring the Jamaicans right back into the game. McCarthy using forthright methods was able to get the visitors out of their sticky position, as they closed on 118/3.
McCarthy was batting strongly and was unbeaten on 49 in 100 minutes off 66 balls with seven fours. Lambert was not out 12 and will look to guide his young team pass Red Force total when play resumes today. Earlier, T&T resumed on the bedtime position of 145/5 and overnight pair Solozano and Stephen Katwaroo rallied well. The two continued where they left off the previous evening and pushed the score along easily.
Solozano brought up his hundred after two chances, firstly on 71, where he was dropped by Lambert off Marquino Mindley and then at point, just three runs short of his hundred.
He fell soon after to the bowling of leg-spinner Damian Jacobs for 110. In all he batted for 337 minutes in which time he negotiated 274 balls, 10 of which he sent to the fence. When he trudged off the score on the NGC Board read 219/6 - which represented a partnership of 115 with Katwaroo for the sixth wicket. The wicket-keeper batsman Katwaroo just missed out on his second successive half century, as he was unfortunately run out soon after for 45. He faced 149 balls and struck four fours in the 174 minutes he spent on the turf.
Towards the end Marlon Richards struck an unbeaten 26 and Daniel St Clair counted 18, as the tail wagged to ensure that the Red Force had a competitive score.
SCOREBOARD
Red Force vs Scorpions
Red Force 1st inns
K Ottley b Dawes 1
J Solozano c Lambert b Jacobs 110
K Hope c Walton b Bernard 30
N Deonarine c Walton b Bernard 3
Y Carriah c Walton b Bernard 2
Y Ottley lbw Mindley 18
S Katwaroo run out 45
I Khan lbw Lambert 8
M Richards not out 26
D St Clair lbw Miller 18
K Kantasingh c Watson b Campbell 0
Extras 2lb, 8nb 10
Total all out 271
Fall of wkts: 1, 39, 48, 62, 104,219, 219, 232, 264, 271.
Bowling: M Mindley 17-4-41-1, J Dawes 14-1-52-1, D Bernard 14-2-25-3, N Miller 34-12-49-1, D Jacobs 37-1-68-1, J Campbell 8.2-1-20-1, T Lambert 1-0-4-1.
Scorpions inns
J Campbell c S Katwaroo b St Clair 2
P Palmer b Khan 35
K Edwards lbw Deonarine 19
A McCrathy not out 49
T Lambert not out 12
Extras: 2b 2
Total for 3 wkts 119
Fall of wkts: 3, 46, 73.
Bowling: M Richards 8-2-20-0, D St. Clair 7-1-23-1, K Kantasingh 7-1-12-0, N Deonarine 9-1-26-1, I Khan 11-3-36-1.
Other scores
In Roseau, Dominica
Windward Islands Volcanoes vs Leeward Islands Hurricanes
HURRICANES 24 for seven decl (Kevin McCLean 2-2, Mervin Matthews 2-6, Kenroy Peters 2-12) and 170 (Nkrumah Bonner 64, Shane Jeffers 30; Liam Sebastien 5-75, Alston Bobb 4-48)
VOLCANOES 140 (Tyrone Theophile 62, Andre Fletcher 31; Alzarri Joseph 7-48, Rahkeem Cornwall 2-28) and 56 for two (Johnson Charles 21 not out).
Volcanoes won by eight wickets.
In Georgetown, Guyana,
Barbados Pride vs Guyana Jaguars
JAGUARS 337 (Vishaul Singh 121, Leon Johnson 74, Assad Fudadin 42, Raymon Reifer 32, Shimron Hetmyer 24; Kevin Stoute 3-40, Roston Chase 2-28)
PRIDE 60 for four (Veerasammy Permaul 2-24)
