da dobrowin： Contrasting half-centuries by Philo Wallace and Corey Yearwood pavedthe way for Big B Spartan’s commanding position over BNB St Catherineyesterday
Louis Linton13-Aug-2001Contrasting half-centuries by Philo Wallace and Corey Yearwood pavedthe way for Big B Spartan’s commanding position over BNB St Catherineyesterday.Barbados opener Wallace struck an aggressive 83, while his openingpartner Yearwood made a workmanlike undefeated 67, as they shared a147-run opening stand.Wallace’s run-a-ball innings lasted 144 minutes with five fours andtwo towering sixes over mid-wicket, while Yearwood struck three foursoff a 120 balls in an innings which took 170 minutes.Both batsmen cut, pulled and drove with authority on either side ofthe wicket as they built upon the start their bowlers set up earlier.Philip Browne, Sulieman Benn and Mark Alleyne all picked up threewickets as they humbled the St Catherine side for a disappointingfirst innings total.Veteran Thelston Payne, with an authoritative 54 off 94 deliveries wasthe main stay of St Catherine’s innings.He strode to the wicket with his team tottering at 27 for four and wasthe eighth man out after playing a lazy shot off left-arm spinnerBenn.Payne struck two fours in his 150-minute stay at the crease.Prediction: Spartan should score an outright victory.