JOHN CAMPBELL stroked an impressive century but the Scorpions still shared honours with the Leeward Island Hurricanes, while Combined Campuses and Colleges’ (CCC) batsmen produced a solid outing against the Guyana Harpy Eagles on the opening day of the second round of matches in the West Indies Championship yesterday.
At the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium: Skipper Campbell scored his seventh first-class hundred and Brad Barnes hit an unbeaten half-century for the Scorpions, but they relinquished control of their contest against the Hurricanes after suffering a lower-order collapse to end the day on 306 for nine.
Campbell made 126 from just 150 balls and the Scorpions were cruising at 199 for two at one stage, before pacer Jeremiah Louis and spinners Rahkeem Cornwall and Hayden Walsh Jr bowled the Hurricanes back into the match.
Campbell shared an opening partnership of 79 with Carlos Brown, who made 22, and then 84 with Kirk McKenzie for the second wicket, to put the Scorpions in the driver’s seat at 163 for one.
When Louis dismissed McKenzie for 33, Jermaine Blackwood added 36 with his captain to help the Scorpions further tighten their grip.
But when Cornwall bowled Blackwood for 10, the Scorpions lost their next seven wickets for only 107 runs.
Left-arm pacer Colin Archibald picked up the prized wicket of Campbell, Walsh Jr dismissed Daniel Beckford for four and bowled Odean Smith for 17 to make the score 249 for six.