Scorpions push lead vs Hurricanes to 163 at lunch
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica Scorpions were 173-8 at lunch in their second innings of the fifth-round regional first-class match against Leeward Islands Hurricanes at Sabina Park.
After they trailed by 10 runs in the first innings, the Scorpions now hold a lead of 163 with two wickets in hand.
Scores: Scorpions 221 (68.2 ovs) and 173-8 (57 ovs); Hurricanes 231 (58.3 ovs).
Abhijai Mansingh is unbeaten on 39 and Ramaal Lewis, playing his first match of the season, is on 20
For the visitors, pacer Jeremiah Louis and spinner Rahkeem Cornwall have taken three wickets each.
Earlier, the Scorpions resumed from their overnight score of 59-4 and lost wickets regularly to slump to 134-8.
But the 39-run, unbroken stand for the ninth wicket between Mansingh and Lewis took the hosts’ lead past the 150-run mark.
Sanjay Myers
