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West Indies “a” team secures 2 wicket win over England Lions

by February 15th, 2018

The  West  Indies  “a”  team  yesterday  pulled  off  a  2  wicket  win  over  England  Lions  at  the  Trelawney  multi-purpose  stadium to  take  a  1-nil  lead  in  their  three  match  unofficial  four  day  test  series.

Chasing  106  for  victory  the  Windies “a”  from their  overnight  31  for  1, was  made  to  work  hard  for  the  remaining  75  runs.

They  were  in  trouble   at  89  for  4 and  fell  into  deeper  trouble  when  they  lost  4  wickets  for  18  runs  to  be  reduced  to  98  for  7.

However Rahkeem  Cornwall  who  scored   14  not  out  and  Jeremiah  Louis one  not  out, saw  west  indies  “a”  to  victory  at  108  for  6.

Jack  Leach  led  the  lions  bowling  with  5  for  25  and Liam Livingstone  claimed  2    for 55.

Final scores in the match England Lions 252 and 132, west indies “a’  279 and 108 for 9.

The  second  test  starts   on  Sunday  at  Sabina  Park,  with the  3rd  and  final  test  at  the  sir Viv Richards  stadium   starting  on February  26.

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