Can’t touch Jamaica

Wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich, who topscored with 32, avoiding a bouncer. (Picture courtesy Garfield Robinson/Jamaica Observer.)

Wed, April 18, 2012 - 12:00 AM

JAMAICA are the undisputed kings of first-class cricket in the Caribbean with five consecutive titles.

After conceding first innings honours, the Jamaicans didn’t lie down and play dead but rattled quick second innings runs before declaring an hour before lunch, setting Barbados 230 runs for victory.

An hour after the interval, the Regional Four-Day Final was all over as the Jamaicans ruthlessly rolled over Barbados for a meagre 90 runs to emphatically win by 139 runs.

It was the third time in this year’s tournament that Barbados were dismissed under 100 runs and the batsmen had some uncomfortable moments against the Jamaican bowling.

Here, wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich, who topscored with 32, avoids a bouncer. (Picture courtesy Garfield Robinson/Jamaica Observer.)

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Posted by Hosea Greenidge 1 year, 1 month ago: First let me say congrats to Jamaica of taking the championship, and to Barbados better luck next time.
We in Barbados must remember that we have to prepare our cricketers better, because as barabdos cricket go so does west Indies cricket. If we go back to the History of West Indies cricket you would see that without significant Bajans in the team the team has not been successful.

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Posted by RANDY BRIDGEMAN 1 year, 1 month ago: Well done, JA. You deserve to win in my view. Your captain was shrewd, though I suspect even he didn't expect a total Bajan batting collapse in their second turn at the crease. What a disgrace. How pathetic. Except for Dowrich, nobody showed a desire to fight to the last man. I believe Coach Springer when he assured the Bajan cricketing public that the team, though missing Brathwaite, the two Edwardses and Roach away on Test duty, was well prepared and confident of doing well in the final. Obviously, it didn't turn out that way. Our players simply mirrored the "calypso collapso" of WI teams of the past decade. Wickets fall in bunches and practically everyone goes to pieces. It's as if the panic button was pushed after Boucher fell. Ditto WI team, our Bajan batsmen find it difficult to bat two solid innings in a match. If there's such a thing as luck, it had nothing to do with our disastrous defeat. As the saying goes, you make your own luck. We have several talented players. It's all about application, discipline and attitude.