Barbados Cricket Association article.
Bridgetown, Barbados - Veteran left-arm spinner Derick Bishop became the first bowler in 22 years to take all ten wickets in an innings in the top BCA league Championship as he spurred front-runners Brathwaite Construction/Crane Resort St. Catherine to a commanding 160-run win over now wretched Elite division title holders ICBL Empire on a remarkable third and final day of Series 5.
Bishop's treasured Bayfield ground turned into a scene of wild celebrations after he grabbed ten for 24 off 16.4 consecutive overs for a match haul of 13 for 91 off 40.4 overs to become the first bowler for the season to record 50 wickets, pushing his tally to 53 at 11.88 runs apiece.
It is the tenth time in 15 successive seasons at this level that the 31-year-old Bishop has captured over 50 wickets.
In the previous series, Bishop had a match haul of 15 for 141 including nine for 59 in the second innings against ESA Field Pickwick, also at Bayfield. It was the first time he had taken nine wickets in an innings.
Kenrick Marshall, the outstanding, former Police fast bowling all-rounder, was the previous bowler to snatch all ten wickets in an innings in 1993 against Combined Schools North at St. James Secondary.
Marshall took ten for ten in the first innings and ended with match figures of 16 for 38 (still the best in the last three-and-a-half decades) as Police won by 82 runs in a 10th series First division match.
The Championship was rebranded from Division 1 to Elite in 2012 and contested by ten teams since then.
Inclement weather, which delayed the start of play by 75 minutes and then sliced a further 80 minutes after tea, would have provided a challenge for the bearded, diminutive Bishop. But he bemused the batsmen with flight and guile from the Neville Mason end at the north.
The effect was that Empire, set 223 to win, initially in 57 overs, crashed for 62 in 33.4 overs to suffer a third straight defeat, which is unprecedented for a Bank Hall team for sure in the last three-and-a-half decades.
Empire's indisciplined batting fell to a combination of reckless and jittery, defensive strokes. Having limped to 50 for four off 20 overs at tea after St. Catherine declared at their overnight second innings 98 for two, they would have breathed a sigh of relief when it started to rain heavily five minutes before play was scheduled to resume for the last session.
The umpires then called play for 4:20 p.m. and ruled that at least 17 more overs were to be bowled. But the dismissal of aggressive left-hander Shaquille Cumberbatch, caught at short mid-off from a drive for the topscore of 25 off 42 balls with two fours and one six, led to a swift demise as the last six wickets tumbled for nine runs in ten overs.
When victory was achieved at 5:06 p.m. with Ian Perryman counting among four batsmen who were leg before wicket, there were still a minimum of 5.2 overs remaining.
It was St. Catherine's third consecutive win and fourth all told, lifting them to 79 points - nine ahead of second-placed Sagicor Life UWI.
And Omar Phillips' team would be favoured to maintain their top position after the next series as well with their opponents being Guardian General Barbados Youth - at Lester Vaughan ground, Cane Garden - who have lost all of their matches, though exempt from demotion.
In sharp contrast, Empire and long-standing rivals Massy Stores Spartan find themselves both on 39 points in the last four of the Points table as they next clash at Bank Hall, no doubt seeking to ease relegation worries.
All of the other matches produced outright wins as well.
Pickwick were first to the tape, demolishing Barbados Youth by an innings and 69 runs before tea at Foursquare Oval.
UWI swept aside BDFSP by nine wickets at Paragon, CounterPoint Wanderers defeated Sierka Rentals Maple by ten wickets at Dayrells Road and Massy United Insurance Wildey beat Spartan by six wickets at Queen's Park.
BDFSP captain Jameel Stuart hit his third century of the season to become the second batsman to record that number after the Wanderers skipper Kraigg Brathwaite, who carried his overnight 172 to an unbeaten 206.
Left-hander Stuart scored exactly 100 in 104 minutes off 99 balls with eight fours and five sixes and was dismissed one ball after reaching his century in a second innings total of 332 all out after the home side resumed on 181 for four - still in deficit by 52 runs.
In a welcome return to form, leg-spinner Akeem Dewar took seven for 84 off 23 overs.
UWI raced to their target of 100 in 10.2 overs.
Brathwaite's double-century was his second at this level following 222 not out for Barbados Youth against LIME at Cane Garden six years ago.
Wanderers took their overnight 327 for five to 416 for six declared - a first innings lead of 149 - after Kevin McClean, who resumed on 39, was run out for 94.
McClean batted for 96 minutes, faced 83 balls and struck seven fours and four sixes in a 171-run stand with Brathwaite, whose marathon innings lasted for 350 minutes and contained 26 boundaries off 271 balls.
Batting with two players short because of injury, Maple fell for 175 in their second innings as leg-spinner Nikolai Charles picked up five for 54.
Wanderers knocked off their target of 27 in 2.4 overs with Brathwaite scoring 22 not out.
Brathwaite remains the only batsman with over 500 runs for the season and now boasts of an aggregate of 647, at an average of 161.75.
Having been asked to follow-on at the start of the day with a deficit of 167, Barbados Youth were bowled out for 98 in 39.3 overs.
Opener Zachary McCaskie topscored with 37.
Pacer Zahir Motara took three for 20, improving off-spinner Rondelle Yearwood, for many years known as a wicket-keeper/batsman, two for 23 and left-arm fast bowler Adeko Collymore, two for 26.
Wildey, returning to the top division after an absence of three years, continue to impress with their third win.
Facing a first innings deficit of 195, Spartan rallied from an overnight 153 for three to 270 all out.
Nicholas Carter topscored with 70 after resuming on 38.
Left-arm spinner Winston Reid, recalled for his first match in four years at this level at the age of 52, showed that he stills knows how to outfox batsmen as he did en route to an all-time record of 1 568 wickets prior to this season.
Reid took four for 99 for match figures of 11 for 143.
Requiring 76 to win in 21 overs, Wildey triumphed with seven overs to spare, thus remaining in fourth position.
Fast bowler Stefon King took all four wickets for 48 runs.
POINTS TABLE
Tabulate under: M-matches, W-won, L-lost, T-tied, D-drawn, ND-no-decision, MPTS-match points minus batting and bowling, BATP-batting points, BOWP-bowling points, TP-total points.
TEAMS M W L T D ND MPTS BATP BOWP TP
St. Catherine 5 4 0 0 1 0 51 12 16 79
UWI 5 3 0 0 2 0 39 11 20 70
Wanderers 5 2 0 0 3 0 33 14 20 67
Wildey 5 3 1 0 1 0 37 9 20 66
Maple 5 2 2 0 1 0 25 8 13 46
Pickwick 5 1 2 0 2 0 20 8 15 43
Spartan 5 1 2 0 2 0 16 8 15 39
Empire 5 1 3 0 1 0 15 4 20 39
BDFSP 5 1 2 0 2 0 14 9 14 37
Barbados Youth 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 19 21
NB: Barbados Youth are exempt from demotion.
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SERIES 6 - September 5, 12 & 13
Wanderers v UWI at Dayrells Road; Maple v Pickwick at Trents; Barbados Youth v St. Catherine at Lester Vaughan, Cane Garden; Empire v Spartan at Bank Hall; BDFSP v Wildey at Paragon.
First Published On bcacricket.org.