Rain stops Scorpions’ Super 50 opener

The opening day of the CG United Super50 Cup was severely hampered by rain, with two of the opening fixtures ending in a no-result.

The Jamaica Scorpions, however, got some action against Guyana Harpy Eagles. Asked to take the first strike, they were in a good position at 287 for six before the rains came.

Captain Matthew Nandu and Raymond Perez hit half-centuries in an opening stand worth 107 in 20 overs. It took some brilliant work in the field by Carlos Brown to break the partnership, as his throw saw Perez run-out for a well-played 61, which included six fours and a six.

Thirty-seven runs later, the Scorpions captain Brad Barnes brought himself on as the fifth change bowler, and his introduction would bear fruit, as he had his opposite number, Nandu, brilliantly caught at point by Abhijai Mansingh for 54.

Kamol Savory helped himself to a pair of boundaries in getting to 25, but he was cut down by Barnes, who had him trapped in front at 151 for three.

Kevlon Anderson then decided he was intent on pushing the scoring, and he and Mahindra Dindyal took the Harpy Eagles to 215 in the 39th over, before Dindyal went leg before wicket to leg spinner Mansingh for 26.

At 215 for four, the Scorpions felt they were right back into the contest, but Anderson stepped up a gear and swiftly wrestled back the initiative for Harpy Eagles. The right-hander faced 60 balls and hit 10 fours and three sixes, but just as the conditions had gotten even more overcast, Anderson was caught at mid-wicket by Barnes off veteran Marquino Mindley for 83.

Mindley would strike with his very next ball, as he had Keemo Paul caught, holding out in the deep for a first-ball duck.

That wicket would see the heavens open, and heavy showers forced the players off the park. Persistent showers forced umpires Leslie Reifer and Lyndon Rajkumar to call off the game, with both teams taking home two points each.

At the Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground, Barbados, the match between Barbados Pride and the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force was also called off due to rain, after their game started at 2:17 p.m. as a 20-over per side affair.

The Pride, asked to take the first strike, were 48 without loss after five overs, with captain Kyle Mayers on 24 and Leniko Boucher on 21.