da lvbet： Barbados gave another dismal batting display yesterday, and this timethere was not even the satisfaction of a fightback from their lowerorder
13-Feb-2000Leewards 190 and 82-3; Barbados 148Barbados gave another dismal batting display yesterday, and this timethere was not even the satisfaction of a fightback from their lowerorder.Unable to come to terms with a disciplined Leewards Islands attack andlet down by three soft dismissals from experienced players, Barbadoscrashed to their lowest total in the tournament.For the umpteenth time, they lost the cream of the batting before thetotal reached 100 and with Hendy Bryan, Ian Bradshaw and companyunable to repeat their heroics of earlier matches, they conceded asignificant first innings deficit of 42 in the do-or-die semifinal.It was extended to 124 by the close of the second day and Barbadoswill need something close to a fairy-tale performance if they are toadvance to the final.The big Saturday Kensington crowd was subjected to another ineptbatting display by a team which has not gained substantialcontributions from many of their leading batsmen.The disappointing thing about it was that many of them spent some timeat the wicket, but none was able to transform a solid start into ameaningful effort in the face of a number of vociferous appeals fromfrustrated fielders.Ryan Hinds’ 24 was the highest individual score by a Barbadian but,remarkably, four batsmen (Adrian Griffith, Roland Holder, Ryan Hurleyand Ian Bradshaw) were dismissed for 18.In the twinkling of an eye, or so it seemed, Barbados’ last eightwickets went by for 98 runs. The agony was stemmed temporarily, for 32minutes, by stoppage for rain an hour after lunch.Curtly Ambrose, his control impeccable throughout, completed hissecond five-wicket haul of the tournament with young partner KerryJeremy providing essential support.Those two came off early in the morning session in which Griffith andHolder survived for almost an hour in spite of a chance Griffith gaveto Alex Adams at third slip of Ambrose.It brought the less challenging stuff of Carl Tuckett and WildenCornwall into the attack, but within a few overs, Griffith and Holdergot themselves out in ways which triggered four-letter words from theKensington Stand.Tuckett served up an innocuous long-hop, which Griffith attempt topull, but the ball came off the thigh pad and onto his stumps.On came the refreshment cart and a few minutes later off went Holder,falling to an unforgivable attempt to steer Cornwall’s bustlingmedium-pace through the slip cordon. The ball got no further thansecond slip where Dave Joseph clutched it.Browne, one of the leading lights among Barbados’ batsmen this season,was never comfortable for the 40 minutes he spent trying to negotiateCornwall and Tuckett.There were two raucous appeals for lbw against Cornwall, a sharpchance to wicket-keeper Ridley Jacobs off Tuckett and eventuallyBrowne was out to a top-edged hook for the second time in thetournament, the catch taken at long-leg by Morton off Cornwall.The 18-year-old Hinds again displayed plenty of maturity for an hourand 20 minutes before Ambrose’s change of angle induced him intoedging a catch to first slip.Then came the ball of the day, one from Jeremy that bounced and movedaway appreciably on pitching. The unlucky batsman was Hurley, whosnicked it on the way to the ‘keeper.That left Barbados 110 for seven and although there were a fewenterprising strokes from Bradshaw and Bryan, they didnot sustain theeffort.