Half centuries from captain Teddy Bishop and Mbeki Joseph have the West Indies Academy holding a slight advantage over the Combined Campuses and Colleges halfway through their sixth-round West Indies Championship fixture at the Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground in St. Augustine.
The Academy entered Thursday’s second day 37-1 in nine overs, trailing the CCC by 201 runs on first innings and went on to post 316 all out in 79.2 overs on the back of some excellent batting from Bishop and Joseph.
Joseph started proceedings with 65 off 116 balls including 10 fours at the top of the order before his skipper top scored with 99 off 140 balls including 13 fours.
Joshua Bishop (26), Rivaldo Clarke (25) and Jordan Johnson (23) all got starts but failed to kick on.
Pacer Chemar Holder, who dismissed Bishop one short of his hundred in the 72nd over of the innings, was the pick of the bowlers with 4-81 from 18.2 overs while Romario Greaves and Jaden Edmund took two wickets, each.
CCC ended the day 35-0 in nine overs in their second innings, trailing the Academy by 43 runs.
Captain Johann Jeremiah is not out on 22.
Summarized scores:
CCC 238 all out in 79 overs (Shaqkere Parris 52, Kyle Corbin 48, Johann Jeremiah 47, Joshua Bishop 6-78) & 35-0 in 9 overs (Johann Jeremiah 22*)
West Indies Academy 316 all out in 79.2 overs (Teddy Bishop 99, Mbeki Joseph 65, Chemar Holder 4-81).