RED FORCE crushed the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) by 123 runs on April 13 to wrap up a dominating performance in round six of the West Indies Championship, at the Sir Frank Worrell Ground, UWI, St Augustine. Heading into the final day on 67 for one in their second innings, still 382 runs adrift of the massive 449 victory target set by TT, CCC put up an excellent fight to take the match into the last hour of play.

However, spinners Bryan Charles (4/46) and Khary Pierre (3/90) kept chipping away at the CCC batting lineup until there was nothing left.

Opener Damel Evelyn put down the anchor early with a patient 73 off 182 balls (seven fours) while skipper Sharmar Brooks sought to lead from the front with a knock of 62 from 101 balls (nine boundaries).

However, when both were dismissed, it was left up to Demario Richards (66 not out) to keep TT at bay. CCC went into tea at 253 for seven with Richards leading the resistance.

Charles would have none of it after the interval, cleaning up the remaining wickets as Richards looked on helplessly from the other end.

The off-spinner induced a leading edge from No 11 batsman Jediah Blades which was snapped up by Anderson Phillip to spark the celebrations.

Scores:

RED FORCE 591 for seven declared (Amir Jangoo 218 not out, Jason Mohammed 157, Joshua Da Silva 79, Kjorn Ottley 47, Terrance Hinds 35 not out, Khary Pierre 26 not out; Amari Goodridge 5-92) and 95 for two declared (Jason Mohammed 41 not out, Amir Jangoo 34 not out)

MAROONERS 231 all out (Yannick Ottley 56, Kamil Pooran 40, Amari Goodridge 24; Anderson Phillip 5-71, Bryan Charles 2-30, Terrance Hinds 2-43) and 325 (Damel Evelyn 73, Demario Richards 66, Shamarh Brooks 62, Romario Greaves 47; Bryan Charles 4-46, Khary Pierre 3-90)

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