An enterprising third first-class hundred from former West Indies Under-19 batsman Kevin Wickham enabled Barbados Pride to make up for lost time against Combined Campuses & Colleges Marooners in the West Indies Championship on Thursday.The 20-year-old cracked eight fours and nine sixes in a fluent 139 from 135 balls to become the second century-maker for the season.His dominant performance enabled the Pride to declare their first innings on 341 for eight, about 45 minutes before the scheduled close on the second day of their first-round match in Jamaica.Pacer Akeem Jordan, another West Indies Test selectee on the tour of Australia, then gave Barbados the upper hand, when he bowled Trinidadian opener Kirstan Kallicharan for seven after the former West Indies Under-19 World Cup winner shared a painstaking opening stand of nine in 16 overs with Shaqkere Parris.The Marooners ended the day on 10 for one with Parris, a former West Indies Under-19 opener, not out on two and discarded West Indies batsman Shamarh Brooks yet to score.Earlier, Wickham maximised the docile pitch and the small boundaries to lead the batting onslaught.He reached the milestone from 120 balls with a six over mid-wicket off Trinidadian off-spinner Shatrughan Rambaran inside the first hour after tea, before Barbadian teenaged leg-spinner Zishan Motara bowled him round his legs with Pride intent on scoring quickly to hasten the declaration.
