Opener Shayne Moseley struck his fifth first-class hundred and left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican snatched two late wickets to trigger a Windward Islands Volcanoes collapse, as Barbados Pride took control of their final round contest in the West Indies Championship.
Resuming Thursday’s second morning at Queen’s Park Oval on 48 without loss in reply to Volcanoes’ first innings of 237 all out, Pride were led by the left-hander Moseley’s 112 as they were eventually dismissed for 227.
Behind by 10 runs, Pride then scythed through the Volcanoes top order before Warrican grabbed two wickets in the third over before the close, the innings ending on 14 for four.
Moseley, however, took centre stage, producing a knock that required 184 balls and just over four hours, and included 17 fours and a six.
The 28-year-old, unbeaten on 26 at the start, survived the loss of partner Zachary McCaskie (21) to the third ball of the day from left-arm seamer Preston McSween (2-50) without a run added, to put on a crucial 101 runs for the second wicket with rookie Rashawn Worrell (35).
He added a further 30 for the third wicket with Jonathan Drakes (16) before he was one of the last seven wickets to tumble for just 48 runs, left-arm spinner Larry Edwards accounting for five of those wickets to finish with six for 43.
Moseley eventually perished when he flirted with a wide delivery from pacer Shermon Lewis and edged behind.
Volcanoes’ hopes of building on that momentum were quickly dashed as Johann Jeremiah fell without scoring in the second over.
Three wickets then went down with the score on 10 in the space of seven balls – Warrican bowling both Kemani Melius (7) and captain Alick Athanaze (0) in the same over.
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