Brathwaite in Wildey team for Super Cup final

Former Barbados and West Indies all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite has been included in the Wildey team to oppose ESA Field Pickwick in the Final of the BCA Elite/Division 1 Super Cup Championship at the Windward Club, Lucas Street, St Philip on Sunday.

Brathwaite recently played for New York Strikers in the MAX60 Caribbean T10 league in the Cayman Islands.

Also in the Wildey squad is West Indies Under-19 batsman Joshua Dorne, who captained the champion Barbados Under-17 two-day side in the just concluded Cricket West Indies (CWI) tournament in Trinidad & Tobago after representing the national team who captured both the CWI Under-19 two-day and 50-over championships in St Vincent & the Grenadines.

Experienced Trinidad & Tobago off-spinner Bryan Charles is in the Pickwick team.

Charles played in the first four Super Cup matches, taking seven wickets.

One month ago, Charles was named in the West Indies 15-member squad for the two-Test series against South Africa but he remains uncapped.

The Pickwick side also includes West Indies Under-19 fast bowler Raneico Smith, who was a member of the champion Barbados Under-19 team.

Left-hander Craig Holder of Pickwick is the highest run-scorer in the Super Cup tournament with 378 including two centuries and two half-centuries, while the Wildey off-spinner Tariq O’Neale has the most wickets (15).

For two-time champions Wildey (formerly known as Banks), it will be their eighth final and second in successive seasons since the top limited overs competition started way back in 1972. They were champions in 1979 and 2019. Their other finals were in 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981 and 2023.

It is the fourth final for Pickwick, who have won the title once (2004). Their other finals were in 1994 and 2014.

Teams (from):

Pickwick – Rohan Ryan (captain), Shamar Forde, Yvan Grant, Craig Holder, Ajani Waterman, Preston Clarke, Jatario Prescod, Jakeem Forde, Bryan Charles, Zahir Motara, Rondre Yearwood, Raneico Smith, Micaiah Simmons, Trevino Alleyne.

Wildey – Carlos Maynard (captain), Zachary McCaskie, Demetrius Richards, Nimar Bolden, Carlos Brathwaite, Craig St. Hill, Jerome Jones, Jayden Roberts, Deswin Currency, Tariq O’Neale, Zishan Motara, Jaden Leacock, Joshua Dorne, Shane Parris, Shanaldo Taylor, Toriano Harbin.

HOW THEY MADE IT

PICKWICK

ZONE A

At Foursquare Oval: beat Walkers Reserve Isolation Cavaliers by 224 runs.

Pickwick 302-6 (50 overs) (Yvan Grant 109 – 125 balls, 6 fours, 5 sixes; Craig Holder 102 not out – 116 balls, 11 fours; Ajani Waterman 44, Jared Gilkes 19; Mark Springer 2-36).

Isolation Cavaliers 78 all out (24.2 overs) (Shaquan Mayers 31, Jabarri Doughlin 11; Ajani Waterman 3-27, Bryan Charles 2-16, Jared Gilkes 2-17).

At Foursquare Oval: beat Fusionz Boutique Spartan by 156 runs.

Pickwick 280-8 (50 overs) (Craig Holder 87 – 128 balls, 8 fours; Antonio Morris 59 – 65 balls, 3 fours, 1 six; Yvan Grant 47, Bryan Charles 16, Shamar Forde 11; Shavon Brooks 4-82, Stefon King 3-52).

Spartan 124 all out (30.1 overs) (Marrodon Bend 34, Tauron Gibson 18, Shamarh Brooks 14, Davien Branker 14, Mikhail Austin 13, Rashidi Boucher 10; Zahir Motara 3-12, Ajani Waterman 3-30, Rondre Yearwood 2-17, Bryan Charles 2-32).

At Dayrells Road: Lost to Wanderers by 105 runs (DLS method).

Wanderers 303-5 (50 overs) (Jason Greene 107 – 88 balls, 16 fours, 2 sixes; Raymon Reifer 70 not out – 67 balls, 4 fours, 4 sixes; Davion Hoyte 51 – 52 balls, 7 fours, 3 sixes; Ian Boyce 22, Jonathan Drakes 17).

Pickwick 174-9 (36.2 overs) (Yvan Grant 36, Shamar Forde 26, Bryan Charles 22, Zahir Motara 21, Rohan Ryan 17, Antonio Morris 12, Rondre Yearwood 10; Raymon Reifer 3-16, Jair McAllister 2-25, Isaiah Folkes 2-32).

At Rices: beat Superb Blend Gladiola by 83 runs (DLS method).

Pickwick 253-9 (47 overs) (Yvan Grant 78 – 101 balls, 12 threes, 4 fours; Craig Holder 33, Shamar Forde 23, Rohan Ryan 17, Zahir Motara 13 not out; Steffaun Griffith 3-41, Korie Miller 2-30, Matthew Jones 2-41).

Gladiola 170 all out (37.2 overs) (Matthew Jones 47, Shamario Depeiza 30, Rashawn Worrell 24, Giovonte Depeiza 19, Rivaldo Clarke 16; Rondre Yearwood 4-24, Jakeem Forde 2-28, Bryan Charles 2-47).

At Foursquare Oval: beat Windward by 48 runs (DLS method).

Pickwick 296-7 (50 overs) (Craig Holder 101 – 117 balls, 7 fours, 1 six; Shai Hope 65 – 48 balls, 2 fours, 4 sixes; Shamar Forde 34, Micaiah Simmons 26, Yvan Grant 20, Ajani Waterman 16; Latrell Greenidge 3-23).

Windward 159-5 (36 overs) (Rico Wiggins 63 – 98 balls, 5 fours, 2 sixes; Shakeem Blades 31, Kastun Stoute 14, Tennyson Roach 14, Naje Bishop 13, Chad Williams 11 not out; Ajani Waterman 2-16).

SEMI-FINALS

At Friendship: beat Carlton by one run (DLS method). NB: Carlton were set a revised target of 203 off 32 overs.

Pickwick 210 all out (33.5 overs) (Craig Holder 54 – 67 balls, 4 fours, 1 six; Shai Hope 33, Shamar Forde 32, Jakeem Forde 22, Jatario Prescod 17; Marlon Welcome-Goodman 5-47, Dominic Drakes 2-26).

Carlton 201 all out (31.5 overs) (Shamar Springer 89 not out – 67 balls, 6 fours, 6 sixes; Leniko Boucher 38, Nyeem Young 21, Zachary Carter 12; Jatario Prescod 3-30, Rondre Yearwood 2-12, Zahir Motara 2-39, Jakeem Forde 2-47).

WILDEY

ZONE B

At SJPIT: beat UWI by 163 runs.

Wildey 283 all out (50 overs) (Craig St. Hill 83 – 107 balls, 7 fours, 2 sixes; Nimar Bolden 80 – 87 balls, 6 fours, 3 sixes; Jerome Jones 23, Carlos Maynard 22, Jayden Roberts 22, Deswin Currency 11; Shaqkere Parris 4-34, Jediah Blades 3-68).

UWI 120 all out (22.1 overs)(Jonathan Carter 61 – 26 balls, 6 fours, 5 sixes; Matthew Forde 16, Shaqkere Parris 11; Jaden Leacock 4-23, Deswin Currency 2-30, Jerome Jones 2-33).

At SJPIT: beat BDF by 9 wickets.

BDF 126 all out (26.2 overs) (Dario Belle 31, Christopher Hall 20, Jamel Gill 20, Shakeel Turney 13, Renaldo Gittens 11; Tariq O’Neale 4-34, Jayden Roberts 3-21, Deswin Currency 3-32).

Wildey 127-1 (11.3 overs) (Demetrius Richards 48 not out, Nimar Bolden 42 not out, Zachary McCaskie 34).

At Bank Hall: beat Empire by a faster scoring rate (DLS method).

Empire 183-6 (42 overs) (Hakeem Perryman 88 not out – 113 balls, 14 threes, 4 fours; Camarie Boyce 40 not out, Kevin Wickham 19, Kofie Hurdle 13; Jayden Roberts 4-33, Tariq O’Neale 2-26).

Wildey 129-5 (31.2 overs) (Shane Parris 53 – 95 balls, 7 threes, Craig St. Hill 36 not out, Demetrius Richards 14; Rashad Worrell 2-19).

At SJPIT: beat Bayview Hospital YMPC by 3 wickets.

YMPC 166 all out (41 overs) (Raymond Kellman 45, Ramon Simmons 33, Edwin Currency-Barnett 21, Damian Davis 20, Rashad Willoughby 10, Jaden Norville 10; Jerome Jones 4-19, Tariq O’Neale 3-28, Jayden Roberts 2-53).

Wildey 167-7 (33.1 overs) (Craig St. Hill 50 not out – 53 balls, 2 fours, 2 sixes; Nimar Bolden 39, Demetrius Richards 34, Shane Parris 20; Rashad Willoughby 3-46, Shamar Marshall 2-20).

At Trents: beat Maple by 10 wickets.

Maple 44 all out (14.1 overs) (Jamar Griffith 13, Renacko Belgrave 12; Tariq O’Neale 5-8, Jerome Jones 4-16).

Wildey 45-0 (3.3 overs) (Shanaldo Taylor 16 not out, Demetrius Richards 13 not out).

SEMI-FINALS

At Weymouth: beat IGS Insurance Brokers Yorkshire by 101 runs.

Wildey 187-7 (40 overs) (Jayden Roberts 47, Nimar Bolden 36, Zachary McCaskie 29, Deswin Currency 24 not out, Jerome Jones 11; Romario Parris 3-27).

Yorkshire 86 all out (20.1 overs) (Ravendra Persaud 18 not out, Zidane Harewood 17, Shakeel Richards 13, Shem Watson 10; Jerome Jones 4-21, Deswin Currency 3-23, Zishan Motara 2-2).

Keith Holder is a veteran, award-winning freelance sports journalist, who has been covering local, regional and International cricket since 1980 as a writer and commentator. He has compiled statistics on the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) Division 1 (rebranded Elite in 2012) Championship for over four decades and provides statistics and stories for the BCA website (www.barbadoscricket.org). Email: Keithfholder@gmail.com