Dave Bernard Jr and Nikita Miller shared eight wickets to bowl Jamaica to a 242-run victory over Barbados in their 10th round match of the WICB regional four-day competition yesterday at Kensington Oval, despite a hundred from opener Dale Richards.

Bernard collected four for 42 from 13 overs and Miller captured four for 55 from 32.3 overs, as Barbados, chasing a highly improbable, if not impossible 515 for victory, were dismissed for 272 in their second innings about 50 minutes after lunch.

But Richards got his hundred from 138 balls before Jamaica could complete their victory when Odean Brown misfielded a flick at short midwicket off Miller which allowed him to take a single.

Few worries

Jamaica had few worries with the Barbadian batsmen, apart from Richards, Kirk Edwards with a solid 51 and Dwayne Smith with 28.

The visitors spent most of the morning period trying to break through the defences of Richards and Edwards as they added 114 for the third wicket after Barbados resumed from their overnight total of 107 for two.

Miller, however, bowled Richards in the final half-hour of the morning and the wickets flowed steadily for the Jamaicans, as Barbados slumped to 249 for six at lunch.

Miller had Kevin Stoute caught at slip for a duck, Edwards was run out and Bernard bowled Patrick Browne for a duck.

After lunch, the Jamaicans encountered token or little resistance from the bottom half of the Barbados batting, as the home team lost their last four wickets for 15 runs in the space of 53 balls.

Miller ended with match figures of nine for 88 to earn the Man-of-the-Match award, as the Jamaicans completed the season double over their hosts, following a six-wicket victory in their first-leg match at Kensington Park in Kingston.

Jamaica now lead the champion-ship standings on 84 points and have extended their lead over the rest of the pack, leaving Barbados in third on 54 points.

Scores

AT KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: Combined Campuses and Colleges pulled off only their second win of the WICB regional first-class season when they predictably beat the Windward Islands by 165 runs at Arnos Vale yesterday.

CCC 277 (Floyd Reifer 129, Nekoli Parris 39, Kurt Wilkinson 34; Shane Shillingford 4-74, Rawl Lewis 3-54) and 183-8 declared (Omar Phillips 64, Floyd Reifer 53; Shane Shillingford 4-39).

Windwards 160 (Keddy Lesporis 27, Alston Bobb 25, Lyndon James 24; Kurt Wilkinson 4-45, Ryan Austin 3-28, Anderson Sealy 2-26) & 145 (Rawl Lewis 34, Shane Shillingford 31; Kevin McClean 4-31, Ryan Austin 3-42, Kavesh Kantasingh 2-39).

AT ALBION, Guyana: The rain-hit 10th round WICB regional four-day match between Guyana and the Leeward Islands ended in a draw with no decision on first innings at the Albion Sports Complex yesterday.

Both teams collect four points. The first two days of this game were abandoned because rain left the outfield water-logged.

GUYANA 341 (Narsingh Deonarine 94, Assad Fudadin 82, Chris Barnwell 35, Sewnarine Chattergoon 32, Gajanand Singh 30; Anthony Martin 5-79, Justin Athanaze 2-42, Tonito Willett 2-81). LEEWARDS 206-4 (Runako Morton 87, Montcin Hodge 48, Kieran Powell 36; Steven Jacobs 2-63).