BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados were made to endure a long, hard toil, when the England Lions, led by James Taylor and James Hildreth, batted resolutely in their WICB Regional first-class match yesterday.
The Barbadian bowling lacked penetration, and Taylor with half-dozen boundaries in an unbeaten 97 from 239 balls in close to 6 1/2 hours batting, and Hildreth with 81 helped the Lions to 349 for four, replying to Barbados’ first innings total of 471 at the close on the third day of their second round match at Kensington Oval.
Pedro Collins was the pick of the Barbadian bowlers with three wickets for 65 runs from 25 overs, but Andrew Lyth scored
