Harpy Eagles still on top of WI Championship

ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC):

As the West Indies Championship heads into a two-week break, defending champions Guyana Harpy Eagles still sit on the top of the table following the completion of the fifth round of matches last week.

The unbeaten Harpy Eagles romped to a dominant 10-wicket victory over the Windward Islands Volcanoes in the last round to register their fourth win and move to 102.6 points.

Not far behind in second are the also unbeaten Trinidad and Tobago Red Force on 101 points.

The Red Force cut into the Harpy Eagles' lead after demolishing the Barbados Pride by an innings and 56 runs inside two days.

In third position are the Leeward Islands Hurricanes on 79.6 points, who leapfrogged the Pride by crushing the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) by 373 runs to claim their third win of the competition.

Despite their demoralising loss to the Red Force, the Pride still remain in the hunt for a playoff position and are fourth on 78 points.

The Jamaica Scorpions boosted their chances of finishing in the top four with a much-needed win over the West Indies Academy and currently lie in fifth position on 59.8 points, while the Volcanoes occupy the sixth spot on 45.8 points.

Both the CCC and the WI Academy are yet to win a game, and sit in seventh and eighth respectively on 26.6 points and 25 points.

Following the break, the sixth round of matches resume on April 2.