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2w ago

Dangerous Pitch Forces Abandonment Of Leeward Islands–T&T Championship Match In Antigua

CWI suspended the venue until the May 17–20 final to safeguard players and will fix the surface before then.

Jayden Seales was denied the chance to take all ten wickets due to a dangerous pitch abandonment after taking the first seven in a domestic first-class match.
Veerasammy Permaul’s all-round brilliance helped Guyana beat Windward Islands by an innings in the West Indies Championship.
Jayden Seales took all six Leewards Islands wickets to fall in a West Indies Championship game at North Sound.
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Overview

  • Match officials halted the Leeward Islands–Trinidad & Tobago game on Tuesday after the Sir Viv Richards Stadium pitch produced unsafe, unpredictable bounce.
  • A sharply rising delivery from West Indies seamer Jayden Seales hit Jeremiah Louis on the helmet, and he was treated on the field and taken to hospital where he was reported stable.
  • Seales had taken 7-34 in the innings, a career-best that left him three wickets short of all ten when play stopped.
  • CWI said the pitch could not be repaired without creating an unfair advantage, declared the game a draw with points retained, and removed the venue from regular use until the final as remedial work begins.
  • The West Indies Championship allows umpires to stop play if conditions endanger players, and the incident has sharpened scrutiny of pitch preparation before the season finale.