 Yeah, let's talk some cricket now on the SportsMagZone, round five of the Cricket West Indies regional four-day competition, bowled off earlier on Wednesday with all eight teams in action at four venues across three countries. Let's begin our day one recap at the Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad and Tobago, where the TNT Red Force were bonded out for 172 in 53.5 overs after electing to bat against Barbados Pride. Former West Indies captain Jason Holder, second game of the season. He was the pick of the Pride bowlers, grabbing figures of 4-4-47, as left under Amir Jhangu provided the lone resistance for the Red Force with a patient and unbeaten knock of 93, Josh Seven short of his century, Barbados then got to Stomps at 99 for four, 73 runs behind Zakhar Makski. Remember, he went to Australia with the West Indies test squad. He so far top scored with 46. Staying in Trinidad and Tobago, where the West Indies Academy constructed an impressive first innings after being inserted by combined campuses and colleges at the Sir Frank Warren Memorial Ground, the Academy boys were eventually dismissed for 300 in 78.3 overs thanks to an unbeaten 7-6 from Carlton Bowen Tuckett. We saw him at Savannah Park last week with a patient knock to keep them in the game and that of course was against Yannick Ottley who claimed 5 for 47, CCC then got to Stomps at 11 for 1 with Damiel Evelen, 10 in position, Mottara 1 at the crease. Over in Antigua, the Ghana Harpy Eagles ran it from 77 for 3 to Pylon 308 in 80.5 overs after electing to match against Windward Islands volcanoes at the Coolidge Cricket Ground. Kevin Sinclair led the Harpy Eagles mid-law to resistance with a top score of 74. He's been very good, Kevin Sinclair. While Darryl Cyrus was the pick of the Windward's bowlers with 5 for 67, the Windward's got the close of play at 12 without loss trailing the Harpy Eagles by 296 runs. And only 51.4 overs were possible on day one at Savannah Park right here in Jamaica as the Scorpions who were inserted by the Leeuwin Islands Hurricanes recovered from 59 for 5 to batter to 173 for 6 before Reign brought an abrupt end to the day's play. Opener Carlos Brown finally getting a half-centred this campaign, his very first although he's been really consistent at the top of the order. He's on beaten on 68, Jeremiah Louie as he's done for the entire season getting that bowl to move around, he's taken 3 for 34 for the Hurricanes. So Mariah, that is it from day number one of round five in the regional four day championships, some good performances but well I don't want to say but because you had a couple of scores over 300 but the bowlers very much involved in this opening day. Yeah, very, very involved and you can see that by the total of the Red Force of course 172 all out Ricardo that was one of the matches that I started my morning with so looking at the match of course their opener Vikash Mohan was dismissed for the first ball so they started instantly they started that match on the back foot they went on losing wickets, losing wickets, luckily for Amir Jango and we have to remember that Amir Jango came into the squad because Jed Gulley picked picked up that injury, Amir is somebody I know as a kid like I would literally, growing up I used to score because my uncle had a team for cricket. You used to score for cricket? Yeah, so I used to score for Mosai Sports Club right and because of that I got the opportunity at a very young age to of course interact with a lot of these players. Amir was one of the players that really caught my attention as a little boy, one because of his stance and two when he was a little boy. Yeah, he's a lot younger than I am, Amir is a lot younger than I am. Yeah, I'm just clarifying something, it's fine. Yeah, and of course you know he, the fact that he has always been so focused to Ricardo on you know making it big and you know making his parents proud recently had him on in case you missed it and you know I asked him about the challenges that he has faced into making it into the West Indies set up and one of the things he said to me in that interview was that you know whenever he gets the opportunity he really hopes that he can capitalise on it and I think today Amir this 93 is setting you up in the right direction this 93 not out when all his teammates were of course collapsing for very little scores so I am personally very very proud of that score and I hope he can continue you know along that path. And the truth is as a player all you can do Mariah is do the best you can, put the scores on the board, take the wickets and leave the rest up to the selectors and the truth is in West Indies cricket at this time you feel as if there are always opportunities to get into the West Indies side and so it's important that you just get the runs on the board. I was happy to see Jason Holder getting wickets today as well taking four. We all know the quality of Jason Holder as an all rounded cricketer in all formats of the game but remember he decided not to go to the test tour of Australia because he wants to focus on T20 cricket. Maybe it was just me but when he said that I also thought to myself that maybe he wouldn't play the regional four day season either as part of that focus on the limited overs version or the shortest format of the game this season and so I was pleased to see him playing last weekend and even more pleased to see him taking four wickets today and really leading for Barbados as they skittered out Trinidad and Tobago Red Force. Yes so of course you know Trinidad and Tobago Red Force on the back foot. Another one of the matches that I found exciting and one of the players that again I had the opportunity to interact with Yannick Ottley in that match Windy's Academy versus CCC leading the CCC bowlers with a five for 47 and you know in domestic cricket in Trinidad and Tobago Ottley was always a name that you know we would look out for in the scorecard Ricardo because he'd always be dominant with bat and ball so today to see him again being among one of the leading wicket takers really really happy for him CCC now trailed by 289 runs so they will have a lot of work to do seeing that they have already lost a wicket they're batting 11 for one so they'll need to refocus and come tomorrow really try to get that score. Yeah and of course his brother Kieran Ottley in the West Indies set up at 32 years old I don't know. Remember that controversial discussion with the Bravo one. Let's not get back to that controversial discussion shall we but yes quite a good performance. Sabina Park the Jamaica Scorpions struggling with the bat in their first innings again 6 for 100 and 73 is what I think they ended at Carlos Brown who's a young man who's batted pretty well all season for the Scorpions. He continues to get starts Mariah without pushing on his highest score before this match was 48 and he had gotten a number of 30s as well so he gives himself a chance. That's the thing I like about him. Every time Carlos Brown goes to the crease he gives himself a chance to but a lot of deliveries and to make some runs and it's good to see that finally it's come together for him today. He is not out on 66. I think it is 68. So he is 32 runs away from a century and I really hope that he can get that century on tomorrow's second day weather permitting of course because it's been raining cats and dogs in Jamaica since early afternoon. One would say but again Jeremiah Louie very very good for the New Orleans. I because of the discussion we had with Nikhil on Monday I decided that I wanted to take a close look at Jeremiah Louie here and I have not seen any fast bowler in this season that has come to Kingston or that has come to Jamaica to play in this tournament and we know that a lot of matches have been played in Jamaica so far whether at Shedwin Park Kensington Park or Savannah Park and I have not seen anybody move the ball in the way that I saw Jeremiah Louie do it today and I don't think we see that enough in regional cricket for more regional bowlers. He's not the fastest in the world but he's doing a lot with the cricket ball and I can understand why he has taken as many wickets as he has so far in this tournament. Yeah yeah really happy for him and you know one of the things when I watch regional cricket I see so much class and so much talent from these players and it always confuses me as to why when they get the opportunity into the windy setup they're not able to convert what we see from you know regional cricket into that level. You know why Mariah just look at this first-class season. Tell me the one name that every single round every single innings at least from a batting standpoint that's the name you hear every time. I can probably find a bowler but you're asking for too much when you say about the bat. It's always a different batsman. Yeah yeah. Every round it's always a different batsman and that's the issue consistency to be the best at the highest level you have to be able to do it match in match out innings in innings out and that's what we're not seeing. We're seeing players doing well and different players doing well in different matches but we're not seeing that one or two persons who are able to do it every single time. Yeah well that's a note where we will be wrapping this segment but we have interactive and a lot of fun stuff coming up in interactive so stay with us.