 Okay, we're inside the last 18 minutes of the Sportsmax zone for this Friday. We continue with a cricket now and the daily updates from the West Indies Championship. Day three action in round four stumps now at all the venues. We begin at Sabina Park where the Scorpions are battling the West Indies Academy. Ricardo Chambers is on location. Thank you very much Lancen Mariah. I tell you what. The West Indies is turning out into quite a four-day cricket match. The Jamaican Scorpions have been set 234 for victory by the West Indies Academy and it sets up a fantastic final day. Well let's give you a review of what happened on day number three. The Jamaican Scorpions resumed on 326 for seven in their first innings. That was a first innings lead of two runs. They progressed to 372 all out to lead by 48 runs led by Pete Salmond who had resumed overnight on 60 from 157 deliveries. He got to 81 a top score for the Scorpions from 198 deliveries. Talk about patience. We saw a lot of that in his innings. Joshua Bishop he had three for 85 yesterday. He took all three Scorpions wickets on day number two on day number three to finish with six for 96 career best figures for him. And then the West Indies Academy in their second innings. They got off to a really quick start led by Kadeem Alain with back to back half centuries in this match. He scored 52 to take them to 69 without loss at lunch. But then after the break he fell and yeah for the second time in this contest going for 52. I tell you something as well it was a very good knock from him. It came from 41 deliveries. He struck six fours in that knock. Aggressive player is Kadeem Alain and yeah I think the West Indies Academy were quite happy that they brought him back into the team for this encounter. I tell you what though he might find himself in a spot of bother because on his dismissal I think he was suggesting to the umpire that there was some inside edge onto the pad. I'm not sure I heard or saw anything but I think that may well count as a level one breach and we'll see what umpire Dayton Popliss says and ultimately as well the match referee on that decision. Also batting really well for the West Indies Academy and was an instrumental part of their second innings was Carlon Bowen Tuckett. He made a 53 a patient 53 as well. He hit six fours in that not no sixes never really tried to hit the ball in the air but he really held the second innings together for the West Indies Academy and got them to that 233 overall lead to set the scorpions 234 to win. Let's get the thoughts then of the West Indies Academy captain Naim Young the Barbadian. Naim this is turning out into quite a four day match as sets for us the position of this game entering the final day. Yeah thanks for having me. You know I think we're in a really good position going into day four. I don't think it's it's tending to go in our favor so far in terms of spinning having that ambition squad so I think we're in a good position. Happy we're here and just about talking about some more execution to try to win the game. Talk to me about the batting performance of the lads Kadeem Alain Carl and Tuckett batting very well too and you showed a lot of aggression right throughout the innings. Yeah the guys play their role. We know each person's role within the squad. We are very aggressive young squad as you can see and we've done it through the tournament and it's put us in very good positions and it's also put us in very bad positions but it's necessary to continue to learn from it. It's how we play it so it's how we're going to build our game to go forward in the future just by managing certain moments to make sure that you know it benefits us more than it doesn't. But yeah very happy how Kadeem started did his role excellently take away that lead. I'll take away the lead that Jamaica had and to give us a lead and then I'll call on just holding in together when everyone is going to bat around him aggressively. Yeah would you consider the way this was done as a kind of team players as your own style of basketball? I'll call it academy ball but yeah just just what guys being very clear and very happy about going about their game in the way that they want to. They give a lot of freedom as management staff, as you board a bat home. Yeah we just give guys a lot of freedom to execute how they want to go about it and you know it's a beauty to watch as he'll aggressive the boys are. It's really good to just sit down as a captain sometimes on the balcony just to see the sixes and the fours and the amazing shots that are being played. So it's very entertaining cricket and it puts us in a really good position to win this game. Yeah all the best come the final day tomorrow. Thank you. All right Naim Young the captain of the West Indies Academy. Let's get into the picture now Pete Salmon for the Jamaica Scorpions because he's had a very good match. He's picked up three wickets in the second innings for the West Indies Academy of course to go with his 81 with a bat. Pete how are you doing and talk me through your overall performance you must be pleased about what you've delivered in this game so far. It's a bit of a sweet moment but I must say that I'm happy with the way I bat it because I've been working on my batting for the past three months and the style of play the style of play as most people who are accustomed to with me was a bit different than he needs. Yeah three four fifty five for you in this second innings talk to me about how the pitch is playing because it appeared to me that on this third day it was taking a lot more spin than it was previously and generally offering a little bit more to the bowl as your thoughts. Yeah it is offering a lot more to the spinners so come tomorrow it's going to be challenging I think but we have the batting capability to choose down to 34 so I'm back in my team. Yeah and talk to me about the fact that the West Indies Academy got all the way to a 234 lead is there a little bit of disappointment in the scorpion scam. Yeah I must say we are somewhat disappointed because we created our chances and we didn't take them hence the reason why the academy ended up getting 234. Well all the best tomorrow on the final day. Thank you. Yeah Pete salmon there for the Jamaica Scorpions so let me recap quickly the position of this game West Indies Academy three hundred and twenty four and two hundred and eighty one the Jamaica Scorpions three hundred and seventy two they will begin their chase of 234 on tomorrow's fourth and final day for the final time from this contest at Savannah Park cricket West Indies four day championship and Jamaica Scorpions versus West Indies Academy. I'm recalling the chambers handing it over to Lance Whitaker and Mariah Amrak. Thanks a lot Ricardo excellent wrap there on day three day three of that match at Savannah Park. Let's turn our attention now to the Queen's Park Opal where the Windward Islands volcanoes resuming on their overnight 68 for two trailing the Red Force by 35 runs went on to make 288. Sunil Ambrus top scored with 71 and Jeremy Salazzano added 40 to his overnight 30 to end on 70 Jaden Seals with three for 45 was the pick of the bowlers the Red Force set a target of one hundred and eighty six to win our 10 for two at Stumps so they require another one hundred seventy six to win. At the Sir Frank Warrell Memorial Ground combined campuses and colleges resuming on 76 for three Kieran Otles pedestrian knock of ninety nine from two hundred and sixty balls led them to three hundred and one all out against the Leeward Islands Hurricanes and chasing three hundred and sixteen for victory the Hurricanes are fifteen without loss at Stumps on day three and that is the story coming from that game the Hurricanes as I said fifteen without loss Mikhail Lewis six and still at the crease there for the Hurricanes. Let's move on now to the defending champions again a Harpy Eagles declaring their second innings on one hundred and thirty six for eight after boarding out the Barbados pride for two hundred and thirty at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua Jonathan Drake's led the pride with a first innings knock of one hundred and one against Niles Smith with three for fifty four and batting a second time Barbados pride at thirty one without loss at the close of play so scores in that match overall the Harpy Eagles four thirty six all out and one thirty six for eight Barbados pride two hundred and thirty and in their second innings they are thirty one without loss they require three hundred and twelve runs to win the Barbados pride that's a toll order on the final day of that match we go to break we'll be back with more on the Sportsmax zone well not more a little more because we're about to end the show back in a moment