da spicy bet： After experiencing a disappointing 2001 Busta Cup season, formerBarbados captain Philo Wallace is hoping to finish the year incontrasting fashion by achieving two major goals
Kevin Pile02-Sep-2001After experiencing a disappointing 2001 Busta Cup season, formerBarbados captain Philo Wallace is hoping to finish the year incontrasting fashion by achieving two major goals.The hard-hitting right-hander, who turned 31 last month, told Sunsporthe is aiming to help Big B Spartan lift the Courts/Suzuki Division 1title, in addition to doing well in the Red Stripe Bowl regionallimited-overs tournament, if he is selected.Yesterday, he warmed up for both tasks with a chanceless century forSpartan against Caribbean Lumber YMPC.I am using this season to try and get Spartan into a winning position,if not to win the Division 1 competition, and help develop the youngcricketers we have at the club, Wallace said yesterday.At Big B Spartan, we have a very young side. We only have two guysover 30 Livingstone Puckerin and myself and all the others are under25; so a lot of the responsibility is on me and Puckerin. I decidedtoday I would carry the baton and I did.Wallace’s century an unbeaten 107 was the feature of an otherwisebleak day where the first two hours and 35 minutes were lost to rain.His innings lasted 205 minutes and included 13 threes and five fours.I am very pleased with the innings, Wallace said. I have been trainingvery hard for the last couple of weeks under the guidance of HendersonSpringer and Andrew Callender and Mr Griffith from the BDF, so it ispaying off.The former West Indies opener hinted he was not focussed heavily onthe Red Stripe Bowl at the moment, though he was making the necessarypreparation.You have to be selected to go to the Bowl and I don’t have a play so Ihave to work hard. Right now, I am working hard for my club and I amenjoying it, Wallace explained.If selected, we will go to Guyana and I will look to do well for mycountry.Wallace and Wayne Blackman gave Spartan a solid start after YMPC wereasked to bat, when play finally started 35 minutes after lunch.The duo posted 101, with the attractive Blackman scoring 49 beforebeing bowled by off-spinner William Lashley with the third ball of histhird over.When Corey Yearwood fell cheaply for one, Wallace added 28 withcaptain Puckerin before the former Barbados wicket-keeper /batsman wasdismissed for eight, with Spartan placed at 140 for three. Young DionLovell (12) added 49 with Wallace to carry Spartan to 189, beforeSpartan lost their next three wickets for just 11 runs.Lashley, who took two wickets in his 16th over, finished with threefor 44 while Powlett grabbed three for 62.Prediction: Spartan to gain first innings lead.