In the final round, which was of academic interest only, a lot of teams rested experienced players.
There was a huge gulf in class at Providence, where champions Guyana took command of their match after just one day's play. Medium pacer Raymon Reifer took 5-40 to dismiss bottom-placed Trinidad for a pathetic 135 all out. Once again, veteran Denesh Ramdin topscored with 50, while the young batsmen failed to come to the party. Chanderpaul Hemraj hit 72 as Guyana replied strongly with 116-1.
In the battle for second place at Bridgetown, Barbados ended Day One strongly placed on 261-2. Shamar Brooks hit 104 not out and Shane Moseley 79, while John Campbell and andre McCarthy are the wicket-takers for Jamaica to date.
In a low-scoring match at Basseterre, there were two wickets each for Jeremiah Louis, Rahkeem Cornwall, Chaim Holder and Terrence Warde as they bowled the Windwards out for a paltry 197 all out. Kavem Hodge, Roland Cato and Delorn Johnson all hit 40s. At stumps, the Leewards were 93-2 thanks mainly to a knock of 56 not out from Devon Thomas.