Matt Oliver, scorer of a fine half century, makes his ground as Narenda Ekanyake takes evasive action as the ball comes in from a fielder. (Picture by Daniel Guerin, 0581956)

JEREMY FRITH can do little wrong at present. After two consecutive hundreds for Cobo, the island all-rounder shone for Guernsey as the Bahamas were swept aside by 158 runs at Port Soif yesterday.

It was far from a one-man show, with Matt Oliver and debutant Ross Kneller both impressing with the bat, but the unofficial man-of-the-match award would undoubtedly have gone to Frith. His 72 was a well-paced innings which kept the board ticking over before an acceleration towards the death.

He followed that with a five-wicket haul as the visitors had few answers to his left-arm spin, including an excellent caught and bowled.

‘On that wicket the spinners were a bit of a challenge and our good start probably belied what was a good score,’ Frith said. ‘We got away to a flyer and were thinking about 320 when 220/230 was actually a decent total. The fact that we ended up with a good score [of 276] when some senior players weren’t playing is testament to the strength in depth we have.’