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In Basseterre, the Leeward Islands beat Canada by 49 runs.

Devon Thomas hit a run-a-ball 53 as the Leewards made 232-9, against Rayyan Pathan (4-53) and Shahid Ahmadzai (3-46). Colin Archibald then took 3-36 and Quinton Boatswain 3-37 to dismiss the Canadians for 183 all out, Pathan topscoring with 44.

In their rain-affected match at Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad and Tobago beat the USA by seven wickets.

In a match reduced to 45 overs a side, Anderson Philip took 2-44 to restrict the Americans to 176-9, Karima Gore topscoring with 40. Darren Bravo hit 80 not out from 112 balls as the Trinidadians chased down the target with more than three overs to spare.

The match at the Brian Lara stadium between the Windward Islands and the West Indies Emerging Team was abandoned without a ball being bowled.

In a close match at Warner Park, the defending champions Combined Campuses and Colleges finally registered their first win with a narrow two-wicket win over Jamaica.

Larry Joseph took 3-61 and Jalarnie Searles 3-71 to bowl Jamaica out for 272 all out, Assad Fudadin and Andre McCarthy making 63s. Paul Palmer hit 59 from 70 balls and Jonathan Drakes 54 from 58, as the CCC chased down the target with only two balls to spare. Oshane Thomas and Derval Green took two wickets each.

In Basseterre, Barbados beat Canada by seven wickets.

Miguel Cummins took 3-19, and there were two wickets each for Ashley Nurse and Shamar Springer, as the Canadians were bowled out for 154 all out, Kanwar Mann topscoring with 44. Kjorn Ottley then hit a round 50 as the Barbadians chased down the target off just over 22 overs. Nitish Kumar took 2-21.

In Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago beat Guyana by six wickets in their rain-affected match.

In a match reduced to 46 overs a side, spinners Imran Khan took 3-23 and Yannick Ottley 2-38 to restrict the Guyanese to 218-8, Jonathan Foo topscoring with 97 not out from 92 balls. Darren Bravo hit 98 from 119 balls, and Jason Mohammed 71 not out from 82, as the Trinidadians chased down the target with more than an over to spare.

In Tarouba, the Windward Islands beat the USA by 11 runs on D/L in their rain-affected match.

Veteran Devon Smith topscored with 45 as the Windwards were bowled out for 264 all out by Rusty Theron (3-48) and Saurabh Netravalkar (3-60). Chasing a target of 253 off 46 overs, the Americans were bowled out for 241 all out by Keron Cottoy's 3-38, while there were two wickets each for Larry Edwards, Kavem Hodge and Sherman Lewis. Xavier Marshall topscored with 79 from 94 balls.

At Warner Park, the Leeward Islands beat Jamaica by 13 runs.

Kieran Powell hit 105 from 125, and Amir Jangoo 69 from 85, to take the Leewards to 255-8 against Oshane Thomas's 3-59, while there were two wickets each for Derval Green and Dennis Bulli. Quinton Boatswain took 4-85, and there were two wickets each for Sheeno Berridge and Jason Campbell, as they bowled the Jamaicans out for 242 all out, despite a whirlwind knock of 106 from just 40 balls from Rovman Powell.

In Basseterre, Canada beat the hapless defending champions Combined Campuses and Colleges by 51 runs.

Harsh Thakur hit a run-a-ball 68 to lead the Canadians to 252 all out, Jalarnie Searles (3-62) and Larry Joseph (3-38). Kaleem Sana took 4-24, and he supported by Thakur (3-29) and Shahid Ahmadzai (3-37), as they bowled out the CCC for 201 all out, despite knocks of 105 from 126 from Paul Palmer and a run-a-ball 58 from Romaine Morrison.

At the Brian Lara stadium, the USA pulled off a shock eight-run win over Guyana on D/L in their rain-affected game.

Monank Patel hit 85 from 105 balls, and he was supported by Ian Holland's 59 not out from 37, as the Americans piled up 230-5 from 41 overs against Ramaal Lewis's 3-24. Set a target of 222 from 36 overs, the Guyanese fell eight runs short. Saurabh Netravalkar took 3-42 and Rusty Theron 2-44 to restrict Guyana to 213-7, Chris Barnwell topscoring with 54 from 47.

At Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad and Tobago crushed the West Indies Emerging Team by 10 wickets.

Anderson Phillip took 3-24 and Imran Khan 3-14, while there were two wickets each for Jon-Ross Jaggesar and Akeal Hosein, as they routed the youngsters for an embarrassing 78 all out, Justin Greaves offering the only resistance with a knock of 43. Jeremy Solozano (43) and Keegan Simmons (27) then knocked off the paltry target with more than 32 overs to spare.

In Port-of-Spain, the West Indies Emerging Team won their semi-final, which was interrupted by several floodlight failures, on D/L.

Ashley Nedd took 4-29, and there were two wickets each for Kevin Sinclair and Yannick Cariah, as the spinners bowled Barbados out for a paltry 119 all out, with nearly 20 overs to spare. Zachary McCaskie topscored for the Bajans with 40.

Chasing 111 to win off 43 overs, the youngsters limped to 112-7 in the 39th over, led by a knock of 27 from Joshua da Silva. Ashley Nurse took 3-35 and Miguel Cummins 2-22.

In the second semi-final at Queen's Park Oval, the Leeward Islands beat Trinidad and Tobago by four wickets.

Tion Webster hit 91 from 120 balls, and Jason Mohammed 59 from 55, to lead the Trinidadians to 268-8 against Sheeno Berridge (4-58) and Quinton Boatswain (2-69).

Wicketkeeper Jahmar Hamilton hammered 78 not out from just 34 balls, and he received support from Kasey Carty with 53 from 70, as the Leewards chased down the target with just three balls to spare. Spinners Jon-Ross Jaggesar and Imran Khan took 2-49 and 2-71 respectively.

At Queen's Park Oval, a team of rejects from the various national sides came together and won the final of the Super50, crushing the Leeward Islands by 205 runs.

Leonardo Julien struck a run-a-ball 83, and there were 30s from Yannick Cariah, Roland Cato and Dominic Drakes, as the West Indies Emerging Team posted a formidable 293-7. Sheeno Berridge and Quinton Boatswain took 2-59 each.

Spinners Kevin Sinclair and Cariah took 4-20 and three wickets for eight runs respectively to skittle the Leewards out for a paltry 88 all out, Amir Jangoo topscoring with 20.