PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC

West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo fell five runs short of a century and Denesh Ramdin struck his second half-century of the match, as Trinidad & Tobago fought back against Jamaica on the third day of their Carib Beer Series match yesterday.

Bravo's 95 and Ramdin's unbeaten 59, hauled the hosts around from 111 for five and left them on 247 for six, at the close at Queen's Park Oval.

Ahead by 159 runs, the final day today is expected to produce a thrilling finish to the fourth-round encounter.

Bravo, eyeing his fourth regional hundred, was dismissed with the penultimate ball of the day's play, trapped in front to left-arm spinner Nikita Miller for 95, compiled in 211 minutes off 183 balls and including 10 fours and one six.

His dismissal ended a superb stand of 136 for the sixth wicket with Ramdin who has so far spent 156 minutes at the crease, faced 137 balls and struck two fours.

Pacer Daren Powell has been the leading bowler for Jamaica with three for 71, while Miller has picked up two for 46.

Earlier, Brendon Nash completed his maiden regional first-class century as Jamaica, resuming on their overnight 330 for eight, were dismissed for 345.

Nash, unbeaten on 96, achieved the landmark with a boundary through square-leg off pacer Ravi Rampaul before falling to the same bowler for 102. His knock came in 291 minutes off 197 balls and included 13 fours.

Rampaul was the top wicket-taker with four for 78, while there were two wickets each for Rayad Emrit (2-56) and Amit Jaggernauth (2-73).

In arrears by 88 runs, T&T started shakily as the young opening pair of Lendl Simmons and William Perkins was unsettled by the pace of West Indies fast bowlers Jerome Taylor and Powell.

Simmons was eventually beaten for pace and trapped leg before wicket to Powell for four with the score on 13 and Perkins fell to the same bowler for 25 after he had added 28 for the second wicket with captain Daren Ganga.

Perched at 49 for two at lunch, Powell accounted for Jason Mohammed (7) after the break, as T&T stumbled to 66 for three.

Bravo joined his skipper and pushed the score to 108, before Taylor, in his second spell, had Ganga leg before wicket for 40.

Three runs later, T&T slipped further into trouble when Keiron Pollard (2) lofted an easy catch to Dave Bernard at long-off from Miller's bowling.