Brenton Parchment drives the ball during his 127-run innings at the trial match to select Jamaica's team to next year's regional four-day competition at Up Park Camp yesterday. Looking on is wicketkeeper Maverick Perry. - Ian Allen/Photographer

Brenton Parchment and Wavell Hinds completed centuries as batsmen continued to find the going easy on yesterday's third and penultimate day of Jamaica's first trial match at Sabina Park to select Jamaica's team to next year's regional four-day cricket competition.

Parchment and Hinds, who have both represented the West Indies at the senior level, resumed the day's play on 82 and zero runs, respectively, and were equally aggressive throughout their stroke-filled innings.

Parchment, the younger of the two at age 27, fell for 127 while 33-year-old Hinds, with 45 test matches under his belt, carried his bat for 105 - both joining Lambert (168) as centurions in the match.

Left-handed batsman

Earlier, Shawn Findlay, the left-handed St Elizabeth batsman, who added 98 for the third wicket with parchment, contributed 65 to the 432 tallied by Bernard's XI, this in response to Tamar Lambert's XI's score of 462.

Nikita Miller, who just missed selection to the West Indies team which is currently on tour in Australia, was the top bowler with six for 97.

Lambert's XI will resume their second innings this morning on 25 for one with Danza Hyatt, six, and Xavier Marshall, five, the men set to continue on the flat Sabina Park pitch.

Chairman of selectors Nehemiah Perry was pleased with what he has seen so far from the players and reserved some encouraging words for the younger players in the team.

Good sign

Said Perry, "It's very pleasing, it's good to see so many persons getting among the runs and these are senior players and it's always a good sign when senior players step up and lead the way, so to speak."

"It was a tough day for bowlers. this is a difficult pitch to bowl on but this is where you mark good bowlers," he continued.

"We have some very good youngsters who are showing their talent and learning their craft and It's good that they are here with some of the more experienced players as they will learn a lot and continue to develop," Perry added.