2024 West Indies 4-Day Championships: Permaul, Imlach put Harpy Eagles in driver’s seat

The Guyana Harpy Eagles (GHE) were an all-round force to be reckoned with on day 2 of their 6th round West Indies Championships clash with the Jamaica Scorpions at Sabina Park, as Veerasammy Permaul, Tevin Imlach and Kemol Savory shone with ball and bat respectively.
Veerasammy Permaul with yet another five-for helped the Harpy Eagles rout the Jamaica Scorpions cheaply in the afternoon sessions.
Guyana were bowled out for 424 runs, an occurrence which forced the lunch break. However, when they returned to the pitch, the Harpy Eagles’ bowling flummoxed the Jamaicans.

The pacers first set the tone, with Isai Thorne picking up the first two wickets; then Ronaldo Alimohamed and Gudakesh Motie did their thing before the Permaul Show started. This experienced spinner claimed figures of 5-55 from 21 overs, while Thorne ended the day with 2-19 from 8 overs. Alimohamed and Motie claimed the other two wickets for 29 runs from 7 overs and 46 runs from 20 overs respectively.
However, though rattled, the Scorpions survived the day’s play with one wicket in hand.
Brandon King had the highest score for the home team, hitting 32 runs in 51 balls before losing his wicket via controversial lbw, bowled by Motie. Ramaal Lewis had the second highest score with 24 from 36, while Romaine Morris remains unbeaten on 21 off 41 balls.
Marquino Mindley was the other unbeaten batter, on 13 from 45 deliveries, which assisted in getting the Scorpions to 153-9 in 61 overs.
Earlier in the day, Captain Imlach and Savory continued their impactful partnership from the evening before, and along with several scores from the tailenders, got the Harpy Eagles to their mammoth total in 116.3 overs.
After his ton on day 1, Savory eventually ended on 155 from 309 deliveries, encompassing 16 fours and 3 sixes.

Imlach, on the other hand, slammed his third first- class century in 167 deliveries and back-to-back centuries in two games, after the likes of Niall Smith and Isai Thorne had bought him some time to get to the achievement. Smith hit 33 from 28 deliveries, while Thorne had 11 in 10 balls, while Imlach remained unbeaten on 101* from 169.
When Jamaica’s Morris and Mindley resume today, from 11:00hrs local time, they will look to see how best they can cut down the 271 runs by which they still trail the Harpy Eagles.