Jaguars named unchanged squad for 8th round clash today

2018-2019 CWI Regional 4-Day Tournament…

By Brandon Corlette

Jaguars are inches away; on the verge of winning their fifth consecutive Regional 4-Day championship. The defending champions, Jaguars, will play the Jamaica Scorpions in the return fixture in the eighth round today, from 10:00h local time, at the Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica.
Jaguars had defeated the same Scorpions team by seven wickets at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, in the seventh round clash. The familiar method of not changing a winning combination has been portrayed by the Guyana Jaguars when the same 13-man squad from the last match winged out to play Jamaica.
Jaguars and Scorpions will meet on the lively Sabina Park pitch in Kingston,

Jamaica. Guyana Jaguars Head Coach Rayon Griffith and his team are confident of completing the double against the Jamaica Scorpions, this season.
With the Sabina Park pitch different from Providence, an extra fast bowler may attain selection. The likes of Clinton Pestano and Keon Joseph who were excluded from the seventh round clash at Providence, may prove to be x-factor bowlers given the condition of the pitch.
Scorpions showed signs of playing competitive cricket; this season they took first innings points form Jaguars at Providence but lost the match outright. The Robert Haynes-coached team will be eying home advantage to halt Jaguars’ winning momentum.
Guyana Jaguars stands as the favourites for this match having defeated the Scorpions thrice in as many matches from the 2017-2018 season to present. Guyana Jaguars defeated Scorpions by 263 runs last season at Providence and in

the return fixture in 2017/18, Jaguars won by two wickets at Sabina Park.
Reflecting on the last time these teams met in Jamaica, the visiting Jaguars snuck away with victory. In that match, Scorpions had scores of 106 and 212 all out, while Jaguars had 183 and 136/8 in a thrilling match. For the Jaguars, the likes of Keemo Paul, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Raymon Reifer and Shivnarine Chanderpaul were effective. For the Scorpions, Assad Fuddadin scored a half-century in that match.
Heading into the eighth round clash, Tagenarine Chanderpaul is the leading run-scorer for the Jaguars with 436 runs at an average of 39.63. Anthony Bramble has 405 runs at an average of 57.85 and he is the other Jaguars batsman to cross 400 runs this season. Leon Johnson has 328 runs at an average of 32.80 this season, after scoring twin fifties in the last match.
Vishaul Singh (268), Romario Shepherd (266), Chandrapaul Hemraj (251) and Christopher Barnwell (248) have been amongst the runs this season. In the bowling department, Veerasammy Permaul is the Jaguars leading bowler with 33 wickets while Romario Shepherd has 24 wickets. Keemo Paul has 20 wickets but he will not play due to injury; Clinton Pestano has 17 wickets, Raymon Reifer and Gudakesh Motie has 14 wickets each, heading into today’s match.
The Jamaican team will look to their leading run scorer, Chadwick Walton to score the bulk of the runs at the top of the order. Assad Fudadin, Jermaine Blackwood, Paul Palmer and Brandon King will also form the Scorpions batting. Experienced campaigners, Jerome Taylor, Derval Green and Dennis Bulli are some of the Scorpions bowling.
Guyana Jaguars full squad reads: Leon Johnson captain, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Vishaul Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Christopher Barnwell, Raymon Reifer, Anthony Bramble, Romario Shepherd, Clinton Pestano, Keon Joseph, Gudakesh Motie and Veerasammy Permaul.