CG United Super50 tournament: Cariah’s all round performance leads to Harpy Eagles’ loss

The Guyana Harpy Eagles have suffered their first loss of the Regional Super50 tournament. It came at the hands of hosts Trinidad and Tobago Red Force last evening, when GHE were defeated by 114 runs at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy.
Asked to bat first, Red Force posted a towering 290 for eight in their allotted 50 overs, and GHE could manage only 176 in 33.3 overs.
Yannic Cariah propelled the Red Force innings close to the 300-run mark after ending on 71 not out, the 31-year-old left-hander scoring his third List A half-century after hitting two sixes and seven fours. Cariah added 45 for the fifth wicket with Jason Mohamed, who made 26 from 34 balls.

Meanwhile, Kjorn Ottley followed up his unbeaten 134 in the previous match with 52 from 57 balls, highlighting his innings with six fours and one six. Having lost his opening partner Evin Lewis for 16, Ottley went on to add 64 runs for the second wicket with Joshua Da Silva, who made 27.
Darren Bravo was also able to bring up his 41st List A half-century, the second of the tournament. His 60-ball 51 featured six boundaries and saw him sharing in a 58-run partnership with Mohamed for the fourth wicket.
The Harpy Eagles bowlers shared the wickets, with Romario Shepherd (2-43), Sherfane Rutherford (2-55) and Veerasammy Permaul (2-57) being the standouts.
In the chase, Cariah returned to clip the wings of the Eagles’ batsmen with his second five-wicket haul. The leg-spinner wrecked the batting order and picked up his best bowling figures of 5-34, including the wicket of top-scorer Sherfane Rutherford, who made 30 from 28 balls and added 45 for the fifth wicket with Kevin Sinclair (20).
While the other batsmen got starts, none was able to carry on. Hemraj, who was lucky to survive a dropped catch early, went on to make 21; while Tevin Imlach (26), Shimron Hetmyer (24) and Tagenarine Chanderpaul (19) all got starts.
Veteran spinner Sunil Narine was among the wickets with 2-18.