West Indies Championship-Jeremiah, Corbin, Parris hand CCC perfect start against GHE

Jeremiah, Corbin, Parris hand CCC perfect start against GHE
The visiting Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) had a fruitful first day at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD), braving some of the best of Guyana’s bowlers to remain unbeaten at stumps on day one of their clash with the Guyana Harpy Eagles (GHE).
Defending champions and hosts Harpy Eagles won the toss and elected to field first on Wednesday morning.

Returning to the team after an injury, Shamar Jospeh struck early in the fifth over, removing Damel Evelyn for five runs. Not too long after, Ronaldo Alimohamed also found favour, trapping Sadique Henry lbw for just 10 runs.
The ensuing partnership, however, would frustrate the Harpy Eagles bowlers as their opponents fought to prove they are not pushovers. Johann Jeremiah and young Shaqkere Parris combined for a 128-run third-wicket partnership, with both batters getting past the half-century milestone.

CCC Captain Jeremiah got to the landmark score in 81 balls while Parris followed, raising his bat after facing 73 deliveries.
However, the youngster would depart soon after, trying to go big off Veerasammy Permaul’s bowling for 56 in 87 balls. Although Jeremiah came within 16 runs of the century mark, he was unable to carry on as he became Alimohamed’s second victim of the day.
Jeremiah fell for a well-played 84 off 169, having hit 11 fours and one six.
The pair of Kyle Corbin and Demario Richards paired up to take CCC to the tea interval with their remaining six wickets intact. By the time the break rolled around, Corbin was unbeaten on 17 from 59 deliveries while Richards hit 12 in 37 deliveries.
Similarly to Jeremiah and Parris, Corbin and Richards were in it for the long haul, constructing another lengthy partnership for CCC.
This time around, the duo piled on 83 runs for the fifth wicket as both were nearing half-centuries. However, Permaul had his man, Richards, 10 runs short of the milestone, having faced 76 balls.
Corbin, however, converted and managed to remain unbeaten on 62 off 146 balls at the close of the first day’s play; an innings consisting six fours and one six thus far. While Abhijai Mansingh looked good on 14, he could not see out the day’s play as the Harpy Eagles had one last moment of success before the day was called.
Alimohamed rattled Mansingh’s stumps to finish with figures of 3-37 from 19 overs. Permaul snared 2-67 from 28 while Shamar Joseph had one scalp as CCC ended the day on 279-6 in 90 overs.
Corbin, alongside Akeem Jordan, will resume CCC’s innings today at the same venue. The first ball is slated to be bowled at 10:00h.