CG United Regional Super50: Harpy Eagles downed by Red Force in rain-affected contest
Kemol Savory hit the only half-century on the Harpy Eagles’ scorecard
The Guyana Harpy Eagles suffered their third loss of this year’s CG United Regional Super50 tournament when they went down to the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in a rain-affected match played on Saturday at the Queen’s Park Oval in the twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
This loss has further harmed their chances of securing a top-four spot in the tournament, which would grant them passage to the semifinal.
Rain at the Queen’s Park Oval on Saturday forced a late start to the contest and shaved off five of the 50 overs allotted each team, and a wet outfield proved to be a bugbear.
Amir Jangoo was the star of the Trinidad side. He slammed a century that was augmented by half-centuries from Kjorn Ottley and Jyd Goolie to take the Red Force to 288-3 in 45 overs.
Tion Webster fell to Nial Smith for 6, but Ottley and Jangoo put on a 149-run second-wicket partnership that was broken only when Ottley perished for 66 from 86 deliveries.
Amir Jangoo dominated the game with a century for the Red Force
Jangoo brought up his century shortly after, and ultimately produced an innings of 111 runs from 114 balls that was laced with 10 fours and 2 sixes before he fell prey to Ronaldo Alimohamed.
Goolie, however, kept up the tempo in the last over as he raced to an unbeaten 68 from 51 balls.
Ashmead Nedd was the most economical Guyanese bowler with 0-28 from 6 overs; while Smith, Alimohamed and Keemo Paul shared the wickets.
Guyana’s chase got off to a rocky start, with both openers returning to the dugout with just 30 runs on the board, being undone by Anderson Phillip.
Tevin Imlach’s 12 runs from 32 balls did little by way of expectation, as the Harpy Eagles found themselves at 56-3. However, a promising 57-run partnership from Kemol Savory and Kevlon Anderson gave the Eagles some cause for hope.
After Anderson departed for a 29-ball 32, Savory had no choice but to press on, and he was able to create small partnerships with Junior Sinclair, Ronaldo Alimohamed and Veerasammy Permaul. Regrettably, it was not enough to prevent the Eagles from losing the match.
Savory remained unbeaten on 69 from 92 balls when bad light forced the end of the day’s play with the Guyanese side on 201-7 in 39 overs. Unfortunately, the Harpy Eagles were 45 runs behind the DLS par-score, resulting in their losing the game.
The Harpy Eagles’ final preliminary game will come on Monday, November 11, when they take on the West Indies Academy at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy from 13:00hrs.
