CG United Super50 tournament: Red Force bundle out Eagles to qualify for semi-finals

Defending CG United Super50 champions the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force have defeated Guyana Harpy Eagles by six wickets to move to the top of the CG United Super50 points table and qualify for the semi-finals.

Nicholas Pooran and Jyd Goolie each scored scorching half-centuries as the Red Force ended their innings on 183-4 in 34.3 overs, having bundled out the Harpy Eagles for 182.
In the chase, Red Force lost Amir Jangoo for two, caught at mid-on by Clinton Pestano. The promising Kjorn Ottley then gifted a return catch to Gudakesh Motie after scoring 27, and the Harpy Eagles were fighting back. Discarded West Indies batsman Darren Bravo (05) was caught at short cover, while Jason Mohammed ran himself out for 25.

But after the Red Force had been reduced to 88-4 in 20 overs, Nicholas Pooran came and slammed Veerasammy Permaul to all parts of the ground, causing Permaul’s first over to yield 19 runs. Jyd Goolie partnered Pooran, and the duo took the score to 127-4 in 26 overs.
That was when the rains came at Queen’s Park Oval with Red Force ahead of the game. The players returned to the field after a 43-minute delay, and Goolie and Pooran each scored half-centuries to end the Red Force innings on 183-4 in 34.3 overs, effecting a win with 93 balls remaining.
Pooran was unbeaten on 56 from 47 balls, while Goolie, who scored his maiden List A half-century, was on a run-a-ball 58. The duo added 95 runs to seal the match by six wickets.
Motie had 2-44 from eight overs. Guyana Harpy Eagles will play CCC on Saturday November 12.

At commencement of the match, Trinidad and Tobago Red Force won the toss and opted to field first. Guyana’s batting lineup had already looked depleted with Tagenarine Chanderpaul departing for Australia and Shimron Hetmyer falling ill.
Guyana then lost Anthony Bramble cheaply; he ran down the track and was stumped for one off the bowling of Akeal Hosein. Kemol Savory, playing his first match of the season, was partnered by Tevin Imlach, and the duo added 59 runs for the second wicket. Leg-spinner Yannic Cariah then bowled Savory for a 44-ball 32, after the left-hander from Essequibo had stroked one four and one six.
Captain Leon Johnson was caught at square-leg off a Shannon Gabriel short-ball, and the Red Force were wreaking havoc on the Eagles.
While Imlach dropped anchor, he saw his partner Akshaya Persaud being run-out for three and Sherfane Rutherford being removed for a golden duck, caught at short mid-wicket off Cariah’s bowling.
A frustrated Kevin Sinclair departed after facing 11 balls and producing a duck after hitting one into the air to give Cariah another wicket.
Imlach’s long innings, which had a solitary boundary, concluded when he was bowled by the fiery Gabriel for 34 from 64 balls. The big Berbician Romario Shepherd then came to the crease and strengthened the Eagles’ position with support from the brave Gudakesh Motie. The duo joined forces with the Eagles at 97-8 in 31.2 overs, and they added 79 runs, which saved the Harpy Eagles from further heartache. Shepherd, who scored a fifty against Red Force earlier in this tournament, was eventually caught at short third-man for 56 from 50 balls after an innings that was laced with three sixes and four fours.
Motie was left unbeaten on 39 from 47 balls in an innings decorated with three fours and one six. Cariah was the pick of the bowlers with 3-30 from 10 overs, while Gabriel and Hosein each had two wickets for Red Force.
The tournament will continue on Saturday in Trinidad and Tobago.