CWI Breakout League 2025: Guyana Rainforest Rangers likely ousted by Pelicans’ 7-wicket win

Another batting collapse, accompanied by lacklustre bowling in defence of a below-par score, have likely resulted in the ouster of the Guyana Rainforest Rangers (GRR) from any further participation in the ongoing West Indies Breakout League, as the Barbados Pelicans have won the latest engagement against the GRR by 7 wickets on Tuesday afternoon.
Having won the toss, the Rainforest Rangers elected to bat first, and again did not get much out of their top order. Guyana’s batting innings was a tale of two halves, as they pulled off a major comeback in the last few overs, but struggled in the initial rotation.

A decent start for the Guyanese side was overtaken by a nightmare performance when three wickets fell in three consecutive overs, beginning in the 5th. Rivaldo Clarke went back to the dugout first, for 15 off 14, as Kadeem Alleyne of Barbados had the breakthrough. Zeynul Ramsammy then departed for 2, while Kevin Sinclair could only muster a duck.
At that stage, the GRR had fallen from 30 without loss to 39-3. Two overs later, Captain Kemol Savory just could not get going, while a lazy piece of running from Ronaldo Alimohamed cost him his wicket.

Thereafter, Kevlon Anderson and Quentin Sampson did the heavy lifting to produce a 76-run partnership. With the GRR struggling at 64-5 by the 13th over, Anderson and Sampson turned on the gas after producing just single digits in the previous over.
Anderson eventually got to 69 off 61 deliveries, comprising 6 fours and a six, before becoming a victim of Sion Hackett.

Quentin Sampson, however, kept the fire blazing by slamming 2 sixes and 4 fours in his unbeaten 43 off 25 to take Guyana up to 153-6 in their 20 overs.
Kadeem Alleyne picked up 2-19 from 4 overs, while Sion Hackett, Ramon Simmons and Zishan Motara each took one scalp.
Barbados got off to a lightning start in the chase, thanks largely to Shion Brathwaite. The first over of the innings went for 15, and although Ashmead Nedd made up for it in the second over by conceding just 4 runs, the third over, bowled by Jediah Blades, was dispatched for 12. Blades, however, managed to remove Brathwaite for 10 in that over, and Nedd dismissed Alleyne for 24 off just 13.

The introduction of Shaqkere Parris was the harbinger of doom for the Rainforest Rangers, as he went on to construct a match-winning 102-run partnership with Kevin Wickham. Though Wickham couldn’t see his team over the line because he perished for 23; Parris led the Pelicans home and possibly into the tournament’s playoff with an unbeaten 85 off 46 balls. His fiery innings encompassed 5 fours and 7 sixes.
The Pelicans got to 156-3 in 16.2 overs, and with 7 wickets and 22 balls to spare. Blades, Nedd and Alimohamed each took a wicket.
This loss has likely ended the Rainforest Rangers’ campaign in the inaugural Breakout League, their having won only one game while sustaining four losses in the League stage.