Hetmyer give Jaguars bonus point win & outside chance

CWI/ Regional Super50 2017

Shimron Hetmyer scored a shot filled 94 from 76 balls to give the Guyana Jaguars an eight-wicket victory over the ICC Americas and an outside shot at qualification for the Super50 semifinals.  Playing at the 3Ws Oval, the Jaguars needed to win their final group B match by a big margin to have an outside chance of advancing further in this year’s tournament and the 20-year old Hetmyer delivered. Set 171 to win from the full quota of 50 overs, the lefthander blasted 10 fours and four sixes to punish the ICC Americas with a 142-run opening stand with Assad Fudadin to give the Jaguars their fourth win. It was Hetmyer’s fourth match after scores of 0, 1 and 5 in the tournament and he answered the call. It was Fudadin’s second consecutive half century and third of the tournament which came off 66 balls with four fours and two sixes.
After the Jaguars openers were dismissed within 16 runs of each other, it was left to skipper Leon Johnson and Christopher Barnwell to secure maximum points after reaching the target in 28.1 overs. Nikhil Dutta and Saad Zafar were the successful bowlers for ICC Americas who will end their Super50 on Saturday against the Scorpions.
When ICC Americas decided to bat they were off to a bad start when Akeem Dodson was sent back at the start of the 4th over. From then it was a steady procession to and from the pavilion as the Jaguars bowlers pegged back the batsmen and build pressure. Nikhil Dutta top scored with 38 while Saad Zafar with 36, Nitish Kumar 31 and Alex Amsterdam 25 got starts without carrying on. Raymon Reifer was once again the chief destroyer with the ball for the Jaguars picking up three wickets to take his tally to 16 wickets, the most among the Jaguars bowlers. Devendra Bishoo also bowled impressively with 3-28.
If the Jamaica Scorpions lose to Barbados Pride and ICC Americas then the Jaguars will stand an outside chance of making the semifinals in Antigua.