Rain spoils Guyana Harpy Eagles’ first practice match

…second match set for Providence from May 9

The rain had the final say in the first Guyana Harpy Eagles practice match at the Everest Cricket Club in Georgetown. Only one day of play was possible, and the bowlers had a good showing, while the batsmen failed to score big.

The players are currently in preparation mode for the restart of Cricket West Indies’ Regional Four-Day Championships in Trinidad and Tobago from May 18. Before departure, the Harpy Eagles will play the final Four-Day practice match from Monday May 9 at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence. Although there is the prospect of rain, the players will be hoping to get some competitive cricket in before the ball gets rolling at Queen’s Park Oval, where the Guyana team would be in action against defending champions Barbados Pride.

On the only day when play was possible in the first practice match, the Keemo Paul XI made 177 all out in 72 overs. Akshaya Persaud made 35, Kemol Savory scored 23, Tagenarine Chanderpaul made 21, Kevlon Anderson 19, Junior Sinclair 18, and Matthew Nandu 17.
Kevin Sinclair was the pick of the bowlers, with 3-28 from 13 overs, while Demetri Cameron’s 2-14 (8), Stephen Sankar’s 2-38 (9), Mavin Dindyal’s 1-1, Shamar Joseph’s 1-14 (6) and Clinton Pestano’s 1-28 (11) put each of them ‘in the wickets’.
In reply, the Leon Johnson XI were 18-3 (7), with Chandrapaul Hemraj having made 11, and Leon Johnson and Vishal Singh each being on 03*. Trevon Griffith and Mavindra Dindyal had been sent back without scoring. Ronsford Beaton had 2-8 and Sylus Tyndall had 1-6.
The Guyana Harpy Eagles’ batting has been ordinary after two rounds of the tournament. Vishaul Singh is their leading batsman with 143 runs. He has a high score of 93, and averages 35.75. Anthony Bramble has 129 runs, and Chandrapaul Hemraj has 124 runs.
Veerasammy Permaul has taken eight wickets. Permaul, the most consistent regional bowler, had gone wicketless in the second match against Leewards. After the Harpy Eagles play Barbados from May 18, they then play Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. The Harpy Eagles are in fourth position with 21.4 points.