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2018-2019 Regional 4-Day Tournament…
By Brandon Corlette
Sealed with a maximum from the big Christopher Barnwell down long-off, Guyana Jaguars romped to a seven wicket win in their ninth round clash against Barbados Pride at the National Stadium at Providence, in Guyana.
Player of the match, Raymon Reifer, and Veerasammy Permaul had earlier ended the second innings with four wickets each, bowling out Pride for 238 in 75 overs. Requiring 114 runs to win, Jaguars completed the victory by seven wickets on day 3, after Hemraj blasted his way to a 63-ball 51.
Barbados Pride had resumed the penultimate day on 228-6, enjoying a lead of 103 runs, then veteran left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul and Raymon Reifer cleaned up the tail. Permaul removed Tevyn Walcott, trapped in front leg before with the score on 234-7. The right-handed Walcott attempted to play forward but missed a straight ball. Two balls later, in the same Permaul over, the eighth wicket fell at 234-8 when Chaim Holder spooned one to Permaul, who completed a simple return catch off his own bowling in his impressive over.
Pride were looking out of sorts as Reifer added the finishing touches in removing the final two wickets. Reifer continued to impress when he removed Warrican out caught behind, and bowled Miguel Cummins for a duck after Cummins attempted to pull, but only succeeded in dragging the ball onto his stumps.
It was game over for Pride, and Jaguars required a mere 114 runs to complete a thumping win of the match. Reifer ended the second innings with 4-22 in 11.5 overs, while Permaul had 4-62 in 24 overs. Lewis and Rutherford were the other wicket takers.
Jaguars openers stepped out to bat in the morning session of day 3, looking to make amends for the first innings’ performance. Tagenarine Chanderpaul was the first to be dismissed, when he felt for a ball outside off. He was out caught behind by Walcott off the bowling of former Windies U-19 player Shamar Springer. At 35-1, Vishaul Singh came in, but his 30-ball innings of eight came to an end when he was out caught in the slip cordon by Warrican.
The flamboyant Chandrapaul Hemraj reached his seventh First Class half-century, but fell soon after for 51 from 63 balls, which included five fours and one six. He hit one down the throat of mid-off off the bowling of Shamar Springer at 61-2.
The senior players, skipper Leon Johnson and Christopher Barnwell, rubbed salt into the wounds of Barbados Pride. Captain Johnson played a responsible unbeaten knock of 20 from 40 balls, hitting four hallmark boundaries. Barnwell was in a no-nonsense mood as he faced 12 balls, hitting an unbeaten 23, including three fours and one six.
Jaguars completed seven the wicket win after an unbroken 36-run partnership between Barnwell and Johnson. Bowling for Barbados Pride, right arm paceman Shamar Springer had 3-29 in 10 overs in a losing cause.
Speaking after the match, Guyana Jaguars Head Coach Rayon Griffith explained that it was a good win for the team. Griffith hailed Rifer for his player of the match performance, and spoke highly on debutant Ramaal Lewis, who is seen as the extra variety in the team. Guyana Jaguars will play their last round match this season against Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, starting from Thursday March 7, 2019. It will be a day/night pink ball encounter starting from 14:00h local time at the National Stadium at Providence in Guyana.
