West Indies 4-Day Tournament: Harpy Eagles seal 221-run win over Academy

…Imlach describes Sinclair as ‘special’ player

All the Guyana Harpy Eagles (GHE) required on Day 4 of their third-round encounter with the West Indies Academy on Saturday were three wickets to seal a victory.
This was on the heels of Kevin Sinclair’s brilliant all-round performance on Thursday. Sinclair had slammed an unbeaten 165 to help the GHE set a tall total, and followed up his day-long batting marathon with 2 wickets for 30 runs in 11 overs.
Isai Thorne was also breathing fire on Friday afternoon, and continued in similar fashion on Saturday morning to end with figures of 4-49 from 13 overs.
Improving on his overnight score of 34, Carlton Bowen- Tuckett went on to complete a half century on Saturday morning, before getting out on 65 runs from 96 deliveries.

The Harpy Eagles were in the driver’s seat, claiming the necessary three wickets for victory in under an hour after the beginning of play.
Thorne and Permaul combined to take the remaining wickets, with Permaul finishing on figures of 2-48 from 9.5 overs.
The duo of Thorne and Sinclair played a major role in the Harpy Eagles’ securing a 221-run win over the youth team, which Captain Tevin Imlach credited in his assessment of the team’s performance following the win. Imlach reflected, “Obviously, it’s always good to get a win. I mean, it’s the first one, but hopefully the first of many. You know, some stuff to iron out as a team, the batting unit, we haven’t been as good as we wanted to, but a good innings from Kevin Sinclair in this match. Also, a good bowling performance from him early on too. Isai Thorne, his second innings.
“We had a lot of good things too, but it’s just about ironing out the stuff that we need to work on to get batter as a team,” the GHE captain added.

Quizzed on what made the difference for the Harpy Eagles this time around, Imlach chalked it up to the reintroduction of experienced players.
“I think experience. Obviously, we got back two players, myself and Moti. So, that brings a bit of experience to the team. A very inexperienced side in the first two, a lot of debutants and what not. So, I think a lot of it was just the camaraderie and getting these players back into the team. I think that brought a lot of confidence to the team,” Imlach divulged.
On the topic of Sinclair’s all-round brilliance, the Harpy Eagles Captain labelled the Berbician as a special player.
“Very, very [Special]. It’s been a long time coming. He’s been a rock for us, you know, at the bottom of the order, scoring runs consistently year after year. You know, it’s good to see him finally get over the line and score his first hundred. He’s always a special player. You’ll go to war with him anytime, always offer something with the bat and the ball. So, credit to him, it was an excellent innings,” Imlach shared.
After completing the 3rd round today, the West Indies Championships will take a 2- week break before returning on March 13. In that round, the Harpy Eagles will be taking on the Barbados Pride.