The Guyana Harpy Eagles were in cruise control on Day Two as their clash with the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in the West Indies Championship continued at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain on Thursday.
Raymond Perez was nearing a century
Leaving the Red Force 214-7 at close of play on Wednesday evening, the Harpy Eagles allowed the hosts only 26 more runs in the morning session before picking up the remaining three wickets.
Jyd Goolie could only add one more run to his overnight score of 57 before becoming the first victim of the day, followed by Joshua James and Bryan Charles for 15 and a duck respectively.
Nial Smith completed his four-fer, claiming 4-49 from 12 overs while Ronaldo Alimohamed added another to his tally for 2-42 from 20.5 overs. The Red Force were 240 all out in 86.5 overs.
In response, the Guyana Harpy Eagles raced to 269-5 in 79 overs by close of play.
Raymond Perez was the star on show for the Guyanese, bringing up his third First-Class half-century – a classy 82 off 144 balls, punctuated by 11 fours while Kevlon Anderson played a quick hand with 51 off 62 balls, including seven flashy boundaries.
Earlier, Matthew Nandu had been caught and bowled for 11; Tevin Imlach and Kemol Savory got admirable starts, into the 30s, but could not press on for the visitors.
However, as the day’s play winded down, Kevin Sinclair held steady on an unbeaten 21 off 40 while Keemo Paul did the same with 18 off 23 as the pair saw the Harpy Eagles to the close of the afternoon session.
