West Indies Championships: Alimohamed, Smith put GHE in firm control
Guyana Harpy Eagles’ (GHE) twin towers of pace Ronaldo Alimohamed and Nial Smith ripped through the Jamaica Scorpions line- up in a single session on Thursday to put the visitors in the driver’s seat at Sabina Park, when the fourth Round of the West Indies Championships continued.
Kemol Savory fell 2 short of a half- century
Alimohamed went past the 5- wicket mark for the second time in his First- Class career, claiming 6-17 from 11.5 overs while Smith snared 4-21 from 13 Overs to rout Jamaica for 44 runs in 25.5 overs.
The extras were the top- scorers for Jamaica, as ten no balls, alongside a handful of byes, and wides pushed that number to 17. Meanwhile for the batters, Javelle Glenn accumulated the most runs; 5 off 12 deliveries.
Ronaldo Alimohamed claimed a six- wicket haul
Additionally, Brandon King, Odean Smith and Tamarie Redwood all contributed 4 runs to the total. That meant Guyana would head into the second innings with 295- run lead.
Earlier in the day, the Harpy Eagles managed to accumulate a first innings total of 339 from 109.2 Overs.
Kemol Savory and Gudakesh Motie resumed the second day’s play at 260-5, with Savory going on to fall just two runs short of a half century – 48 off 85 balls. Motie on the other hand, added a brisk 27 from 29 balls before heading back to the dugout. There wasn’t much else the tail enders could do as the visitors were bowled out in the first session on Day 2.
Despite being plagued by the overstep, Nial Smith picked up four wickets
Odean Smith claimed a five- wicket haul – 5- 68 from 22.2 Overs- while Captain Marquino Mindley picked up 2-36 from 23 Overs.
Instead of enforcing the follow- on, Guyana opted to bat again with Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Matthew Nandu heading out to the crease. Nandu did little to trouble the scores, getting to 7 before becoming a victim of Brad Barnes but Tage and Captain Tevin Imlach would team up to get the tournament’s defending champions to close of play without any slip- ups.
With 68-1 on the board at close of play, Guyana will head into Day 3 today with a 363- run lead.
Chanderpaul is unbeaten on 37 from 104 balls while Imlach is also not out on 19 from 61 deliveries.
The 4- Day action resumes at 11:00hrs local time today.
