West Indies Championships-Imlach, Alimohamed dig GHE out of hole

…Bowlers fight back late in day

A fighting century from Captain Tevin Imlach and a belligerent half-century from Ronaldo Alimohamed rescued the Guyana Harpy Eagles (GHE) on Friday afternoon, enabling them to recover from an early collapse in their second-round clash with the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) in the West Indies Championships.

The Harpy Eagles resumed day 3 on 166-6 with Imlach and Richie Looknauth at the crease pursuing 375 posted by CCC in their first innings.
Looknauth was able to add just 3 runs to his overnight score of 21 before falling to Ojay Shields’ bowling for 24 off 57 balls. Imlach, however, converted his 58 into an unbeaten 126 off 239 deliveries, punctuated by 12 boundaries.
While Imlach crafted his captain’s knock, Alimohamed offered great and entertaining support by dispatching the CCC bowlers to all parts of the ground for a quickfire 77 off 66 balls.

Alimohamed hit 4 fours and 7 sixes before falling to Abhijai Mansingh’s bowling, which ushered in tailenders Shamar Joseph and Veerasammy Permaul, who added 13 and 11 runs respectively to bring the Harpy Eagles up to 343 all out in 87.3 overs.
Shields and Akeem Jordan each ended with a 4-wicket haul. While Shields took 4- 86 from 20 overs, Jordan snared 4-68 from 23.3 overs. Mansingh and Avinash Mahabirsingh accounted for the remaining wickets. As such, CCC went into the second innings with a 32-run lead.
Guyana Harpy Eagles bowlers look intent on eking out a result today, final day of the match, having sent the CCC into close of play with three men down. Shamar Joseph struck first, when he rocked the stumps of Captain Johann Jeremiah for 4 from 6 balls in the very first over of the innings. Three overs later, Sadique Henry attempted the reverse sweep against Veerasammy Permaul, and was sent back to the dugout via LBW decision after scoring just 1 run.
As light faded at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence, Kevin Sinclair served up a beauty of an arm ball to Demario Richards, and it disturbed his stumps for 11 off 27 deliveries.
Bad light eventually stopped play with the visitors on 32-3 off 13 overs. CCC will head into day 4 today with a 64- run lead and 7 wickets in hand. Joseph, Permaul and Sinclair each have one wicket, conceding 13, 13 and 1 run respectively.
The fourth and final day of the West Indies Championships Round 2 action will start at 10:00hrs today.