Corbin (96) misses ton, Mclean hits unbeaten 51

Mar 19, 2011 Sports

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Guyana reach 11-1 in reply to CCC’s 251

By Sean Devers in Barbados
In association with Digicel,
Queensway & Leisure Inn

An accomplished 96 from 20-year-old Barbadian Kyle Corbin and a late order unbeaten fifty from Kevin McLean highlighted the opening day of the sixth round Regional four-day cricket contest between host Combined Colleges and Campuses (CCC) and Guyana at the 3Ws Oval here in Barbados yesterday.
Corbin hit 10 fours and four sixes in his 134-ball and 198-minute innings before a moment of senselessness got the better of him. McLean, batting at number nine, made 51 not out from 82 balls and 127 minutes with three fours and shared a 71-run ninth wicket stand with Ryan Austin (20) as CCC fell for 251.
Skipper Assad Fudadin (4-42), left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul (3-58) and Beaton (2-25) did the damage with the ball for the visitors, who reached 11-1 from five overs by the close.  Rajendra Chandrika (5) and night watchman Permaul (3) are the not out batsmen.    Thirty-eight-year-old Player/Coach Floyd Reifer, who hit five fours from 54 balls and 84 minutes in his 37, added 73 for the fourth wicket with Corbin after Test pacer Brendon Bess had bowled Omar Phillips with the first ball of the match and 19-year-old Ronsford Beaten had his first wicket at this level three runs later when he removed Rommel Currency for a duck.
But the Guyanese spoiled their hard work as they allowed the tail to wag and the hosts to recover from 179-8.
The Guyanese, badly in need of points here to avoid going into the final round next Friday at the bottom of the points table, need another 241 for first innings points with debutant Richard Ramdeen; caught and bowled by Mclean for one at 1-1, already gone.
Asked to bat in sunny conditions on one of the faster pitches seen at the UWI Cave Hill Campus, CCC began in disastrous fashion when Bess disturbed Phillips’ stumps and Vincentian Currency was stupendously taken at third skip by Skipper Assad Fudadin as Beaton, who was born in the Island of Montserrat but grew up in Essequibo, struck in his second game at this level.
Corbin, CCC’s leading run scorer this season, joined Shacaya Thomas and clipped Beaton off his legs and on on-drove for boundaries off consecutive deliveries.
Corbin, nursing a hand injury which will prevent him from keeping, dominated the third wicket partnership with Thomas and a disdainful hook for six off the lively Beaton was struck with consummate ease.
After 10 overs of Bess and Beaton, Fudadin bowled Thomas (10) in his first over to leave CCC on 43-3. But Corbin, who has played 16 matches at this level, continued his fine form this season with two delightful off-side drives for boundaries off Bess who was switched to the Northern end.
At 55-3, a small gathering saw Corbin hit a no-ball from Bess to Vishaul Singh at mid-on with his score on 38. Corbin then deposited Permaul for a straight six into the Lawn Tennis Court. He struck Permaul for another four while Reifer, a former West Indies Test Captain, struck Permaul for a boundary.
Corbin reached his 8th fifty at this level and second against Guyana from 59 balls, 97 minutes with seven fours and two sixes as the pair took the score to 86-3 by Lunch with Corbin on 56 and Reifer on 13.
After lunch, Deonarine, surprisingly used as first change off-spinner ahead of specialist Zaheer Mohamed, began the Guyana attack with Fudadin.
Reifer flicked Fudadin to the mid-wicket boundary to post the 100 in the 29th over before the Berbician who bowled with good control, bowled Reifer at 116-4. Reifer, dropped on six, hit five fours from 84 minutes and 54 balls.
Corbin smashed Deonarine for a couple of boundaries, while Nkrumah Bonner (3) edged the hard working Fudadin to the Keeper at 124-5 as Guyana’s good bowling this season continued.
Mohamed was belatedly introduced as Fudadin ‘tied up’ one end and Jamal Smith, whose only fifty at this level was 56 against Guyana at Bourda, joined the entrenched Corbin.
Corbin elegantly stroked Fudadin, who was showing signs of tiredness after 16 consecutive overs, for two fours. Permaul, whose first three overs cost 19, replaced his Skipper and Corbin struck him for two consecutive sixes to take him to 96.
However, with the second six just clearing Bess at long-on, an impetuous shot, which suggested plenty of arrogance and a lack of brain-power for a University Student, caused Corbin’s demise as he attempted three consecutive sixes. His dismissal, four short of his second ton at this level, took him to 495 runs this season and left CCC on 167-6, twenty-three minutes before Tea.
Smith (9) was brilliantly caught by a diving Vishaul Smith at silly mid-off at 170-7 as he pushed forward to Permaul who trapped Carlos Braithwaite (3) Leg-before nine runs later.
With Fudadin opting to give part-time leg- spinner Leon Johnson a spell instead of bringing back his new-ball bowlers before Tea, Mclean (9) and Austin (0) saw the hosts to 180-8 by the break on a track already showing signs of keeping low.
After Tea, McLean was the aggressor and Austin supported him as the Students put together a frustrating half-century partnership with positive batting.
The 23-year-old pacer reached his second first-Class fifty with a fluent cover drive for a single off Fudadin.
His half-century came from 84 balls, batted for 114 minutes and struck three fours.
Beaton, who attended ‘Nationals’ as a 100 and 200 meter sprinter when he attended the Abrahamzuil Secondary School, induced Austin to edge a catch to slip at 250-9 before Fudadin wrapped up the tail by trapping Kavesh Kantasingh leg before for a duck.
Guyana, for the fifth consecutive match this season, left out former West Indies under-19 Skipper Steven Jacobs, while West Indies youth pacer Keon Joseph was the other Guyanese on the bench yesterday.
Play on the second day today is scheduled to commence at 10:00hrs.

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