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Guyana beat Leewards by 5 wickets in T20 opener

Jan 10, 2012 Sports

 

Guyana recorded a last over 5 wicket victory over the Leeward Islands in their opening match of the West Indies Cricket Board Twenty20 tournament being played in Antigua yesterday.
Led by man-of-the-match Leon Johnson, who scored an unbeaten 37 including a huge six to finish things off, Royston Crandon 10 not out, Shivnarine Chanderpaul with a breezy 30 inclusive of four sixes, and skipper Christopher Barnwell 21, saw Guyana reach 139 for 5 off 19.2 overs chasing 134 made by the Leewards.
Coming in at number six Johnson partnered with skipper Christopher Barnwell to put up 47 and take Guyana from 69 for 4 to 116 for 5. Chanderpaul scored an uncharacteristically aggressive 30 off 17 which included four 6’s to push things earlier.
Leewards, who won the toss and batted first, looked set to score a dismal total but some blistering shots in the closing overs saw the home team posting 134 for 6 off their 20 overs. Justin Athanaze led the batting with 30 off 15 balls, while Kieran Powell was run out 22 off a brilliant direct throw by Sewnarine Chattergoon, Chesney Hughes 19 and Devon Thomas 26 led their effort.
Steven Jacobs grabbed 2 wickets, while Narsingh Deonarine, Veerasammy Permaul and Devendra Bishoo each picked up one.
The win would be sweet for Guyana following the problems the team faced in the lead up to the tournament due to the administrative wrangling between the Guyana Cricket Board and government, who had set up an Interim Management Committee to take over the running of the game here, but had to back down after the intervention of the West Indies Cricket Board.
Guyana next face Trinidad and Tobago in the second match on Friday at 8:00pm and will look to continue their winning run against keen rivals who will be looking to rebound from their defeat against the Windwards in the opening match yesterday.
The early match on Friday pits Canada versus the Leeward Islands at 4:00pm.
The tournament continues today with Combined Campuses and Colleges against Jamaica at 8:00pm in the lone match.

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