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Sensational Deonarine bags 7 as Guyana beat Barbados by an innings and 66 runs
Bridgetown, Barbados – Guyana beat Barbados by an innings and 66 runs – ten minutes before lunch on the fourth and final day of the fifth round regional first-class match at Kensington Oval yesterday thanks to an impressive bowling performance by Narsingh Deonarine who grabbed 7-26 in an outstanding spell.
Starting the day on five for one, with a first innings deficit of 124, Barbados were bowled out for 58 off 28 overs in their second innings. It was Barbados’ lowest score at this level since 1966 when the regional first-class championship was first sponsored.
Narsingh Deonarine in action during his impressive 7 wicket spell
Captain Shamarh Brooks and fast bowling all-rounder Christopher Jordan were the only batsmen to reach double-figures as joint topscorers with 15, the latter being not out. Brooks and Jordan featured in the best partnership of the innings – 19 in eight overs for the eighth wicket.
Narasingh Deonarine, bowling off-breaks from the Joel Garner end at the north, was the main wrecker with a career-best seven for 26 off 12 overs including four maidens. Fast bowler Ronsford Beaton picked up two for 17 off ten overs.
All told the innings lasted for 125 minutes and included eight boundaries.
The 28-year-old Deonarine, a former West Indies player between 2005 and 2010 and better known for his left-hand batting, enjoyed himself from the Joel Garner end at the north after he had removed Omar Phillips on the third evening from the Malcolm Marshall end. It was only his second five-wicket haul in his 91st first-class match.
Flighting the ball cleverly and displaying good control, Deonarine got the majority of wickets from close-to-the-wicket catches, led by Assad Fudadin, who took five at either short-leg or in the slips. Having scored 84 in Guyana’s 441 all out, Deonarine was the undisputed man-of-the-match.
The win was Guyana’s third in five matches, lifting them to second position on 36 points but well adrift of leaders and champions for the past four years, Jamaica, on 60 points, as the other teams now fight for the remaining three semi-final places.
It was Barbados’ second defeat, leaving the region’s most decorated first-class nation on 24 points after four matches. The previous lowest total by Barbados since 1966 was 79 against Trinidad & Tobago at Kensington Oval in the Shell Shield championship in 1993.
Barbados’ lowest ever first-class total, however, is 47 against Demerara at Bourda in 1887-88.
Kraigg Brathwaite (nine) was caught at forward short-leg by Fudadin as he pushed forward to Deonarine after resuming on three (15-2; 7.5 overs); left-hander Ryan Hinds was swiftly stumped outside the stump by Derwin Christian as he pushed uncertainly off Deonarine, for two (17-3; 10 overs); nightwatchman Miguel Cummins, who bats left-handed, was given out by umpire Anisur Rahman of Bangladesh, caught at the wicket by Christian off Beaton for nought – a decision which seemingly shocked the batsman (17-4; 10.1 overs).
Jonathan Carter, also a left-hander, was caught at second slip by Fudadin off Beaton for nought (18-5; 12.1 overs); Kenroy Williams, driving, was bowled through the ‘gate’ by Deonarine for two (25-6; 15.2 overs); Shane Dowrich was snapped up at forward short-leg off bat and pad by Fudadin off Deonarine for four (29-7; 16 overs); captain Shamarh Brooks, aiming to hit through the on-side, was caught and bowled by Deonarine running towards extra-cover (48-8; 24 overs); Sulieman Benn was caught at short-leg by Fudadin off left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul for nought (53-9) and Pedro Collins was caught at silly point by Trevon Griffith off Deonarine for four (58 all out; 28 overs).
Sunday evening, left-hander Omar Phillips (two) was caught at forward short-leg by Fudadin as he pushed forward to Deonarine (5-1; 2.2 overs).
Scores: Guyana 441; Barbados – 317 and 58. (www.bcacricket.org)
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