BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados set Guyana an imposing 378 to win on the third day of the second round match of the Regional Four-Day Championship at Kensington Oval yesterday.
Resuming from their overnight 0-0, Barbados eventually declared at 235 for 7 wickets to set the Guyanese a big chase.
Rashidi Boucher made a top score of 81, Roston Chase supported with 49, Kraigg Brathwaite 27, Jason Carter 25 and Shane Dowrich 24. Bowling for Guyana Steven Jacobs took 2-49 to head the bowling.
In reply, Guyana reached 94 for 1 with Tagenarine Chanderpaul back in the pavilion for 9. At the wicket are Rajendra Chandrika on 40 and Leon Johnson on 39 and this pair would look to continue with the bat today with the team needing 283 more runs with nine second innings wickets standing for what would be a noteworthy win.
Scores: BARBADOS 367 and 235-7 decl’d; GUYANA 225 and 94-1.