WICB Regional Four-Day Tournament…Permaul, Beaton bowl Guyana to first innings honours

Apr 01, 2013 Sports

By Zaheer Mohamed

Pacer Ronsford Beaton bowled impressively yesterday for Guyana.

Skipper Veerasammy Permaul and lively Essequibo Fast bowler Ronsford Beaton grabbed four wickets apiece to put Guyana in a strong position at stumps of the second day of their sixth round game against the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) in the West Indies Cricket Board Regional Four-Day tournament at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.
Permaul snared four for 39 from 20.1 overs, and Beaton bagged four for 52 from 15 overs, as CCC were dismissed for 167after facing 63.1 overs to hand the home team a first innings lead of 64.
At the close, Guyana were 44 for one off 14 overs batting a second time with an overall lead of 108. Assad Fudadin is unbeaten on 16 and Leon Johnson on 26. Guyana lost opener Rajendra Chandrika (00) whose inconsistency with the bat continued when he was bowled by off spinner Nekoli Parris as he attempted to give himself room to cut a straighter delivery. He departed with the score on 2.
Earlier, in gloomy conditions and on a pitch which rendered assistance to the bowlers, CCC after dismissing the Guyanese for 231, found themselves in early trouble at 56 for 3 at lunch.
Opener Shacaya Thomas (07) was caught behind off Permaul, who then clean bowled Nekoli Parris (08) before Stephen Jacobs sent back the attacking Anthony Alleyne for 37, Alleyne accounted for seven boundaries.
The start of the second session was delayed by rain but when play resumed, Kyle Corbin (11) lofted Permaul to mid off where Narsingh Deonarine took a dolly to leave the visitors at 71-4.
Floyd Reifer (08) who survived a confident appeal for leg before off Jacobs was then bowled by leg spinner Devendra Bishoo as he played across a delivery to make it 99-5.
Beaton was reintroduced and had success shortly after when he forced Raymon Reifer to chase a delivery out side off stump and was taken by debutant wicketkeeper Anthony Bramble for 19 at 111-6. Chadwick Walton and Akeem Dewar then added 16 for the seventh wicket with Walton hoisting Bishoo for two sixes in the same over at long on.
Beaton, who bowled with genuine pace and troubled most of the batsmen, then sent the stumps of Dewar cart wheeling out of the ground for 8 with the score on 127. Walton and Ryan Austin encountered some nervous moments but managed to see their team to tea on 145-7.
After the break Beaton had Walton caught at the wicket for 32 and Austin taken in the slips by a diving Jacobs for 5 before Permaul wrapped up the visitors innings when he disturbed the stumps of Kevin Mc Clean for 2. Kesrick Williams who drove and pulled Beaton for consecutive boundaries was left not out on 15, while Jacobs ended with 1-25 and Bishoo 1-26.
Guyana resumed the day on 225-7 but only managed to add six more runs to their total.
Off spinner Nekoli Parris (4-9) snapped up the remaining three wickets in quick succession.
He first removed Anthony Bramble, who failed to add to his overnight total of 37 and then claimed the wickets of Paul Wintz (00) and Ronsford Beaton (02). Bishoo was not out on 4.
At Sabina Park, Jamaica took first innings points from Trinidad and Tobago. Jamaica batting a second time were 184-4 at the close on the second day. Brenton Parchment is unbeaten on 60 while Dave Bernard is yet to score. Tamar Lambert made 51, Nkrumah Bonner 31;Imran Khan took 1-10.
Earlier T&T were dismissed for 121 in reply to the host first innings score of 147. Lendl Simmons scored 39, Riyad Emrit 29 and Yannick Carriah 19 as Sheldon Cotterell snared 5-43, David Bernard 3-18 and Andrew Richardson 2-29.
At Warner Park, Barbados ended the day on 184-4 in response to Leeward Islands first innings score of 201. Kraigg Brathwaite is unbeaten on 86 and Kevin Stout on 54. Kirk Edwards chipped in with 32 as Kelbert Walters claimed 2-32. Sylvester Joseph top scored for the islanders with 65, while Tonito Willet scored 54 and Devon Thomas 34 as Ashley Nurse captured 6-89 and Sulieman Benn 2-47.