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Benn snares 5-29 to give Bajans 44-run lead
-Guyanese squander 92-run 1st wicket stand
By Sean Devers
Resuming on 35-0 in reply to Barbados’ 184, Guyana squandered a solid 92-run opening partnership between 32-year-old Sewnarine Chattergoon (50) and 17-year-old Tagnarine Chanderpaul (41) to be dismissed for 140 in the second session of day two of their Regional four-day second round day/night cricket encounter at Providence yesterday.
Benn during his ripping spell of 5-28
None of the other Guyanese batsmen passed 25 as they offered little resistance to 32-year-old left arm spinner Sulieman Benn who befuddled the batsmen with 5-28 from 17 overs. This was Guyana’s second total below 150 following their 117 all out in Jamaica.
The visitors, who have not lost to Guyana in over three decades on South American soil, were 116-4 in their second innings, enjoying a lead of 160 runs. Rashidi Boucher 36 and Roston Chase 30 are the main scorers so far, the not out batsmen are Kevin Stoute 15 and Shane Dorwich 9.
Skipper Kraigg Braithwaite (5) was removed by Keon Joseph at 12-1.
Earlier, Chattergoon, in his 63rd First-Class game for Guyana reached the boundary eight times and cleared it once in an even half-century – his 20th for Guyana – before he cut off-spinner Ashely Nurse to Kraigg Braithwaite at point in the 40th over.
Watched by a fair size crowd in sultry conditions on a track which played much better than on the first day, Chattergoon batted for 159 minutes and faced 129 balls before his demise trigged a batting collapse which saw 10 wickets tumbling for just 48 runs.
Chanderpaul, playing in only his fifth game at this level, contributed a carefully constructed 41 from 193 minutes and 156 balls with five fours but once the openers were separated on a pitch which held no terrors, the innings went into terminal decline as the batsmen were downed in a sea of hastiness.
Chattergoon, who has four centuries for Guyana at this level, was in watchful mode although some of his shots, especially the cuts, were delightful to watch as they sped across the fast outfield.
The left-hander from Albion in Berbice hit the only six in the innings when he pugnaciously hooked Tino Best into the stands behind square-leg in the 31st over but he failed to build on a good start.
Chanderpaul caressed Jonathon Carter behind point for an exhilarating boundary before he played a rare bad shot when he drove at Benn and was dropped at mid-off by Miguel Cummins as the ball went for four with the West Indies youth left-hander on 29.
He batted out the entire first session but Guyana lost three more wickets in a session that produced 72 runs and four wickets from 33 overs. Assad Fudadin, one of the mainstays in their loss against Jamaica was removed for a first ball duck the next ball after Chattergoon’s departure. Narsingh Deonarine averted the hat trick but did not last long.
Five runs later he was run out when he played the ball to backward point and was caught ball watching. Chanderpaul took off for a suicidal run and both batsmen ended up at the striker’s end to leave Guyana on 97-3.
At 99-4, Skipper Christopher Barnwell (2) was caught by Kraigg Braithwaite at short cover as Nurse struck again in the opening session and by Lunch the Guyanese had reached 107-4. After the interval Chanderpaul, who fell one short of his highest first class score, was run out at 111-5 and without addition to the score Vishaul Singh, who scored 73 in Jamaica, edged Benn to the Keeper after making five and although Anthony Bramble came off the mark with a thumping boundary off Nurse in his 22, he was bowled by Benn at 138-9.
This was after Benn, who last played a Test match in 2010, had gotten rid of Veerasammy Permaul (0) and Devendra Bishoo (4) in quick succession before disturbing the stumps of last man Raun Johnson (1) to finish with his 14th five wicket haul at this level. Nurse supported well with 3-51 for Barbados, hunting their 25th victory against Guyana in 67 matches since 1966.
Today is the third day and play is scheduled to commence at 15:00hrs
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