Permaul produces career best figures but Guyana, Windwards play to a draw

Mar 17, 2014 Sports

– batting again let them down

By Sean Devers
Left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul grabbed a career best 7-49 and his first 10-wicket match haul to put Guyana in a wonderful position to force a come-from-behind win against the Windward Islands on the final day, but their Regional Four Day contest at Providence yesterday still ended in a draw after batting let them down.

Assad Fudadin drives
gloriously for four.

Guyana set 209 to win after dismissing the Islanders 25 minutes into the day’s play for 114, were undermined by another indifferent batting performance which generally lacked positivity and only reached 171-7 from 71 overs, falling short by 38 runs when bad light stopped play with four overs remaining.
Scores: W/Wards (307 & 114), Guy (213 & 171-7).
It took Guyana just 5.4 overs on the final day to wrap up the Windwards innings with Romel Currency being left stranded two short of what would have been his 10th First-Class fifty.
Delorn Johnson (11) was bowled by leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo (1-21) at 109-9 before the 24-year-old Permaul, who bettered his previous best of 6-39 at this level, wrapped up the Windwards innings when he had Nelon Pascal caught behind for a duck. Narsingh Deonarine (2-35) offered support to his Albion club mate.
When Guyana began their reply, Sewnarine Chattergoon (14) got going with three boundaries off Pascal before he dragged a ball from the Grenadian onto his leg stump with the score on 19-1.
Assad Fudadin, who made 82 in the first innings, joined 17-year-old left-hander Tagenarine Chanderpaul and the pair took Guyana to 28-1 when rain stopped play at 11:07hrs. With the shower getting heavier Lunch was taken with Chanderpaul on eight and Fudadin on five.
After Lunch, Chanderpaul and Fudadin saw the fifty posted in the 24th over with consecutive boundaries in successive overs from Chanderpaul. The West Indies under-19 player first went back and cut Sebastien to the backward point boundary before lofting Left-arm spinner Alton Bobb for a disdainful six over mid-wicket.
Fudadin, who batted very purposefully in the first innings, was strangely a lot more cautious yesterday although he danced into Sebastien and dumped him for four to long-off.
Chanderpaul changed gear; depositing Bobb back over his head for a boundary and sweeping the spinner in enterprising fashion behind square for four in the same over as the South Americans picked up their run rate after a slow but solid start to the post Lunch session.
Fudadin (22) seemed unfortunate to be LBW to Sebastien, who removed Vishaul Singh in similar fashion next ball, as Guyana slipped to 68-3 after Chanderpaul and Fudadin had added 49 for the second wicket.

Veerasammy Permaul in action.

Deonarine, with three ducks in a row and four in the competition so far, averted the hat-trick with a pugnacious hoik over the head of the bowler for four before a majestic cover driven boundary signaled that Deonarine was in a positive frame of mind.
Deonarine, the only Guyanese with 1,000 runs in a season, did the bulk of the scoring with the rock solid Chanderpaul playing the supporting role and another shower threatened to add to the drama with the fourth wicket pair taking Guyana’s victory target almost into double figures on what was still very fast outfield. By Tea their unfinished partnership was worth 36.
With a nice build-up of spectators urging Guyana on, Chanderpaul and Deonarine took their team to Tea on 107-3, still 102 runs away from their first victory of the season and their 14th win against the Windwards in 33 matches.
However, two quick wickets after Tea put the Islanders, the only Regional team without a First-Class title, back in the contest in overcast conditions.
Chanderpaul, who made a carefully constructed 40 from 224 minutes and 154 balls with five fours and a six, got a ball from Peters that cut back, kept low and crashed into his off stump to break the 49-run fifth wicket stand.
Peters then removed Deonarine to a catch at first slip for 38 from 99 minutes and 66 balls and Chris Barnwell (5) caught at the wicket to leave Guyana 127-6 as three wickets tumbled after Tea for 10 runs.
With 82 required for a Guyana victory and four wickets needed by the Windwards for their 7th win against Guyana and 6th in the last seven matches, a pulsating battle loomed, especially since the sun returned in all of its glory.
But with Shiv Chanderpaul, who maybe batted too late in the order at number six, still there the Windwards knew they still had lots of work to do to claim their second win of the season.
Bramble, who made a fighting 35 in the first innings, joined the experienced 39-year-old Chanderpaul and they carried their team to 153 before Chanderpaul got the leading edge as he tried to work into the on-side off Peters and was taken at point for 18.
Permaul (14) and Bramble (16) saw their team to the end with Peters finishing with 4-38 and eight in the match. Sebastien supported with 2-39 for the Windwards, who moved to 26 points in the competition. They got three batting and three bowling points from this game and will now travel to Jamaica for their next match.
Guyana replaced Vishaul Singh and Sewnarine Chattergoon with Leon Johnson and Chanderpaul Hemraj for their next match and took three bowling points and one batting point from this contest to move to 10 points.
They will travel to Barbados for their next match, a day/night affair, against CCC which starts on Friday at the 3Ws Oval.