Regional U-19 three-day tournament...Baldeo (4-29), spin Guyana to 1st day honors against W/Wards

Regional U-19 three-day tournament…Baldeo (4-29), spin Guyana to 1st day honors against W/Wards

Jul 27, 2014 Sports

By Sean Devers
Guyana were 44 without loss from 11 overs replying to the 139 made by the Windward Islands

Windward Islands skipper Ronald Cato cuts at yesterday at Everest.

when play on the truncated opening day of their second round Regional under-19 three-day was halted due to bad light at 17:41 hrs at Everest yesterday.
The West Indies under-19 pair of left-handers Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Shemron Hetymer, both First-Class players, build a solid foundation with positive stroke-play in fading light with the explosive Hetymer rattling off three brutal boundaries before the more watchful Chanderpaul, got going with a fluent back foot punch off pacer Sherman Lewis through cover for four and followed it up with an effortless push back past the ankles of a bemused Lewis for another four.
By the close Hetymer was unbeaten on 26 and Chanderpaul, the son of the region’s most capped Test player Shiv Chanderpaul, on 17.
Earlier, the off-spin pair of Balchand Baldeo (4-29) and Sharaz Ramcharran (2-23) had conspired to share six wickets between them as only Ryan John with 27 reached 25 for the Windwards.
On a morning blessed with glorious sunshine the contest did not start until after lunch due a damp spot inside the 30-yard area and the unavailability of lunch.
This was no fault of the catering service contracted since they were told that lunch would be taken at noon and no official contacted them to inform of the time change.
When play finally got on the way with a strong breeze from the Atlantic Ocean sweeping across the ground, Guyana won the toss and asked the Windwards to bat on a straw colored track which offered early turn for the spinners.
By Tea, a combination of good bowling and a couple of injudicious shots resulted in six wickets tumbling in the session and 103 runs being scored in 150 minutes on the heavy outfield.
Vincentian Gidron Pope, the cousin of ex-Windwards Keeper Uzza Pope added 27 with Melvin Gordon before Baldeo removed both openers to leave the score on 32-2. Both batsmen wasted good starts with Pope making 13 and Gordon getting to 14 before the off-spinner struck a double blow.
Tonis Simon (2) cut a ball that bounced to point off Ramcharran without addition to the score before Skipper Roland Cato and his deputy Kershaskie Jno Lewis brought up the 50 for the Islanders.
However, the Grenadian pair was soon separated when leg-spinner Steven Sankar induced Jno Lewis (12) to edge a catch to wicketkeeper Kemol Savory at 55-4. Cato, one of five players back from last year’s tournament in St Kitts, soon departed eight runs later when he was removed by off-spinner Daimon Waldron as the Windwards slipped to 63-5.
Wicketkeeper, Grenadian Anson Latchman and John joined forces to stage a recovery with a sensible 40-run sixth wicket stand to take their team to 103 before Baldeo had Latchman (22) caught behind, minutes before the break.
In the final session John was removed by Baldeo for a solid 27 at 116-7, while Sherman Lewis was run out for 15 at 138-9 and Kemo Paul clean bowled last man Craig Phillip for a duck to end the innings at 16:41 hrs before Chanderpaul and Hetymer completed a good day at the office for the South Americans.
Today is the second day and play is scheduled to commence at 09:30 hrs to make up for the time lost yesterday.