Foo hammers unbeaten 67 in Simulation match

Dec 24, 2015 Sports

Jonathon Foo on the go against Gudakesh Motie during his unbeaten 67 at Bourda yesterday.

Jaguars step up preparation for NAGICO Super50

By Sean Devers

The Guyana Jaguars stepped their preparations for next Month’s NAGICO Super50 with their first simulation match at Bourda yesterday and 25-year-old Berbician Jonathon Foo was the star of the show with a blistering unbeaten 67 from just 35 balls with eight fours and four sixes.
Jaguars Head Coach Eusan Crandon informed that after a short break for Christmas the players will be involved in a training session at Providence on December 27 before playing two 50-over practice games on December 28 & 30 at the Stadium after which the squad for the Super50 tournament will be selected.
Jaguars, who reached this year’s final before Sunil Narine, who has been banned from playing in next year’s competition due to his bowling action, grabbed 6-9 as Guyana collapsed to 65 all out in Port-of-Spain.
Coach Crandon said he was pleased with his team’s showing in the PLC First-Class tournament in which they have won all of their five games and is confident that his charges can go one better than they did in the 2015 NAGICO Super50 when they start they their campaign on January 7 against the Windwards in St Kitts.

Assad Fudadin caresses Paul Wintz through cover.

Yesterday four pairs were required to bat for 10 overs each, chasing imaginary targets with openers Assad Fudadin and Kevin Boodie being set 40 in 10 overs.
Fudadin looked very purposeful and stroked a couple of fours and a six off Paul Wintz in the same over, while Boodie whipped Ronsford Beaten off his hips for six after turning him off his legs for four.
The pair reached 53 off 9.2 overs before the rain chased the players off the field with Fudadin on 23 from 26 balls with three fours and a six, while Boodie’s 25 lasted 29 balls and was decorated with a similar amount of boundaries.
The middle order was given a target of 45 from 10 overs with Chris Barnwell and Vishaul Singh at the crease. Barnwell was his usual aggressive self and effortlessly pushed pacer Keon Joseph into the Rohan Kanhai stand before lofting him over mid-off for a one bounce boundary.
Singh slapped Joseph, who was operating into very strong breeze from the bottom end, for four when he bowled too short and wide to the left-hander but left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul soon removed Singh for 13 when he pulled a short ball to short mid-wicket. Barnwell was then bowled by pacer Romario Sheppard for 18.
Royston Crandon and Foo were the next pair to bat and the inform Foo gave himself room and spanked Permaul to the point boundary as Crandon played the supporting role in the best put together partnership of the day.
Foo, who helped Guyana snatch victory in the nail-biting final against Barbados, hitting a 17-ball 42 under immense pressure in the inaugural CPL final to earn for them in a place in the 2010 Champions League tournament in South Africa, smashed Barnwell for three consecutive sixes; the second landing on Regent Street.
Crandon (21) was caught and bowled by 20-year-old left arm spinner Gudakesh Motie as this pair reached 90-1 in 10 overs.
Permaul and Anthony Bramble were the other two to bat yesterday before Sheppard sent Permaul’s off-stump cart-wheeling in spectacular fashion.

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