PCL First-Class cricket…Jaguars charge to consecutive titles

Mar 21, 2016 Sports

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Johnson leading run scorer, Bramble most dismissals

By Sean Devers
The Guyana Jaguars roared to back-to-back titles with an emphatic innings and 54-run victory against the Jamaica Scorpions with over day to spare in their final round PLC First-Class cricket contest at Providence yesterday in a game they had to win to claim their eighth Regional First-Class title.

The 10th round began with only the Jaguars and Barbados Pride in contention for the top spot and although the Bajans defeated the Leewards Hurricanes by an innings and 93 runs in St Kitts, the Jaguars were able to extend their unbeaten streak in PCL cricket to 17 with their record eighth win of the season.
Replying to Guyana’s first innings 420, Jamaica, holders of the most consecutive title (5 from 2008) lost their last five wickets for 62 runs after they began the penultimate day on 171-5 to be bowled out for 231.
Only Antiguan Devon Thomas (43) and Aldane Thomas (45), who shared in a 54-run sixth wicket partnership, offered any resistance to 20-year-old former West Indies U-19 left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie (4-55), left arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul (2-43) and left-arm Bajan pacer Raymon Reifer (2-47).
Set 189 to make the Guyana Jaguars bat again, Jamaica catapulted to 134 as no batsman reached 25 in pathetic batting display by the depleted Jamaica Scorpions
Permaul followed up his two wickets in the first innings with his 18th five-wicket haul (5-36) to move to 40 wickets from eight matches to equal fellow Albion club mate Motie’ 40 from seven games.
Another Albion spinner Devendra Bishoo had 3-47 as the Jaguars, who suffered the last loss against Barbados in November 2014, joined Jamaica as the only teams with eight wins in a season. Jamaica achieved the feat in 2008 & 2012 while defending champions Guyana won eight games last season and again this season.
When play resumed yesterday under clear blue skies and bright sunshine Motie bowled overnight batsman Devon Thomas after he had added just three to his second day score.
Chris Barnwell then bowled Damion Jacobs (19) at 205-7 before Permaul trapped Aldane Thomas at 219-8 after he made 45 from 130 balls, 145 minutes with five fours. Permaul and Bishoo then wrapped up the innings and Guyana promptly enforced the follow-on.  Jamaica started their second innings like a house on fire with Shacaya Thomas smashing three fours in 12 before he was taken at mid-on driving at Barnwell at 14-1.
John Campbell was joined by Test batsman Jermaine Blackwood and continued the positive approach before Blackwood was taken at second slip off Refier after making a cameo 16 from just 14 balls with two fours and a six to leave the Hurricanes on 32-2.
The left-handed McCarty, watched by another disappointing crowd which has been the trend throughout the region, danced into Motie and dumped him for six to post the 50 in the 17th over.
McCarty went inside out to Permaul and stroked him majestically for four through cover, while Skipper Paul Palmer opened his account with stylish off-driven boundary off Bishoo after taking 28 balls to get off the mark.
But McCarty (21) and Palmer (4) were both removed by Permaul in the space of a run to leave the stingless Scorpions on 66-5.
Aldane Thomas (7) walked past Permaul and was stumped at 73-6 to give Anthony Bramble his 34th dismissal, the most for the season, and at Tea, Scorpions were retreating into their holes at 87-6.
After the break Permaul took three of the last four wickets and ended the one-sided contest when Dennis Bullie (15) lofted him Motie at long-on with just over an hour to spare on the third day to spark wild celebrations among the Guyanese.
Skipper Leon Johnson, the only batsman with 800 runs (807) joined Clive Lloyd and Roger Harper with two titles as Captain and first to lead Guyana to consecutive titles.
Vice Captain Vishaul Singh was the third highest run scorer with 712 with only Devon Smith (715) and Roston Chase (710) reaching 700.
Permaul and Motie were joint fourth on the list of wicket-takers only behind Nikita Miller (65), Rakeem Cornwall (48) and Imran Khan (43), while Johnson’s 17 catches was second to Orlando Peters’ 18 as the Guyanese dominated in almost every aspect of the game.
In other PCL scores:
Barbados beat Leewards.
Barbados 436 – Dowrich 96, Chase 62, Hamilton 42, Powell 33; Warrican 3, Cornwall 5fer
Leewards 119 – O. Peters 60, Hamilton 33, Louis 26, Cornwall 17; Wkts: Carter 1, Warrican 4, Stoute 1, Cummins 1, Chase 1
Leewards 224/10 (complete) Taylor 20* Joseph 11.
T&T vs Windwards –
Windwards 289 – Ottley 53, Hope 57; Wkts Sebastien 4, Mayers 1, Edwards 1
Windwards 8/0 (stumps) Smith 4* Theophile 4* (Target 166)
T&T 211 – Smith 127, Theophile 73; Khan 4/93, Emrit 3/59, Jagessar 3/74
T&T 243 – Deonarine 91*; Mayers 3/37, Johnson 1/33, L. Edwards 4/77, Sebastien 2/62.

Scoreboard
Jaguars
T Chanderpaul LBW b Jacobs                   21
R Chandrika c & b Jacobs                          76
S Hetymer b Blackwood                           107
L Johnson c wkt A Thomas b D Thomas    93
V Singh b Browne                                       23
D Bishoo c Dawes b Jacobs                           3
C Barnwell LBW Jacobs                              25
R Reifer LBW b Dawes                                11
A Bramble not out                                         16
V Permaul c Blackwood b Jacobs                 21
G Motie b Dawes                                            4
Extras (w-1, nb-12, lb-13, b-5)                      21
Total (for 10 wkts off 128 overs)               420

Fow: 80, 156, 243, 286, 306, 353, 371, 384,
414, 420,

Bowling: Dawes 15-3-39-2, Browne 20-3-73-0,
D. Thomas 18-4-48-1, Jacobs 42-6-127-5,
Bullie 10-1-52-0, McCarthy 3-0-11-0,
Campbell 2-0-8-0

Scorpions 1st innings
John Campbell c Permaul b Reifer                   1
Shacaya Thomas c wkt Bramble b Motie       32
J Blackwood LBW Reifer                               62
A McCarty LBW b Motie                                  3
P Palmer LBW b Motie                                      6
D Thomas b Motie                                            43
A Thomas LBW b Permaul                              45
D Jacobs b Barnwell                                         19
D Bullie c Barnwell b Permaul                           2
J Dawes not out                                                   8
G Browne c (sub) Paul b Bishoo                         4
Extras (nb4-,lb-2)                                                6
Total  (for 10 wkts off 91.3 overs)         231      

Fow: 15, 70, 74, 88, 120, 174, 205, 219, 226,
231

Bowling: Reifer 16-6-42-2, Barnwell 13-4-39-1,
Motie 28.3-8-55-4, Permaul 22-7-43-2,
Bishoo 12-3-45-1

Scorpions 2nd innings
S Thomas c Permaul b Barnwell                        12
J Campbell LBW b Permaul                               10
J Blackwood c Barnwell b Reifer                       16
A McCarty c wkt Bramble b Permaul                 21
P Palmer LBW b Bishoo                                       4
D Thomas c Chanderpaul b Bishoo                     17
A Thomas Stp Bramble b Permaul                        7
D Jacobs b Permaul                                              17
D bullie LBW b Permaul                                      15
J Dawes LBW b Permaul                                       6
G Browne not out                                                   6
Extras (nb-1, lb-2)                                                   3
Total (for 10 wkts off 50 overs)                 134

Fow: 14, 32, 49, 66, 66, 73, 98, 113, 127, 134

Bowling: Reifer 6-0-16-1, Barnwell 2-1-6-1,
Motie 7-1-38-1, Permaul 19-7-36-5, Bishoo
16-2-43-3

Result: Jaguars won by Innings & 54 runs

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