CWI Regional four-day cricket Guyana hold slim advantage at stumps on 2nd day

Feb 08, 2020 Sports

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Jamaica lead by 47 with 7 wickets in hand including Fudadin

By Sean Devers

In a battle of attrition yesterday on a slow two-paced pitch which began keeping low on the first day, Raymon Reifer, Christopher Barnwell and Veerasammy Permaul were the only batsmen willing to counter-attack the bowlers as Jamaica Scorpions clawed their way back into their fourth round CWI Regional four-day cricket game against Guyana Jaguars.
Having made 187, despite Jermaine Blackwood’s 81, Jamaica struck four quick blows in the space of seven runs as Guyana slipped to 119-7 in the second session before Reifer who made 33 not out from 108 balls, 126 minutes with two fours and a six and Veerasammy Permaul whose 35 included six fours and lasted 62 balls, put together 65 for the eighth wicket.
Overnight batsman Chanderpaul Hemraj had earlier made 38 from 67 balls, 93 minutes with three fours while Barnwell, who faced 74 balls in 33 with four boundaries and Vishaul Singh who struck 22 from 94 balls with a solitary boundary, added 58 for the fourth wicket.
Off-spinner Jamie Merchant had 3-38, left-arm spinner Patrick Harty 3-29 and pacer Deval Green 2-29 did the damage with the ball for Jamaica.
With a deficit of three runs Jamaica, in their second innings, were 50-3 from 12 overs with a lead of 47. Guyanese Assad Fudadin unbeaten on 13.
John Campbell, who made 31 from 30 balls in 40 minutes with two fours and a couple of sixes, was LBW to one the crept along the ground from Kevin Sinclair at 49-1.
Night watchman Nicolson Gordon (1) was LBW to Permaul, who also accounted for Blackwood for a duck at 50-2 to end the day’s play.
Blackwood would be most disappointed with his dismissal since he tried to slog-sweep Permaul off the last ball of the day and skied the ball to cover where Reifer held a good catch running backwards.
Earlier, Jaguars resumed on 17 without loss and Tagenarine Chanderpaul carried his overnight three to five before he was LBW to Pete Salmon after facing 47 balls and batting for 53 minutes to leave the score on 37-1 when rain stopped play for 42 minutes.
When play resumed the 50 was posted before Hemraj on 13 overnight, played a few nice drives before nonchalantly steering a wide ball from Green to Gully at 52-2.
Skipper Leon Johnson exquisitely stroked Salmon for four past cover before he inexplicably played no shot to Green and was bowled for six, two runs later.
Singh and Barnwell saw their team to 62 by Lunch with Singh on three and Barnwell on six.
After the interval, Singh who used his feet nicely to the spinners and Barnwell, batting confidently, added 58 for the fourth wicket.
The 33-year-old Barnwell punched Green gloriously past cover for four and looked very positive on a difficult track even as the others seemed very restrained in their shots, was well set to post his 13th first class 50 when he departed.
Barnwell got a perfect delivery from Merchant that was nicely flighted, pitched just outside off stump just short of a driving length and was bowled attempting a big drive at 112-4.
Singh and Anthony Bramble (2) both departed at 115 before Kevin Sinclair (1) played a ‘nothing’ shot and was bowled by Merchant at 119-7.
Reifer pulled Merchant for six and stroked Green for four, while Permaul pulled Green for four and drove him through extra-cover for four more before he was bowled by Harty at 184-9.
Reifer, who refused a few singles to keep the strike, pulled Merchant for a couple that gave the Hosts to lead before Keon Joseph was dismissed for a duck by Nkrumah Bonner to end the innings.
Today is the third day and play starts at 09:30hrs.
Scores: At National Stadium (GEORGETOWN): Scorpions lead by 47 runs with seven second innings wickets remaining.
JAMAICA SCORPIONS 187 (Jermaine Blackwood 81, Nkrumah Bonner 29; Veerasammy Permaul 4-39) and 50 for three (John Campbell 31; Veerasammy Permaul 2-9).
GUYANA JAGUARS 190 (Chandrapaul Hemraj 38, Veerasammy Permaul 35, Chris Barnwell 34, Raymon Reifer 33 not out; Patrick Harty 3-30, Jamie Merchant 3-38).
In scores from the other games:
At Warner Park (BASSETERRE): Pride trail by 73 runs with eight first innings wickets remaining.
LEEWARD ISLANDS HURRICANES 181 (Kieran Powell 76; Camarie Boyce 5-65, Kevin Stoute 3-18).
BARBADOS PRIDE 108 for two (Shamarh Brooks 42 not out, Jonathan Carter 26 not out; Rahkeem Cornwall 2-28).
At Windsor Park (ROSEAU): Volcanoes trail by 302 runs with eight wickets remaining.
T&T RED FORCE 373 for nine decl. (Jason Mohammed 119, Yannick Ottley 116; Shane Shillingford 3-63, Kerron Cottoy 2-38).
WINDWARD ISLANDS VOLCANOES 71 for two (Devon Smith 35 not out).

 

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