West Indies 4-day C/Ships… Hurricanes decimate Guyana by inns & 67 runs

Feb 18, 2022 Sports

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Joseph snatch 5-94 despite 50s from Bramble & Hemraj

By Sean Devers

Another horrendous batting performance from the Guyana Harpy Eagles’ top order played a huge role in them being decimated by the Leewards Hurricane by an innings and 67 runs on the penultimate day of their second round match in the West Indies four-day Championships yesterday at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad.

Set 323 to avoid an innings defeat, fifties from 31 year-old Anthony Bramble, who made 58 from 70 balls with five fours and two sixes and Chanderpaul Hemraj, whose 50 lasted 45 balls with 11 boundaries offered token resistance.
The 28 year-old Gudakesh Motie was unbeaten on 49 from 52 balls with six fours and two sixes and shared in a last wicket stand with Nial Smith (17), while Keemo Paul (28) and Clinton Pestano (22) got Guyana to a decent total.
The lower order were the dim lights at the end of dark tunnel of mediocre batsmanship as Guyana slumped to 14-3 and then 84-5 before being bowled out for 265.
West Indies pacer, 25-year-old Alzarri Joseph bowled fast on a good track for batting to finish with 5-93. He got support from Colin Archibald (2-31) and Jeremiah Louis (2-50).
Volcanoes began the day on their overnight score of 266-5 and declared at 438-7 at 10:49 as Terrence Ward, took his overnight 46 to 78 from 168 balls with eight fours and a six to register sixth First-Class 50.
Colin Archibald clobbered 38 from 19 balls with two fours and four sixes and he was removed by Smith to break the 66-run stand, the declaration came leaving Ward unbeaten five runs short of his highest score of 83.

Smith 3-100 and Motie 3-113.
When play began Rakeem Cornwall (15) was caught in the deep off Motie 272-6. Ward clobbered Motie over mid-wicket for six to take the stand to 99 before guiding the next ball behind for four to post the 400.
Archibald took the attack to the bowlers and was especially severe on Paul; swatting him four to take the lead to 300 and celebrated the landmark with consecutive sixes when Paul was re-introduced into the attack with the new ball, while Ward cut Smith for consecutive fours as the new ball leaked runs.
When Guyana began their reply, Chanderpaul cut Joseph for four but he gloved a pull and was caught down to leg-side next ball as Joseph struck at 4-1.
Shimron Hetymer, who was dismissed ‘obstructing the field’ for duck in the first innings, survived a confident appeal for LBW before he had scored and stroked Louis for four before Hemraj sweetly drove Louis for another boundary in the same over.
Hetmyer (5) cut the lively Joseph to gully at 14-2 as his failures continued, while Leon Johnson played across the line and was LBW for duck at 14-3 as the impressive Joseph, who struck twice in quick succession, to leave Harpy Eagles stunted.
Hemraj executed a delightful on drive and followed up with a glorious cover drive of Archibald, while the diminutive Vishaul Singh pulled Cornwall for four.
At Lunch Guyana were 52-3 with Hemraj 29 and Singh 14 still needing another 270 to the Leewards bat again.
After the interval, in sweltering heat, Hemraj spanked Joseph for four consecutive boundaries before Singh walked across his wicket and was bowled by Louis for 18 to break the 58-run stand and leave Guyana on 73-4.

Bramble, the top scorer in the first innings with 28, joined Hemraj who played an uppish cover drive for four to post his 12th fifty in First-Class cricket and second for this tournament.
Hemraj missed a defencive push off Louis as the ball left him to knock out his off stump at 85-5.
Paul, looking well set, edged a ball from left-arm seamer Archibald which moved away from him and was caught behind at 125-6 before Bramble and Pestano staged a recovery.
Bramble dumped Cornwall for six while Pestano swept the towering six feet seven inch Doram for four to post the 50 stand before being LBW next ball at 177-7.
At Tea the score was 182-7 with Bramble, whose highest of his three tons is 196 against the Leewards, three away from 13th fifty. With him was Veerasammy Permaul on three.
After the break Permaul was beaten for pace and LBW Joseph first ball after Tea.
Bramble got his fifty with a six off Doram but with the score on 205 Joseph picked up his seventh five-wicket haul when Bramble was caught down the leg side.
Last man Smith joined Motie, who threw caution to the wind and hit Joseph for a six. He continued to counter-attack and deposited Joseph for his second six to bring up the 250, while Smith hit Archibald for four as the last wicket stand kept growing much to frustration of the Hurricanes.
However, with Motie one short of his second fifty, Smith (17) pulled Archibald to mid-wicket to end the match.
Match summaries on Day 3 of Round 2 of matches in the West Indies Championship played yesterday:
Leewards beat Guyana by an innings and 57 runs.
Guyana Harpy Eagles 116 (Anthony Bramble 38, Keemo Paul 20; Daniel Doram 3-16, Colin Archibald 3-29) and 265 (Anthony Bramble 58, Chandrapaul Hemraj 50, Gudakesh Motie 49; Alzarri Joseph 5-94) Leeward Islands Hurricanes 438-7 declared (Terrance Warde 78 not out, Kieran Powell 74, Devon Thomas 72, Montcin Hodge 71, Jahmar Hamilton 48, Colin Archibald 38; Nial Smith 3-100, Gudakesh Motie 3-119).
Trinidad & Tobago beat Windward Islands by an innings and 43 runs.
Trinidad & Tobago Red Force 326 (Joshua Da Silva 73, Yannic Cariah 72, Jeremy Solozano 66, Terrence Warde 57; Shermon Lewis 5-43) Windward Islands Volcanoes 97 (Alick Athanaze 33; Anderson Phillip 4-32, Jayden Seales 3-31) and 186 (Denis Smith 65, Shermon Lewis 33, Kenneth Dember 25 not out; Imran Khan 4-38, Anderson Phillip 3-31).
At the Kensington Oval:
Kraigg Brathwaite: 276 off 407 balls with 18 fours in 10 hours was the highest score (521-8) for Barbados vs Jamaica all time. Seventh highest first class score at Kensington Oval.
Jamaica Scorpions 328 (John Campbell 127, Paul Palmer 76, Nkrumah Bonner 49, Leroy Lugg 39; Ramon Reifer 6-23) and 56-1 (Jermaine Blackwood 24 not out) Barbados Pride 521-8 declared (Kraigg Brathwaite 278, Raymon Reifer 71, Jonathan Carter 68, Shamarh Brooks 39; Patrick Harty 5-111).

 

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