Guyana, TT rain hit game ends in draw Braithwaite leads Bajans to Headley/Weeks trophy

Jun 05, 2022 Sports

CWI First-Class C/Ships…

By Sean Devers in Trinidad
In association with WD Hotel & Mall Charity
& Dave’s West Indies Imports

Barbados Pride are the winner of 2021/2022 West Indies Championship. (CWI)

On a day which began in bright sunshine but unfortunately dark clouds gathered 15 minutes before the scheduled start resulting in play starting 30 minutes late, Guyana Harpy Eagles and Trinidad and Tobago Red Force’s final round CWI Regional First-Class Championships ended in a predictable draw yesterday at the Queen’s Park Oval.
Scores: Red Force 218 & 25-1, Harpy Eagles 331.

Enoch Lewis makes the presentation of the Headley Weekes Trophy to Kraigg Brathwaite, Captain of Barbados Pride on behalf of CWI at the Diego Martin Sporting Complex. (photo John Ramsingh)

Barbados Pride players celebrate after collecting the Headley Weekes Trophy at the Diego Martin Sporting Complex. (photo John Ramsingh)

Red Force, batting a second time reached 25-1 with West Indies Keeper Joshua DaSilva (2) being LBW to Kemo Paul at 10-1 before Keegan Simmons and Isaiah Rajah were the not out batters when the match was called off at 5:10PM after the entire second day and most of the third day was lost to rain.
Paul, who ended with seven wickets in the match, finished as the leading pacer in the tournament with 19 wickets.
Veerasammy Permaul despite going wicketless, with him two away from 500 Regional First-Class scalps, finished on 19 wickets only behind Rakeem Cornwall’s 23 for the Leewards.
The Harpy Eagles innings was led by a well complied 76 from Tevin Imlach, an entertaining 58 from Kevin Sinclair, an attacking 47 from Permaul and a shot-filled 37 from Gudakesh Motie.
Terrence Hinds (3-75), Brian Charles (3-8) and two wickets each from Uthman Muhammed and skipper Imran Khan, who ended the innings on a hat-trick, bowled well for the home team.
Earlier, Guyana resumed on 30 without loss with Chanderpaul on three and Imlach on 16 and the pair, with excellent rotation of the strike and positive stroke-play, saw the 50 posted.
But with Chanderpaul on 25 and with 439 runs for the season, he edged a ball that left him from pacer Muhammed to the Keeper DaSilva to leave the score 72-1.
Leon Johnson, playing in his 101st Regional First-Class game, got going with an imperious cover driven boundary before he dragged one onto his wicket in the same over at 174-2.
Vishaul Singh (19) and Askaya Persaud (3) were removed by Charles and by Lunch the score was 113-4 with Imlach on 49.
After the interval Charles trapped Kemo Paul (20) LBW as he played around his pads as the Harpy Eagles slipped to 145-5.
Imlach reached his third consecutive fifty but when three runs away from his highest score in only his fifth game at this level, the 25-year-old DCC right-hander was trapped in front by Hinds, playing around his pads to end a well-played innings at 205-6.
Sinclair played with authority and confidence and soon reached his maiden fifty before he was LBW to Hinds at 218-7 while Motie, who hammered a flurry of boundaries in a cameo 37, was removed by Hinds at 277-8.
Permaul fell three short of his fourth fifty when he was LBW to Khan who trapped last man Cameron LBW for a first ball duck.
In a tournament that saw 18 tons being scored, Barbados and West Indies Captain Kraigg Braithwaite with three centuries led defending Barbados to their 22nd title with Back-to-back titles.
Chanderpaul scored two centuries while Vishaul Singh and Gudakesh Mote were the other Guyanese to score hundreds.