Motie returns for Day/Night affair, as fired-up Harpy Eagles eye 3rd straight win

Feb 12, 2025 Sports

2025 CWI Regional 4-Day Championships Round 3…GHE vs. WIA

-Junior Sinclair returns, Chanderpaul/Joseph out, as champs make changes

Kaieteur Sports- After storming to two straight wins, a red-hot Guyana Harpy Eagles will welcome the return of West Indies left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie, who returns tonight against the West Indies Academy (WIA) at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

West Indies Test spinners Kevin Sinclair and Gudakesh Motie will reunite for their national side.

Motie returns after completing Test duties in Pakistan where he ended with 7 wickets and a half-century under his belt from the two games, before relaxing with a bit of T20 Cricket in Dubai.

The left-arm spinner and younger partner of Veerasammy Permaul, will further add more ammo to the Eagles bowling unit, especially with fast-bowler Shamar Joseph being ruled out of today’s game.

Joseph, who finished with 5 wickets in the last game, continues his full recovery from a shin splint injury and will load-manage for round three, as part of precautionary approach with tons of cricket left in the season.

Opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul is also unavailable due to a split webbing on his hand, thus opening the door for all-rounder Junior Sinclair, who earns a recall following his initial selection.

With Tevin Imlach leading off a century and half-century in the last game, Matthew Nandu, Kemol Savory, Kevon Anderson and Ronaldo Alimohamed have all found their touch early and will be important to the team’s batting against a talented WIA bowling attack.

Top-order batsman Raymon Perez will desperately want to turn his starts into a big score, having gotten out of the blocks a few times thus far.

Alimohamed, meanwhile, has been a revelation for the Eagles this season in both departments, being their best pacer to date while scoring his maiden his 1st class half-century in brutal fashion against CCC.

With Alimohamed, Kevin Sinclair, Junior and Richie Looknauth, who also got some useful runs under his belt last game, all capable of holding down middle/lower-order the batting department; playing their first match under lights will be a test of the Eagles mental state after a few rounds.

All-rounder Ronaldo Alimohamed could be an X-Factor with the pink ball and the bat.

WIA on the other hand cannot be discounted despite suffering an innings and 54-run hammering at the hands of Barbados Pride in round 2, thanks in part to a returning double ton by opener and skipper Kraigg Brathwaite.

Middle-order batsman Carlon Bowen-Tuckett, cracked a second innings ton against the Bajans, while Captain Teddy Bishop and Rivaldo Clarke both scored fifties, adding to the mental fortitude needed against a bolstered Harpy Eagles bowling attack.

With Motie, Permaul, both Sinclairs and Looknauth all potent threats in the spin department, Alimohamed, possibly Thaddeus Lovell and Nial Smith could easily ruffle some feathers as the Eagles three-man pace attack.

Harpy Eagles, who are unbeaten in their first two matches, are currently second in the standings, just 0.2 points behind Leeward Islands Hurricanes, will also be keen on working out the WIA bowling unit which struggled against quality batsmen in the last game.

The first day/night affair at Providence for the season is expected to bowl off from 13:00h, with one eye on the weather.

Carlon Bowen-Tuckett will have a big role for WIA starting today.

Teams: Guyana Harpy Eagles- Matthew Nandu, Raymond Perez, Tevin Imlach (captain & wicketkeeper), Kevlon Anderson, Kemol Savory (vice-captain), Ronaldo Alimohamed, Kevin Sinclair, Gudakesh Motie, Veerasammy Permaul, Thaddeus Lovell, Nial Smith, Richie Looknauth, Junior Sinclair

West Indies Academy-Teddy Bishop (captain), Mavendra Dindyal, Ackeem Auguste, Justin Jagessar, Rivaldo Clarke, Carlton Bowen-Tuckett (wicket-keeper), Joshua Bishop, Johann Layne, McKenny Clarke, Jediah Blades, Zishan Motara, Michael Palmer, Nathan Edward.

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