Trail Windward Islands by 120 runs
AFTER bowling out the Windward Islands for 307, hosts Guyana put on another pathetic batting display despite 82 from Assad Fudadin and were in danger of surrendering first-innings points to the visitors at the end of the second day of their third round West Indies Cricket Board Regional four-day competition at the Guyana National Stadium yesterday.Fudadin 82 (184 balls, 225 mins, 9×4; 1×6), added 80 with Shivnarine Chanderpaul (26) for the fifth wicket, that rescued Guyana from 37 for 4 and took them to 117 for 5, before he was brilliantly caught by Devon Smith.
At the close of play, Anthony Bramble 29 (54 balls, 70 mins 1×4; 1×6) and Devendra Bishoo 22 (4×4 62 mins, 55 balls) have so far posted 51 for the eighth wicket for the Guyanese, who lost both of their first round matches to Jamaica and Barbados, and were 187 for 7, against Liam Sebastien’s 2 for 68.
Earlier in the day, the visitors who defeated Barbados inside three days in the first round before going under to Trinidad and Tobago in the second were dismissed within the first hour’s play, after resuming their innings on 289 for 6.
They used 9.2 overs to score an additional 18 runs, losing their final four wickets cheaply as Christopher Barnwell (4 for 54) and Narsingh Deonarine with 2 for 54 closed things off for Guyana, following up on Veerasammy Permaul’s first day 3 for 69.
Sebastien was the first to go, lbw to Deonarine without any addition to his 60 (142 balls, 243 mins 8×4). Barnwell removed Kenroy Peters (5) after troubling the batsman with his swing and pace.
In the next over, Deonarine trapped Johnson lbw for 4, after the batsman struck Barnwell for four to post the 300 for his team from 99 overs, while Barnwell wrapped up the innings in the following over, when he trapped Pascal lbw without scoring.
Asked to bat 15 overs before the lunch interval, Guyana lost both Tagenarine Chanderpaul (0) and Sewnarine Chattergoon (1) within the first four overs, before taking the break at 26 for 2, with Vishal Singh 11 that included two fours off Johnson and Assad Fudadin 14.
Singh (14) and Deonarine were both dismissed within the first 30 minutes after lunch, with Singh being adjudged lbw to Peters while Deonarine was run-out for his third successive duck and fourth in five innings this season by Bobb, when he looked to steal a single to mid-off.
Skipper Shivnarine Chanderpaul joined Fudadin who struck Peters for two fours in Guyana’s 27th over, one in which they reached their 50, while Chanderpaul, who played over 150 Test matches for the West Indies, struck Sebastien his opposite number for six back over his head, followed by a four through backward point.
Fudadin continued the resilience on behalf of his team, posting his 16th first class half-century in style, when he struck Sebastien back over his head for six, having faced 104 balls while batting for 134 minutes and hitting seven fours in the process, as Guyana inched along to 81 for 4.
Guyana got to 100 from 43 overs, with Fudadin on 64 and the elder Chanderpaul, who has over 23 000 first class runs, on 21 and at tea they progressed to 108 for 4 off 46 overs, with Fudadin on 70 and Shivnarine Chanderpaul 23.
After the break, Fudadin continued with his positive attitude, driving Pascal past extra cover for four but lost his skipper, who edged one through to James off Sebastien when on 26 (74 balls, 1×4; 1×6), bringing an end to their 80-run fifth-wicket partnership.
Barnwell replaced Chanderpaul and opened his account with a six over long on off Sebastien, followed by a four through extra cover off Johnson, before Fudadin was brilliantly caught by Devon Smith off Sebastien, while Barnwell 13, (1×6, 1×4) offered James his third catch of the wicket, this time off Bobb.
When play resumes at 10:00hrs for the third day action today, Guyana will be looking to either acquire the remaining 121 runs to claim first innings points or try and reduce the visitors lead to a minimum.
