Red Force crumbles to Jaguars spin

Red Force crumbles to Jaguars spin

Published: Guardian
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
GEORGETOWN—Guyana Jaguars spinners, led by Veerasammy Permaul, put the T&T Red Force in a spin, on the final day of their sixth round match in the Regional First Class championship at the National Stadium here yesterday. Permaul took 4-45, as the Jaguars romped to victory  by 105 runs, after setting the Red Force 303 runs for victory.

Declaring at their overnight score of 244-4, the Jaguars were never threatened in the face of another sub standard batting performance from the Red Force. The chase never got off the ground despite a half century from Guyanese Narsingh Deonarine (57).

Both openers Kyle Hope ( and Imran Khan (10) were back in the pavillion with only 21 runs on the board, with Hope being bowled by Raymon Reifer and Khan following in similar fashion to Keon Joseph.

Thereafter, the Guyanese trio of spinners led by Permaul, went to work with the left arm spinner removing both Yannic Cariah (9) and skipper Jason Mohammed (2) to leave T&T tottering at 41-4.

Leg spiner Devendra Bishoo (2-56) soon got  into the act, removing Yannick Ottley (10) before off spinner Gudakesh Motie accounted for both Evin Lewis (16) and Steven Katwaroo (19).

Deonarine, who faced 141 balls and struck five fours in his battling innings was Permaul’s third victim as T&T plunged to 147 for 8. T&T’s best partnership of 40 was shared between Rayard Emrit (48) and Marlon Richards (11) for the ninth wicket. Emrit struck nine fours in his 51-ball innings before being caught on the boundary off Bishoo, and  Permaul fittingly wrapped up the innings by removing Richards.

The Jaguars earned 16 points for the result while T&T collected three bonus points.

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SCOREBOARD

Guyana Jaguars vs T&T Red Force 
JAGUARS 1st Inns 237
RED FORCE 1st Inns 179
JAGUARS 2nd Inns 244-4 decl
RED FORCE 2nd Inns (target: 303 runs)

K Hope b Reifer    8
Imran Khan b Joseph    10
Y Cariah c Chanderpaul b Permaul    9
N Deonarine c(sub) Bacchus b Permaul    57
J Mohammed c wkp Bramble b Permaul    2
Y Ottley c Motie b Bishoo    10
E Lewis c Chanderpaul b Motie    16
S Katwaroo c and b Motie    19
R Emrit c Joseph b Bishoo    48
M Richards lbw b Permaul    11
J Jagessar not out    0
Extras (b1, nb6)    7
TOTAL (all out, 69 overs)    197
Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-21, 3-37, 4-41, 5-75, 6-101, 7-127, 8-147, 9-187, 10-197.
Bowling: Joseph 11-4-19-1 (nb3), Reifer 10-2-31-1, Bishoo 15-1-56-2 (nb3), Permaul 19-5-45-4, Motie 14-2-45-2. Result: Jaguars won by 105 runs. Man-of-the-Match: Vishaul Singh.

It seems spin has become the bane of modern-day West Indies batsmen. I was watching a match and the where the Jamaican Scorpions were batting and I so disappointed to see the many of the batsmen standing up like statutes against the spin and being bowled all over the place. They were obviously clueless in how to effectively negotiate the spin. This is not to single out the Scorpions, however, because this situation exists right across the West Indies.

Yep and the 22 yards are not prepared : to assist the Seam bowlers !