Deonarine, Barnwell lead Guyana fightback

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Half-centuries from Narsingh Deonarine, Christopher Barnwell and Assad Fudadin for Guyana in the Regional 4-Day Tournament yesterday left Windward Islands to chase 181 for victory on the final day.

Narsingh Deonarine

Deonarine led the way with 84, Barnwell supported with 75 and Fudadin made 51, as Guyana, trailing by 114 on first innings, were dismissed for 294 in their second innings about 25 minutes before the rescheduled close on the third day of their second round match at Windsor Park.

Windwards reached 12 without loss from four overs before the close with openers Devon Smith and Lindon James, both not out on six.

The home team, starting the day on 186 for eight, were dismissed in the first hour for 252 in their first innings thanks to a rapid 51 from tail-ender Delorn Johnson.

He added 63 for the ninth wicket with Nelon Pascal and shared 31 for the last wicket with Liam Sebastien, when the left-hander resumed his innings, after retiring hurt the previous evening.

Left-hander Veerasammy Permaul, the Guyana captain, was the visitors’ most successful bowler with six wickets for 91 runs from 20 overs.

The Guyanese stumbled to 42 for two at lunch, after Windwards and West Indies captain Darren Sammy trapped Leon Johnson lbw for six and Rajendra Chandrika was run out for 16.

Christopher Barnwell

After the interval, Deonarine, dropped twice in his innings, and Fudadin indulged themselves in the afternoon session which was extended by half-hour to compensate for time lost due to bad weather.

The pair added a record 129 for the Guyanese against the Windwards for the third wicket.

Deonarine reached his 50 from 67 balls and ensuring the home team had to bat again, when he pulled Garey Mathurin over long-on for six, and Fudadin too, was dropped twice before he reached his 50 from 121 balls.

Mathurin removed Deonarine and Fudadin, while Sebastien had Sewnarine Chattergoon caught behind for a duck, as three wickets fell without addition and Guyana subsided to 162 for five at tea.

Deonarine struck 10 fours and two sixes from 116 balls in 2 ¾ hours and Fudadin collected four fours and one six from 124 balls in 2 ¼ hours.

Scoreboard

GUYANA 1st Innings                                                       138
WINDWARDS 1st Innings
(overnight 186 for eight)
D.S. Smith c wkpr Christian b Beaton                                    1
J. Charles c Chandrika b *Permaul                                       17
A. Fletcher c Deonarine b *Permaul                                     36
K. Lesporis b *Permaul                                                       23
*D. Sammy c wkpr Christian b Bishoo                                  2
L. Sebastien not out                                                            18
+L. James c Barnwell b *Permaul                                        12
G. Mathurin c Chandrika b *Permaul                                   27
S. Shillingford lbw b Crandon                                             15
N. Pascal st Christian b *Permaul                                        36
D. Johnson b Barnwell                                                        51
Extras (b6, lb2, w4, nb2)                                                    14
TOTAL (all out, 57.3 overs) 252
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-58, 3-68, 4-76, 5-87, 6-103, 7-153, 8-158, 9-221
Bowling: Beaton 9-2-18-1, Barnwell 3.3-0-19-1, Permaul 20-1-91-6, Fudadin 1-0-12-0, Bishoo 16-1-85-1, Crandon 8-3-19-1
GUYANA 2nd Innings
R. Chandrika run out                                                           16
L. Johnson lbw b *Sammy                                                    6
N. Deonarine c Shillingford b Mathurin                               84
A. Fudadin lbw b Mathurin                                                 51
S. Chattergoon c wkpr James b Sebastien                              0
C. Barnwell c wkpr James b Sebastien                                 75
R. Crandon lbw b Shillingford                                             19
+D. Christian lbw b Sebastien                                              21
*V. Permaul lbw b Mathurin                                                  5
D. Bishoo not out                                                                 7
R. Beaton c and b Sebastien                                                  2
Extras (b4, lb2, w2)                                                              8
TOTAL (all out, 79 overs)                                                  294
Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-31, 3-160, 4-160, 5-160, 6-208, 7-280, 8-281, 9-291
Bowling: Pascal 11-1-39-0, Johnson 9-1-30-0, *Sammy 11-5-38-1, Shillingford 16-2-62-1, Mathurin 18-2-64-3, Sebastien 14-0-55-4
WINDWARD ISLANDS 2nd Innings (target: 181)
D.S. Smith not out 6
+L. James not out 6
TOTAL (without loss, 4 overs) 12
Bowling: Beaton 1-0-2-1, *Permaul 1-1-0-0, Bishoo 1-0-6-0, Crandon 1-0-4-0
Position: Windwards need 169 more to win with all second innings wickets standing.
Umpires: L. Abraham, P. Nero
Matchreferee: P. Felix
Reserve umpire: E. Degalerie