(Barbados Nation) Barbados crashed to a record low total to hand Guyana a comprehensive innings victory on the final day of their fifth round WICB regional four-day cricket match Kensington Oval today.
Resuming their second innings on for five one and needing to bat most of the day to avoid defeat, Barbados dramatically collapsed in the pre-lunch session and were dismissed for 58 to lose by an innings and 66 runs.
It was Barbados’ lowest total at this level since regional first-class competitions were sponsored in 1966.
Their previous lowest was 79 against Trinidad and Tobago in 1993 at the same venue.
Off-spinner Narsingh Deonarine, more known for his batting, grabbed a career-best seven for 26.
Statement by Ministry of Sports
The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport joins with the Guyana Interim Management Committee (IMC) to hail and congratulate the Guyana Cricket team for today’s (Monday, March 12, 2012) emphatic victory over Barbados in their fifth round Four-Day match at the Kensington Oval in the Barbadians’ Homeland.
Any such win would normally attract congratulations, but the Minister and Ministry find this triumph especially special. And that’s because we’ve beaten the Bajans at home, especially pleasing to all Guyanese cricket-lovers, and the victory in this match is significantly symbolic as it typifies that out of adversity and uncertainty character could be emboldened and empowered to produce the attitudes and skills for triumph.
The Chanderpaul-led eleven, no doubt inspired by his presence, commitment and skills, made short shrift of the Barbadians this morning. This too was testimony to the power of team work as both the younger team members and the “veterans”- Chanderpaul, Fudadin, Deonarine- combined to secure a telling triumph, thus ensuring Guyana’s standing within the top three or four of the competition
Neither the Ministry of Sport nor the IMC will dwell on the obvious challenges the past weeks have presented this team with. With this victory let us pledge to do all that has to be legitimately done to enhance Guyana’s all round cricket- its administration, its infrastructure, its long-term future.
Congrats to the entire Guyana Cricket Team!
