Shimron Hetmyer’ chanceless century complemented by Royston Crandon’ 97 piloted the Vishaul Singh’s XI to a daunting first day total of 311-6 against the Leon Johnson XI in the final Cricket Guyana Inc. (CGI) organized 4-day practice match played at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.
The West Indies Under-19 opener struck 11 fours and a six in his even 100 an innings which oozed maturity, confidence and aggression as he added 119 for the fourth wicket with Crandon who narrowly missed a century by three runs after accumulating 12 fours and one six in his brisk knock. At stumps, Singh’s XI looked ominous heading into the second day with left-hander Chandarpaul Hemraj (39*) and Ricardo Adams (0*) set to resume their innings.
Out-of-favor West Indies left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul picked up his second consecutive 5-wicket haul after ripping through
