Jags, Volcanoes locked in battle

Bad light stopped play yesterday at Guyana National Stadium on day two of the Professional Cricket League (PCL) Four-day match with the Windward Islands Volcanoes trailing defending champions Guyana Jaguars by 235 runs heading into the third day.

At stumps, the visitors were 127-2 from 47 overs in reply to the Jags first innings score of 362 when bad light stopped the match at 4:45pm. Windwards best batsman and last season’s highest run-getter, Devon Smith was set on 35 while Keddy Lesporis was on 26 with both players looking to press on today. Opener Tyrone Theophile cracked a classy 46 before Chris Barnwell accounted for his wicket, LBW.

Century maker Rajendra Chandrika turned his day one maiden knock of 140 into 146 batting for 425 minutes, facing 333 deliveries and carving 21 boundaries while other useful contributions from Vishaul Singh (48), Shiv Chanderpaul (34), skipper Leon Johnson (29) and Chris Barnwell (28) helped pilot the