‘Tage’ Chanderpaul misses double century

Former West Indies U19 opening batsman Tagenarine Chanderpaul narrowly missed out on a double century as West Demerara took control of their fifth round match of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Franchise League tournament at the Lusignan Community Centre Ground yesterday.

Chanderpaul slammed 187 as West Demerara, resuming on 164-2 in reply to Georgetown’s 170 all out, were dismissed for 357.

He was supported by Akshaya Persaud who made 72.Gajanand Singh 3-89, Kellon Carmichael 2-35 and Andre Stoll, 2-50 were the main wicket takers while there was a wicket each for Christopher Barnwell and Ronaldo Alimohamed.