By Statistician Charwayne Walker
Anthony Bramble came of age during the just concluded seventh round encounter in the 2017/2018 Regional 4-Day between Guyana Jaguars and the Leeward Islands Hurricanes at the National Stadium, Providence.
Bramble’s magnificent match deciding innings of 196 not out, the highest score ever by a Guyanese wicket keeper in a Regional First Class tournament, was followed up by five dismissals in the Hurricanes’ second innings of 268.
In the completing the latter feat, Bramble joined the elite club of regional wicket keepers who have scored a century and made five dismissals in one inning of the same match. The membership of this small group includes; Cammie Smith, Barbados vs Jamaica, August 1958, at Sabina Park, Jamaica – 116 & 5 catches, first innings; Jeffrey Dujon, Jamaica vs Windward Islands, February, 1983, at Sabina Park, Jamaica -102 & 5 catches, first innings, and Thelston Payne, Barbados vs Windward Islands, 127 & 5 catches, first innings.
