Tevin Imlach and Chandrapaul Hemraj chalked up half-centuries on the second day of the second Guyana Harpy Eagles warm up match at the National Stadium, Providence yesterday.
Responding to Imlach’s XI of 226 in the first innings, Gudakesh Motie’s XI duly converted their overnight score of 46 for two to 216 all out in 54.5 overs. Imlach’s XI extended their lead, closing the day on 167 for four after 45 overs.
In their second innings, Imlach’s XI was propelled by skipper Imlach himself who made 65 from 73 balls. His innings featured 10 boundaries and, after the fall of Matthew Nandu’s wicket (the batsman failing to score), he shared in a 116-run stand for the second wicket with Hemraj.
Hemraj struck 14 boundaries during his two-hour long innings and raced to 60 from 80 balls before falling to West Indies Test bowler, Gudakesh Motie.
Motie also removed Leon Johnson for a 48-ball 11 to end with 2-33. Kevlon Anderson is currently at the crease on 18 from 69 balls.
Earlier, Tagenarine Chanderpaul converted his overnight score of 12 to 36 from 59 balls. His innings was laced with five boundaries before Demetri Cameron trapped him leg before wicket.
Chanderpaul added 60 for the third wicket with Mavindra Dindyal who top scored with 43 after resuming on six. Dindyal’s 65-ball innings featured eight boundaries.
Anthony Bramble had the next best score of 37 from 50 balls before being one of Permaul’s victims.
Sachin Singh and Rampertab Ramnauth had cameos of 25 and 24 respectively while Ronaldo Alimohamed made 18.
Permaul continued to show why he is regarded as one of the best left-arm spinners in the region, bagging five wickets for eight runs from 7.3 overs. Cameron took 2-32 and Shamar Joseph took 2-49.
The match continues today at 09.30 hours.
