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Jan 11, 2014 Sports
By Sean Devers
Newly appointed National Captain Christopher Barnwell led from the front to lead the National side to a 26-run win over the Rest Team in their truncated 50-over practice match which ended in near darkness at the Everest ground yesterday.
The 27-year-old Barnwell slammed 10 fours and two sixes in a belligerent 80-ball 84 to lift his team to 251-9 off their allotted 50 overs on a slow track and fast outfield.
The Rest Team, led by a solid 87-run opening partnership between Test players Sewnarine Chattergoon (44) and Assad Fudadin (34) were in the hunt on 194-7 in 46 overs when bad light stopped play.
Fudadin and fast bowler Ronsford Beaton are both members of the National team which will travel to Trinidad for this year’s Regional Super50 tournament from January 30, but played for the Rest Combination yesterday in steaming hot conditions.
Their team were 26 behind the target when play was halted after the Nationals were 220-6 at the same stage of their innings giving them victory in front of a fair sized crowd. Narsingh Deonarine, the other member of Guyana’s 14-man touring party, was unavailable yesterday due West Indies t20 duties in New Zealand.
Robin Bacchus (16) the only new cap in the Guyana 50-over team, was the first wicket to fall before Barnwell, one of eight players with West Indies senior team experience in the side, joined former West Indies Skipper Ramnaresh Sarwan after Leon Johnson fell for eight at 60-3.
Barnwell and Sarwan, who seems to be returning to form, added 74 for the fourth wicket before Sarwan was dismissed for 35, decorated with three boundaries.
National Vice-Captain Shiv Chanderpaul, who said on Wednesday that he was still available all
formats of the game, hit two fours in a typically composed 32 as former West Indies under-19 leg-spinner Amir Khan took 2-42 and promising off-spinning all-rounder Shaquille Williams finished with 2-31.
Williams final over, the penultimate one of the innings, went for 14 as Test spinner Veerasammy Permaul (19*) dumped him for a six and a four to exemplify Guyana’s deep batting strength.
When the Rest Team batted they were given a solid foundation by the 32-year-old Chattergoon who has played four Tests and the 28-year-old Fudadin who has a fifty in his three Tests.
Fudadin in particular played some delightful off drives and his innings included three fours while fellow left-hander Chattergoon, who favoured the cut, reached the boundary twice.
Jonathon Foo smashed three fours, including the shot of the day, a scorching straight drive which passed Paul Wintz’s ankles like a scud missile, in his cameo 34 before he was comprehensively bowled.
Left-handed Berbice all-rounder Rajiv Ivan was well set on 37 when the contest was called off. Test leg-spinner Devendra continued his impressive Inter-County tournament form to bag 3-37 from 10 tidy over yesterday.
The next practice game is tentatively fixed for Monday at the former Test venue, Bourda and according to the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) a counseling session on drugs use and the anti-doping policy will be conducted for the team shortly.
“In light of the recent positive test for performance enhancing drugs on Power Lifter Gumendra Shewdas, we (GCB) in collaboration with the WICB is leaving no stones unturned in getting our cricketers updated on what are the banned substances in cricket,” a senior GCB executive explained.
Trinidadian Ayana Cooper and another representative of the WICB are expected in Guyana on January 22 to conduct the anti-doping counseling sessions at the Guyana National Stadium.
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