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Apr 08, 2013 Sports
WICB Regional Super50 Tourney
Guyana out of tournament
By Zaheer Mohamed
Nikita Miller smashed the final delivery of Jamaica innings bowled by Narsingh Deonarine over wide long for a maximum to hand his team a 2 wicket victory over host Guyana in the West Indies Cricket Board Regional Super 50 tournament last evening at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, thus sending the host crashing out of this year’s competition.
Jamaica needed six runs form the final over but Deonarine conceded only 3 from five deliveries but Miller silenced the small but vocal crowd with his last ball heroics.
Chasing 191, Jamaica were reduced to 67 for 5 with purposeful bowling by the Guyanese. Xavier Marshall was taken by Devendra Bishoo off Stephen Jacobs off the second delivery in the first over with the score on 1. Hyatt then drove pacer Ronsford Beaton to the cover boundary before he was put down by Deonarine at first slip off Bishoo. Hyatt and Nkrumah Bonner took Jamaica to 52 when Bishoo trapped Bonner leg before for 23 in the 21st over. Skipper Veerasammy Permaul then disturbed the stumps of Andre McCarthy (00) as Jamaica slipped to 53-3.
Pacer Ronsford Beaton, who once again impressed with his pace and bounce, then reduced the Jamaicans to 69-5 when he had Hyatt (24) and Tamar Lambert (08) caught behind in the space of two runs. Carlton Baugh (40) and Jermaine Blackwood (26) added 58 for the sixth wicket as Jamaica fought back. Paul Wintz who delivered 6 wides in his spell then uprooted the stumps of Blackwood at 125. Jamaica then lost Baugh for 42, David Barnard 09 before Miller who ended unbeaten on 22 and Andrew Richardson with 15 not out took them home.
Beaton finished with 3-47 off 10 overs, while Permaul had 2-20 from 10; Jacobs, Wintz and Bishoo claimed 1 each.
Earlier, the game was reduced to 49 overs after rain interrupted during the Guyanese innings.
Skipper Veerasammy Permaul was flawless at the toss and elected to bat first. Openers Anthony Bramble and Trevon Griffith found the going tough against Richardson and Sheldon Cotterell who maintained a consistent line and length as Guyana only managed 15 from the first seven overs.
Dave Bernard Jr was brought into the attack and continued to keep the Guyanese openers at bay before removing them both. He first bowled Griffith (08) then had Bramble (31) leg before at 49-2. However Assad Fudadin and Leon Johnson added 54 valuable runs for the third wicket with Johnson raising the 100 run-mark with a boundary off Cotterell through mid wicket before Fudadin was caught behind for 31 off Cotterell, one run later Johnson was caught off Bonner for 26 who also removed Deonarine for 09 at 114-5. The host then slipped to 118-6 when Rajiv Ivan was dismissed for (01).
Steven Jacobs and Veerasammy Permaul, who surprisingly came in ahead of Wintz, scored 24 each and put on 45 for the seventh wicket before they were both dislodged along with Devendra Bishoo (11). Paul Wintz and Ronsford Beaton were left not out on three and eight respectively as Guyana managed 190-9.
Dave Bernard Jr, who bowled with good control and variation, grabbed 4-24, while spinner Nkruma Bonner ended with three for 23; Cotterell and Nikita Miller had one wicket apiece.
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