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Sep 20, 2014 Sports
Jacobs (6-36), Hetmyer (52*) lead Development Squad fight back
By Zaheer Mohamed
A spirited performance led by skipper Anthony Adams ensured Essequibo grabbed first
innings points from the GCB Development Squad when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior four-day Inter County tournament continued yesterday at Demerara Cricket Club.
Left arm spinner Adams grabbed 7 wickets for 34 runs off 21 overs as the Development Squad were bowled out for 128 off 51 overs before lunch on the second day in reply to Essequibo’s first innings score of 232. Skipper Steven Jacobs then bagged 6-36 off 10 overs as Essequibo were bowled out for 163 to set the Development Squad 268 for victory in just over two days.
The Development Squad resumed the day on 60-1 with Shimron Hetmyer on 24 and Chanderpaul Hemraj on 15. The pair added a further 21 for the second wicket before Hemraj was bowled by Adams for 27 after adding three to his overnight score.
Hetmyer, who began the day on 15, stroked the ball well on both sides of the pitch and hit left arm spinner Hemchand Persaud for a boundary; he continued to rotate the strike nicely.
Adams, bowling with good control and variation then trapped David Latchaya (04) lbw at 91-3. After seemingly well set for a half century, Hetmyer was caught off Persaud for 42 after he had faced 83 balls, hitting one four and a six with the score on 93.
Adams continued to trouble the batsmen and stuck a double blow shortly after; he trapped Steven Jacobs (01) lbw and had Kemo Paul (01) caught, leaving the score at 94-6. However, Kemol Savory and Yatesh Dhanpaul attempted to steady the innings with a seven-wicket stand of 25. Dhanpaul smashed Adams and Persaud for maximums, but was caught off Persaud for 14 attempting to clear the boundary once again. Kellon Carmichael (00) was then caught by wicket-keeper Kevon Boodie off Adams one run later.
Savory, who deposited Persaud for a six, was caught behind off the said bowler for 12 without addition to the score before Adams wrapped up the innings with the wicket of Steven Sankar (04). Persaud finished with 3-25 of 11 overs.
Enjoying a lead of 104, Paul made early inroads into Essequibo second innings when he uprooted the stumps of Royan Fredericks (00) with the first legal delivery of the innings after his initial ball resulted in five wides. Paul, working up decent pace, then had Ricardo Peters (05) caught by wicketkeeper Kemol Savory leaving the score at 20-2. Kevon Boodie and Ricardo Adams then took the score to 68. Adams punched Kellon Carmichael to the cover boundary to get his innings underway before cutting Paul through point. Boodie glided Paul to fine leg for a couple, but the throw-in eluded Steven Sankar who was backing up and resulted in four over throws.
Jacobs then trapped Adams lbw for 25 and had Mark Gonsalves (00) caught, reducing Essequibo to 78-4. Boodie who was put down at short cover by Sankar off the lively Paul early in his innings continued to accumulate his runs and added 23 for the fifth wicket with Persaud. The right handed Boodie smashed Jacobs and Carmichael for maximums before he was taken off Jacobs for 47(3×4,3×6) after batting or 102 minutes. Off-spinner Jacobs then sent back Persaud (06) lbw at 120-6 before Parmesh Parsotam and Anthony Adams (10) stabilize the innings somewhat with a seven-wicket partnership of 35. Parsotam wasn’t afraid to play his shots; he dumped Steven Sankar for a six and took boundaries off Jacobs and Hemraj.
However after doing the hard work, Parsotam was run out attempting a sharp single for 48. His innings lasted for 78 minutes and contained five fours and one six off 59 balls. Jacobs and Paul then combined to wrap up the rest of the batting as Essequibo were bowled out after tea off 37.2 overs. Paul finished with 3-40 off eight overs.
Shimron Hetmyer and Tagenarine Chanderpaul featured in an opening stand of 84 in 23 overs to set the Development Squad well on course. Hetmyer has played well so far, picking up seven fours to remain unbeaten on 52. He was quick to punish anything wayward and used the sweep shot to good effect with boundaries off Anthony Adams and Royan Fredericks. Chanderpaul was content to play the supporting role and is not out on 27.
Play resumes at 9:30 hrs today and the Development Squad need a further 184 for victory.
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