Guyana take first innings points against CCC

WICB President’s Cup …
… lead by 92 runs with 9 wickets in hand
(In Barbados, compliments of Cellink, Wartsila Power Company, Lifetime Real Estate, Medicine Chest, Bryden and Fernandes and Carib Beer)

GUYANA were large and in charge at the end of the second day of their fourth round West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President’s Cup match against Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) at the 3Ws Oval, Cave Hill Barbados yesterday.
Scores in the match so far; Guyana 271 and 60-1, CCC 239
Resuming the second day at their overnight score of 24-3 in reply to Guyana’s 271 with former Barbados youth skipper Kyle Corbin and Kjorn Ottley on 12 and 5 respectively, CCC were bowled out for 239, falling short by 32 runs, despite a fighting 74 from Corbin and 57 from their skipper Floyd Reifer.

At the close of play, the visitors who were 60-1 in their second innings, increased their lead to 92 with nine wickets in hand, with skipper Sewnarine Chattergoon (28) and Christopher Barnwell (23) being the not-out batsmen.

Earlier, Reifer had joined Corbin after Ottley was caught by Vishal Singh off Veerasammy Permaul (3-75) and he signalled his intentions to fight fire with fire, when he cut a short delivery from Brandon Bess (3-38) past a diving Devendra Bishoo at point for four, which raised his team’s 50 in the 21st over of their innings.

Corbin also got into the boundary-scoring act, when he turned Permaul off his legs to fine leg for four which was followed by a pull to long leg off a short delivery from Bess after the water break, which pushed CCC, who started the day 247 runs behind Guyana’s total, to 74-4.

Crandon replaced Bess at the Northern End and was met with a straight drive from Corbin off his fifth delivery which pushed the batsman to 46 and CCC to 93-4, extending his partnership with Reifer who was on 27 to 65.

Corbin duly got to his half-century from 102 balls, decorated with six fours while batting for 159 minutes then watched from the other end as his skipper and senior partner first on-drove Bishoo for four, followed by two more from Esaun Crandon, with the first one racing away to the extra cover boundary in front of the Guyanese dressing room.

At lunch, CCC were 121-4, with Reifer who brought up his half-century from 83 balls with nine fours, on 51, and Corbin 50, as they enjoyed a 93-run fifth-wicket partnership that took their team to within 150 runs of Guyana’s total.

Both Reifer and Corbin struck Esaun Crandon for fours after lunch, but the Guyanese all-rounder rebounded with the wicket of Reifer, who was adjudged lbw, after he had punched the bowler’s previous delivery to long on for another four.

Reifer had batted for 133 minutes and struck 10 fours in his 57 made off 99 deliveries, but most importantly for his team, he added 107 for the fifth wicket with Corbin, who was also lbw to Bishoo for a resilient 74, made off 154 balls containing nine fours from 233 minutes of batting, leaving CCC on 161-6.

Chadwick Walton had replaced Reifer, but never suggested permanence against the all-spin attack of Bishoo and Permaul, and despite hitting both bowlers for four but in his attempt to hit Permaul somewhere to Lodge Hill, he picked out Bess at wide long on after accumulating 25 runs from 31 deliveries with four fours during his 51 minutes stay at the wicket.

The Guyanese were in the driving seat at this stage, having bounced back with three quick wickets within the first hour of play after lunch, for 58 runs, as they pressed home the advantage given to them by their bowlers late on the first day.

Kavesh Kantasingh (34) fought back for his team with boundaries off Bishoo that pushed CCC to 196-7 and the 200 was posted shortly after, following a Kevin McLean boundary off Permaul who toiled away unchanged from the Southern End of the ground.

Kantasingh and McLean progressed nicely with some positive running between the wickets which complemented the odd boundaries they picked up when the bowlers were either too short or full and at tea, CCC were 212-7 with Kantasingh on 19 and McLean 14.

Barnwell replaced Permaul and was steered to third man by Kantasingh, who placed the following delivery to cover point, but having made the first run comfortably, failed to beat Royston Crandon’s return to Derwin Christian.

It broke a 51-run eighth-wicket partnership with McLean who was on 16 when Jason Bennett (9) who was lbw to Bess in the next over, joined him with CCC on 230-8, still needing 41 runs for first innings points, but could only watch from the other end, as Bess knocked back the middle stump of Khismar Catlin (0), handing Guyana a 32-run first innings lead.

Guyana got a rampaging start from Chattergoon who struck both McLean and Catlin for boundaries while adding 35 with Rajendra Chandrika (6), before the latter was lbw to Ryan Austin in the 10th over. His demise brought in Barnwell who responded with two fours off Catlin.

Barnwell followed up with a deft flick off his legs for four, when Austin pushed one down the leg side to him, realising his team’s 50 in the 15th over of their innings, while increasing their lead to 83, which was pushed to 92 at the close of play on the second day.

Gibson leaves England to become Windies head coach
OTTIS Gibson has left his position as England’s bowling coach to become the head coach of West Indies, according to the UK’s Daily Telegraph.

There were suggestions last week from Radio Jamaica indicating Gibson’s departure but they were flatly denied by the ECB who said they had no knowledge of any deal being struck.

England are due to tour Dubai and Bangladesh next month and will, now almost certainly, a
ccording to the report be travelling without Gibson.

Gibson, 40, played two Tests and 15 one-day internationals for the West Indies and applied for the coach’s job in 2007. He instead, however, got an offer from England to take over from Allan Donald first as a temporary and then full-time bowling coach.

He has fitted well into the disciplined regime of Andy Flower and Andrew Strauss as he tried to nurture an inexperienced attack into a potent force. The tour of South Africa showed some of his work had paid off, as England conceded just four runs to no-balls through the four-match series.

It continues a tumultuous week after South African coach Mickey Arthur resigned on January 26 and the South African board fired their panel of selectors the day after. Though a blow for England, as there appears no obvious replacement, Gibson’s departure is a boon for West Indies.

They sacked John Dyson as their coach last August and have recently shown signs of resurgence, performing admirably in Australia. Gibson’s arrival would be a welcome step for a developing side with talented young fast bowlers such as Kemar Roach. (Cricinfo)

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