NARSINGH DEONARINE reached his 11th first class ton, Shivnarine Chanderpaul got another half century and Kenroy Peters claimed his sixth fifth wicket haul on a sunny second day in their second round West Indies Cricket Board/Professional Cricket League Regional four day encounter at the Guyana National Stadium, yesterday.

Replying to Guyana’s first innings score of 291 all out, of which Deonarine made 139 and Chanderpaul 62, with Peters picking up 5 for 36, the Volcanoes, after a rapturous start from Devon Smith, reached 63 for 2 at the close of play.
Resuming on their overnight score of 168 for 3, with Deonarine on 79 and the dependable Chanderpaul 29, Guyana Jaguars saw the left handed duo take the score to 243 for 3 after the first session, during which time Deonarine posted his 11th first class ton from 201 balls, with 13 fours while batting for 257 minutes.
During the session which started 30 minutes earlier to make up for lost time, the 31 year old Deonarine cut Nelon Pascal through point for the first boundary of the day in the third over, followed by two more fours off Kenroy Peters, posting his ton with the second, following up on his unbeaten first round century against Leeward Islands.

At the other end of the pitch, a subtle looking Chanderpaul played within his limits, easing the faster bowlers through the gaps for ones and twos, moving within two runs of his 127th first class half century before lunch, reaching there after the break from 185 balls and 259 minutes, hitting two fours before Deonarine was lbw to a Pascal delivery that came back at 263 for 4.
Deonarine faced 293 balls for his 139 while batting for 369minutes, during which time he would have struck 15 fours, adding 153 for the fourth wicket with Chanderpaul who was later lbw to Kenroy Peters for 62 (220b, 3×4) at 270 for 5.
A double strike by Matthews accounted for Reifer (02) and Anthony Bramble who went for a first ball duck, leaving Guyana on 276 for 7, as Veerasammy Permaul strolled to the wicket and avoided the hat-trick with ease.
But just as they did in the first round against the Leeward Islands, the Jaguars folded meekly after the luncheon break, losing their last seven wickets for a mere 48 runs, as Peters ended with 5 for 36, Matthews 3 for 29 and Pascal 2 for 53 for the Volcanoes, while Barnwell was unbeaten on 18.
Asked to bat the final session on the second day, the visitors saw Smith hitting Ronsford Beaton for three fours in the first over, followed by two more in Reifer’s third over as they raced to 33 for 1 before Deonarine trapped Smith lbw for 29 (26balls, 6×4).
Theophile was next to go, bowled by Permaul for 21 at 60 for 2 in the 24th over, as the Jaguars fought back to keep the Volcanoes in check from erupting after Smith’s raucous start, reducing them to 63 for 2 at the close, with Andre Fletcher and Peters as their not out batsmen on 9 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard
Guyana Jaguars 1st innings (O/night 168 for 3)
R. Chandrika b Pascal 05
A. Fudadin lbw b Matthews 34
L. Johnson c (sub) b Peters 19
N. Deonarine lbw b Pascal 139
S. Chanderpaul lbw b Peters 62
R. Reifer c&b Matthews 02
C. Barnwell not out 18
A . Bramble lbw b Matthews 00
V. Permaul c wkpr James b Peters 01
D. Bishoo c Theophile b Peters 00
R. Beaton lbw b Peters 01
Extras (nb-8, b-2) 10
Total (all out off 129.1 overs) 291
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Chandrika, 1.4), 2-39 (Johnson, 14.2), 3-110 (Fudadin, 40.5), 4-263 (Deonarine, 108.0), 5-270 (S. Chanderpaul 113.3), 6-276 (Reifer, 116.2), 7-276 (Bramble, 116.3), 8-277 (Permaul, 119.5), 9-277 (Bishoo, 120.0), 10-291 (Beaton, 129.1)
Bowling: Matthews 22-8-29-3, Pascal 17-4-53-2 (nb-5), Peters 21.1-10-36-5 (nb-1), Bobb 30-2-74-0, Sebastien 32-6-75-0 (nb-2), Fletcher 1-0-6-0, Theophile 6-2-16-0

Windward Islands Volcanoes 1st Innings
D. Smith lbw b Deonarine 29
T. Theophile b Permaul 21
A. Fletcher not out 09
K. Peters not out 02
Extras (nb-2) 02
Total (for 2 wickets off 32 overs) 63
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Smith, 7.4), 2-60 (Theophile, 24.0),
To Bat: S. Ambris, R. Currency, L. Sebastien, L . James, A. Bobb, M. Matthews, N. Pascal
Bowling: Beaton 3-1-16-0, Reifer 3-1-12-0, Deonarine 8-4-12-1, Permaul 8-6-4-1, Bishoo 10-4-19-0(nb-2)

(By Calvin Roberts )