Hemraj and Dhanpaul shine as Barnwell XI triumph

IMPRESSIVE performances with the bat and ball from Chandrapaul Hemraj and Yatesh Dhanpaul respectively enabled Christopher Barnwell’s XI to defeat Leon Johnson’s XI by a mammoth 129 runs, when the two sides met in the first trial match organised by the Demerara Cricket Board, at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday.

Batting first in the encounter which was reduced from 50 overs to 40 due to overnight and early morning rain, Barnwell XI on the back of 55 from Hemraj (52 balls, 3×4, 3×6), 40 from Shemroy Barrington, a boundary-studded 26 from Robin Bacchus and 24 from Jeetendra Sookdeo were bowled out for 212 off 36.4 overs.
Paul Wintz (4 for 34), Raj Nannan (2 for 31) and Seon Daniels (2 for 32) were the chief wicket-takers for Johnson’s XI< who in reply found it difficult to handle Dhanpaul who took 5 for 13 and were bowled out for 83 off 22.3 overs.
Only Kamesh Yadram (21) and Daniel Seegobin 17 (2×4) offered resistance to Barnwell’s XI bowling attack before they were both dismissed by Dhanpaul, who assisted Bacchus (3 for 14), while Antonell Atwell (2 for 14) mopped up the tail to hand his side the win.
Earlier in the day, Barnwell’s XI lost Trevon Griffith 17 (2×6, 1×4) and Bacchus whose innings was decorated with six fours, to be 63 for 2 before the 20-year-old Hemraj and Barrington added 51 for the third wicket, following which Hemraj and Sookdeo posted 49 for the fourth wicket.
Both Hemraj and Sookdeo struck Nannan back over his head for six before the left-arm orthodox spinner removed both batsmen, but not before Hemraj had also scored a mammoth six over long off, off the bowling of Zaheer Mohammed.
The return of Wintz and Daniels saw a decline in Barnwell’s XI innings as they lost wickets regularly, with Barnwell hitting a similar number of boundaries like Griffith, to post a similar individual score while Steven Jacobs made 10.
When Johnson’s XI batted, Bacchus removed Andrew Lyght Jr. (5), Rajendra Chandrika 13 (2×4) and Christopher Pattadin (6) then watched as Randolph Knights kept things further under wraps, with the wicket of Vishaul Singh (1), to leave the opposition on 29 for 4.
Yadram and Seegobin, who were both given chances off Barnwell and Dhanpaul, added 36 for the fifth wicket, but when Dhanpaul removed Yadram, the middle order including Johnson (1) had no response, as he left them shakily placed on 83 for 9.
They failed to progress from that score, as Atwell mopped up the tail by claiming the wickets of Shaquille Williams (1) and Nannan (0) in the space of three balls, to complement the work of Dhanpaul and Bacchus.
The second and final limited overs trial match will be played at the same venue from 09:30hrs today, following which the team to contest this year’s Guyana Cricket Board senior Inter-county limited overs tournament will be announced, while the three-day trial bowls off on Friday at Camp Road.

(By Calvin Roberts)

 

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