WICB/PCL REGIONAL 4-DAY Another 10 wicket haul for Permaul as Jaguars claim 7th victory- Singh and Johnson hit half- centuries
Left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul has been added to the Test squad.
Left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul has been added to the Test squad.

LEADING wicket- taker in this year’s West Indies Cricket Board/Professional Cricket League Regional four day tournament Veerasammy Permaul, yesterday claimed another five wicket haul and was backed by leg -spinner Devendra Bishoo, as host Guyana Jaguars claimed their seventh victory in eight matches yesterday.Jamaica resumed the day on 22 for 1 for a lead of 44 but added 116 to that total, despite 47 from Jermaine Blackwood and 28 from John Campbell, as Permaul ended with 5 for 33 (10 for 110) and Bishoo 4 for 22 (8 for 84), leaving the Guyana Jaguars to score 161 for their seventh win.

Skipper Leon Johnson (58) and his deputy Vishaul Singh (57) both struck half centuries as the Jaguars reached 163 for five to win by five wickets, despite Jason Dawes’ three for 24.

Campbell and Blackwood started the day on 10 and 8 respectively and posted 77 for the second wicket, before Campbell was well caught by Ronsford Beaton at deep midwicket off Permaul, with the lead being 100 for the Jamaicans.

Blackwood followed shortly after at 89 for 2, when he was smartly stumped by Anthony Bramble off Permaul for an aggressive 47 (57balls, 5×4, 1×6), before the left arm spinner from Albion removed both Tamar Lambert (18) and Brandon King (00) in the 26th over to leave Jamaica on 98 for 5.

Leg- spinner Devendra Bishoo accounted for Chadwick Walton (08) who was caught at the wicket by an alert Bramble, his third dismissal in the innings at 118 for 6, before Permaul claimed his fifth victim and 56th of the season, when Damian Jacobs (00) edged one to Johnson at slip, at 119 for 7.

Johnson’s catching ability came to the fore on the stroke of lunch, when he held one low to his right to account for David Bernard (18), as the Jamaicans went to lunch at 123 for 8, for an overall lead of 145 with Odean Browne and Marquino Mindley in the hut.

The Jaguars used 4.1 overs to mop up the Jamaicans tail after lunch, as Bishoo removed Dawes (07) and Mindley (04) to end with 4 for 22 (8 for 84) to support Permaul who finished with 5 for 33 (10 for 110), while their team needed 161 to record a come from behind victory, as the Jamaicans lost their last nine wickets for 61 runs, thanks to Permaul and Bishoo.

The Jaguars lost Assad Fudadin (02) who played one onto his stumps from Dawes (3 for 24) at 14 for 1 and four overs saw the demise of Chandrika (15) lbw to Dawes at 31 for 2, while Shivnarine Chanderpaul was given a life by Jacobs off his own bowling at 37 for 2.

The life was short-lived as the 40 year old dependable batsman was caught by Campbell at slip two balls later at 42 for 4 which was increased to 56 for 3 at tea, which was taken with Johnson on 25 and Singh 8.

After tea, Johnson posted his half century from 70 balls, 118 minutes of batting with five fours, whilst the Jaguars moved to 106 for 118minutes, but having picked up an injury shortly after, saw his mobility being limited before he holed out to Mindley at deep midwicket off Browne for 58 at 131 for 4.

Singh got to his 50 from 133balls with five fours, five minutes before the scheduled close of play, following which he opened his shoulders and hit Browne to the vacant long on boundary for his sixth four to push the score to 148 for 4.

Dawes struck late, when he removed Singh who was caught at the wicket by Walton for 57 (158mins, 147b, 6×4) at 157 for 5, but the victory was achieved at 17:23hrs, when Christopher Barnwell hit Browne over long on for 6 to finish unbeaten on 21, while the Jaguars reached 163 for 5.

JAMAICA 1st Innings 258

Guyana 1st innings 236
Jamaica 2nd Innings
(overnight 22 for one)
S Thomas lbw b Barnwell 0
J Campbell c Beaton b Permaul 28
J Blackwood st Bramble b Permaul 47
*+T Lambert lbw b Permaul 18
C Walton c wkp Bramble b Bishoo 8
B King c wkp Bramble b Permaul 0
D Bernard Jr c Johnson b Bishoo 18
D Jacobs c Johnson b Permaul 0
J Dawes c (sub) T Griffith b Bishoo 7
O Brown not out 4
M Mindley c wkp Bramble b Bishoo 4
Extras (lb4) 4
TOTAL (all out, 40.5 overs) 138
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-78, 3-89, 4-98, 5-98, 6-118, 7-119, 8-123, 9-132, 10-138.
Bowling: Beaton 8-1-36-0, Barnwell 5-1-25-1, Permaul 17-4-33-5, Bishoo 6.5-0-22-4, Deonarine 4-0-18-0.
GUYANA 2nd Innings (target: 161 runs)
R Chandrika lbw b Dawes 15
A Fudadin b Dawes 2
*L Johnson c Mindley b Brown 58
S Chanderpaul c Campbell b Jacobs 4
V Singh c wkp Walton b Dawes 57
C Barnwell not out 21
+A Bramble not out 0
Extras (lb6) 6
TOTAL (5 wkts, 55.4 overs) 163
Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-31, 3-42, 4-131, 5-157.
Bowling: Bernard 6-0-19-0, Dawes 10-2-24-3, Jacobs 12-2-38-1, Brown 19.4-2-54-1, Lambert 1-0-6-0, Mindley 2-0-8-0, Campbell 5-1-8-0.
Man-of-the-Match: Veerasammy Permaul.

(By Calvin Roberts)

 

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