HAVING lost three of their four matches in this year’s West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional 4Day tournament, Guyana rebounded to take first innings points and control of their sixth round contest against Combined Campuses and

Colleges (CCC) at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, yesterday.

In this composite Adrian Narine photograph, Combined Campuses and Colleges’ Akeem Dewar loses his leg stump to 20 year old Ronsford Beaton, who celebrates the scalp with Leon Johnson as Narsingh Deonarine (left) comes in to offer his congratulations

Guyana resumed on 225 for 7 and lost their final three wickets within the first four overs of the day’s play to be dismissed for 231, but thanks to the bowling of Veerasammy Permaul (4-39) and 20 year old speedster Ronsford Beaton who took a career best 4-52, dismissed CCC for 167 in reply.
Batting a second time with a first innings lead of 64 and approximately 150 spectators offering their support on Easter Sunday, Guyana lost Rajendra Chandrika who was bowled by his team’s first innings tormentor Nekoli Parris without scoring in the second over.
At the close of play, Guyana reached 44 for 1 with Leon Johnson who struck Ryan Austin for six late in the day, on 26 and Assad Fudadin 16, for a lead of 108 runs heading into the third day   as bad light stopped play at 17:45hrs.
Scores Guyana 231 and 44 for 1; CCC 167.
CCC raced to 40 without loss in reply to Guyana’s first innings score, as Anthony Alleyne struck both Beaton and Paul Wintz for boundaries, before Shacaya Thomas was caught at the wicket by Anthony Bramble off Permaul for 07.
Alleyne and Parris followed shortly after, with  Alleyne being caught by Johnson at gully off Steven Jacobs for 37 (59ball, 7×4) and Parris bowled through the gates by Permaul for 08, leaving CCC on 58 for 3 at lunch with both Kyle Corbin and Raymon Reifer yet to score.
Rain delayed the start of play after lunch by an hour, following which Guyana removed Corbin 11 (1×6, 1×4), who holed out to Narsingh Deonarine at long off as he looked to hit Permaul over that area at 71 for 4.
Devendra Bishoo replaced Jacobs and deceived Floyd Reifer who lost his off stump at 99 for 5, while the 100 was posted with the first of two sixes struck by Chadwick Walton off Bishoo in the same over, the 38th of CCC’s innings.
At tea, CCC were 145 for 7, losing both Raymon Reifer (19) and Akeem Dewar (08) to Beaton and after the break, Guyana removed Walton who was caught by Bramble off Beaton for 32 (67b, 2×6; 1×4), Austin 05 and Kevin Mc Clean 02 to take first innings points.
Earlier in the day, Guyana resumed on 225 for 7 with Bramble on 37, and lost their final three wickets for a measly six runs within the first 15 minutes of the day’s play from 3.3 overs.
Parris was the chief destroyer, removing all three batsmen in two overs to end with 4 for 9, as Bramble was caught under the bat by Alleyne without adding to his overnight score, while both Wintz and Beaton were lbw for 00 and 02 respectively, leaving Bishoo unbeaten on 4.
Austin 3-77 and Raymon Reifer 2-28 supported Parris in the bowling department for CCC who will be looking to make inroads into the home team’s innings, when play gets underway at 09:40hrs this morning.

Scorecard
Guyana first Innings (O/night 225/7)
A Fudadin b Parris 87
R Chandrika c wkpr Walton b Williams 04
L Johnson c wkpr Walton b R. Reifer 24
N Deonarine c Dewar b Austin 00
R Sarwan c &b R. Reifer 28
S Jacobs lbw b Austin 28
A Bramble c Alleyne b Parris 37
*V Permaul c Dewar b Austin 01
D Bishoo not out 04
P Wintz lbw Parris 00
R Beaton lbw Parris 02
Extras (nb-8, b-3, lb-4, w-1)16
Total (all out off 92.5 overs) 231
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-42, 3-43, 4-90, 5-131, 6-222, 7-225, 8-225, 9-229, 10-231.
Bowling: McClean 6-0-30-0, Williams 14-6-21-1 (nb-1), Austin 33-5-76-3 (nb-6), R. Reifer 15-4-28-2(w-1), Parris 5.5-2-9-4 (nb-1), Dewar 14-1-42-0, Thomas 5-1-18-0

CCC first Innings
S Thomas c wkpr Bramble b Permaul 07
A Alleyne c Johnson b Jacobs 37
N Parris b Permaul 08
*K Corbin c Deonarine b Permaul 11
R Reifer c wkpr Bramble b Beaton 19
F Reifer b Bishoo 08
C Walton c wkpr Bramble b Beaton 32
A Dewar b Beaton 08
R Austin c Jacobs b Beaton 05
K Williams not out 15
K Mc Clean b Permaul 02
Extras (lb-7, b-7, w-1) 15
Total (all out off 63.1 overs) 167
Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-54, 3-56, 4-71, 5-99, 6-111, 7-128, 8-145, 9-161, 10-167
Bowling: Beaton 15-5-52-4(w-1), Wintz 4-2-9-0, Jacobs 12-4-25-1, Permaul 20.1-7-39-4, Bishoo 10-1-26-1, Deonarine 2-0-2-0

Guyana 2nd innings
A Fudadin not out 16
R Chandrika b Parris 00
L Johnson not out 26
Extras (b-1, nb-1) 02
Total (for 1 wicket off 14 overs) 44
Fall of wickets: 1-2,
To bat: N Deonarine, R Sarwan, S Jacobs, A Bramble, V Permaul, D Bishoo, P Wintz, R Beaton.
Bowling: Williams 4-1-10-0, Parris 5-2-15-1, R Reifer 3-1-3-0, Austin 2-0-15-0(nb-1)