DESPITE two rain stoppages and reckless shot selection from their batsmen, host Guyana made it four out of four, with a 68- run victory under the Duckworth/Lewis Method over defending champions Jamaica at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground yesterday, to be the lone unbeaten team so far.

Asked to bat first in brilliant sunshine, the home team raced to 144 for 3 off 31 overs when rain stopped play, before they were bowled out for 184 off 40 overs, with Shimron Hetmyer 75 and skipper Brian Sattaur 41 being their principal scorers.
Gareth Henry (3 for 30) and Odean Smith (2 for 29) did the damage with the ball for the Jamaicans on the resumption of play which was halted for 72 minutes the first time, as the Guyanese added 40 runs for the loss of seven wickets during the period.
Needing to score 175 from 30 overs to complete the win, Jamaica never recovered after losing Leroy Lugg (00) off the fourth ball of their innings, even though Shahid Crooks 34 (2×6) and Ryon Burnett 17 added 60 for the third wicket and Smith chipped in with a fiery 19 that included a hat trick of sixes off Steven Sankar.
Balchand Baldeo (2 for 22) and Sankar 2 for 31 did the damage with the ball for Guyana, ably supported by Ronaldo Ali-Mohammed (1-0) and Damion Waldron (1 for 22) even as Shiraz Ramcharran continued to deceive the opposition batsmen with his guile, finishing with 0 for 14 from his six overs.
When Guyana batted, they lost Tagenarine Chanderpaul (04) at 8 for 1, before Sattaur and Hetmyer added 89 for the second wicket, with Sattaur hitting four fours and a six in his 64 balls 41, before he was run out, looking for a cheeky single to extra cover.
The inform Kemo Paul (07), who later bowled with raw pace and aggression, joined Hetmyer and saw the left handed Young warriors batsman post his first half century in this year’s tournament from 64 balls with four fours, before Paul was bowled by Ryon Burnett (1 for 42).
Ashkay Homraj (09) and Hetmyer saw Guyana to 144 when the heavens opened up and halted play, forcing the officials to call an early lunch and when play resumed, the home team lost their remaining seven wickets in seven overs, for an additional 40 runs, with Hetmyer’s 75 spanning 84 balls and included six fours while Ramcharran contributed one four in his 12 balls 15.
Another shower prevented the Jamaicans from commencing their reply for 53 minutes and when they were asked to do so, the dreaded D/L Method faced them, following which Lugg and Odain Mc Catty (08) were dismissed.
Burnett and Crooks repaired that damage with their 60 runs partnership, but when they were separated, the defending champions were left in a gaze and were it not for the hefty efforts of Smith, who struck Sankar for three consecutive sixes onto Regent Street, positing the team’s 100 with the second, they would not have reached that far.
Following today’s rest day, Guyana face the Windward Islands at the Albion Community Centre ground tomorrow while the Jamaicans have drawn the bye.
Written By Calvin Roberts

Scorecard
GUYANA Innings
S Hetmyer c Lewis b Smith 75
T Chanderpaul c Burnett b Lewis 04
B Sattaur run out (Burnett/Morris) 41
K Paul b Burnett 07
A Homraj b Henry 09
R Ali-Mohammed c Lewis b Smith 03
K Savory run out (Burnett) 03
S Ramcharran b Henry 15
B Baldeo run out (Walters/Morris) 15
D Waldron c wkpr Morris b Henry 01
S Sankar not out 01
Extras (w9, lb7) 16
Total (all out off 40 overs) 184
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-97, 3-131, 4-147, 5-153, 6-154, 7-163, 8-174, 9-183, 10-184
Bowling: Henry 8-1-30-3 (w2) Lewis 7-0-30-1Thomas 3-0-26-0 (w2) Burnett 10-0-42-1 Walters 4-0-20-0 (w1) Smith 8-0-29-2

JAMAICA Innings
L Lugg c Sattaur n Baldeo 00
O McCatty run out (Paul/Savory) 08
S Crooks run out (Paul/Savory) 34
R Burnett b Waldron 17
R Morris not out 10
R Lewis c Paul b Baldeo 02
N Walters run out (Waldron) 02
G Henry c wkpr Savory b Sankar 00
O Thomas b Sankar 03
O Smith C Sattaur b Ali-Mohammed 19
Extras (w8, b2, lb2) 12
Total (for 9 wickets off 29.3 overs) 107
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-9, 3-69, 4-69, 5-75, 6-79, 7-80, 8-88, 9-107
Did not bat: Mark Parchment (injured)
Bowling: Baldeo 6-1-22-2 (w5), Paul 5-0-14-0 (w1) Waldron 6-0-22-1 (w2) Ramcharran 6-1-14-0 Sankar 6-0-31-2 Ali-Mohammed .3-0-0-1