DWAYNE Smith’s inspirational bowling yesterday saved Barbados Pride as they recorded a sensational come from behind 2 runs victory over the Guyana Jaguars in their third round West Indies Cricket Board/Professional Cricket League regional four day match at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

After seeing Ryan Hinds offer Ronsford Beaton a catch at mid-off, off the bowling of Christopher Barnwell, whose 2 for 21 was in support to Devendra Bishoo (4 for 65) and Veerasammy Permaul 4 for 75 (12 for 101), Hinds and Smith went to work, making the Jaguars target of 69 runs a difficult one.
In the blink of an eye, they lost Trevon Griffith (01) along with Shimron Hetmyer, Narsingh Deonarine and skipper Vishaul Singh without scoring, to be 10 for 4 as Hinds and Smith caged the four Jaguars easily and evenly.
Rajendra Chandrika who topscored with 30 and Raymon Reifer whose 11 included two fours in three balls off Hinds, fought back for their team with a 24 runs fifth wicket partnership, pushing the score to 34 for 4, before disaster struck again.
Reifer picked out Jonathan Carter at mid-off, off Carlos Brathwaite, before Carter removed both Chandrika and Barnwell 12 (1×6) within the space of seven runs, leaving the Jaguars in a wounded state at 57 for 7.
Permaul and Bishoo hung around, with Permaul throwing his bat as if he is warding off prey from the Jaguars’ den, but the re-introduction of Smith saw the capture of the remaining wickets, with Anthony Bramble (03) picking out Nurse off a short ball, Permaul (06) going via the lbw route and Bishoo edging one through to Shane Dowrich.
Smith ended with 5 for 17 and got support from Carter who took 2 for 13, including a return offer low to his left on the follow-through off Barnwell and Hinds 2 for 21, as Barbados Pride ensured their 30 year old record of never losing to Guyana on their home soil, was kept intact.
The Barbadians had earlier commenced the day on 214 for 7, with Hinds and Ashley Nurse unbeaten on 60 and 6 respectively, as their team led the points leading Guyana Jaguars by 54 runs, after being asked to follow-on the previous day.
The 33 year old Hinds who scored his 35th first class half century the previous day, during his match saving 95 runs sixth wicket partnership with Dowrich, hit Permaul through mid-on for his fourth four, before the left hand orthodox spinner sent back Nurse and Jomel Warrican off successive deliveries.
Barnwell wrapped up the innings shortly after, when Hinds offered Beaton the catch for a topscore of 68 (143balls, 4×4, 1×6), leaving Miguel Cummins unbeaten on 00, but the Jaguars who used 5.5 overs to devour their opponents, struggled to finish off the meal and became the prey.
This is the second narrowest margin of runs victory for the Barbados Pride and narrowest margin of runs defeat for the Jaguars in the history of the modern Regional 4Day cricket, dating back to 1966.

Scorecard
Guyana Jaguars 1st innings 261
Barbados Pride 1st Innings 101
Barbados Pride 2nd Innings (O/night 214 for 7)
K Corbin c Hetmyer b Permaul 35
O Philips lbw b Barnwell 11
S Hope c&b Bishoo 09
J Carter lbw b Bishoo 06
D Smith lbw b Bishoo 10
R Hinds c Beaton b Barnwell 68
S Dowrich c Chandrika b Bishoo 50
C Brathwaite lbw b Permaul 14
A Nurse c Singh b Permaul 12
J Warrican lbw b Permaul 00
M Cummins not out 00
Extras (w-1, nb-5, b-7) 13
Total: (all out off 74.5 overs) 228
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Philips, 8.5), 2-58 (Corbin, 17.2), 3-58 (Hope (18.3), 4-69 (Carter, 20.4), 5-76 (22.3), 6-171 (Dowrich, 56.4), 7-196 (Brathwaite, 63.2), 8-228 (Nurse, 73.4), 9-228 (Warrican, 73.5), 10-228 (Hinds, 74.5)
Bowling: Beaton 8-1-21-0 (w-1, nb-1) Permaul 26-4-75-4, Barnwell 9.5-2-21-2, Reifer 8-1-30, Bishoo20-3-65-4 (nb-4), Deonarine 2-0-9-0 Griffith 1-1-0-0

Guyana Jaguars 2nd Innings
R Chandrika c Warrican b Carter 30
T Griffith c Philips b Smith 01
S Hetmyer c Carter b Hinds 00
N Deonarine lbw b Hinds 00
V Singh b Smith 00
R Reifer c Carter b Brathwaite 11
C Barnwell c&b Carter 12
A Bramble c Nurse b Smith 03
V Permaul lbw Smith 06
D Bishoo c wkpr Dowrich b Smith 03
R Beaton not out 00
Extras (lb-1)
Total (all out off 29.1) 66
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Griffith, 1.5), 2-3 (Hetmyer, 2.4), 3-9 (Deonarine, 4.5), 4-10 (Singh, 5.4), 5-34 (Reifer13.2), 6-50 (Chandrika, 20.2), 7-57 (Barnwell, 22.5), 8-58 (Bramble, 23.4), 9-65 (27.5), 10-66 (Bishoo, 29.1)
Bowling: Hinds 7-2-21-2, Smith 10.1-3-17-5, Brathwaite 4-3-2-1, Warrican 2-0-12-0, Carter 6-1-13-2
Points: Barbados 15, Guyana 5.

(By Calvin Roberts)