… Permaul snares 4-81 as Eagles scent final-day victory

GUYANA Harpy Eagles hold all the cards heading into today’s final day of play against Barbados Pride at the Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad.

SUMMARY: Guyana Harpy Eagles 490-7 decl. (Tagenarine Chanderpaul 140*, Gudakesh Motie 110, Tevin Imlach 53; Akeem Jordan 3-108, Raymon Reifer 2-37) lead Barbados Pride 266 (Shai Hope 119, Shane Dowrich 44, Reifer 29; Veerasammy Permaul 4-81, Motie 2-37, Keemo Paul 2-37) & 44-0 (Shayne Moseley 25*, Kraigg Brathwaite 17*) by 180 runs (f/0)

In their second innings, Pride are 44 without loss, still needing another 180 runs to make the Eagles bat again after they opted to enforce the follow-on.
Pride started day three 48-2, firstly in pursuit of 290 to avoid the follow-on then possibly Eagles’ massive first-innings 490-7 declared.

West Indies One-Day International batter Shai Hope rallied his side with a sublime 119 (13×4, 2×6) from 200 balls and shared two vital stands of 89 with Raymon Reifer (29) and 69 with Shane Dowrich (44).
But the Eagles were hunting in a pack, led by Veerasammy Permaul, who took 4-81 from 22.4 overs and got support from Gudakesh Motie (2-37), Keemo Paul (2-43), and Demetri Cameron (1-36) as they bowled out Pride for 266.

Kraigg Brathwaite (17*) and Shayne Moseley (25*) are the men at the crease, who will resume today at 10:00hrs.

In the other fixtures:
At Diego Martin: Leeward Hurricanes 357 (Kieran Powell 139, Amir Jangoo 58, Jeremiah Louis 42; Jayden Seales 5-49) & 241-7 decl. (Devon Thomas 84, Powell 83; Yannic Cariah 3-33, Akeal Hosein 2-64 ) lead Trinidad and Tobago Red Force 140 (Joshua DaSilva 65, Bryan Charles 25; Colin Archibald 4-27, Louis 4-32) & 143-6 (Cariah 36*, Jason Mohammed 36, DaSilva 27; Louis 3-26, Rahkeem Cornwall 2-13) 316 runs
At Tarouba: Windward Volcanoes 137 (Keron Cottoy 50, Kavem Hodge 23; Marquino Mindley 5-20, Nicholson Gordon 4-43) & 195 (Hodge 63, Devon Smith 34, Cottoy 21; Derval Green 5-46, Jamie Merchant 5-72) lost to Jamaica Scorpions 346 (Brandon King 119, Jamie Merchant 58, John Campbell 48; Preston McSween 4-96, Josh Thomas 3-56) by an innings 14 runs.