Permaul stars in Harpy Eagles’ one-wicket triumph

Guyana Harpy Eagles have gotten their Regional Four-Day campaign off to a winning start after a tense one-wicket victory over Windward Islands Volcanoes at the Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad, on Saturday.

Set 203 for victory, Eagles were cruising at 89 without loss compliments of a fluent 60 (7x4s; 2x6s from 72 balls) from Chandrapaul Hemraj and Tagenarine Chanderpaul (28).

Off-spinner Kenneth Dember (5-80) was the architect of a collapse, as Eagles slipped to 140-6 then 183-9.

The seasoned Veerasammy Permaul, who took 5-53 to set up the match for the Eagles, had to play a steady hand with an unbeaten knock of 20 which got the Eagles to the target in the final moments of the day’s play.

Vishaul Singh (24) back up his first-innings 93 while Leon Johnson (21) and Clinton Pestano (20) also made handy contributions.

Volcanoes who resumed the day 157-7 were bowled out for 190 as Lary Edward moved from 29 to 43. Keemo Paul (2-30) and Pestano (2-35)  were also among the wickets.

Eagles will now face Leeward Islands Hurricanes from Wednesday at the Oval.