Permaul stars in Harpy Eagles’ one-wicket triumph
SUMMARY: Volcanoes 339 (Preston McSween 86, Alick Athanaze 68, Devon Smith 52; Gudakesh Motie 4-62, Keemo Paul 3-83, Veerasammy Permaul 3-88) and 190 (Athanaze 58, Larry Edward 43; Permaul 5-53, Paul 2-30, Clinton Pestano 2-35) lost to Eagles 327 (Vishaul Singh 93, Paul 73, Tagenarine Chanderpaul 30; Kenneth Dember 4-36, Shermon Lewis 4-59, McSween 2-78) and 203-9 (Chandrapaul Hemraj 60, Chanderpaul 28; Dember 5-80, Edward 3-11) by one wicket
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.
