FOUR-DAY: Imlach, ‘Tage’ cement Guyana’s advantage after Thorne, Alimohamed skittle Volcanoes
SUMMARY: Guyana Harpy Eagles 308 all out from 80.5 overs (Kevin Sinclair 74, Kevlon Anderson 48, Gudakesh Motie 43, Veerasammy Permaul 30; Darel Cyrus 5-67, Daurius Martin 2-63, Shamar Springer 2-75) & 168-1 from 57 overs (Tevin Imlach 88*, Tagenarine Chanderpaul 78*; Martin 1-28) lead Windward Volcanoes 113 all out from 31.5 overs (Tevyn Walcott 41*, Cyrus 23, Kimani Melius 14; 4-38, Ronaldo Alimohamed 3-30, Motie 2-12) by 363 runs
Incisive seam-bowling from Isai Thorne and Ronaldo Alimohamed, backed up by solid batting by Tevin Imlach and Tagenarine Chanderpaul, has given the Guyana Harpy Eagles full advantage against Windward Volcanoes in their West Indies Four-Day Championship match at Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua.
Thorne, who bowled a pacey morning spell, ended with 4-38 from 11 overs, while Alimohamed got 3-30 from seven overs and 2-12 from 3.5 overs by Gudakesh Motie.
The Volcanoes, who started the day two 12-0, were shot out for 113 in just 31.5 overs in response to Harpy Eagles’ first innings of 308.
Once again, the Harpy Eagles opted not to enforce the follow-on, and while Matthew Nandu went without scoring a run, Imlach and Chanderpaul pressed home the advantage.
Imlach is unbeaten on 88, while Chanderpaul has found a rhythm on 78.
Both players would be eying the triple-figure mark on Friday, with the Eagles soaring ahead by 363 runs.
