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GUYANA CHRONICLE Saturday November 8, 2014
George looking for CAC finals berth By Leeron Brumell GUYANA’S Olympian Winston George is looking for a finals-berth when he competes at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico later this month. The games are set for November 14-30. Guyana last week, announced its intention to participate in nine disciplines. In Athletics – Guyana has gone with four sprinters – George leading the way. Also listed to run the 400m is overseas-based athletes Stephan James and 100m sprinters
Adam Harris and Jeremy Bascom. Chronicle Sport caught up with George who is training under coach Mark Scott. ‘Seeing that it’s the end of the year and they say people don’t usually run fast at the end of the year, I’m still going there to show them at the end of the year I’ll still be running fast to see if I can at least be in the finals and come out successful,’ said George. He shied away from saying what time he has in F l a s h b a c k ! G u y a n a ’ s mind, but noted that for the Olympian Winston George year he’s been in the 45-seccruises to victory in the 200m ond bracket. Heats at the ISAAC Games. “I ran 45 twice for the
Brilliant Taylor fails to save Windies from series defeat MELBOURNE, Australia (CMC) – A superb, attacking half-century by Playerof-the-Match Stafanie Taylor was not enough as West Indies Women went under by four wickets to Australia Women in the third Twenty20 International, to extend their losing skid here yesterday. Taylor’s top score of 78 was the foundation of the Caribbean side’s 149 for six off their 20 overs but the hosts rallied around captain Meg Lanning’s 51 and a late innings, unbeaten cameo 25 off 12 balls from Alyssa Healy, to get home with a ball remaining in the contest at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The result - the third straight loss for the Windies
Stafanie Taylor
Women - handed Australia the series with one game still left to be played tomorrow.
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Opting to bat first, West Indies Women were propelled by two key partnerships which were both anchored by Taylor. After losing 16-year-old opener Hayley Matthews cheaply for eight with the score on 14 in the third over, the right-handed Jamaican took charge of the innings. She put on 41 for the second wicket with Deandra Dottin whose lean run continued with 19 off 18 balls, before adding a further 56 for the third wicket with Shanel Daley who scored 15. Taylor, the Windies Women’s leading scorer in the series, faced a mere 58 balls and counted 11 fours and a six before falling to the first ball of the penultimate over. Shemaine Campbelle then gave the Windies a flourish at the end, cracking two sixes and a four in a brisk 24 which required a mere 13 balls. Pace bowler Rene Farrell (2-31) and fellow seamer Sarah Coyte (2-32) grabbed two wickets apiece. West Indies Women then claimed the early wicket of dangerous opener Jess Jonassen for just six at 26 for 1 in the fourth over but were then frustrated by two successive partnerships underpinned by Lanning’s knock. The Aussie skipper posted 38 for the second wicket with opener Elyse Villani who gathered 28 from 27 balls and then put on a further 40 for the third wicket with Alex Blackwell, who played a supporting role with 19 off 26 deliveries. Lanning fell in the 14th over at 104 for three after facing 35 balls and counting
year and early 46. I’m in the range so I should be good.” The 28-year-old-George has been utilising the synthetic track at Leonora. “So far it’s been good, I do my workouts there. It’s the same surface I’ll be running on so I would say yes it is aiding my preparation.” The IAAF website has his 400m time of 45.57secs - clocked in June this year in New York - as the 80th fastest time this year among quarter-milers. The top 196 times are listed on the site. In the 200m he registered 20.77 seconds. It’s listed at the joint 217th fastest time in 2014. George clocked that time in Chile. Here at home, his hand timing this year is 20.4 seconds, recorded at the Inter-
Service Athletics Championships. It’s listed as the jointthird fastest time this year. Joining George in the 400m preliminaries is James. He has a time of 46.15 seconds in May 2014. It’s recorded as the 173rd fastest time on the outdoor circuit this year. The world-leading time is 43.74 seconds held by Grenada’s Olympic Champion Kirani James. Both George and James are down to compete in the 200m. In the shorter sprint, Harris and Bascom will face the starter’s gun. At 52nd, Harris clocked 10.12 seconds in May this year in neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago in the 100m. Interestingly enough, later that
same month in Florida Harris ran a wind-assisted 9.90 seconds. It’s listed as the 7th fastest time this year. Harris is the lone athlete to do any field event. He’ll compete in the long jump. Bascom, at 31 and the oldest member of the team, has his name entered for the 100m. His last recorded time is 10.19 seconds back in 2012. When all four are done with their pet events, they will combine to run the 4x100m relay. They’ve collaborated before at the Commonwealth Games but were disqualified. They’ll be hoping to erase that blemish. Mark Scott is listed as the team’s coach. Track and field opens with the marathon on November 23.
Permaul and Bishoo fight back, as game ends in tame draw By Calvin Roberts L E F T- A R M s p i n n e r Veerasammy Permaul took another five-wicket haul, his second of the match which together with Devendra Bishoo helped Leon Johnson’s XI decimate Vishaul Singh’s XI in the second innings of their Cricket Guy Inc. four-day practice game at the Guyana National Stadium yesterday. The two sides were playing the second of two practice games, ahead of the inaugural West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)/Professional Cricket League which bowls off next weekend, with Singh’s XI winning the first by two wickets at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, last week. Resuming the final day yesterday on 31 for 2, an overall lead of 87 with Kandasammy Surujnarine on 9, Singh’s XI failed to negotiate the Albion Cricket Club spin duo effectively and were bowled out for 151, with Steven Jacobs topscoring with 40 (5x4, 1x6). Jacobs got support from Chandrapaul Hemraj who made 29 (3x4, 2x6) while Surujnarine made 22, as Permaul ended with 5 for 44 for match figures of 13 for 140, while Bishoo who flew in from Sri Lanka where he was a member with the West Indies ‘A’ team, took 4 for 77. Set a target of 208 for a
Veerasammy Permaul come-from-behind victory, Johnson’s XI saw opener Rajendra Chandrika, who was given a life by Anthony Adams at point off Raun Johnson, bowled by Canadian fast bowler Jeremey Gordon for 15 at 26 for 1, before reaching 36 for 2 at tea with Trevon Griffith on 14 and Raymon Reifer 4, before finishing on 74 for 3. Earlier in the day, Singh’s XI lost their skipper without scoring with the addition of one run to their overnight score, followed by the wicket of Royston Crandon (8), 10 runs later, with both wickets going to Permaul. Surujnarine and Hemraj pushed the score to 54, before Surujnarine was bowled by Permaul, at which stage Jacobs joined forces with Hemraj and they added 51 for the sixth wicket, with Hemraj hitting Permaul for two sixes, while Jacobs also cleared the ropes off Bishoo seeing their side to the lunch interval without further
trouble. After the break, Hemraj was caught by Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai at midwicket off Permaul at 115 for 6, followed 10 runs later by the wicket of Jacobs who edged one to Christopher Barnwell at slip off Bishoo, who proceeded to wrap up the innings shortly after in partnership with Permaul. Ricardo Adams struck two fours in his 9 before he was run-out, Kemo Paul scratched about for his 6, Amir Khan cleared the ropes off Bishoo in his 9 before he was bowled by Permaul to be the last man out, leaving Johnson with an achievable target, as they needed 172 more in the final session. After tea, Reifer got a sweetly-timed four through extra cover off Raj Nannan, while Griffith also hit a four off Jacobs, before they were both dismissed via lbw, with Griffith going to Jacobs at 70 for 2 for 37 and Reifer to Nannan without any addition to the team’s total, with his contribution being 15. Surprisingly, the game was called off at 15:30hrs when the umpires signalled for the water break with Johnson’s XI on 74 for 3, still needing 134 more to win with Johnson yet to score and Narsingh Deonarine on 5, while Jacobs, Gordon and Nannan ended with a wicket each.