2023WestIndiesChampionship… Harpy Eagles flip the script on Volcanoes -PridewrapsupScorpionsinsidethreedays

Guyana Harpy Eagles produced a better bowling performance in the second innings against Windward Islands Volcanoes on the penultimate day of their second round 2023 West IndiesChampionshipmatch, yesterday, at Grenada’s National Cricket Stadium in St. George’s. After being dismissedfor169inthefirst innings, Guyana did well to returnthefavourandrestrict Windward Islands to 168 in theirsecondinnings,despite trailing by 125 runs at the startofthelastinnings.

Harpy Eagles now need to produced 294 runs for victory; the exact score posted byVolcanoes in their first innings. They began their reply at the start of the final session yesterday and gotto35–0from14.3overs, then the rain interrupted and forcedplayintostumpswith just under an hour leftin the day They start today with Matthew Nandu (18) and Tevin Imlach (13) out in the middle since Chanderpaul Hemraj retired not out on 3, after being struck on the helmet in the final session yesterday Yesterday morning, Kaveem Hodge and Sunil Ambris resumed from their overnight scores of 13 and 18, respectively, with Volcanoes poised at 48 – 2, but the former immediately lost his wicket without adding to his score ashissideslippedto49–3. Ambris (26) only added eight runs before he met his demisewhileJustinGreaves (27) andTevynWalcott (23) gotstartsbutweredismissed inmid-stride.

Ryan John (1) and the injured Kimani Melius (6) hadn’t much impact in the middle but Preston McSween (25) and Kenneth Dember (15) resisted for a while before the innings came to an end, which promptedtheteabreak.

Shamar Joseph, playing in his second first class match, achieved his maiden 5-wickethaulatthislevelas heledtheattackwith5–41. He was supported by Ronsford Beaton (3-35), Nial Smith (1-24) and Veerasammy Permaul (151) The final day is scheduled to bowl off from 9:30hrsECT

O t h e r f o u r - d a y matches Day three -

Trinidad and Tobago Red

Force 418 – 9d from 126.5 overs (Darren Bravo 100, Imran Khan 92*, Yannic Cariah 52, Terrance Hinds 51; Jeremiah Louis 3 – 78, Sheeno Berridge 2 – 72, Colin Archibald 3 – 111) versus Leeward Islands

Hurricanes243–7*from87 overs (Kacey Carty 95, Rahkeem Cornwall 33*; YannicCariah2–24,Khary Pierre 2 – 51). Barbados

Pride defeated Jamaica

Scorpions by 6 wicketsJamaicaScorpions140from 54.5 overs (Jamie Merchant 35, Tevin Gilzene 32; Camarie Boyce 3 – 26,

TigerRentalsunder-13Football...

Four matches on today at Providence

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Tiger

Rentals Guyana under-13 football initiative continues today at the National Training Center (NTC) P ith two matches from 10:30hrs in National inter-associationc l u b l e g

This will be match day four and in the first match, West Berbice will clash with East Coast while East Berbice will Bartica in the secon match.

Shemar Springer 3 – 11, AkeemJordan3–48)&151 from 45 5 overs (Kirk McKenzie56,GordonBryan 42;AkeemJordan4–65,Jair McAllister 3 – 35) lost to Barbados Pride 215 from 69.5overs(SheyneMoseley

82, Shane Dowrich 64*; Patrick Harty 4 – 23, Marquino Mindley 2 – 25, AbhijaiMansingh2–30)& 78 – 4 from (Zachary McCaskie 26, Jonathan Drakes19;PatrickHarty3–26).

Upper Demerara and East Bank will match skills in game three, while West Demerara will be pitted against Georgetown in a very much anticipated

Match-daythreeoftheinterassociation-club leg of the Tiger Rentals Guyana sponsored GFF National under-13 development football initiative saw Georgetown and East Coast ATCsgoingtopofthepoints tablewithsevenpointseach.