Guyana secured a draw against Barbados on the final day of their West Indies Cricket Board Regional Four-Day tournament at the Providence National Stadium, and in the process moved up one space ahead of them.
The home side claimed first innings points in the drawn encounter, adding six points to their accumulated seven to reach a tally of 13 while Barbados added just three points to their nine to reach 12. The teams are now sixth and seventh on the points table.
Guyana will now face third place occupants, England Lions who have 24 points, from March 11 – 14 at the Providence National Stadium while Barbados clash with Winwards who are fifth with 19 points at the Kensington Oval on the same dates.
Yesterday, Barbados reached 87 – 4 in 53 overs in their pursuit of the 292 run target set by Guyana for victory.
Scores in the match: Guyana – 303 and 163 – 9; Barbados – 202 and 87-4.
Guyana resumed yesterday on their overnight score of 90 – 4 with Royston Crandon on 15 and Vishaul Singh on nine.
The pair added a further 21 runs before both batsmen fell with the score on 111.
Crandon was first to go bowled by Kevin Stoute for 30 while Singh edged a delivery from Pedro Collins to Roston Chase at first slip for 15.
Collins picked up his third wicket when Derwin Christian gave Chase his second catch of the day with the score on 117.
But Christopher Barnwell and Veerasammy Permaul added 24 runs for the eighth wicket before Jason Holder struck with a delivery that beat Barnwell all ends up to stop him on 11.
The last wicket pair of Permaul and Brandon Bess added 22 runs.
Rain interrupted play at 11.36am and sent the players to an early lunch.
Play eventually resumed at 1.15pm and Barbados skipper Ryan Hinds removed Permaul for a fighting 24 leaving Bess unbeaten on 12.
In the Barbados second innings Dale Richards and Kraigg Brathwaite each made 13. Richards was the first to depart with the score on 16 then number three Kyle Hope was bowled by Leon Johnson to leave Barbados at 25 – 2.
When Brathwaite, the other Bajan opener and captain Ryan Hinds (03) were removed early after tea in the final session the Guyanese side began tightening the noose despite the absence of Davendra Bishoo who was drafted into the West Indian World Cup team yesterday.
They began pushing for the outright win, but even with the use of part time bowlers Johnson, Assad Fudadin and Gajanand Singh, Guyana could not make further inroads.
Stoute, though and Chase stood firm for Barbados and were left unbeaten on 24 and 18 respectively.
GUYANA 1st Innings 330
BARBADOS 1st Innings
(overnight 88 for five)
D. Richards lbw b Permaul 26
K. Braithwaite lbw b Permaul 34
K. Hope c Crandon b Bishoo 20
J. Holder c V. Singh b Permaul 0
*R. Hinds b Bishoo 4
K. Stoute c Johnson b Bishoo 0
R. Chase b Bishoo 11
+S. Dowrich b Permaul 76
R. Layne lbw b Permaul 20
F. Edwards lbw b Permaul 0
P. Collins not out 3
Extras (b2, lb2, w3, nb1) 8
TOTAL (all out, 83.5 overs) 202
Fall of wickets: 1-50, 2-75, 3-75, 4-84, 5-84, 6-96, 7-104, 8-179, 9-181
Bowling: Bess 9-2-36-0, Barnwell 9-3-24-0, R. Crandon 10-3-17-0, Permaul 30.5-14-60-6, Bishoo 25-2-61-4
GUYANA 2nd Innings
R. Chandrika c wkpr Richards b Stoute 24
A. Fudadin c wkpr Richards b Collins 11
L. Johnson c wkpr Richards b Holder 21
G. Singh c Edwards b Stoute 2
R. Crandon b Stoute 30
V. Singh c Edwards b Stoute 14
C. Barnwell b Holder 11
D. Christian c Chase b Collins 2
V. Permaul c Stoute b Hinds 24
B Bess not out 12
Extras (b5, lb1, w1, nb5) 12
TOTAL (9 wkts decl’d, 69.4 overs) 163
Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-57, 3-61, 4-65, 5-111, 6-111, 7-117, 8-141, 9-163
Bowling: Edwards 6-1-26-0, Hinds 14.4-5-20-1, Collins 18-6-41-3, Holder 11-5-14-2, Stoute 19-5-47-3, Braithwaite 1-0-9-0
BARBADOS 2nd Innings (target: 292)
D. Richards c Chandrika b Bess 13
K. Braithwaite c wkpr Christian b Johnson 13
K. Hope lbw b *Fudadin 6
R. Hinds lbw b Permaul 3
K. Stoute not out 24
R. Chase not out 18
Extras (lb8, w2) 10
TOTAL (4 wkts, 54 overs) 87
Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-25, 3-36, 4-49
Bowling: Bess 5-1-14-1, Barnwell 4-1-10-0, *Fudadin 6-3-7-1, Permaul 19-10-17-1, R. Crandon 5-4-1-0
Johnson 12-4-25-1, V. Singh 2-1-3-0, G. Singh 1-0-2-0
Result: Match drawn
Points: Guyana 6, Barbados 3
Man-of-the-Match: V. Permaul (Guyana)
Umpires: N. Duguid, N. Malcolm
Matchreferee: C. Stuart
Reserve umpire: S. Crawford
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