By Colin Benjamin
The encounter was hyped as the “battle of spinners” by erudite cricket pundits.
The first day’s action went according to prediction as spin catapulted Guyana into the driver’s seat against Trinidad on the first day of their third round fixture of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) three-day under 19 tournament.
On a slow, but fairly batting-friendly surface at the Everest Cricket Club ground, leg-spinner Amir Khan took advantage of some reckless Trinidad and Tobago batting, to claim impressive figures of 6 for 50, as Guyana left the islanders reeling on 166 for 9 when bad light stopped play at 5.52pm.
The game commenced at 1:10 pm after early