Captain Veerasammy Permaul’s five-wicket haul, reinforced by two half-century knocks from Steven Jacobs and Derwin Christian guided the Permaul XI to a 10-run win over Christopher Barnwell’s XI yesterday in the warm- up 50-overs a side match played at the Everest Cricket Club ground.
In a match organised by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and its selection panel in a bid to fine-tune players for this Thursday’s upcoming warm-up match against Pakistan, both Permaul who was named as the warm-up squad’s skipper, Barnwell and their players were given the opportunity to put in some valuable practice by tackling each other yesterday.
Permaul’s XI decided to bat after winning the toss and compiled a