A career-best haul of 11-105 from spinner Gudakesh Motie helped defending champs Guyana Jaguars roar to an innings and 35-run win over the Leewards Hurricanes cruising to their second straight victory at home in the 2015/16 WICB/PCL Regional Four-Day tournament which ended yesterday at the National Stadium, Providence.
After Vishaul Singh scored a stylish 150 and Shiv Chanderpaul and Steven Jacobs chipped in with half centuries, the Jags recovered from a perilous 37-3 to score 419-9 in the first innings.
Hurricanes pacer Alzarri Joseph was the chief tormentor with 6-107.
Motie then bagged 6-20 to send the Leewards crashing for 85 all out, giving Guyana a lead 334 runs.
Asked to follow-on, the Hurricanes entered day four on 215-3 with their final seven wickets intact but were bowled out for 299 in 109.6 overs, seconds before lunch.
Motie continued where he left off, bagging 5-85 to help further strangle the visitors as he joined the elite 10-wicket haul club in only his second first-class match.
Guyana, who sat at the top of the points table with 18, acquired a further 17 points to take their tally to 35.
After failures in the first innings, Jamaican Nkrumah Bonner replied by hitting 14 fours and a six in his 89, narrowly missing a hundred while Daron Cruickshank 57, Sherwin Peters (39), Shane Jeffers (30) and Orlando Peters (25) batted better but failed to carry on.
In-form off-spinner Steven Jacobs (3-97) removed overnight batsman Peters who failed to add to his overnight score of 25 with the first ball of the day but Bonner heldhis ground and counter punched with some good strokes which gave the visitors some amount of confidence.
Motie, who replaced injured left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul, bowled like it was his 20th match and not his second, outfoxing the batsmen with his flight and turn. The Albion Cricket Club spinner removed Bonner, who lost his concentration and was caught at extra-cover by Chanderpaul, Skipper Steve Liburd (10) who fell to a good catch at second slip by Assad Fudadin and his 10th victim, Rakeem Cornwall (03) caught by Rajendra Chandrika at deep cover.
Jacques Taylor (03) fell to a good catch under the bat from Shimron
Hetmyer who was specifically placed at silly mid-on and with their tails up, Jags Captain Leon Johnson took the extra 15 minutes prior to lunch as his team were inches away from another win.
The move paid off when Gavin Tonge picked out Ronsford Beaton at long-on as Motie struck for the fifth time in the and with a few minutes left to spare, Jacobs wrapped up the innings and another comprehensive win for Guyana by trapping Jason Peters leg before wicket for 25 leaving Joseph stranded at the other end.
Win two wins from two matches, Guyana will turn their attention to third round opponents and the side that upset them last season at Providence, Barbados Pride.
SCOREBOARD
JAGUARS 1st Innings 419-9 decl.
HURRICANES 1st Innings 85
Hurricanes 2nd Innings (following on)
(overnight 215 for three)
S Peters lbw b Barnwell 39
S Jeffers b Beaton 31
D Cruickshank lbw b Motie 57
N Bonner c Chanderpaul b Motie 89
O Peters c wkp Bramble b Jacobs 25
*S Liburd c Fudadin b Motie 10
R Cornwall c Chandrika b Motie 3
+J Peters lbw b Jacobs 25
J Taylor c (sub) Hetmyer b Jacobs 3
G Tonge c Beaton b Motie 10
A Joseph not out 2
Extras (b4, nb1) 5
TOTAL (all out, 110 overs) 299
Fall of wickets: 1-50, 2-115, 3135, 4-215, 5-254, 6-257, 7-260, 8-264, 9-299, 10-299.
Bowling: Reifer 11-1-40-0 (nb1), Barnwell 13-4-38-1,Motie 39-17-85-5, Beaton 14-5-29-1,Jacobs 30.5-8-97-3, Johnson 2-0-6-0.
Result: Jaguars won by an innings and 30 runs.
Points: Jaguars 17, Hurricanes 2.
Man-of-the-Match: Vishaul Singh.
Toss: Hurricanes.
Umpires: N. Duguid, P. Gustard.
