Heading into the first break of the West Indies Regional Four-Day Cricket Championships, five-time defending champions the Guyana Jaguars have retained their pole position in the points’ standings after round three.
The reigning champions headed into the round with 24.8 points and in fourth position but a 219-run victory over Trinidad and Tobago Red Force saw them catapult to the top-of-the-table with 44.6 points.
Contrastingly, Red Force’s defeat also bounced them out of first place and into fourth after only earning three points for a total of 32.6.
Windward Islands Volcanoes followed Red Force, moving from second to third following their innings and 165-run defeat at the hands of Leeward Islands Hurricanes which saw Volcanoes gaining 3.4 points to sit on 32.8 points.
Barbados Pride moved one position up into second after beating Jamaica Scorpions by 119 runs to sit a mere 0.2 points behind the Jaguars while Scorpions slipped to last with 21.2 points.
Like Pride, Leeward Islands moved one position up, ahead of Scorpions after finishing the round on 26.6 points.
With the points standings shifting, so did the individual charts as left-arm spinner, Veerasammy Permaul, moved to the top of the bowling charts with 16 wickets after taking eight wickets against the Red Force.
In the process, Permaul surpassed 500 first-class wickets.
His fast bowling team mate, Nial Smith bagged his second five-wicket haul in three matches to also tally 16 wickets with Pride’s Chemar Holder joining them at the top-of-the-table with the same number of wickets. Hurricane’s Sheno Berridge and Red Force’s Bryan Charles closely trail with 13 wickets each while Jomel Warrican (Pride), Keon Joseph (Jaguars), Keon Harding (Pride) and Shane Shillingford (Volcanoes) are on 11 wickets a piece.
Paul Palmer’s absence saw him falling to second in the runs column with 262 runs while Kyle Mayers’s twin fifties moved him into first with 292 runs.
Kieron Powell’s 69 propelled him into third with 248 runs while Jaguars’ duo, Tagenarine Chanderpaul (247) and Christopher Barnwell (219) are fourth and fifth following half centuries of their own. Red Force pair, Darren Bravo (202) and Joshua DaSilva (202) are the other two batsmen with over 200 runs after a dismal third round. The fourth round resumes on February 6.
