BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados Pride took a giant step towards dealing leaders Guyana Jaguars their first defeat of the Regional first class season when they grabbed an 84-run first innings lead on the second day of the seventh round contest here Saturday.
Part-time off-spinner Roston Chase grabbed five for 27 as Jaguars, replying to Pride’s 274, were dismissed for a disappointing 190 in their first innings, half-hour after tea at Kensington Oval.
Captain Leon Johnson top-scored with 40, Tagenarine Chanderpaul made 31 while Raymon Reifer got 36 and tail-ender Veerasammy Sammy Permaul weighed in with 30, but Jaguars lost their last five wickets for 57 runs.
Fast bowler Miguel Cummins supported with two for 51.
At the close, Pride had reached 71 for one – an overall lead of 155 runs heading into Sunday’s penultimate day.
Opener Kyle Corbin was unbeaten on 28 and put on 48 for the first wicket with captain Kraigg Brathwaite who struck 33 off 40 balls with three fours.
Brathwaite was caught at slip by Johnson off left-arm spinner Permaul.
Starting their innings on Saturday, Jaguar uncharacteristically lost wickets in clusters, leaving them to stumble through the innings.
They were tottering at 11 for two inside the first half hour when Cummins had Test batsman Rajindra Chandrika caught at second slip by Jonathan Carter for seven and Assad Fudadin was run out without scoring in the following over, without any addition to the total.
Left-handers Johnson and Chanderpaul steadied the innings with a third wicket stand of 62, a partnership which levelled the contest heading towards lunch.
Johnson faced 76 deliveries and struck seven fours while Chanderpaul spent 70 balls and nearly two hours at the crease, and counted four fours.
In the third over before lunch, Chase got the breakthrough when he had Chanderpaul taken close-in by substitute Omar Phillips at 76 for three.
On 81 for three at lunch, Jaguars lost two more wickets in the first 15 deliveries after the break to slide to 86 for five before all-rounder Reifer anchored two stands to lift them out of trouble.
He put on 47 for the sixth wicket with wicketkeeper Anthony Bramble who made 26 and a further 40 with Permaul who faced 44 balls and struck three fours.
The left-hander struck three fours and a six in an innings lasting 86 balls and just over an hour-and-a-half.
Bramble was taken at silly point by Phillips off leg-spinner Hayden Walsh Jr but Reifer’s dismissal – caught at slip by Carter off Chase – proved crucial as it triggered a final slide from which Jaguars never recovered.
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Scores:
PRIDE 274 (Kevin Stoute 56 not out, Shamarh Brooks 56, Kraigg Brathwaite 40, Jonathan Carter 38, Shai Hope 27; Keon Joseph 3-49, Veerasammy Permaul 2-43, Ramon Reifer 2-49, Devendra Bishoo 2-72) and 71 for one (Kraigg Brathwaite 33, Kyle Corbin 28 not out)
JAGUARS 190 (Leon Johnson 40, Tagenarine Chanderpaul 31, Veerasammy Permaul 30, Raymon Reifer 26, Anthony Bramble 26; Roston Chase 5-27, Miguel Cummins 2-51)
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PRIDE 1st innings 274
JAGUARS 1st Innings
T Chanderpaul c (sub) O Phillips b Chase 31
R Chandrika c Carter b Cummins 7
A Fudadin run out 0
*L Johnson c Corbin b Stoute 40
Vishaul Singh c Hope b Cummins 3
+A Bramble c (sub) O Phillips b Walsh Jr 26
R Reifer c Carter b Chase 36
V Permaul c (sub) O Phillips b Chase 30
D Bishoo c Brathwaite b Chase 5
R Beaton c Carter b Chase 1
K Joseph not out 1
Extras (lb1, w2, nb7) 10
TOTAL (all out, 61.5 overs) 190
Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-14, 3-76, 4-86, 5-86, 6-133, 7-173, 8-188, 9-189, 10-190.
Bowling: Cummins 15-3-51-2 (w1, nb7), Greaves 8-0-43-0, Stoute 10-2-12-1, Carter 5-2-20-0 (w1), Chase 15.5-5-27-5, Brathwaite 1-1-0-0, Walsh 7-0-36-1.
PRIDE 2nd innings
K Brathwaite c Johnson b Permaul 33
K Corbin not out 28
S Hope not out 9
Extras (nb1) 1
TOTAL (1 wkt, 26 overs) 71
Fall of wicket: 1-48.
Bowling: Beaton 4-0-25-0 (nb1), Joseph 4-0-12-0, Reifer 5-1-11-0, Permaul 7-2-12-1, Bishoo 6-2-11-0.
Position: Pride lead by 155 runs overall.
Toss: Pride
Umpires: J Blades, D Ramdhanie.