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Barbados on Top vs Guyana

Sunday, February 23 2003

Watched by another small crowd and spearheaded by a responsible 74 from test player Philo Wallace and an un-beaten 58 from skipper Courtney Browne, Barbados took first innings points from Guyana on the second day of their four-day Carib Beer fourth round cricket match yesterday at Albion.

Barbados, replying to the home team's 213, were well placed on 292-6 at the end of the second day enjoying a lead of 79 runs going into the penultimate day today.

Browne's unbeaten half-century has so far lasted 98 minutes, 86 balls and includes one four and two sixes while Ryan Hurley is not out on 33.

The pair joined forces when Wallace was dissmised at 212-6 by skipper Neil McGarell and, aided by unimaginative captaincy at times by McGarell, added 80 runs in their unfinished seventh wicket stand to put the visitors on top going into the third day.

King was restricted to 3.4 overs in the day due to a hamstring injury but a fully fit Reon Griffith was only used for eight overs. Part time off spinner Lennox Cush was given an extended run after tea when Browne went after him with some big hitting.

McGarell finished the day with 4-64 to take his wicket tally in the competition to 23 while leg spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo took the other wicket to fall to bowlers.
Barbados began their reply at the start of day two and were off to a brisk start racing to 50 without loss in just 49 minutes before they lost their first wicket at 51 as Nagamootoo made the break through.

Sherwin Campbell hamm-ered three consecutive boundaries in King's third over before the West Indies pacer was forced to leave the field in his next over suffering from a pulled hamstring muscle.

Campbell struck six fours from the 33 balls he faced in his 50 minutes innings of 31 before Nagamootoo endued him to steer a ball which spun across him to McGarell at slip.
Two runs later, Kirk Wilkinson edged McGarell to Nagamootoo at slip before he had scored while Ryan Hinds (5) got a ball which kept low from McGarell and was trapped LBW to leave Barbados on 62-3.

Wallace who made 99 against Guyana last year, was joined by the in form Floyd Reifer and the pair took the score to 83-3 by lunch.
Wallace was on 32 and Reifer on 10 with their team 130 runs away from first innings points with three wickets standing.
After the break, the pair progressed carefully on a two-paced track in bright sunshine as the powerful Wallace reached his second fifty of the season from 150 balls, 160 minutes with three boundaries.

Reifer, with 105 against India 'A' and two half centuries in his last match against Jamaica played well until McGarell got a ball to keep low and turn to trap the left hander LBW for 41 aided by four fours from 133 balls.
The 77 run partnership between the test pair was broken and Barbados were 139-4.

Dwayne Smith joined Wallace who was batting responsibly and together they saw the Bajans to 169-4 by tea with Wallace on 63 and Smith who hit a six and a four from consecutive balls off the spin of Cush, not out on 19.
After tea another extremely small crowd saw Smith look to hit the ball around while Wallace played the supporting role in an entertaining 50 run sixth wicket stand before Smith was run out for 38 with three fours and two massive sixes.

Wallace, who survived a very confident appeal for caught behind when it appeared that he had gloved a sharp turning delivery from McGarell when on 27, was put down by Chattergoon at short leg off Nagamootoo on 69 as the Bajans advanced towards first innings points.

With two runs needed for first innings points and with Wallace 26 away from his eleventh first class century, he attempted to cut a ball which bounced from McGarell and seemed a bit unlucky to be given out caught behind.
His carefully constructed 74 came from 287 minutes, 250 balls and was decorated with nine boundaries on the fast outfield.

Hurley, who scored the first century in the 2003 Carib Beer competition, joined Browne and the pair took their team to a position of strength with positive batting and excellent running between the wickets.

Browne, the former West Indies wicket keeper used the slog sweet to telling effect off Cush, hitting the off spinner for a four and two towering sixes in one over.
Barbados, aiming to give themselves as big a lead as possible while still having enough time to bowl Guyana out twice, accelerated their run rate in the final session in which 121 runs were scored.

Posted by Orin