Windwards crush Guyana by 131 runs

ROSEAU: The Windward Islands beat Guyana by 131 runs yesterday in their third-round Carib Beer Cricket Series match at the Botanical Gardens in Roseau.

Guyana batted poorly and went into lunch at 65 without loss needing 190 to win. But after lunch, the Guyanese scored 43 runs in 150 minutes and lost six wickets. In the post-tea session, Guyanese batsmen gave little resistance and four wickets were lost for an additional 13 runs. Only openers Sewnarine Chattergoon who made 43 and Krishna Arjune 41 reached double figures. Darren Sammy was named “Man-of-the-Match” with his score of 87 in the Windward Islands second innings. He also took five wickets for 20 runs in Guyana’s second innings. The Windwards face Trinidad in the tournament’s next round starting on Friday and Guyana hosts the Leeward Islands.

Summarised scores:
Windward Islands 204 (Roland Wilkinson 64, Rawl Lewis 56, Lindon James 27; Mahendra Nagamootoo 4-79, Lennox Cush 2-20, Neil McGarrell 2-44) and 242 (Darren Sammy 87, Devon Smith 52, Fernix Thomas 27, Romel Currency 25, Rawl Lewis 21; Reon Griffith 6-44, Neil McGarrell 2-61).
Guyana 192 (Travis Dowlin 78, Vishal Nagamootoo 28 not out, Narsingh Deonarine 26; Cameron Cuffy 3-27, Shane Shillingford 3-54, Rawl Lewis 2-20) and 123 (Sewnarine Chattergoon 42, Krishna Arjune 41; Darren Sammy 5-20, Deighton Butler 4-17).