Rain halts frenetic Bajan run chase

GEORGETOWN: The fourth round Carib Beer Series regional cricket match between Guyana and Barbados ended in tense draw at the Albion Community Centre Ground yesterday after rain had sliced just over three hours out of the final day’s play.

When play ended in darkness at 5.49 pm, tournament leaders Barbados, chasing a victory target of 138, were 121 for eight, with just two of the 15 mandatory overs completed and Dwayne Smith (12 not out) and Suleiman Benn (2 not out), accepting the light offered by the umpires after a their team’s frenetic run-chase became risky.

Leg-spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo who almost gave Guyana an unlikely come-from-behind victory, finished with five for 40 from 13 overs while fast medium bowler Rayon Griffith, who made the initial breakthrough, took two for 56, also in 13. Guyana were earlier dismissed for 247 after resuming on 242 for nine. Barbados will oppose second placed Trinidad and Tobago in a top-of-the-table clash at the Kensington Oval, Barbados while Guyana clash with Jamaica at Bourda.