NORTH SOUND – Four wickets – two to Esuan Crandon and two run outs – in a dramatic final over handed reigning champions Guyana a miraculous, come-from-behind, one-run victory over Somerset in the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship on Wednesday.
The Guyanese looked a beaten side, when Somerset, chasing 113 for victory from their allocation of 20 overs, entered the final over needing five runs in the rain-affected fifth match of the competition at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground.
But the Guyanese bowled steadily and fielded sharply in the closing over, as Somerset, runners-up in the English Twenty20 competition last year, lost their last seven wickets for six runs in the last 14 balls of the match.
Nick Compton, a grandson of the late England legend Denis Compton, hit the top score of 32, and Arul Suppiah supported with 26.
Christopher Barnwell, Veerasammy Permaul, and Crandon finished with two wickets apiece for 19, 20, and 22 runs respectively from their alloted four overs.
Ramnaresh Sarwan had shown his class, when he stroked 59 to lead the Guyanese to a modest 112 for eight off 20 overs.
The Guyana captain struck three fours and three sixes from 48 balls in an innings that helped to earn him the Man-Of-The-Match award, but no other batsman, including the durable Shivnarine Chanderpaul, passed 10. (CMC)
SCOREBOARD:
Guyana v Somerset
GUYANA
C. Barnwell c Trego b Thomas 1
T. Dowlin c Dockrell b Hussain 7
*R. Sarwan b Thomas 59
S. Jacobs c Thomas b Kirby 0
S. Chanderpaul c and b Dockrell 8
E. Crandon run out 9
R. Crandon c Meschede b Haggett 10
J. Foo c Trego b *Thomas 3
+D. Christian not out 7
D. Bishoo not out 1
Extras (lb1, w6) 7
TOTAL (8 wkts – 20 overs) 112
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-18, 3-22, 4-40, 5-51, 6-87, 7-94, 8-108
Did not bat: V. Permaul
Bowling: Thomas 4-0-23-3,
Hussain 4-0-14-1, Kirby 4-0-25-1,
Haggett 3-0-15-1, Dockrell 4-0-21-1,
Suppiah 1-0-13-0
SOMERSET
P. Trego b Permaul 16
N. Compton b E. Crandon 32
J. Hildreth c wkpr Christian b Barnwell 5
+J. Buttler c E. Crandon b Barnwell 18
A. Suppiah lbw b Permaul 26
C. Meschede run out 1
*A. Thomas run out 0
C. Haggett run out 1
G. Hussain run out 0
S. Kirby c Dowlin b E. Crandon 2
G. Dockrell not out 0
Extras (b4, lb2, w3, nb1) 10
TOTAL (all out, 20 overs) 111
Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-32, 3-62, 4-105,
5-108, 6-108, 7-108, 8-108, 9-111
Bowling: Permaul 4-0-20-2,
Crandon 4-0-22-2, Bishoo 4-0-17-0,
Barnwell 4-0-19-2, R. Crandon 3-0-20-0, Jacobs 1-0-7-0
Result: Guyana won by one run
Points: Guyana 2, Somerset 0
Toss: Guyana
Man-of-the-Match: Ramnaresh Sarwan
Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite, Joel Wilson. TV replays: Billy Doctrove. Fourth official: Luther Kelly.
Match referee: Adrian Griffith
CCC v Jamaica
JAMAICA
X. Marshall c wk Walton b Moore 2
D. Bernard c Reifer b Bonner 20
M. Samuels not out 80
*W. Hinds c Wiggins b Currency 21
A. Russell b Currency 8
S. Findlay not out 0
Extras (lb3, w4) 7
TOTAL (4 wkts – 20 overs) 138
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-43, 3-91, 4-121
Did not bat: +C. Baugh Jr, J. Taylor,
N. Miller, O. Brown, K. Santokie.
Bowling: Moore 4-0-18-1,
Kantasingh 4-0-21-0, McClean 3-0-22-0, Bonner 4-1-27-1, Wiggins 2-0-20-0, Currency 3-0-27-2
CCC
*R. Currency b Santokie 1
M. Bascombe c Russell b Miller 33
W. Perkins lbw b Santokie 38
K. Hope not out 32
F. Reifer not out 17
Extras (lb7, w11) 18
TOTAL (3 wkts – 19 overs) 139
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-54, 3-99
Did not bat: N. Bonner, +C. Walton,
R. Wiggins, K. McClean, G. Moore,
K. Kantasingh.
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-54, 3-99
Bowling: Taylor 4-0-29-0,
Santokie 4-0-16-2, Miller 4-0-24-1,
Bernard 2-0-20-0, Russell 4-0-30-0,
Brown 1-0-13-0
Result: CCC won by seven wickets
Points: CCC 4, Jamaica 0Toss: Jamaica
Man Of The-Match: Marlon Samuels.
Umpires: Billy Doctrove, Luther. Kelly.
TV replays: Joel Wilson.
Fourth official: Gregory Brathwaite.
Match referee: Adrian Griffith.
India v West Indies
INDIA
P Raut b Smartt 17
+A Deshpande c wk Aguilleira b Smartt 17
M Raj c wk Aguilleira b Taylor 19
H Kaur c King b Mohammed 26
R Dhar c Campbelle b Taylor 1
D David b Campbelle 24
*J Goswami c & b Mohammed 0
P Roy run out 8
S Dabir lbw b Campbelle 2
A Sharma c and b Daley 1
G Sultana not out 0
Extras (lb1, w17, nb1) 19
TOTAL (all out – 41.2 overs) 134
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Raut, 7.2 overs), 2-46 (Deshpande, 11.5), 3-73 (Raj, 18.6), 4-77 (Dhar, 20.3), 5-114 (Kaur, 32.3), 6-114 (Goswami, 32.4), 7-129 (David, 37.2), 8-129 (Roy, 38), 9-132 (Sharma, 40.1), 10-134 (Dabir, 41.2)
Bowling: Selman 3-0-15-0, Smartt 7-1-31-2, Dottin 2-0-11-0, Taylor 7-1-16-2,
King 4-0-14-0, Campbelle 9.2-2-23-2, Mohammed 6-0-20-2, Daley 3-2-3-1.
WEST INDIES
S Taylor lbw b Goswami 4
J Nero lbw b Dhar 16
S Daley run out 2
S King c Kaur b David 18
D Dottin c wk Deshpande b Sultana 14
*+M Aguilleira c Raut b Sultana 0
J Ogle-Thomas run out 2
S Campbelle c Sharma b Dabir 9
A Mohammed c Dhar b Sultana 26
S Selman not out 17
T Smartt run out 3
Extras (w10, nb3) 13
TOTAL (all out – 48 overs) 124
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Taylor, 2.1 overs), 2-21 (Daley, 6.2), 3-29 (Nero, 7.5), 4-58 (Dottin, 13.4), 5-58 (King, 14.2), 6-60 (Ogle-Thomas, 17), 7-62 (Aguilleira, 20), 8-80 (Campbelle, 26), 9-117 (Mohammed, 44.1), 10-124 (Smartt, 48)
Bowling: Goswami 7-1-23-1,
Dabir 7-2-23-1, Dhar 6-1-19-1,
David 10-2-19-1, Sharma 4-1-11-0,
Sultana 10-5-10-3, Roy 4-0-19-0.
Result: India won by ten runs.
Series: Five-match series level 1-1.
Toss: West Indies.