Guyana Storm into Carib Cup Semis
Guyana completed a 75-run win over the Windward Islands and secured a semi-final berth after Tea on the fourth and final day of their seventh round Carib Cup match at Albion.
Set 267 for victory, the Windwards crumbled to 192 all out despite a brief fightback from middle order batsmen Darren Sammy (53 not out) and captain Rawl Lewis (45).
Guyana moved to 48 points in the tournament, good for second place in the overall standings and home field advantage in the semi final. Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica have all qualified for the semis but the fourth spot won't be determined until after the Windies 'B' vs India 'A' game scheduled for Friday.
If India 'A' beats the Under 23 team outright, India 'A' goes through but if the youth select Xi is able to force a draw, Trinidad & Tobago will qualify.
If India 'A' goes through, they will travel to Guyana and Jamaica will travel to Barbados for the semis. If Trinidad qualifies, they will travel to Guyana as the fourth place qualifier (Jamaica would place third having won the head-to-head against T&T).
Summarised scores of fourth day's play follows...
Guyana v Windwards
Set a target of 267 runs to beat Guyana, Windwards were bowled out
for 192 with Mahendra Nagamootoo and Esaun Crandon (3 wickets each)
doing the bulk of the damage.
Scores: Guyana 412 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul 145, Azeemul Haniff 54, Mahendra Nagamootoo 44, Krishna Arjune 41; Kenroy Peters 3-57, Rawl Lewis 2-61, Fernix Thomas 2-65) and 161-5 declared (Shivnarine Chanderpaul 47, Sewnarine Chattergoon 35, Krishna Arjune 30; Rawl Lewis 2-49, Olanzo Jackson 2-56).
Windward Islands 307 (Rawl Lewis 117 not out, Junior Murray 67, Kirsten Casimir 43; Rayon Griffith 4-75, Esuan Crandon 2-55, Neil McGarrell 2-52, Mahendra Nagamootoo 2-94) and 192 (Darren Sammy 53, Rawl Lewis 45, Rommel Currency 43; Rayon Griffith 2-37, Esuan Crandon 3-58, M. Nagamootoo 3-58 and Neil McGarrell 2-32.
Jamaica v India 'A'
India 'A' beat Jamaica by two wickets after lunch on the fourth and final day of their seventh-round Carib Beer 2003 Cricket Series match at Sabina Park.
India 'A', set 284 runs to win, ended on 285 for eight, to maintain hopes for a spot in the Carib Beer International Shield semi-finals.
Scores: Jamaica 129 (David Bernard 41 not out, Marlon Samuels 26; Avishkar Salvi 5-39, Jai Yadav 3-22) and 273 (Gareth Breese 56, David Bernard 46, Leon Garrick 35, Marlon Samuels 32, Chris Gayle 26; Avishkar Salvi 5-95, Jai Yadav 3-80, Lakshmipathy Balaji 2-48).
India 'A' 119 (Gautam Gambhir 38; Jerome Taylor 5-39, Gareth Breese 2-21, Darren Powell 2-34) and 285-8 (Ambati Rayudu 66, Abhijit Kale 55, Gautam Gambhir 47, Lakshmipathy Balaji 26 not out; David Bernard 4-61.
Points Standings (After round seven)
Teams Games Won Lost Drawn Points Barbados 7 5 - 2 72 Guyana 7 2 - 5 48 Jamaica 7 2 2 3 43 Trinidad 7 3 3 1 43 Leewards 7 2 3 2 34 India 'A' 6 2 2 2 33 Windwards 7 2 3 2 30 Windies 'B' 6 - 4 2 6