Jangoo’s year of expansion

At 100, Amir Jangoo went to the turf on both knees, head bowed. He kissed the grass.

At 200, he did the same. It was a pleasing reason for repetition.For the second time in his career, Jangoo has demonstrated that he can make big runs. His previous hundred was also a double—218 against Combined Campuses and Colleges. That was in his breakthrough 2024 season.

Jangoo has wasted no time at the start of the Four-Day Championship.

Against a team he knows very well, having previously represented the Leeward Islands Volcanoes in franchise cricket, Jangoo yesterday doubled up on his century on the second day of the match at Coolidge. As they say, he left nothing on the park. All the runs that were there for his taking, he took. His was not in the rampaging manner of some. A stroke-maker rather than a ball-beater, Jangoo squeezed all the juice out of the Hurricanes bowlers, just as like when liquid was being extracted from the literal fruit.

When he went to the crease Monday, consolidation was necessary. His Red Force side had lost just lost Cephas Cooper and Jason Mohammed, while Evin Lewis, not out overnight, was not able take the field and was off doing tests. And four balls after Mohammed had lost his wicket, Jyd Goolie also did the same. Just an hour into the second day had gone. Very quickly, the Red Force innings was in danger of serious decline. But here, opportunity presented itself to Jangoo.