A round-up of the Group C games on the opening day of the Vijay Hazare Trophy

ESPNcricinfo staff25-Feb-2017Fifties from Aditya Tare and Siddhesh Lad helped Mumbai recover from 85 for 4 and post 273, a total that proved 98 too many for Gujarat at Chepauk. Asked to bat, Mumbai lost wickets at regular intervals before a 117-run fifth-wicket stand between Tare and Lad put them back on course. Tare’s 83 came off 81 balls and included 13 fours, and Lad struck 64 off 60 balls with two fours and five sixes. Chirag Parmar, on List A debut, took 4 for 42. In reply, Gujarat slid after an opening stand of 30 as they were bowled out for 175 in the 42nd over. Shivam Malhotra took three wickets.Shreevats Goswami anchored Bengal‘s successful chase of 226 with a 110-ball 66 against Andhra. Bengal won by four wickets with seven balls remaining. When Goswami was dismissed, Bengal still required 74 off 15 overs. They knocked off the runs with valuable contributions from Anustup Majumdar (46) and captain Monoj Tiwary (38). Bengal’s win, though, was set up by a strong bowling performance, as they restricted Andhra to 225 for 8. Dwaraka Ravi Teja top-scored with 43 off 69. Ashoke Dinda, Pragyan Ojha and Majumdar chipped in with two wickets each.Harpreet Singh’s unbeaten 45 steered Madhya Pradesh’s chase of 213 against Rajasthan. MP chased down the target with three wickets in hand and 60 balls to spare. After being asked to bat, Rajasthan slid to 212 all out as their batsmen could not convert their starts. Opening batsman Ashok Bhudania top-scored with 38, but ate up 87 balls in doing so. Pacers Puneet Datey and Chandrakant Sakure picked up three wickets each, with the former giving away just 25 runs in his 10 overs for his career-best returns. MP lost Mukul Raghav early in the chase, but partnerships of 89 between Rajat Patidar (38) and Naman Ojha (33) for the second wicket, and Harpreet and Anand Bais (20) for the fourth revived them. They lost wickets frequently after the two partnerships, but Harpreet held up his end, and in the company of Datey, saw the team through.

G Vivekanand has been elected president of the Hyderabad Cricket Association, taking over from former offspinner Arshad Ayub; the results of the election were declared on Friday night

ESPNcricinfo staff01-Apr-2017G Vivekanand has been elected president of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), taking over from former offspinner Arshad Ayub; the results of the election were declared on Friday night. The HCA is the one of the first state associations to conduct its elections as per the Lodha Committee’s recommendations.*

HCA’s newly-elected office bearers

President: G Vivekanand, secretary: T Seshnarayan, vice-president: Anil Kumar, joint-secretary: Ajmal Asad, treasurer: P Mahender, apex-council member: Hanumanth Reddy

Vivekanand, an industrialist and a former member of parliament, secured 136 votes to defeat his opponent Vidyut Jaisimha, who managed 69. T Seshnarayan was elected secretary unanimously.The elections were held on January 17, but the results were withheld following petitions that challenged the polls. According to the , the Hyderabad High Court dismissed the petitions and upheld the order of a civil court that had directed that the elections be held.The HCA has been under the scanner for a number of irregularities during the organisation of the one-off Test between India and Bangladesh in Hyderabad in February. The absence of transparent tender processes and issues with vendor contracts were among the problems highlighted by the BCCI observer Ratnakar Shetty. The state body was also rapped by the Deloitte audit report on Project Transformation, instituted by former BCCI president Shashank Manohar, for serious financial discrepancies.*13.45GMT, April 1: The article had erroneously stated that the HCA was the first state association to conduct elections as per the Lodha recommendations. This has been changed.

Dale Steyn will miss South Africa’s tour of England, which starts next week and ends in August, as he continues to recover from a shoulder surgery

Firdose Moonda14-May-2017Dale Steyn will miss South Africa’s tour of England, which starts next week and ends in August, as he continues to recover from a shoulder surgery. Steyn, who has been out of action since the Perth Test against Australia last November with a broken bone, was due to play in two four-day games for the South Africa A side in the UK, to put himself in line for Test selection. However, considering he is still undergoing rehabilitation, he has opted to withdraw from those matches.”My recovery is going well but it is taking a little longer than I expected it to,” Steyn said at the CSA Annual Awards Dinner on Saturday. “I am able to do a lot of things, like running, hiking and gym work, but bowling is not one of them, and I won’t be ready in time.”When Steyn was initially diagnosed, it was expected he would need at least six months on the sidelines, which could have put him in contention for the UK tour. Instead, he is now targeting the home series against Bangladesh in September-October to make an international comeback, but understands he will need game time before that if he is to make the squad.”Obviously, one of the reasons for me playing with the A side was so that I could get some match fitness before the Tests. So, before that Bangladesh series, I will need to play a bit,” Steyn said.South Africa A will play in a limited-overs tournament against India A and Australia A late in the winter, which could give Steyn his much-needed game time, but he has also not ruled out the possibility of a short county stint in order to get some overs in. “In a way it could be quite funny – South Africa will be playing a Test series in England and maybe at some ground down the road, Dale Steyn will be playing for another team,” he joked.Steyn could not put a timeline on when he will return to bowling but stated that he was not experiencing any pain in the shoulder when “doing normal things.” He is on an extensive rehabilitation program which runs five days a week and includes activities to strengthen the smaller muscles around the shoulder joint. His plan is to gradually work his way up to being able to return to bowling.”We have to understand that fast bowling is not something normal people do, so it’s going to take time. Normal people do things mostly below the shoulder line; it’s unusual to have something above the line except for things like bowling and tennis. I just have to be patient,” Steyn said.Despite Steyn’s absence, South Africa will still have what he considers a “very strong attack,” which will include the fit-again Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada, Duanne Olivier and, possibly, Chris Morris or Wayne Parnell – or both, as they had in New Zealand. Philander is the only other injury concern – he sustained a groin injury while playing for Sussex earlier this month – but South Africa are hopeful he will be able to play a full part in the Test series.

Considering Afghanistan’s reputation as a formidable T20I unit, Carlos Brathwaite’s men will look to bring on their A-game to contend with the tourists

The Preview by Danyal Rasool01-Jun-2017

Match facts

June 2, 2017
Start time 19:30 local (23:30 GMT)Afghanistan will hope to extend their 11-match winning streak in T20Is•Associated Press

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For the West Indies, this series stacks up as Plan B, a convenient arrangement facilitated by their board considering they failed to make the cut for the ongoing Champions Trophy, a tournament to which only the top eight ODI teams were invited. A side that won the tournament when it was held in England 13 years ago, and reached the final of the following edition, West Indies found themselves locked out of the competition altogether, the first time one of the traditional top eight teams failed to qualify for an ICC world event.For Afghanistan, however, series don’t come much bigger than this. This is the first bilateral series they are playing against a Full Member that isn’t Pakistan, Bangladesh or Zimbabwe. They get the opportunity to tour a part of the world that will always be remembered for producing a cricketing generation that could stand up to the greatest sides in history. And, anyway, never mind nostalgia, for Afghanistan are playing a T20I series against the reigning world champions in the shortest format of the game.A sombre backdrop marks the beginning of the series for Afghanistan. The players will still be recovering emotionally from the horrific news of a bomb blast in Kabul that killed nearly 100 people and injured almost 500 more. This series might feel much less important back home than it did just a couple of days ago. However, cricket has been a welcome distraction for the Afghan fans ever since their side burst on to the scene, and in that role, this unique tale still has a role to play, and a void to fill.

Form guide

West Indies LWLLL (last five completed matches, most recent first)
Afghanistan WWWWW

In the spotlight

Carlos Brathwaite and Kieron Pollard might view this series as an opportunity to play themselves back into form. Considering how imposing the Afghanistan outfit can be in this format, both Brathwaite and Pollard will look to bring on their A-game. Furthermore, with the fifth edition of the Caribbean Premier League coming up, they hardly need extra motivation.Rashid Khan is arguably Afghanistan’s most valuable long-term asset. Still only 18, he has already played 50 limited-overs internationals, and his consistency earned him a contract with Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL, where he played all his side’s matches and picked up 17 wickets from 14 games. He was also instrumental in Afghanistan’s most famous win, a victory over West Indies in the World T20 in 2016, taking 2 for 26 in four overs. Off the only ball he faced, he smashed a six, and how many runs did Afghanistan win by? Six, of course. Given the enormity of his credentials in the shortest format, he could squeeze into most T20 sides in the world.

Team news

West Indies have included the 24-year old uncapped fast bowler from Guyana, Ronsford Beaton, in their 13-man squad. Beaton, who has scalped 31 wickets in 36 T20s, could be expected to feature in the playing XI at some stage in the series. Jason Holder, the ODI captain, has been rested.West Indies (possible) 1 Evin Lewis, 2 Chadwick Walton (wk), 3 Marlon Samuels, 4 Lendl Simmons, 5 Keiron Pollard, 6 Jason Mohammed, 7 Carlos Brathwaite (capt), 8 Sunil Narine, 9 Rovman Powell, 10 Samuel Badree, 11 Kesrick WilliamsAfghanistan’s squad is a mix of experience and youth, and one of their key objectives in this series will be to gauge the performance of the younger crop of players as pioneers like Mohammad Nabi and Asghar Stanikzai begin to transition into the latter stages of their careers.Afghanistan squad 1 Asghar Stanikzai (capt), 2 Amir Hamza, 3 Dawlat Zadran, 4 Fareed Ahmad, 5 Gulbadin Naib, 6 Javed Ahmadi, 7 Karim Janat, 8 Mohammad Nabi, 9 Najibullah Zadran, 10 Noor Ali Zadran, 11 Rashid Khan, 12 Samiullah Shenwari, 13 Shafiqullah (wk), 14 Shapoor Zadran, 15 Usman Ghani, 16 Afsar Zazai, 17 Naveen-ul-Haq, 18 Sharafuddin Ashraf

Pitch and conditions

Warner Park has been used sparingly for international cricket since it was inaugurated in 2006; it has hosted only 22 men’s international games. The pitch is expected to take turn, which should play to both sides’ strengths. There is a small chance of rain, but a full game is expected.

Stats and trivia

• Afghanistan were the only side to beat West Indies at the 2016 World T20 in India, where Darren Sammy’s team went on to win the tournament.
• Warner Park has hosted only one completed T20 international, with West Indies beating Bangladesh by five wickets in 2009. Another T20I, between the same sides five years later, was washed out after 4.4 overs.

Recklessness was the charge laid against England after their double collapse at Trent Bridge, but rarely, if ever, has such an accusation been levelled against Alastair Cook

The Report by David Hopps27-Jul-2017Recklessness was the charge laid against England after their double collapse at Trent Bridge invited South Africa back into the series, but rarely, if ever, has such an accusation been levelled against Alastair Cook. England presented him as the chief witness for the defence at the start of the third Test at The Oval – and defence is what he diligently delivered.On a crabby day frequently taunted by heavy showers, England finished four down, 171 to the good. Two of their three debutants perished as did a third batsman, Keaton Jennings, who at this level – in fact, at all levels – also remains comparatively wet behind the ears.At such times, Cook’s calming presence has often offered England succour – nigh on 12,000 Test runs amassed without excess, and as if oblivious to the tribulations around him. He just about held South Africa at bay, a workmanlike 82 not out fashioned by the time players left the field for the final time around six o’clock.South of the Thames, life is supposedly relaxed and informal, especially with a 100th Test for The Oval to celebrate, but not for England, who knew that restraint was expected of them, but who struggled to prosper after Joe Root’s marginal decision to bat.An unbroken stand of 51 between Cook and Ben Stokes as the rain became more frequent brought a different complexion after they had slipped to 120 for 4. Stokes, who had taken offence at the questioning of England’s dedication after their Trent Bridge defeat, again playing with utmost deliberation. It was perhaps safest not to mention it.England’s task to put Nottingham behind them was far from straightforward. There was swing and, surprisingly at The Oval, some seam movement on offer for South Africa’s attack on a green-tinged pitch. England had cause to be grateful that Vernon Philander had to retreat from the fray for periods of the day with a stomach upset. Once again, he was excellent throughout.The shot that got Cook to fifty – a rare wide one from Philander which he flashed through gully – was uncharacteristic of a patient innings in which he left well and prospered off his pads. It was his first Test fifty in the first innings for more than a year. His focus, though, will be forward – and the potential for a 31st Test hundred.He was grateful, on 28, to survive an lbw appeal from Chris Morris, the ball angling in towards leg stump but Ultra Edge spotting a nick on to his pad after South Africa reviewed.South Africa followed up the wicket of Jennings in the fourth over of the day with three more in the afternoon. Tom Westley looked comfortable enough in making 24 by lunch, but he fell four balls after the resumption, edging an outswinger from Chris Morris to second slip. As with any international newcomer, analysis will immediately begin – and with Westley it will doubtless emphasise his penchant for the leg side – but it was a decent delivery.John Crawley at Lord’s in 1994 was the last time England fielded a debutant No. 3 at home and there were similarities in Westley’s game, notably in a fluent manner and a strong leg-side game. A first-class average below 38 was hardly eye-catching, but he had a dapper air at the crease and, at 28, many believe him to be a late developer. England certainly need one.Dawid Malan couldn’t keep out Kagiso Rabada’s fantastic delivery•Getty Images

Philander, who had been limited to four overs with the new ball before lunch, returned in mid-afternoon and removed Joe Root during his second over back. Root was drawn into a work to leg by a slightly back-of-a-length delivery of impeccable line, it left him a fraction and Quinton de Kock changed direction in time to take a fine, one-handed catch to his right.Dawid Malan, on debut at five, is no stodge: selections like this further underline that England are not about to block out the rest of the summer. He was preferred to Liam Dawson as England sought refuge in an extra batsman, but managed only a single before his 17th delivery proved to be his last, a high-class yorker from Kagiso Rabada, which swung late to hit middle and leg and which left the left-handed Malan falling to the floor as it did so, evidence of a closed-off stance.The sum of England’s morning was 62 in 22.1 overs for the loss of Jennings, who made a duck and who is looking increasingly unlikely to survive his first Test summer. Influential figures, Andy Flower among them, like his character, but increasingly England will be disturbed by his batting average.In three Tests, Jennings’ technique has been well and truly filleted. South Africa are experts at it, especially against someone who they regard as one of their own. He has looked increasingly statuesque; as if afraid every move might be his last. Three debutants at The Oval might not preclude a fourth in Manchester.Not for the first time this series, he was skilfully worked over by Philander, his footwork tentative and bat searching blindly as if unsure which way the ball was moving. He deflected a delivery into his pads, not too far short of square leg, and then pushed blindly at the next. Philander then got him at third slip as he dangled his bat without conviction.Jennings’ departure paved the way for an Essex alliance between Cook and Westley, Westley heartened no doubt, in his first Test innings, to have the presence at the crease of a county colleague he holds in such high regard.The Oval is traditionally the ground for England debutants, but that owes much to its regular place in the English calendar as the last Test of the summer. To find three of them, all a little squeamish with nerves, searching for dressing room pegs in only the third Test of the summer, was a sign of England’s problems.Three debutants a few months before the start of an Ashes series is hardly ideal for England. Consolation, though, is easy to find because South Africa caused the same fallout in the last Australian summer. Tough and uncompromising, they are adept at uncovering weaknesses. Westley’s first four scoring shots in Test cricket were all boundaries, the first of them a signature shot as he whipped Morne Morkel to the square leg boundary.He was fortunate to get a thin edge on an lbw appeal from Morkel before taking two more boundaries off the first over from Keshav Maharaj, the left-arm spinner. An aerial drive was too close to short extra cover for comfort; a further boundary off his pads possessed more aplomb.Neither Morkel nor Rabada were at the top of their game before lunch. Morkel was too short, going for 28 in his first six, while Rabada, despite putting himself through a heavy workload in the nets during his one-Test suspension under the totting up procedure, took a while to slip into gear.Both stepped it up after lunch. Morkel was particularly impressive during a demanding afternoon spell of fuller length. Cook and Root were forced to tough it out. The former captain survived; his replacement didn’t. Root slumped back in a dressing room chair, disconsolate and, like many before him, watched Cook dig England out of a hole.

The accident reportedly took place when he was travelling from Khulna with his family

ESPNcricinfo staff28-Jun-2017Bangladesh left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak has suffered a car accident in Gopalganj, according to . Razzak has been reported to be ‘out of danger’ after receiving preliminary treatment. The accident took place when he was travelling from Khulna with his family. The local police came to their rescue after they suffered minor injuries.Razzak is the third-highest wicket-taker for Bangladesh in ODIs with 207 wickets in 153 matches. He last played international cricket in August 2014.

Calvin Dickinson scored a sublime 24-ball 51 to upstage his Kent counterpart Sam Billings and set up Hampshire’s six-wicket NatWest T20 Blast win

ECB Reporters Network11-Aug-2017Durban-born keeper-batsman Calvin Dickinson scored a sublime 24-ball 51 to upstage his Kent counterpart Sam Billings and set up Hampshire’s six-wicket NatWest T20 Blast win over the Spitfires in Canterbury.In only his second appearance in the short-form game, the diminutive Dickinson cracked eight fours and two sixes to get Hampshire off to a flying start in their pursuit of Kent’s par-for-the-course total of 167 for 7.Following Dickenson’s pyrotechnics, Hampshire skipper James Vince played a typically level-headed innings of 57 off 36-balls to earn his side’s seventh south group win with 16 deliveries to spare.Dickinson said: “It’s been a brilliant couple of days and really nice to get out there and play some first team cricket. Kent were biting at
our heels going into this game, so this was a vital win for us tonight.”We’ve probably done enough to qualify now but it’d be great to get a home quarter final. We needed impetus from the start and James Vince and I spoke about one of us going hard at the top. In the 2nd team I’ve looked to be positive and when it’s your day you just have to make the most of it.”Batting first after losing the toss, Kent recovered from a disastrous start courtesy of Sam Northeast’s 17th T20 half-century.Spitfires had lost opener Joe Denly without a run on the board. Aiming to late cut left-arm spinner Liam Dawson’s third delivery of the night Denly miscued into the hands of Kyle Abbott at backward point.The hosts finally opened their boundary account in the fourth over from Gareth Berg when Northeast clipped consecutive balls to the
leg-side ropes to take 11 off the over.Left-arm paceman Chris Wood also conceded a brace of boundaries in his first over but Kent could still only muster 40 from their six
powerplay overs.Hampshire, who selected three front-line spinners compared to Kent’s one, introduced leg-spinner Mason Crane to good effect, but it was
Abbott who struck next, plucking out Daniel Bell-Drummond’s off stump as the right-hander advanced aiming a lofted drive.Spitfires raised their 50 in the ninth over when Crane conceded his first boundary of the night to a Northeast square cut, but at their
innings mid-point Kent had limped to 61 for 2.Sam Billings appeared unusually subdued when Shahid Afridi came on at the Pavilion End. Content to rotate the strike and let Northeast go
for his big shots, Billings finally unfurled an impudent sweep off paceman Wood to pick up three through fine leg.Crane returned only to be bullied into the top deck of the tier of the Woolley Stand by Billings for the night’s first six as 18 came from the over.Northeast’s late cut for four against Afridi raised his 37-ball 50 with seven fours and posted Kent’s 100 in the 14th over but, with 59 to his name, Northeast chipped one from Dawson to George Bailey at long-on.With his skipper gone, Billings stepped up to the plate by smashing Dawson for a maximum, yet the spinner still finished with excellent
figures of two for 25.Wood ended Billings’ 25-ball stay for 40 with a perfect yorker, but Stevens lifted the Kentish gloom with an extraordinary sliced six over
extra cover against the same bowler.All-rounder Jimmy Neesham blotted his copybook by running out crowd-favourite Stevens (15) after calling for a risky second run to
Crane at deep cover, then Neesham’s back-foot force against Abbott was caught at extra cover by a diving Vince.Kent’s demise continued as Matt Coles (4) miscued to Afridi to give Gareth Berg one for 29, then Abbott wrapped up his first-rate spell
with two for 25 as Kent set Hampshire an asking rate of 8.4 an over for victory.Neesham’s dismal night continued when he conceded 15 off his first over as Hampshire sprinted out of the blocks in their pursuit of 168.Dickenson refused to let rookie left-arm spinner Imran Qayyum settle, taking 14 off his first over, then the impish 20-year-old plundered 16
off Coles to post Hampshire’s 50 after only four overs.Kent’s decision to drop their hugely experienced spinner James Tredwell in favour of Qayyum came into question when the 24-year-old
conceded a brace of sixes to James Vince, while, at the other end, Dickinson cantered to his maiden 50 in the Blast.Dickinson, who caught Hampshire’s eye last season when playing for Oxford MCCU, departed after a miscued drive to mid-on against Mitch
Claydon, but his innings ensured Hampshire had raced to 79 for 1 come the end of their powerplay.Vince and left-hander Tom Alsop took up the attack thereafter, cantering along at almost 10-an-over by simply punishing Kent’s poor deliveries and sloppy fielding.Vince moved to a 31-ball 50 with his third six off Qayyum whose torrid night improved slightly by having Alsop (34) stumped to end a second-wicket stand of 79. The bowler finished with figures of 1 for 48.Shahid Afridi departed after missing a leg-side lap to be bowled by Stevens and top-scorer Vince missed a straight one from Claydon to go
for 57, but Kent still tasted a fourth T20 defeat of the season from their five games at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence.

Seamers Mustafizur Rahman and Subashis Roy bowled seven maidens each and showed good control while Shafiul Islam and Taskin Ahmed were more expensive

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Sep-2017A majority of the Bangladesh bowlers had a good outing on day two of their tour match against Cricket South Africa Invitation XI in Benoni. All the frontline bowling options took at least one wicket each with seamers Mustafizur Rahman and Subashis Roy particularly showing good control.Resuming from an overnight 21 for 1, the hosts moved to 313 for 8, securing a slender seven-run first-innings lead, before declaring their innings. Bangladesh openers Liton Das and Imrul Kayes then safely negotiated three overs to close the day.Mustafizur and Subashis bowled seven maidens each, while the spinners Mehidy Hasan and Taijul Islam were also among the wickets. Bangladesh, though, will be concerned about the form of Shafiul Islam and Taskin Ahmed, who conceded at at least five runs an over.However, they will be pleased with the arrival of Rubel Hossain, who joined the squad late because of a visa-related issue.For the home side, Zubayr Hamza, Mathew Christensen and Shaun von Berg struck fifties while Matthew Breetzke and Migael Pretorius pitched in with forties.

Afghanistan have appointed Dean Jones for the side’s tour of Hong Kong, with the possbility of a permanent deal looming

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Oct-2017Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) have appointed former Australia batsman Dean Jones as interim head coach for Afghanistan’s Intercontinental Cup fixture in Hong Kong. Afghanistan have been without a coach since August after the board chose not to renew Lalchand Rajput’s contract following a year-long stint with the side. Jones, 56, recently covered the Shpageeza Cricket League, Afghanistan’s premier T20 competition, in Kabul as a commentator, his style of commentary making him popular with the Afghanistan fans.”Former Australian cricketer Dean Jones has appointed as interim head coach of the Afghanistan National Cricket Team for the upcoming tour of Hong Kong for the Intercontinental Cup fixture,” the ACB announced in a statement. “Both sides will consider a long-term coaching agreement after the tour of Hong Kong.”Afghanistan have struggled for consistency in the coaching department, having changed five coaches over the past five years. Before Rajput, former Pakistan internationals Inzamam-ul Haq, Rashid Latif and Kabir Khan all had spells as Afghanistan head coach.Afghanistan are set to play a first-class game in the ICC Intercontinental Cup on October 20 at Tin Kwong Road Recreation Ground in Hong Kong. Afghanistan are presently unbeaten, in second place with 81 points behind Ireland, who lead the table with 89 points from six games. They won the Intercontinental Cup in 2010, beating Scotland in the final, after bursting onto international cricket’s collective consciousness in 2009 when they gained ODI status with a sixth-place finish at that year’s World Cup Qualifier in South Africa.

The victory bolstered Guyana’s position at the top of the table with three wins from four games

ESPNcricinfo staff20-Nov-2017
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Centuries from Leon Johnson and Vishaul Singh, along with Veerasammy Permaul’s nine wickets in the match, steered Guyana to an innings-and-217-run victory over Trinidad & Tobago in Port of Spain. The victory bolstered Guyana’s position at the top of the table, with three wins from four games.Tagenarine Chanderpau gave Guyana a good start with 85 off 235 balls, his fifth first-class fifty, and shared a 174-run second-wicket stand with Johnson, who played out 360 deliveries for his 165. After Chanderpaul’s dismissal, Vishaul scored his ninth first-class century, 100 off 211 balls. They hit a total of 25 fours between them before Bryan Charles – who bagged a five-for – dismissed them both in the 140th over. Guyana slumped from 390 for 2 to 445 for 8, before Permaul and Gudakesh Motie stitched together an unbeaten 39-run stand for the ninth wicket to help the side declare on 484 for 8.T&T slumped to 120 all out as Permaul and Motie ran through the side with their left-arm spin, taking four wickets each. This was after fast bowler Keon Joseph had dismissed opener Amir Jangoo and No. 3 Yannic Cariah in successive overs, following T&T’s opening partnership of 66.Guyana enforced the follow-on and T&T were only marginally better in the second innings. Permaul was once again the chief wicket-taker, with 5 for 54. Fast bowler Keemo Paul also stepped up for Guyana, taking 4 for 26. Paul accounted for four of the first six T&T wickets, leaving them reeling at 62 for 6. T&T’s top scores were knocks of 28 from Imran Khan and Daniel St Clair, with captain Denesh Ramdin unbeaten on 22.