ST AUGUSTINE, Trinidad, CMC – Sherfane Rutherford lashed a half-century, and Take a look at left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie snatched a five-wicket haul as Guyana Harpy Eagles inflicted Barbados Pleasure with their first defeat of the Regional Super50 Cup right here Sunday.
In a low-scoring contest lowered to 47 overs per aspect on the Frank Worrell Memorial Floor, Harpy Eagles rallied to 202 all out within the ultimate over, with the left-handed Rutherford top-scoring with 74 off 70 deliveries.
In reply, Take a look at left-hander Kyle Mayers struck 64 off 63 balls, however Motie engineered a collapse with a spell of 5 for 17 as Pleasure was bundled out for 146 within the fortieth over, to lose by 56 runs.
Pleasure was cruising of their run chase at 81 with out loss, however Motie mixed with off-spinner Kevin Sinclair (3-30) to wreck the innings as Pleasure misplaced ten wickets for 65 runs.
The victory for Harpy Eagles was their third in 4 outings, whereas Pleasure has gained two of their 4 matches.
Despatched in, Harpy Eagles slumped to 39 for 3 within the twelfth over as West Indies left-arm seamer Raymon Reifer (3-38) made very important early strikes.
Kemol Savory, who struck 35 from 66 balls, tried to revive the innings in a 23-run fourth wicket stand with Shimron Hetmyer, however the West Indies left-hander managed solely 19 earlier than holing out down the bottom off off-spinner Roston Chase at first of the twenty first over.
When Sinclair perished within the twenty third over for 3, edging a defensive prod at left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican to a widish first slip, Harpy Eagles have been in additional bother at 68 for 5.
Nonetheless, Rutherford got here to his aspect’s rescue, placing on 54 for the sixth wicket with Savory after which dominating a seventh-wicket stand of 62 with Motie, who scored solely seven.
All advised, Rutherford struck 4 fours and 4 sixes earlier than he was seventh out, belting a Javed Leacock (3-30) full toss into the arms of deep mid-wicket within the forty third over.
His dismissal triggered a slide that noticed Harpy Eagles lose their final 4 wickets for 18 runs.
Mayers then took cost of Pleasure’s run chase, stroking 9 fours and a six as he impressed an 81-run opening stand with Take a look at skipper Kraigg Brathwaite (17).
However Brathwaite’s demise within the fifteenth over bowled lacking an unsightly heave at Motie, sparked a collapse as Pleasure misplaced 4 wickets for 15 runs to be 96 for 4 at first of the twentieth over.
Mayers was a part of the carnage, holing out to deep mid-wicket off off-spinner Kevlon Anderson at first of the twentieth whereas captain Shai Hope suffered the indignity of a first-ball ‘duck,’ Motie spinning one previous the right-hander’s defensive prod to shatter his stumps.
Chase, who struck 25 from 31 balls, posted 35 for the fifth wicket with Reifer (8), however the resistance was short-lived, Pleasure dropping their six wickets for simply 15 runs.
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