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Deonarine (91) props poor Red Force battingBy JOEL BAILEY Saturday, March 19 2016
VETERAN BATSMAN Narsingh Deonarine struck an unbeaten 91 but the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force batting faltered on the opening day of their 10th and Final Round match in the Regional Four Day Championships.
Action was against the Windward Islands Volcanoes at the National Cricket Centre, Couva.
Deciding to bat first after winning the toss, the Red Force were dismissed for 211 with the 32-year-old Deonarine, the former Guyana and West Indies left-hander, offering major resistance to the steady Volcanoes bowling attack with a knock decorated with nine fours and three sixes off 182 deliveries.
Another veteran player, Imran Khan, hit 39 while the in-form Kyle Hope, the ex-Barbados batsman, scoring 28.
Doing the damage for the Volcanoes were debutant left-arm spinner Larry Edwards (4/77), pacer Kyle Mayers (3/37) and captain and off-spinner Liam Sebastien (2/22).
At the close, the Volcanoes were 33 without loss with Devon Smith on 20 and Tyrone Theophile on 13.
With Yannick Ottley in his first match in charge of the Red Force, the hosts brought in Justin Guillen, newcomer Ewart Nicholson and Darren Bravo for the injured Jeremy Solozano and the out-of-form pair of Yannic Cariah and ex-skipper Jason Mohammed.
Guillen and Nicholson were both dismissed in the first hour, with Guillen (11) edging Mayers to wicket-keeper Sunil Ambris and Nicholson (one) taken by Keron Cottoy at second slip off left-arm pacer Delorn Johnson.
Bravo, in his first four-day match since opting out of the West Indies T20 World Cup squad, joined Hope in the middle, but the pair were unable to stay beyond the lunch break.
Edwards took care for the two – Hope (49 balls, three fours and a six) was stumped and Bravo was bowled for two.
Lunch was taken with the Red Force on 61/4, with Deonarine on 13 and Ottley on four.
However Sebastien captured two wickets shortly after the resumption — Ottley (eight) caught by Smith running around from slip and Steven Katwaroo (duck) offering a return catch.
Khan joined Deonarine at the middle and they featured in a 62-run seventh wicket partnership, before the combination of Mayers and Sebastien accounted for two wickets in succession – Khan (49 balls and nine fours) and Rayad Emrit (seven) edging to second slip.
The Red Force were tottering at 146/8 at tea, with Deonarine on 46 and Richards on one, but they carried the score to 182 before Edwards had Richards (15) caught at slip while Jagessar’s brave vigil ended when he miscued an on-drive and returned a catch to Edwards.
