*Official** West Indies Regional 4-Day Thread!

By Sean Devers kaieteurnewsonline.com
West Indies spin twins Veerasammy Permaul and Davendra Bishoo conspired to
spin webs around the batsmen yesterday on a fast deteriorating Providence pitch as the final four-day practice match to select the Guyana Jaguars team for the inaugural West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Professional Cricket League Regional Four-Day Franchise Tournament which starts on November 14, ended in a tame draw.
The Jaguars will play the Leewards at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence in their first of three home matches before travelling to Trinidad & Tobago for their final game for the year next month.
Set 208 to win from 45 overs after dismissing Singh’s X1 for 150, a run-chase which lacked intensity and an under-prepared pitch which kept increslingly low as the game progressed, combined to produce a stalemate as Johnson’s X1 ended on 74-3 when the game was inexplicably called off with over an to go before the scheduled close.
Singh’s X1 resumed the final day on 31-2 and slumped to 123-6 by Lunch as Permaul ripped out Kandasammy Surujpaul (20), Skipper Vishaul Singh (0), Royston Crandon ( and Chanderpaul Hemraj (29) as wickets tumbled in a heap.
The slide was briefly arrested when Hemraj and Steven Jacobs joined forces at 54-5 to take the score to 115-6 with a fighting 61-run stand before Hemraj, who struck three fours and two sixes off Bishoo, departed just before the interval.
Jacobs was bowled by Bishoo just when he was beginning to find his form and his 40 included five fours
Narsingh Deonarine survives a confident appeal off Steven Jacobs.

Narsingh Deonarine survives a confident appeal off Steven Jacobs.
Narsingh Deonarine survives a confident appeal off Steven Jacobs.

Narsingh Deonarine survives a confident appeal off Steven Jacobs.

and a six off Bishoo and left his team on 125-7 after Lunch.
Anthony Adams was then run out for nine at 139-8 before Bishoo, who grabbed the first two wickets on Thursday, bowled Kemo Paul for six without addition to the score before Permaul, who had a five-wicket haul in the first practice game at Bourda last week and 8-96 in the first innings of this match, bowled Amir Khan (10) to wrap up the innings and finish with 5-49 and match figures of 13-145. Bishoo, who returned from Sri Lanka in time for last two days of this game, took 4-77
When Johnson’s X1 began their second innings the expected run chase never materialised after Rajendra Chandrika (15) was beaten for pace and had his off stump plucked out at 26-1 by Jeremy Gordon who was the best fast bowler in the two matches, while Raun Johnson, who had Chandrika dropped at point, also bowled fast on the docile pitch making the batsmen work hard to find their range of scoring shots.
From a position of 361 from 16 overs at Tea, Trevon Griffith and Barbadian Raymond Reifer, who was promoted to number three in the order, got themselves bugged down against left-arm spinner Jacobs’ quick off-spin.  Griffith, who top-scored with 37, missed a sweep at Jacobs and was LBW at 70-2.  The left-handed Reifer (15) tried to free the shackles with a crunching cover driven boundary off Nanan but was soon trapped LBW to Nanan to one that scuttled through without addition to the score.
Skipper Leon Johnson (0*) and Narsingh Deonarine (4*) were at the crease when the game was prematurely halted.
Assad Fudadin and Ronsford Beaton are expected to arrive from Sri Lanka tomorrow night and the Guyana Jaguars team is expected to be named by Monday.

By Sean Devers
KAITEURNEWS ARTICLE
A 13-man squad has been named to represent the Guyana Jaguars against the Leeward Islands in the opening round of the inaugural West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Franchise four-day First Class cricket tournament which starts on Friday at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.
The Jaguars will be led by Guyana’s newest Test player, Leon Johnson and includes six players who have played Test cricket in Johnson, Shiv Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Assad Fudadin, Veerasammy Permaul and Devendra Bishoo.
The 23-year-old Barbadian left-handed all-rounder Raymond Reifer is also in the Jaguars team. Reifer has scored six fifties and taken 31 wickets from his 23 First-Class matches since making his debut for CCC against the Windwards at the 3Ws Oval in 2011. Reifer is the only overseas player in the Guyana squad.
Chris Barnwell is the seventh Guyanese to have played senior cricket for the West Indies. The 27-year-old has played six T20 Internationals for the Regional team along with his 25 First-Class games for Guyana.
At 40, Chanderpaul, the most capped West Indian Test player with 156 Tests, is the oldest player in the Jaguars team but the veteran left-hander is as fit as any member of the team assembled.
Fudadin, who is expected to return from Sri Lanka tonight, is Johnson’s Vice-Captain while former Guyana pacer Esaun Crandon is the Head Coach. Former National fast bowler Rayon Griffith, who is Chairman of the National Selectors, has been appointed Assistant Coach.
Guyana failed to win any match in this year’s Regional First-Class season and last won a First-Class tournament in 1998 although they beat Jamaica on first innings points at Sabina Park in Jamaica to take the 2002 Busta Cup.
The full squad reads:
Leon Johnson (Captain), Assad Fudadin (Vice-Captain), Rajindra Chandrika, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Raymond Reifer, Anthony Bramble (wk), Christopher Barnwell, Veerasammy Permaul, Devendra Bishoo, Ronsford Beaton, Vishal Singh, Trevon Griffith.