da mrbet： Carl Hooper provided a timely reminder to West Indies selectors that he cantake wickets as well as score runs after Guyana reduced England A to 218 forseven on the first day of the Busta International Shield semi-final atBourda
da aviator aposta： Kate Laven24-Feb-2001Carl Hooper provided a timely reminder to West Indies selectors that he cantake wickets as well as score runs after Guyana reduced England A to 218 forseven on the first day of the Busta International Shield semi-final atBourda.He took 4-24 from 19 overs to give his side first day honours when EnglandA’s batting, which had begun to look frail in the last match against LeewardIslands, once again proved disappointing.Five of the batsmen played themselves in then suffered lapses inconcentration to gift their wickets away with Hooper and fellow spinner NeilMcGarrell the main beneficiaries accounting for six of the seven wickets.The Guyana Cricket Board have written to the cricket authorities to lodge acomplaint about Barbados taking the Busta Cup title when Guyana finished onequal points.Despite the rules, which state the team with the most outright wins becomechampions in the event of a tie on points, Guyana feel they are worthy jointchampions and their sense of entitlement was clearly manifest in theirapproach to today’s semi-final.It was a surprise however when Hooper won the toss and inserted England A ona pitch that promised assistance to the seamers only in the first hour. MarkAlleyne was quite happy with his choice and when openers Michael Powell andIan Ward played steadily to pick off the runs against some early waywardnessfrom the Guyana pace attack Reon King and Colin Stuart, it looked like thedecision may backfire.But after putting on 34 runs, with spinners already in action by the 14thover, Ward pushed defensively at a delivery from Test bowler MahendraNagamootoo and was caught having made 24.Despite his remarkable start to the tour, in which he made 643 runs fromnine innings, the last four knocks have produced a more modest 70 and he hasbeen overtaken by the prolific Hooper who, going into this semi-final match,had notched up a total of 798 and was in with a chance of reaching 1,000 toearn the bumper US$50,000 prize on offer.Powell played defiantly and with John Crawley added 54 for the second wicketand although Crawley was dropped at first slip while still on 12, he wasunable to make the error a costly one and was taken at slip for the second24 of the day giving Hooper his first wicket.Five overs later, Powell was leg before to McGarrell though televisionreplays suggested he had got bat to ball, and from then on the wicketstumbled at regular intervals with Vikram Solanki deceived by a ball fromMcGarrell that kept straight and Alleyne, who is in top form, falling for24, edging Hooper to the wicketkeeper Vishal Nagamootoo, Mahendra’s youngerbrother who was standing just inches away from the stumps.The sight of Alleyne walking dolefully back to the pavilion with the scoreon 149 for five had the 10,000 strong crowd whooping in their applause fortheir skipper, who they believe will emerge as the new West Indies captainin weeks to come after his inevitable return to Test cricket, which isexpected to be announced after the selectors meeting next weekend.Nottinghamshire left-hander Usman Afzaal battled against the spinners for 33but he too succumbed to a ball veering down the off side from Hooper that heelected to cut. Instead of clearing the field, it went straight toNagamootoo at point and the whooping grew louder, as the crowd sensed anearly conclusion to the England A innings.But a partnership between Chris Schofield and Chris Read frustrated thecrowd and the bowlers and by stumps, the total had moved onto 218, the pairadding a valuable 54 runs in the final session.With the Busta first innings rule turning this game effectively into a oneinnings match, England A’s first day effort was some way short of the targetand the final three batsmen will have to hang around well into the afternoontomorrow to stand any chance of qualifying for the final.
