Jaguars thump Pride comfortably; move closer to fifth consecutive title

FOUR-TIME defending champions, the Guyana Jaguars returned to winning ways, beating Barbados Pride inside three days of their ninth-round Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional Four-day encounter yesterday.

Man-of-the-match Raymon Reifer’s stellar bowling set up the comprehensive seven-wicket victory, as Jaguars continued with their dominant run at home. The 27-year-old Reifer finished with a match-haul of nine for 42.


Scores: Barbados Pride 76 and 238; Guyana Jaguars 201 and 118-3.
Jaguars, with six outright wins this season, have now opened up a significant lead at the top of the standings to remain firm favourites to win a fifth straight title with one game remaining, a day/night encounter against Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, starting on Thursday.

After earning 17.6 points from the game, the Jaguars sit on 134.4 and will definitely fancy their chances of the title, despite their two closest rivals, Leeward Islands Hurricanes and Pride, with two games to play.

Resuming yesterday’s penultimate day at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, in total command of the contest, Jaguars completed the crushing win just after lunch.
Set 114 to win, Jaguars completed the formalities in 29 overs with Chandrapaul Hemraj hitting his seventh first-class fifty – an attractive 51 off 63 balls with five fours and a six.

A strong team