{"id":13519,"date":"2023-10-27T22:27:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T22:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13519"},"modified":"2023-10-27T22:27:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T22:27:29","slug":"ruthless-rutherfords-maiden-century-seals-victory-for-guyana-harpy-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/ruthless-rutherfords-maiden-century-seals-victory-for-guyana-harpy-eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruthless Rutherford&#8217;s Maiden Century Seals Victory for Guyana Harpy Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a display of sheer batting brilliance, Sherfane Rutherford led the Guyana Harpy Eagles to a crucial victory against Leeward Islands Volcanoes at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leeward Islands won the toss and opted to bat, posting a total of 244 for 6 from their 50 overs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Openers Kieran Powell and Kofi James fell early, but Keacy Carty and Karima Gore worked to recover from the initial setbacks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gore&#8217;s impressive knock of 54 off 72 balls included three boundaries and a six. Jahmar Hamilton&#8217;s half-century further bolstered the Volcanoes&#8217; total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana Harpy Eagles faced early stumbles with Tagenarine Chanderpaul (1) and Kemol Savory (26) departing quickly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice-captain Tevin Imlach steadied the ship with a composed 32, but Shimron Hetmyer fell for just 4. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevlon Anderson&#8217;s 32 off 61 balls provided momentum, but it was his partnership with the match winner, Sherfane Rutherford, that turned the tide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rutherford&#8217;s scintillating 105 off 71 balls carried the team to victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rutherford&#8217;s explosive innings featured eight sixes and seven fours, propelling his team to 248 for 6 with 15 balls to spare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This remarkable performance marked his maiden first-class hundred. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kofi James was the standout bowler for Leewards with figures of 3 for 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a display of sheer batting brilliance, Sherfane Rutherford led the Guyana Harpy Eagles to a crucial victory against Leeward Islands Volcanoes at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy. Leeward Islands&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13521,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13519\/revisions\/13521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}