{"id":24620,"date":"2024-12-05T13:29:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T13:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=24620"},"modified":"2024-12-05T13:29:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T13:29:52","slug":"harpy-eagles-clinch-first-win-in-regional-super-50-defeat-leeward-islands-by-eight-wickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/harpy-eagles-clinch-first-win-in-regional-super-50-defeat-leeward-islands-by-eight-wickets\/","title":{"rendered":"Harpy Eagles Clinch First Win in Regional Super 50, Defeat Leeward Islands by Eight Wickets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Travis Seymour | November 6, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana\u2019s Harpy Eagles secured their first victory in the 2024 Regional Super 50 tournament with an impressive eight-wicket win over the Leeward Islands Hurricanes in a rain-affected match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Harpy Eagles won the toss and opted to bowl first at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spinner Versammy Permaul was the standout performer, taking 3 wickets for 24 runs from his 9 overs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He set the tone for the Leewards&#8217; collapse, dismissing Justin Greaves early before returning to dismantle the middle order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pacer Nial Smith supported well with 2 for 42, while Ashmead Nedd contributed with 2 for 19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isia Thorne and Keemo Paul also chipped in with a wicket each. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite some resistance from Leeward Islands captain Rahkeem Cornwall (36) and Jeremiah Louis (34), the Hurricanes were bowled out for 139 in 34.2 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, the match was reduced to 41 overs due to rain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Harpy Eagles had a rocky start with Tagenarine Chanderpaul departing for just 3 runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Matthew Nandu (50) and captain Tevin Imlach, who remained unbeaten on 69, led the charge, comfortably chasing down the target. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team reached 141 for 2 in just 27.5 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oshane Thomas and Rahkeem Cornwall were the lone wicket-takers for the Leewards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This win provides much-needed relief for the Harpy Eagles, who had lost their previous two matches to the Windward Islands and Barbados, and had been forced to settle for a no-result against the Combined Campuses and Colleges due to rain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Travis Seymour | November 6, 2024 Guyana\u2019s Harpy Eagles secured their first victory in the 2024 Regional Super 50 tournament with an impressive eight-wicket win over the Leeward Islands&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24620","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\/24620","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=24620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24621,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24620\/revisions\/24621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}