{"id":24706,"date":"2024-12-05T18:46:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T18:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=24706"},"modified":"2024-12-05T18:46:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T18:46:12","slug":"jaguars-edge-pitbulls-in-thrilling-final-ball-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/jaguars-edge-pitbulls-in-thrilling-final-ball-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaguars Edge Pitbulls in Thrilling Final-Ball Finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>November 8, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an exhilarating contest at the LBI Ground on Thursday, the Essequibo Jaguars defeated the Demerara Pitbulls in match 13 of the Guyana Cricket Board\u2019s National T20 League, successfully chasing down a challenging target of 188 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pitbulls batted first, posting an impressive total of 188\/8 in their allotted overs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joshua Persaud (31), Rickey Sargeant (30), and Raymond Perez (26) played key roles in setting a strong target for the Jaguars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the Jaguars responded with determination. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by a stellar bowling performance from Myheim Khan, who took 4\/33, and solid contributions from Rajiv Ivan (2\/41), Ricardo Adams, and Joemal LaFleur (both with a wicket), the Jaguars were in pursuit of an exciting finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite losing seven wickets, the Jaguars stayed on course for victory, with LaFleur\u2019s 46 and valuable contributions from Adams (33) and Zeynul Ramsammy (30) propelling them toward the target. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a nerve-wracking finale, the Jaguars reached 188\/7 on the final ball, clinching a thrilling win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pitbulls&#8217; bowling attack was led by captain Christopher Barnwell, Floy Joseph, and Clinton Pestano, each taking two wickets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it wasn\u2019t enough to prevent the Jaguars from celebrating a hard-fought victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GCB National T20 League, sponsored by BetCageSport and endorsed by the Government of Guyana, continues to provide exciting cricket action across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 8, 2024 In an exhilarating contest at the LBI Ground on Thursday, the Essequibo Jaguars defeated the Demerara Pitbulls in match 13 of the Guyana Cricket Board\u2019s National T20&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24706","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\/24706","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=24706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24707,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24706\/revisions\/24707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}