{"id":27007,"date":"2025-03-18T17:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T17:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=27007"},"modified":"2025-03-18T17:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T17:21:13","slug":"veerasammy-permaul-sets-sights-on-700-first-class-wickets-after-milestone-achievement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/veerasammy-permaul-sets-sights-on-700-first-class-wickets-after-milestone-achievement\/","title":{"rendered":"Veerasammy Permaul Sets Sights on 700 First-Class Wickets After Milestone Achievement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>February 17, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Veteran Guyanese left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul has set his sights on achieving 700 first-class wickets after recently reaching a career milestone of 652 wickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Permaul, who has represented Guyana since 2007, achieved this feat during a rain-affected match against the West Indies Academy at the National Stadium in Providence on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the challenging weather conditions, the Guyana Harpy Eagles were able to secure first-innings points against the West Indies Academy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Permaul&#8217;s contribution was crucial, with 574 of his first-class wickets coming in Guyana&#8217;s colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked about his goal of reaching 700 wickets, Permaul acknowledged that while it is a significant milestone, he remains focused on maintaining consistency in his performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that in cricket, anything can happen, and continued hard work and consistency are key to achieving long-term success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Permaul credited the partnership with fellow bowler Motie for their combined efforts in helping Guyana snatch the first-innings advantage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The duo&#8217;s experience and consistency were instrumental in challenging the young players of the West Indies Academy, resulting in a positive outcome for the Harpy Eagles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the match, Guyana made the surprising decision to bat first, posting 253 runs in 63.1 overs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Indies Academy responded with 249 runs in 83.2 overs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana faced difficulties in their second innings, collapsing to 44\/4 in eight overs before the match was called a draw, with the Harpy Eagles securing the first-innings points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As defending champions, the Harpy Eagles are determined to retain their title in the ongoing competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 17, 2025 Veteran Guyanese left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul has set his sights on achieving 700 first-class wickets after recently reaching a career milestone of 652 wickets. Permaul, who has&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27007","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\/27007","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=27007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27008,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27007\/revisions\/27008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}