da pinup bet： Virtuoso performances from Ramnaresh Sarwan and captain Carl Hoopersaw Guyana vanquish Barbados to lift the Red Stripe Bowl at DiscoveryBay, Jamaica
Staff Reporter14-Oct-2001Virtuoso performances from Ramnaresh Sarwan and captain Carl Hoopersaw Guyana vanquish Barbados to lift the Red Stripe Bowl at DiscoveryBay, Jamaica. The final, thankfully spared truncation by rains thathave been pelting the Caribbean throughout the tournament, alsoestablished Guyana as the premier side in regional one-day cricket.Asking Barbados to bat after winning the toss, Hooper juggled hisbowlers well. Impeccable field placements and miserly bowling sawBarbados creep along, they were 57/3 in 24.4 overs at one stage.It took a 52-ball 57 from Hendy Bryan to lift the run-rate.Accompanied by a more sedate fifty from Ryan Hinds, Bryan’s flurry offour fours and four sixes saw Barbados to a total of 221 for five infifty overs, a competitive, but certainly not match-winning total.Guyana’s attitude, right from the start, took the game away fromBarbados. Despite losing in-form opener Sewnarine Chattergoon for 13,Sarwan and Travis Dowlin collaborated in a stand of 99. Dowlin,promoted to the opening slot, proved to be the perfect compliment toSarwan’s strokeplay, scoring 54 off 109 balls.Sarwan’s 80 off 102 balls, with eight boundaries, was a textbookinnings for the chase. Taking plenty of singles and dispatching thebad balls contemptuously, his knock formed the spine of Guyana’sreply. When Hooper came out and scored 45 in 26 deliveries, with fourfours and two sixes, the result was effectively settled.”Guyana played the better cricket today. It was a surprise to us thatthey played so many spinners but, in the end, their all-round cricketgave them victory,” said Barbados captain Sherwin Campbell.The award for Most Valuable Player of the Final Four went to Sarwan,who received US 2,000 dollars and a trophy for his performances.Players of both sides received medals as well.”We played well and we deserved it,” said winning captain Hooper afterthe match. Guyana has won this trophy twice now, both times under theleadership of Hooper.Sarwan’s and Hooper’s form augurs well for the upcoming West Indiantour of Sri Lanka, which begins with a three-day domestic fixture onNov. 4.