ST AUGUSTINE, Trinidad – Sherfane Rutherford lashed a half-century and Test left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie snatched a five-wicket haul as Guyana Harpy Eagles inflicted Barbados Pride with their first defeat of the Regional Super50 Cup here Sunday.
Left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie.In a low-scoring contest reduced to 47 overs per side at the Frank Worrell Memorial Ground, Harpy Eagles rallied to 202 all out in the final over, with the left-handed Rutherford top-scoring with 74 off 70 deliveries.
In reply, Test left-hander Kyle Mayers struck 64 off 63 balls but Motie engineered a collapse with a spell of five for 17 as Pride were bundled out for 146 in the 40th over, to lose by 56 runs.
Pride were cruising in their run chase at 81 without loss but Motie combined with off-spinner Kevin Sinclair (3-30) to wreck the innings as Pride lost ten wickets for 65 runs.
The victory for Harpy Eagles was their third in four outings while Pride have won two of their four matches.
Sent in, Harpy Eagles slumped to 39 for three in the 12th over as West Indies left-arm seamer Raymon Reifer (3-38) made key early strikes.
Kemol Savory, who struck 35 from 66 balls, tried to revive the innings in a 23-run fourth wicket stand with Shimron Hetmyer but the left West Indies left-hander managed only 19 before holing out down the ground off off-spinner Roston Chase at the start of the 21st over.
When Sinclair perished in the 23rd over for three, edging a defensive prod at left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican to a widish first slip, Harpy Eagles were in further trouble at 68 for five.
However, Rutherford came to his side’s rescue, putting on 54 for the sixth wicket with Savory and then dominating a seventh wicket stand of 62 with Motie, who scored only seven.
All told, Rutherford struck four fours and four sixes before he was seventh out, belting a Javed Leacock (3-30) full toss into the hands of deep mid-wicket in the 43rd over.
His dismissal triggered a slide which saw Harpy Eagles lose their last four wickets for 18 runs.
Mayers then took charge of Pride’s run chase, stroking nine fours and a six as he inspired an 81-run, opening stand with Test skipper Kraigg Brathwaite (17).
But Brathwaite’s demise in the 15th over, bowled missing an ugly heave at Motie, sparked a collapse as Pride lost four wickets for 15 runs to be 96 for four at the start of the 20th over.
Mayers was part of the carnage, holing out to deep mid-wicket off off-spinner Kevlon Anderson at the start of the 20th while captain Shai Hope suffered the indignity of a first-ball ‘duck’, Motie spinning one past the right-hander’s defensive prod to shatter his stumps.
Chase, who struck 25 from 31 balls, posted 35 for the fifth wicket with Reifer (8) but the resistance was short-lived, Pride losing their six wickets for just 15 runs.
