Opener Raymond Perez made his highest First-Class score as Guyana Harpy Eagles grabbed first innings honours against Trinidad and Tobago Red Force by stumps on Day Two of the final round of the West Indies Four-Day Championship at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain on Thursday.
This is a top-of-the-table clash and with Guyana Harpy Eagles leading by just 6.2 points on the table, first innings points in a drawn encounter, coupled with fast bowling bonus points, will guarantee a successful defence of the title.
Harpy Eagles closed the day on a solid 269-5, a lead of 29 on first innings with two days to play.
The right-handed Perez stroked 82 off 144 balls, falling leg before to left-arm spinner Khary Pierre when in sight of a maiden hundred.
Perez, who shared a 58-run opening stand with Matthew Nandu (11), struck 11 fours.
Kevlon Anderson continued his fine form with another fifty (52 off 62), but was also trapped leg before by Pierre.
Captain Tevin Imlach and his deputy Kemol Savory made 33 and 32 respectively, while all-rounder Kevin Sinclair (21*) and Keemo Paul (18*) ended the day unbeaten.
Pierre has taken 3-61 thus far.
Earlier, Red Force added just 23 runs to their overnight 217-7 with Nial Smith taking 4-49, Paul 3-45 and Ronaldo Alimohamed 2-42.
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