Date April 07, 2006 Compliments of the Nation News

NOT for the first time, Guyana's preparation ahead of a regional first-class match hasn't been ideal. But they are ready for their Carib Beer International Challenge semi-final against Barbados.

"We didn't do a lot of work as a team together in the time leading up to this match, but most of the members were involved playing cricket," captain Reon King said yesterday.

"We feel a bit satisfied with most of the guys' fitness and the amount of cricket they've had." < Read more >

Barbados pacer Tino Best (second from right) is a happy man as he celebrates with team-mates after collecting one of his two wickets against Guyana at the Carlton ground in April 2006..

by HAYDN GILL

THE LAST TIME Barbados won the toss and sent the opponents in to bat at the Carlton Club, the critics gave them a hard time.

Those very same detractors would have been on their case midway into the opening day of the Carib Beer Challenge semi-final at the same venue yesterday after Ryan Hinds asked Guyana to bat first.

By the close, however, the critics might have changed their tune.

To their credit, Barbados managed to convert a Guyana century opening stand to a total of 211 all out. < Read more >

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