Perez strokes 137 as G/Town punish West Demerara

looked set for a big score.

Raymond Perez and Skipper Leon Johnson then consolidated the innings with Perez especially playing a few lovely shots to mark a return to form after a string of recent low scores.

The duo carried the score past the 50-run mark with Johnson hooking Dhanpaul over midwicket to reach the milestone.

Johnson, however, was soon dismissed, unlucky it appeared LBW to off-spinner Richie Looknaught with the score on 58.

A flurry of boundaries then followed as number four batsman Christopher Barnwell got off the mark with boundaries on either side of the wicket to get his innings going while also lifting a delivery from Looknaught out of the ground for a maximum to free his arms.

Perez also shifted gear and used his feet to good effect, dancing into deliveries from Keshram Seyhodan and dispatching him for two sixes and the same number of boundaries to reach his fifty an hour-and-a-half into the day’s play.

The DCC pair continued to find the fence with regular and relative ease to carry Georgetown past the 100-run mark.

Barnwell brought up his fifty by smashing Romario Shepherd for a maximum and a four before taking their side to 183 for 2 at the break in a partnership of 125 at that point.

Perez, who played sublimely, played the shot of the day - a six over extra cover – ended the session needing 11 more runs for his century while Barnwell sat on 65 at the luncheon break.

Barnwell, after the beak, continued where he left off by easing deliveries from Shepherd over long off for two sixes in what Century maker Raymond Perez raises his bat to his teammates after reaching the milestone. (Royston Alkins Photo)