GEORGE­TOWN–Guyana Jaguars cap­tain Leon John­son struck an un­beat­en 111 to guide his team in­to a strong po­si­tion on the penul­ti­mate day of their match against Trinidad and To­ba­go Red Force in the Re­gion­al First Class cham­pi­onship at the Na­tion­al Sta­di­um here yes­ter­day.

Hav­ing led the Red Force by by 58 on first in­nings, the Jaguars reached reached 244 for four at the close with John­son lead­ing the way with his 176-minute in­nings that in­clud­ed 11 fours and one six.

Re­sum­ing at 136 for three, the Red Force lost their last sev­en wick­ets for just 43 runs with Veerasam­my Per­maul (5-65) and De­ven­dra Bishoo (3-48), slic­ing through their in­nings.

Per­maul re­moved both overnight bats­men Yan­nick Cari­ah and Ja­son Mo­hammed af­ter the pair had added 61 for the fourth wick­et.

Cari­ah (68) struck six fours and one six in his knock be­fore Per­maul had him caught and 159 and two runs lat­er, he sent back Mo­hammed (30).

There­after, it was a pro­ces­sion as none of the oth­er bats­men stuck around in the face of some ac­cu­rate bowl­ing from the Jaguars spin­ners.

Scores:

JAGUARS 237 (Vishaul Singh 104 not out, Veerasam­my Per­maul 47, Leon John­son 23; Mar­lon Richards 3-41, Rayad Em­rit 3-44, Jon-Russ Jages­sar 3-59) and 244 for four (Leon John­son 111 not out, Tage­nar­ine Chan­der­paul 42, An­tho­ny Bram­ble 39 not out; Jon-Russ Jages­sar 4-67)

RED FORCE 179 (Yan­nic Cari­ah 68, Ja­son Mo­hammed 30, Evin Lewis 26; Veerasam­my Per­maul 5-65, De­ven­dra Bishoo 3-48)

Score­board

Jaguars vs Red Force

Jaguars 1st inns 237

T&T 1st inns (o/n 136-3)

E Lewis c Bishoo b Joseph 26

K Hope c John­son b Per­maul 9

Y Cari­ah c Chan­der­paul b Per­maul 68

N De­onar­ine lbw Reifer 18

J Mo­hammed lbw Per­maul 30

Y OT­t­ley lbw Bishoo 13

S Kat­wa­roo c John­son b Per­maul 1

R Em­rit c Fu­dadin b Per­maukl 0

I Khan c REifer b Bishoo 0

M Richards c Reifer b Bishoo 1

JR Jages­sar n.o 2

Ex­tras (2lb, 9nb) 11

To­tal 179

Wk­ts fell at: 19, 49, 98, 159, 161, 167, 167, 168, 173

Bowl­ing: Joseph 16-3-34-1, Reifer 10-3-20-1, Per­maul 22-6-65-5, Bishoo 17.3-5-48-3, Motie 5-3-10-0

Jaguars 2nd inns

T Chan­der­paul c Mo­hammed b Jages­sar 42

R Chan­dri­ka b Jagges­sar 22

A Fu­dadin b Jagges­sar 0

L John­son not out 111

V Singh lbw Jagges­sar 23

A Bram­ble mnot out 39

Ex­tras (4b, 3 lb) 7

To­tal (for four wick­ets) 244

Fall of wk­ts: 40, 40, 111, 159

Bowl­ing: Em­rit 14-4-43-0, Richards 10-0-58-0, Jagges­sar 25-5-57-4, De­onar­ine 10-4-14-0, Khan 4-0-23-0, Cari­ah 6-0-32-0.?