GEORGETOWN. Oct 9: Joint depending champions Guyana Maintal- , lien there I’nbc aten run in the 1996 Shell Sandals regional one-day Cricket tournament with a crushing 10-wicket victory over Bermuda at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground Tuesday, reports AP.

After dismissing Bermuda for a paltry 108. Guyana raced to 113 without loss in 17.5 overs, with Sudesh Dhaniram on 63 and Clayton Lambert on 41. Bermuda made their total in 42.2 overs.

The two veteran openers treated the small Bourda crowd to an array of attacking shots with Dhaniram in a savage mood as he smashed three sixes and nine fours in his 54 balls innings.

He was particularly severe on left-arm. orthodox spinner Kameron Fox. whose first one-day game for his country was worth not remembering as Dhaniram took 21 runs from his second and last over after the previous had cost Just two.

Lambert also got into the act after the luncheon interval, and ended the game with a six over long-off from off-spinner Arnold Manders.

As in the two previous matches, spin was Guyana's

trump card when, for .'he third consecutive time the team bat ted before the official' 1 pili lunch break.

Fast bowler Kevin Darling

ton gave his tran i £ perfect start after Hooper had called correct, removing the d. tngerous Clay Smith Smith v/as caught by Captain Carl Hr <>|»er at slip lor six and Roger Tt ot t in a similar manner by Roge r I larper.

The spinners then took complete control at. the middle order caved In Fro m a promts mg 77 for lour in the 27th over Bermuda slipped to 79 for eight in the 32nd. as Mahendra Nag ainootoo (three lor 29) and Hooper (two for nine) mesmer izerl the middle an< I lower order

Phamram was i limed man of-the match by adjudicator Clive Lloyd, a fori ner Guyana and West Indies ski pper

Guyana now ha- '«• the maxi mum six points from their victories ewer Barbad os and the Windward Islands since the start of the competition Friday They oppose the Windward Is lands in a return fi; :ture at the 1 lampion court grou nd in Esse-

'In the other Zou. ' A game. Barbados and Bern luda will meet for the seconi 1 time at Bourda. also on Thurs day.

Barbados won the previous encounter at the Enmo re Estate ground last Saturday.

Zone B. being playe d in Jamaica. involves the hot rt country. the Leeward I stands. Canada and Trinidad a nd Tobago.